- From: Terje Norderhaug <Terje@in-Progress.com>
- Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 17:06:52 -0700
- To: MegaZone <megazone@livingston.com>, www-html@w3.org
At 3:51 PM 8/2/96, MegaZone wrote: > >One of the major complaints (really, the only one) about U is that links >are underlined in some browsers. And someone suggests changing EM to >render as underlined? If people think having U be underlined is bad, >what of the thousands of pages out there today that would start having >underlining all over. There aren't any problem with EM being by default rendered as underline on a color monitor as long as color is used to distinguish a link. U is bad because it enforces underline even for environments (read b/w monitors) where a link now by default is rendered with underline only. Getting more people to use EM instead of emphasizing with U is good because it allows the browser to adapt depending on the equipment of the reader and also opens for better control with style-sheets. Making U a part of the standard would encourage that "thousands of pages out there today [...] would start having underlining all over" with less control for the reader to get the formatting optimized for their needs -- Terje <Terje@in-Progress.com> http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjen/ Make your Web Site a Social Place with Interaction! http://www.ifi.uio.no/~terjen/interaction
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