Re: Underline element.

Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> Ben 'Cerbera' Millard wrote:
>> [...] I would like to review the studies used to make this decision.
>
> [...] Jakob Nielsen, who is well known for his expertise in usability, has 
> written:
>
>  "Don't underline any text that's not a link, even if your links aren't
>   underlined. Reserve underlining for links. Because underlines provide
>   a strong perceived affordance of clickability, users will be confused
>   and disappointed if underlined text doesn't have an actual affordance
>   to match this perception."
>
> <http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20040510.html>

Was that source used when making decisions about <u> in HTML5?

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