I think the point is that we don't need to distinguish them. Even if you don't know they are links, it does not in any way interfere with your use of Habari. Meanwhile, if you discover they are links (which many people have, through logic and experimentation), you are free to use them.
The current situation hurts no group, but gives a modest gain to one group. If we were to add the underlines, it would hurt all users by making the interface less usable. If we were to remove the links altogether, it would hurt those who knew they existed, while providing absolutely no benefit to those who don't. On Mar 18, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Owen Winkler wrote: > > Matt Read wrote: >> >> So am I. It's ugly. But I now can't distinguish between a link and >> heading and text. > > I'm left wondering if those things should be links at all, or if it's > even important to distinguish them. > > My opinion: The usability gain in making those links links visible is > overwhelmed by the decrease in usability due to the resulting visual > clutter. > > Can we style links to look more like links without being overwhelming? > Can we agree on some rule that allows links meeting a certain criteria > not to be styled? > > Based on the discussion so far, this is a topic that we need to talk > about, but I think we should resolve to address this issue only in > trunk, so that we (myself included) are not introducing any rash > decisions into the 0.6 release cycle, yet still giving the topic the > weight it deserves. > > Owen > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/habari-dev -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
