I like the idea of sidenotes generally a lot. I’ve been thinking that Google Doc’s side commenting is really neat and I’d been wishing I’d see more like that. I generally like that this website design is giving me lots of information. Things often tend too minimalist.
In terms of streamlining it though, I have some thoughts. I was a little taken aback by https://www.gwern.net/GPT-2 because there are just so many elements on the page when you first look at it:
Italic post meta right at the top.
Site level navigation very top left.
Post Table of Contents
Some kind of abstract like thing a in a special box
Main body text.
A side note.
Granted it was my first time looking at the site and if I was used to those elements might be quicker to parse. Also feels like there four columns of things. Only other thought is I’d prefer sidenotes all on the right hand side. The alternating is distracting and requires I scan both sides or something.
Still, I do like the underlying direction with the design, especially the side notes.
I like the idea of sidenotes generally a lot. I’ve been thinking that Google Doc’s side commenting is really neat and I’d been wishing I’d see more like that. I generally like that this website design is giving me lots of information. Things often tend too minimalist.
In terms of streamlining it though, I have some thoughts. I was a little taken aback by https://www.gwern.net/GPT-2 because there are just so many elements on the page when you first look at it:
Italic post meta right at the top.
Site level navigation very top left.
Post Table of Contents
Some kind of abstract like thing a in a special box
Main body text.
A side note.
Granted it was my first time looking at the site and if I was used to those elements might be quicker to parse. Also feels like there four columns of things. Only other thought is I’d prefer sidenotes all on the right hand side. The alternating is distracting and requires I scan both sides or something.
Still, I do like the underlying direction with the design, especially the side notes.