Re: The `link' face.

[Lennart Borgman]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 18:08, Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I think the "blue (or other different color) with an underline for
>> mouse highlighting" that are used by some designers have been found to
>> be less efficient and is regarded as a bad accessability choice. (In
>
> Clearly it has to depend on the particular use, because it can render
> the text more legible, which is more efficient if the point is mostly
> for people to read the text rather than to follow the link.

I think the broader context from the web jumps in through exemplar
learning. Then I believe most people do want a slightly colored
underline face for links because that is how they have learned to
understand that visual clue.