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Re: Text That Looks Like A Link

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From: glen walker
Date: Mar 14, 2023 2:01PM

I forgot to mention that if the underlining conveys important information,
then I would fail that under 1.3.1 (but not specifically because it looks
like a link).

For example, if you had a list of vocabulary words and some of the words
were underlined because they are important, then there'd need to be a
"programmatic" way to convey that same information.

On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 1:44 PM glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> 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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