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Re: Minimal style needed to make links accessible?

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From: Patrick Dunphy
Date: Aug 23, 2010 12:24PM

I'm in agreement with Mike's response but would also add the :focus class as
well.

Cheers!
-PD

On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Langum, Michael J
< <EMAIL REMOVED> >wrote:

> I wouldn't claim to be authoritative on this.... But my personal thought
> is that there should be (at a minimum) distinctive a:hover, and a:active
> psuedo classes for the links.
>
> -- Mike
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> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 2:06 PM
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> Subject: [WebAIM] Minimal style needed to make links accessible?
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> Good afternoon,
>
> I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion for the minimal style
> necessary to make links distinguishable fron non-link text? One or more of
> the Drupal 7 core themes use only colour to distinguish links fron non-link
> text. Using the standard underline has been decided against for stylistic
> reasons (which really aren't worth debating).
>
> So, in short, when a link does not use the standard underline, what is the
> minimal stylistic difference it must have from the non-link text on the page
> to maintain perceivability?
>
> Thanks,
> Everett Zufelt
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