Bill Moseley wrote:
> Back to the link colors:
>
> - The hover color of #666666 seems wrong, as it fades away when hovering.
my hover-suggestion is black.
> - The long TOC lists look funny underlined. Too busy with underline after
> underline.
see other post
> I know about the usability studies and that people expect default behavior.
> But, this is mod_perl, sophisticated users that can deal with a little
> variation. So I think our link style can vary a bit, yet still be basic.
>
> My suggestion is to make all links (in the content section):
>
> a:link { text-decoration: none; }
> a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
> a:active { text-decoration: underline; }
> a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
> So, basically, let people keep their normal link colors, but get rid of the
> default underline for links, mostly because of the table of contents, but
> just to cut down on the "noise" on the page. And do that for all links, to
> make it consistent. Simple is better. The blue (or what their link color
> is) will be obvious to the user without the underline.
+1 for skipping the default underline [though i think it was
agreed ages ago to use it]
> The sidebar links (main TOC, etc.), src|pdf, and "hidden" H* links are
> fine; this just applies to the content area.
>
> One change might be the "visited" link color, but since the site is
> basically gray, we don't need to worry about clashing colors much.
what you wanna change?
> Speaking of gray, do we have the mod_perl logo available in another format
> beside just the image? I still want to set up a preview of colorizing the
> "mod" in the logo. I think it would be good for us to see a mock up with
> that change.
>
> Stas, I'm busy until about noon my time on Monday (about your bed time!),
> so I won't be able to get to the style sheet changes you requested until
> then, most likely.
>
> As normal, you can preview at http://hank.org:5000
>
> Here's the only change to the current style sheet.
>
> Index: style.css
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/cvs/modperl-docs/src/style.css,v
> retrieving revision 1.61
> diff -u -r1.61 style.css
> --- style.css 27 Apr 2002 05:28:43 -0000 1.61
> +++ style.css 28 Apr 2002 00:07:27 -0000
> @@ -51,13 +51,11 @@
>
> /*** links ***/
>
> -a:link { color: #0000ff;}
> -a:visited { color: #993333;}
> -a:active { color: #666666;}
> -a:hover {
> - color: #666666;
> - text-decoration: underline; /* needed for opera */
> -}
> +a:link { text-decoration: none; }
> +a:visited { text-decoration: none; }
> +a:active { text-decoration: underline; }
> +a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
> +
>
> /* hidden links */
> h1 a:link, h2 a:link, h3 a:link, h4 a:link,
>
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> Encoding: base64
>
> Part 1.3Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
>
> Part 1.4Type: Plain Text (text/plain)
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