Looks like things are moving along quickly!

Some comments:

Yellow marker page:

1) "Yellow marker" - I would call this "Margin notes" on the tab.

2) Setting the range is clever and works nicely. However, the auto-title thing is a bit long. Also, I don't think people would necessarily want to put in their own title. I think it would be better if the annotations were auto-numbered, with the autonumber showing up in the text like a footnote reference does, though this might cause a problem for the next issue...

3) ...which is that the annotations are listed in the order they are made. This is difficult for a reader to understand as they would expect the annotation to be parallel with the section it is annotating. Need some kind of Java collapsible thingy?

4) I like being able to comment on the annotation, using Drupal's normal commenting thing. Excellent. This means a whole discussion over someone's annotation is possible.

5) Nothing actually turns yellow. Is it supposed to yet?

6) I get a lot of this: "from /DIV[0]/DIV[0]/DIV[5]/DIV[0]/UL[3]/LI[0]:0 to /DIV[0]/DIV[0]/DIV[5]/DIV[0]/UL[3]/LI[0]" which I think is confusing and messy. Can it be done by line numbers or paragraph references instead? I'm not sure how/if line numbers would work with tableless themes where windows are automatically resized...

7) I attach a screenshot with some of these notes on as well

Nice work!

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clemens.tolboom’s picture

Status: Active » Postponed

Thanks for you time invested into annotate_ym.

However I've postponed the development in favour of annotate_bl which is much more browser independant to build that annotate_ym.

annotate_ym one needs the DOM tree text parts inclusive.

annotate_bl can be done with jquery alone which is core to drupal.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Regards,
Clemens

clemens.tolboom’s picture

Status: Postponed » Closed (won't fix)

I abandon the yellow marker concept.

clemens.tolboom’s picture

Status: Closed (won't fix) » Closed (fixed)