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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN |
| Date | 2014-02-04 18:00 -0500 |
| References | (4 earlier) <mailman.6369.1391468219.18130.python-list@python.org> <9aafd758-8c54-4abf-9ac4-46e970158131@googlegroups.com> <mailman.6390.1391524803.18130.python-list@python.org> <777aae72-b8f1-499a-84a5-197285847042@googlegroups.com> <lcrb16$fnr$1@ger.gmane.org> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.6409.1391554885.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 2/4/2014 1:20 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote: > On 2/4/14 10:21 AM, wxjmfauth@gmail.com wrote: >>> > >>> >I was able to discover that link by opening the page, highlighting the >>> >section header with my mouse, then clicking the pilcrow. That gives >>> >me the anchor link to that section header. > > >> Useless and really ugly. > > I'm not sure why you would describe it as useless? Because, as we should all know by now, when Jim says 'useless', he means 'useless to me, according to my unusual notions of personal usefulness'. He, apparently, does not intend to ever use the pilcrow to get a section link, nor does he care about being able to click on such links presented by others. > It's incredibly useful to have a way to link to a particular section. For many people, but not for Jim. Either he does not care about usefulness to others, or he is completely oblivious to how idiosyncratic his personal idea of usefulness is. In either case, it is useless to argue against his personal opinion. He should, however, add 'to me' since most people take 'useless' in the collective sense. > And ugly? It's a UI that is invisible and unobtrusive, but then elegant > once you hover over the element you are interested in. Having it pop up and disappear when one does not want it and will not use it is not pretty. When scrolling with a mouse wheel, that does happen. > I guess tastes differ... Lots of sites use this technique, it is not > particular to the Python docs. Irrelevant to Jim. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-03 05:59 -0800
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-02-03 09:50 -0700
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-03 17:42 +0000
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-03 10:37 -0800
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 05:46 +1100
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) Rotwang <sg552@hotmail.co.uk> - 2014-02-03 18:55 +0000
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-03 11:31 -0800
[OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-02-04 09:56 +1100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-03 22:51 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 17:58 +1100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 09:39 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-04 07:21 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 08:31 -0700
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Jim Gibson <jimsgibson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 10:24 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 03:18 +1100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-04 13:20 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-02-04 19:40 +0100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2014-02-04 19:19 +0000
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-04 18:00 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-04 18:18 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-05 06:41 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-02-05 10:23 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-05 10:58 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-02-05 15:45 +0000
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-04 18:24 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-02-04 18:28 -0500
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-05 10:35 +1100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 04:23 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-02-06 05:27 -0800
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN (was: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug)) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-02-07 04:23 +1100
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 19:29 +0000
Re: [OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-02-06 19:05 -0800
Re: generator slides review and Python doc (+/- text bug) andrea crotti <andrea.crotti.0@gmail.com> - 2014-02-03 17:45 +0000
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