- From: Colin Lieberman <colinl@yahoo-inc.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:52:17 -0800
- To: Gregg Vanderheiden <gv@trace.wisc.edu>
- CC: Ginger Claassen <ginger.claassen@gmx.de>, WAI Interest Group <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
I think this is a very strong suggestion. Using an icon to denote an external like is a fairly common practice, and even if one is unfamiliar with the practice, the explanation in the form of alt/tool-tip text is sufficient. Using color to differentiate between internal and external links feels like a usability mine field to me because it's not commonly done; I think it would be very confusing to your readers. My $0.02. Colin On 2/16/10 6:10 AM, Gregg Vanderheiden wrote: > as a thought... > > If you used a small visible icon to mark external links, and put alt > text on them - then everyone, sighted or not, using a screen reader or > not, colorblind or not, would know that these links are external. It > would also be more obvious to people than color coding where people > might not make the connection or notice the difference in color even if > not colorblind. . > > /Gregg/ > ----------------------- > Gregg Vanderheiden Ph.D. > Director Trace R&D Center > Professor Industrial & Systems Engineering > and Biomedical Engineering > University of Wisconsin-Madison > >> >
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