Although many people (probably the vast majority) leave their browser prefs with their default settings "show links as underlined", some people (like me) choose to set link prefs to "hover".
Although I don't have any real problem determining what are links on vB's site -- and then distinguishing links from text, often I have to infer that there is a link when someone says click here, since upon immediate view, it all blends as one block of black text for me -- based on my link-display preferences setting to "hover". Context then tells me, hover over the word "here" and see if it's a link. It usually is.
It strikes me as odd that you would select your link color to be black and your text color to be black as well. Is there a reason behind this?
As I have discussed before with wluke in another thread (in Hacks forum), it would not be adequate to say "then change your browser settings to 'underline' " -- since the intent of Microsoft and Netscape has been to give browser users an option to view links without underlines -- all across the web. If there was no demand for such an option, this preferences setting would not exist in these mainstream popular browsers.
Thus, may I suggest that, in order to improve usability on your site for the largest possible constituency, you should select a link color that is different from your text color. It would be just one small step for mankind
Thank you.
Although I don't have any real problem determining what are links on vB's site -- and then distinguishing links from text, often I have to infer that there is a link when someone says click here, since upon immediate view, it all blends as one block of black text for me -- based on my link-display preferences setting to "hover". Context then tells me, hover over the word "here" and see if it's a link. It usually is.
It strikes me as odd that you would select your link color to be black and your text color to be black as well. Is there a reason behind this?
As I have discussed before with wluke in another thread (in Hacks forum), it would not be adequate to say "then change your browser settings to 'underline' " -- since the intent of Microsoft and Netscape has been to give browser users an option to view links without underlines -- all across the web. If there was no demand for such an option, this preferences setting would not exist in these mainstream popular browsers.
Thus, may I suggest that, in order to improve usability on your site for the largest possible constituency, you should select a link color that is different from your text color. It would be just one small step for mankind
Thank you.
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