Wow, lots of interesting conversation over on Tom’s entry about the linknotes plugin. Whether you use linknotes, or not is all a matter of taste, and what the links purpose is. How do you use links, and what for?

Some people would like to gather all their links in one place, which may be helpful to some people. And that’s allowed, why not? Instead of putting it right within your post, you can allow your user to make an informed decision at the end of the post, after they have read everything, they can figure out whether or not it is in their best interest to follow the other links. They can even click on the superscript hyperlink within the Linknotes, to be brought back to the context.

When using linknotes, you are not restricted from using regular links, just check out the Chris J. Davis website, and some of his latest entries and you will see that he uses both regular links, and a hybrid version of linknotes. This allows you to separate what directly effects your article, and what is just a matter of interest, or something that might be useful. I’ve taken a liking to this way, but I will still be playing around with how I intend to use linknotes to its full advantage.

You could even use it for when you make changes to articles, because of something has changed, or you found new evidence of something. Whatever it is, if there’s no place to put a link directly (ie, I’m beginning to hate when people write “Go HERE for more details”, and stuff of that nature).

Any ways, whether you use Linknotes, or not, its a matter of your taste, and purpose. I suppose, the original purpose was only to give Craig what he wanted:”Plugin Wanted(A plea for a new plugin by Craig)”:http://nuclearmoose.com/archives/2005/07/28/plugin-wanted/ , because I thought it would be fun to make it.