Marginotes, quick and elegant side notes for your paragraphs

In plain words

Marginotes is a jQuery-based tool that adds side notes to paragraphs in web documents. Developed as an open-source project, it enables developers to quickly implement margin annotations alongside text content. The tool is designed for web developers who need a lightweight solution for displaying supplementary information alongside main content without cluttering the primary text.

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