[thelist] differences in alt vs. title attributes and <h#>tags

[javier velasco]

Ryan Schroeder wrote:

> On 1/28/02 5:06 PM, "javier velasco" <lists at mantruc.com> wrote:
>
> > This goes against all the hard development the
> > scientists made untill they arrived the solution of underlining links to
> > make them easier to read, same goes for link colors.
>
> Huh? can you point me to some of this "hard development? I was always under
> the impression that underlining link just sort of happened.

I was refering to the original HTML development team at CERN, I read
that they had specialists in cognitive science, and had chosen link
colors, heading sizes with their aid. I assumed the underlining of links
was part of this also, but I don't have the source for it at hand. If
you have material about it, please share.

> While I agree that nonlinks should _never_ be underlined I don't think there
> is a problem with not underlining links esp. in nav bar type situation.

I understand, I'm not one of those engineering-class usability
evangelists. Graphic menus and clearly marked text menus can
be clear enough without the link underline. The important thing is to
make things obvious: Ambiguity is the enemy of design!


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