In article <6o0c7bF1880mU1@mid.individual.net>,
Bergamot <bergamot@visi.comwrote:
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Ben C wrote:
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On 2008-11-12, JD <user@example.orgwrote:
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I've seen websites where the link underline is a different colour to the
link text. I've also seen links with dotted underlines (see the hover
effect on the 'Change' and 'All Microsoft Sites' links at the top right
of this page for an example:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/253503).
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Do these techniques involve background image/border hacks
Yes.
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I wouldn't call using the border properties a hack, though, but an
alternative to the text-decoration property.
A hack is relative to a task. If you just know someone used a hammer for
something or or other (but not what) under the bonnet of a car, a purist
mechanic would not disapprove. There are some things for which a hammer
on an engine is quite the right tool. But if he knew it was for driving
in an unimportant bolt (whose thread was damaged), he would raise an
eyebrow or wince. That raised eyebrow or that wince would mean, to those
who knew about these things, that the thread should be cleaned up (and
recut if necessary) and a spanner used.
If you cannot use text-decoration to underline a link to suit your
purpose, and you use border instead, there must be some slight, almost
imperceptible use of the muscles that operate the eyebrows or power a
wince.
It might be different for earthlings, some beings have logs that
register all 'muscle' activity, however slight.
--
dorayme
