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Re: Text That Looks Like A Link

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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Mar 14, 2023 1:41PM

I don't believe this situation is exactly *required *in WCAG 1.3.1, but I
would tell the client this a fail for EVERYONE. It's the standard way of
conveying URLs so sighted users would also be confused by it. Especially
considering there are many alternative ways to emphasize text content.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 3:31 PM Jim Homme < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> Hi,
> Inside an app I'm testing with a sighted partner is a piece of text that
> looks like a web link, but is blue and underlined text. Would this fail for
> Structure and Relationships? My co-worker clicked on it because it tricked
> them.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
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