Re: [apps-discuss] On citations in general

Barry Leiba <barryleiba@computer.org> Wed, 25 April 2012 15:35 UTC

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> If only there were a technology which allowed citations to be made
> actual actionable usable links directly to the targeted source.

Yeh, eliminating your biting sarcasm: we're often reviewing these
things offline, and sometimes even from printed text.  Not having to
flip back and forth can be useful.

Barry