[kyrra]

(Googler, opinions are my own)

I've used the new pageless style for a while and losing footnotes was a little annoying at first, be we adapted. I don't have a perfect solution to it, there are alternatives you can do (glossary or something at the end, with a bookmark on each item, so you can link directly to it).

If you make heavy use of footnotes, don't use the new feature (as others have said). It's a tradeoff, and I mostly prefer pageless, especially when embedding images that are larger (width wise).

[jer0me]

Just spitballing, doesn't seem like you're on the team, but a possible solution could be a little popup when you hover over a footnote like Wikipedia has. Or maybe an option to put all the footnotes at the bottom of the document, except when printing.

[mvkel]

Requiring hover/tap for content context isn't good accessibility. Better to just find an alternative to footnotes.

[jonny_eh]

How would hovering work for a non-mouse user?

[jer0me]

Tapping, or perhaps it would appear when the cursor is next to the footnote?

[getcrunk]

+1 for tap/click, even for mouse user

[rmbyrro]

Maybe the team behind pageless sees footnotes from a print-oriented perspective.

I would look at them as sort of a content enrichment. Like a comment applied to the text.

Pageless has comments. Why would it be so bad to place footnotes alongside with comments? Or perhaps on the left side, below the headings index?