[Pdx-pm] learn.perl.org rework (TPF grant)
Michael R. Wolf
MichaelRWolf at att.net
Mon May 4 13:52:13 PDT 2009
On May 4, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Eric Wilhelm wrote:
> # from Michael R. Wolf
> # on Monday 04 May 2009 11:43:
>
>> Link styles (color and decoration) are a de-facto standard. DO NOT
>> CHANGE THEM. Invest CCS creativity elsewhere.
>
> Thanks, but I'm probably done with the CSS creativity investment. I
> could try to make it uglier if that would help someone else to just
> replace it. When I mess with these things, hours dissappear and it
> ends up looking exactly like it did when I started. :-D
I *do* understand.
>>
>> Summary:
>> Textual links should be colored and underlined to achieve the
>> best perceived affordance of clickability, though there are a few
>> exceptions to these guidelines.
>
> I dunno. Seems like anyone with difficulties is going to get
> themselves
> a browser with a sufficient number of knobs that whatever suggested
> coloring caused by CSS is irrelevant.
>
> But, if you really want affordances, try something besides color.
>
> a:before {content: "☞"}
> a:after {content: "☜"}
Nice!!!
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Michael R. Wolf
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