Hi, if the different links are in clearly defined different areas there should be little confusion, even with using the same colors reversed. If you mix them in the same menu, then there's obviously a problem of consistency of the meaning.
However, what you should NOT do, from a usability point of view, is have an external link in the middle of the site navigation menu, i.e. <a href="http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/"; title="National Response" id="dhtml_menu-262">CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD HOMELESSNESS</a> The link color scheme seems OK from a color-blindness accessibility angle, see: http://vischeck.com/vischeck/vischeckURL.php?origUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.familyhomelessness.org%2F&simUrl=uploads%2F124800363616183&sensorType=tritanope On Sat, July 18, 2009 11:09 pm, Bushidodeep wrote: > Hi, > > Following is a link to the site in question. > > <http://www.familyhomelessness.org/> > > > > > > On Jul 18, 2009, at 3:02 PM, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: > >> On Sat, 18 Jul 2009, Bushidodeep wrote: >> >>> I've a client wishing to call attention to (2) a: links, in a >>> vertical list by simply reversing with the hover color. The a:links >>> are now the hover color value and the a:hover is now the a:link >>> color value. >>> After reviewing the change I found it conflicting with the >>> surrounding a:links, so did some of my flat-mates used for >>> usability testing. >>> >>> Would someone suggest a method that doesn't cause disharmony, or is >>> it just nit-picking on our part? >> >> Use different colours. >> >> (And post a URL so we can see whether there really is a problem.) >> >> -- >> Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org> >> =================================================================== >> Author: >> Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress) >> >> >> ******************************************************************* >> List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm >> Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm >> Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org >> ******************************************************************* >> > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
