Heyy guys! 
I’m here to talk about some improvements related to an annotation’s look.
Current look of annotations
Comparison with current comments
Issues
- An annotation’s space usage can be optimized,
- its look can be updated to look more modern,
- the shadow color uses the link color, which seems incorrect
- the profile picture occupies a bit too much space
- its look is not cohesive with the comments
Improvement
We simplify the look of an annotation.
The comment will be updated to be cohesive with the new look.
#1 The profile picture is much smaller, focusing the attention on the text.
#2 We keep the date & time on the same line with the name of the user.
#3 We add a “x” icon to close the annotation in a easier way. Currently, the user has to click the annotation icon to close the annotation. Even if we go with this proposal, some users may not understand the idea of clicking on the annotation to close it.
#4 We add a “Mark as solved” button that when clicked turns an annotation into a simple comment.
“Mark as solved” is a common functionality in many popular software like Google Docs & Notion. Google Docs takes away the highlighting and checks the comment, literally marking it as solved. In Notion, when clicking the check icon, the annotation is completely deleted.
What do you think?
Note: the look of normal comments and comments with quotes/annotations will be tackled separately.
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