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Pallaton2
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 Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 11:57 am Post subject: Confusion caused underlined text on a web page |
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During my aimless wanderings on the Internet, I have come across several sites that have underlined text, something like this little phrase of text.
Makes you take your mouse cursor over it, doesn't it?
But the pointer doesn't turn into a hand and you realize it's not a link... frustrating... The worst scenario is when the web page contains both underlined (normal) text and underlined links and that too in the same color! So you start searching for links by moving mouse around recklessly (destroys two days of your mouse life).
What do you learn from this?
NEVER underline text that does not carry a link!
If I had my say, I would kill the <u> tag. It serves little purpose since developers have other options through which they can emphasize text.
If you want to highlight some text, use the alternatives to underlining. Here are some of them
Italics with <i> or <em>
Bold with <b> or <strong>
A different color using <font> or style sheets.
Background color using styles.
Or combinations of the above.
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dustinedan2
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Disadvantages of using underlined text on web pages esp. text that is not a hyperlink actually confuses visitors as they think it is a hyperlink
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plumgallmann
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| Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:37 am Post subject: |
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You want to keep your website as appealing to the eye as possible. ... sizes make your website difficult to understand and can irritate visitors, causing them ... phrases in your website text without having too much confusion on the page. ... Links are highlighted in blue and underlined, thus creating even more
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nathanielzane2
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Disadvantages of using underlined text on web pages esp. text that is not a hyperlink actually confuses visitors as they think it is a hyperlink.
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