[css-d] to underline or not to underline, that is the question

Sent by Tim Luoma on 14 July 2002 22:10

Ok folks, I'm officially torn.

While this is a theoretical question, it's also very practical in 
application.

I am getting weary of sites that have 'text-decoration: none' and the 
link color is 0.00001% of a shade lighter or darker than the regular text.

On the other hand, I'm not thrilled with the way that underlining looks.

Given the number of visually impaired/color blind/not entirely brilliant 
   web users out there, I'm inclined to keep the underlining[*] for all 
except navigational links where it should be obvious what they are.

I'd like to hear pro/con about this.  Right now I'd like to use 
text-decoration: none but I haven't seen it particularly well 
implemented in many places.  Would you add a background color of some sort?

Thanks

TjL

Message thread:

• [css-d] to underline or not to underline, that is the question - Tim Luoma, 14th July 2002 22:51
  • RE: [css-d] to underline or not to underline, that is the question - Char James-Tanny, 14th July 2002 23:12
  • Re: [css-d] to underline or not to underline, that is the question - Michael Brown, 14th July 2002 23:22
  • Re: [css-d] to underline or not to underline, that is the - Simon Willison, 15th July 2002 05:31