[OT] Usage of U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN

[Terry Reedy]

On 2/4/2014 1:20 PM, Ned Batchelder wrote:
> On 2/4/14 10:21 AM, wxjmfauth at 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