-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Felix Miata wrote: > FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > > >>Le mer 10/09/2003 � 14:45, Felix Miata a �crit : > > >>>No, links should be underlined, so that users know a link is a link >>>without having to hover. See e.g. >>>http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9605.html > >>underline is weird. link in blue ok, but not underline, this is not >>beautiful at all ! > > It isn't about beauty, it's about usability. Users expect links to be > blue and underlined. When they aren't, usability suffers, because you've > violated a standard practice they rely on. >
I agree. Take lwn.net for example, they use blue links which are not underlined. My monitor at home has recently lost most of it's blue colour drive, it is very old (no chance of warranty, little chance of getting it fixed) and I will not be needing it quite soon (so no sense in paying money to replace it), but that screws up lwn.net for me, at home I have to mouse over all the text until I find words that change colour (from black to red). It would be much easier if they were underlined. Try using the web as a colour-blind person (or someone like me with a broken monitor), turn down one of the colour drives, and see what effect it has on the function of beauty and usability ... Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/X1QPrJK6UGDSBKcRAv4yAJ9jvXu5amkRHLbnvOSttgDvjDh2EwCfdHQG KbaN8vdq/YcQ/Cla9ViuLJg= =Z83m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ***************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. *****************************************************************
