- From: Ben 'Cerbera' Millard <cerbera@projectcerbera.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:56:20 -0000
- To: "Lachlan Hunt" <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Cc: "HTMLWG" <public-html@w3.org>
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? -- Ben 'Cerbera' Millard <http://projectcerbera.com>
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