From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lennart Borgman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: The `link' face. Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 18:33:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310143033 2623 80.91.229.12 (8 Jul 2011 16:37:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 16:37:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 08 18:37:08 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QfE36-0000DE-0O for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:37:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49315 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfE34-0003Cu-Dh for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:37:02 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:52100) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfE0S-0002sn-2d for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:34:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfE0Q-00085r-9B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:34:19 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f41.google.com ([209.85.215.41]:45331) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QfE0P-00085i-JV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 12:34:17 -0400 Original-Received: by ewy9 with SMTP id 9so805703ewy.0 for ; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:34:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; bh=bkieRmxuyFxESEdfgYIdgR0Qhxta6FAlAXomvAPGrRE=; b=fnEb/X61y5/QoHDOIs8EaX7+CmqGqHkhFatZGNlXdkHEgmB+5ESFCaVcTGRUNe1WGh gwsNYTZOt8+zvilkZkcJ9s1C9DhTdd0A8rsm/juGm/uM+7oxxWKwQ/xSp7YFznY6ExkZ eAdhuv+3DsWjpkWaBD4ZQzmt3B2LbKdYv4XkM= Original-Received: by 10.213.35.202 with SMTP id q10mr714731ebd.64.1310142856300; Fri, 08 Jul 2011 09:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.213.8.65 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 09:33:56 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 209.85.215.41 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:141806 Archived-At: On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 18:08, Stefan Monnier 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.