[cemregr]

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.

[jacobheller]

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.