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Re: Examples for accessible, attractive links (without underlines)?

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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Jul 1, 2016 10:45AM

Great list of resources!
Re your other question. The WCAG SC we are considering here is 1.4.1.
It applies only for links that are surrounded by text. The idea is
that you need to be able to distinguish a link from its surrounding
text )in other words, making sure users realize that clicking a
particular piece of text will cause something to happen).
When links are presented together in menus or blocks, the user should
quickly realize that everything in that block is a link.
Then of course, all text on a webpage needs to mee the 1.4.3 color
contrast of text and background requirement, whether it is actionable
text or not (with a few exceptions, see the spec).




On 7/1/16, Jennifer Sutton < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> Vanessa and all:
>
>
> Perhaps some of the resources below my name may prove helpful. I am not
> able to select examples, but perhaps others on the list can identify
> things for you, as starting points, or indicate whether they agree or
> disagree with the resources I've collected.
>
>
> I've especially focused on resources beyond the accessibility field.
>
>
> I would suggest that perhaps it would be ideal to think about user
> expectations, in terms of whether those who visit your site have the
> expectation of having underlines, or what usability research says. In
> other words, perhaps this question is not as WCAG-centric as you may be
> imagining.
>
>
> Just because you *can* leave off underlines, and people do, does that
> mean end-users will have their expectations met, whether end-users use
> AT or not?
>
>
> Best,
>
> Jennifer
>
>
> Beyond Blue Links Making Clickable Elements Recognizable
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> http://www.nngroup.com/articles/clickable-elements/
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> Guidelines for Visualizing Links
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> http://www.nngroup.com/articles/guidelines-for-visualizing-links/
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> Links Should Really Look Like Links - Moz
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> http://moz.com/blog/links-should-really-look-like-links
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> Accessible links without underlines Chip Cullen
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> http://chipcullen.com/accessible-links-without-underlines/
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> On Link Underlines Adrian Roselli
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> http://adrianroselli.com/2016/06/on-link-underlines.html
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