Agreed. They should stay put, not run away when I try to click one, and then I have to stop to think about what the text of the thing I was trying to click was, then find where it moved to.

Thanks for the feedback -- this is definitely something we can fix quickly.

I suggest actions don't up and down but instead just quickly fade in/out next to each para as you mouse over. Would be better to make them more subtle to make them less distracting, then you could reveal the whole thing when user hovers the right side.

I'd look at medium (their "add comment" and "add photo" ctas) - they are clear and not distracting.

Another thing that distracted me other than the animation was how "add tag" got in the way of the annotation link. I'd aim my mouse at the annotation link and the link would move before I click on it. It should stay put.

Would also be great being able to close annotations by clicking outside.

Thanks for these thoughts. Just pushed some changes that may fix things (i.e., the "Add Tag" button doesn't appear about the person's name anymore). They don't fade in/out yet, although that's something we can do.

You can actually close the annotations by clicking on the text. We'll be making it possible to close based on clicking anywhere outside or by hitting escape soon.

What do people think about the changes we just pushed? Do they address these issues, or is it still distracting?

Much better, the biggest remaining problem is that all annotations disappear when the "add annotation" button is clicked for one paragraph.. Then when you scroll away, you'd think there are no annotations at all!