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Re: Text That Looks Like A Link

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 14, 2023 1:44PM

Plain text that is blue underlined and not a link would be a bad UX for
everyone since we've all been trained since the beginning of the internet
that underlined text is a link.

It's not a WCAG failure but is not a great experience for anyone either.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:31 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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