On 11/13/2013 11:33 PM, David T. Pierson wrote:
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 06:55:10PM -0800, Matthew Butterick wrote:
I've made a number of updates to the Scribble CSS, and posted more sample
docs, if you care to revisit:
http://mbutterick.github.io/racket-doc-redo/doc/
I notice an improvement in the styles used with definitions and most
content on pages like
http://mbutterick.github.io/racket-doc-redo/doc/reference/pairs.html
But some of the link styles are still too grey/light for me (like the
link for "Mutable Pairs and Lists" at the top of the above page) and the
links in the table of contents pages like
http://mbutterick.github.io/racket-doc-redo/doc/guide/index.html
are too light for my eyes.
When I'm reading a web page for information I like the links to stand
out. I suppose it helps me scan/navigate more efficiently. I feel like
the grey links have the opposite effect. It is as if they are hidden.
There are studies that show hyperlinks may reduce reading comprehension
by increasing cognitive overhead, and that how much is partly determined
by how they are presented:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_comprehension#Reading_comprehension_and_hyperlinks
Overhead also seems depends on the background of the reader. Readers
with more domain knowledge appear to be less affected by hyperlink
presentation.
What Matthew has come up with might be a decent compromise.
Neil ⊥
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