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Re: How to indicate "disabled" link?

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From: Aaron Schaap
Date: Sep 7, 2005 6:40AM


Could you put nohref="nohref"?

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Aaron Schaap
phone: 616-566-1423
www.theparagon.org (personal)
www.elevatorup.com (business)


On Aug 24, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Laura Harley wrote:

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> What is the best way to indicate that an HTML link is "disabled"
> for 508
> users?
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> I am building a Web application. There are 3-4 links in a toolbar (not
> graphics, text links). In most circumstances, all the links are
> active, but
> under certain circumstances, one link is not active. I don't want
> to remove
> the link when it is not active. That's not good interface design.
> I need to
> indicate that it's disabled.
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> Any suggestions?
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> Laura
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> Laura Harley
> Principal and Sr. Web Architect
> Design Interactive LLC
> Alexandria, VA 22302
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