Comments on: Should Hyperlinks be Underlined? How Linkedin Answers Can Showcase Your Expertise and Resolve Burning Questions http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/ Web 2.O Marketing for Small Business using Facebook, Twitter, blogs Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:09:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: idea15 http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/#comment-328 idea15 Sat, 21 Mar 2009 21:11:06 +0000 http://scorechicago.wordpress.com/?p=3498#comment-328 I don't know why I'm dignifying Aerii's anonymous trolling with a response, but here is why people with bipolar need underlines. http://www.lsw-webdesign.com/2008/07/10/from-the-inside-depression-the-cognitive-disorder/ Would you care to clarify why you reacted with such hostility to the topic? I don’t know why I’m dignifying Aerii’s anonymous trolling with a response, but here is why people with bipolar need underlines.
http://www.lsw-webdesign.com/2008/07/10/from-the-inside-depression-the-cognitive-disorder/
Would you care to clarify why you reacted with such hostility to the topic?

]]> By: Peg Corwin http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/#comment-329 Peg Corwin Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:38:50 +0000 http://scorechicago.wordpress.com/?p=3498#comment-329 I appreciate your contribution to the conversation, Rags. You are right, the big picture is important to the decision about how hyperlinks are formatted. I appreciate your contribution to the conversation, Rags. You are right, the big picture is important to the decision about how hyperlinks are formatted.

]]> By: Aerii http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/#comment-327 Aerii Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:21:12 +0000 http://scorechicago.wordpress.com/?p=3498#comment-327 Dumb comment. Why would bipolars need underline? They see fine, it’s their MIND that’s the problem, idiots, not their vision. Dumb comment. Why would bipolars need underline? They see fine, it’s their MIND that’s the problem, idiots, not their vision.

]]> By: Rags Srinivasan http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/#comment-326 Rags Srinivasan Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:36:11 +0000 http://scorechicago.wordpress.com/?p=3498#comment-326 The question, to me, seems to look at one aspect of the website experience without the broader context. The overarching question is, "What is the overall user experience on your website?" Then we should look at whether every component from color, font, underline etc align with the overall theme and user experience. The question, to me, seems to look at one aspect of the website experience without the broader context. The overarching question is, “What is the overall user experience on your website?”
Then we should look at whether every component from color, font, underline etc align with the overall theme and user experience.

]]> By: idea15 http://pegcorwin.com/2009/03/should-hyperlinks-be-underlined-how-linkedin-answers-can-showcase-your-expertise-and-resolve-burning-questions/#comment-330 idea15 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:48:35 +0000 http://scorechicago.wordpress.com/?p=3498#comment-330 Hi Peg. Following on from what we discussed on LinkedIn, here is a post I wrote which collects resources on designing web sites to accommodate cognitive disabilities such as depression, learning disabilities, memory loss, Asperger's Syndrome, and even the beginnings of dementia. Web Design for Cognitive Disabilities The first link on that page (NCDAE) puts you in the shoes of someone experiencing a cognitive disability and makes it clear why underlines are so essential on links. In short, it is not just an issue of design, but of the basic ability to comprehend much less navigate the site. The other resources contain the practicalities of how to edit your CSS. We may not know someone who is blind or deaf, but we all know someone who has been affected by depression or a learning disability, and helping them to view the web is essential. Hi Peg. Following on from what we discussed on LinkedIn, here is a post I wrote which collects resources on designing web sites to accommodate cognitive disabilities such as depression, learning disabilities, memory loss, Asperger’s Syndrome, and even the beginnings of dementia.

Web Design for Cognitive Disabilities

The first link on that page (NCDAE) puts you in the shoes of someone experiencing a cognitive disability and makes it clear why underlines are so essential on links. In short, it is not just an issue of design, but of the basic ability to comprehend much less navigate the site. The other resources contain the practicalities of how to edit your CSS.

We may not know someone who is blind or deaf, but we all know someone who has been affected by depression or a learning disability, and helping them to view the web is essential.

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