To link or not to link

As discussed at A New Kind of Book, hyperlinks are often cited as one of the main advantages of onscreen publications. I have long thought (see below) that they can be overly distracting, and this article identifies several additional types of potential pitfalls.

See also: Stop Linking, Embed Instead and Linked to Distraction.

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