I think you can safely change the links color and not loose any users. It's very minor, and it's the only way we can 'train' our users. Slowly.
Sides, a lot of sites do not color their link blue and underline them, and they get along just fine. Remember that blue on white is second easiest to read than black on white. Just because the link is blue on a lot sites, doesn't necessarily mean it's done for standardization. Mostly its done because green and red don't read well. Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Thane Sherrington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 3:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Is Flash really THAT good? At 01:35 PM 6/20/03 -0400, Lofback, Chris wrote: >I don't agree. Blue, underlined text is nearly universally understood as >a clickable link, and the vast majority of users recognize a standard HTML >button widget. These are instantly recognizable and usable. I'd argue >that for all practical purposes this is as close to a standard as you can get. That's a very good point. I've recently been changing the blue underlined text and the buttons in one app because they are ugly. But I'm thinking that might be a mistake. For a specialized app, it might not be an issue, but for something where you want every one to be able to use it instantly, sticking with the basics is probably the way to go. T Tired of your bookmarks/favourites being limited to one computer? Move them to the Net! www.stuffbythane.com/webfavourites makes it easy to keep all your favourites in one place and access them from any computer that's attached to the Internet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
