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Re: Using color to distinguish a visual element

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From: Oscar DeLong
Date: Dec 9, 2008 7:00AM

My vision is fine, I distinguish between colors just fine but I still
look for links to be underlined. I get extremely frustrated if I find
someone has changed the links and they are not underlined. I personally
believe that all link should be underlined unless, as someone has
already mentioned, they are in a clearly defined navigation box or
location. I do not believe color with hover text is sufficient.
Besides people change the color of text all the time and that does not
always signify a link therefore I would not consider color a definitive
marker for a link.

Oscar

Oscar DeLong
Access Services/Reference Librarian
Ottenheimer Library
Pulaski Technical College
3000 West Scenic Drive
North Little Rock, AR 72118
(501) 812-2718
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