[WEB4LIB] curious web design

[Andrew Mutch]

On issues of web design, I usually defer to the WWJD principle:

What Would Jakob Do?
[Nielsen that is!]
;)

He frowns on those kinds of changes because they ignore web "standards" thus
confusing visitors.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

Jacqueline N Loop/LOO/LMITCO/INEEL/US wrote:

> I've seen links done this way before, but I don't like it.  You lose those
> precious few seconds trying to
> figure out where the hyperlink is!  8-)
> If 'twas me, I'd link both the graphic & the text.
>
> On a related note, I've noticed some programming where the hyperlink is not
> underlined - something
> to do with the style tag, I'm assuming.  I find this confusing, but maybe
> that shows I'm old-fashioned.
> Is non-underlined hyperlinking the wave of the future?
>
> Jackie Loop
> loo at inel.gov