[IxDA Discuss] does color matter for hyperlinks

[Chris Bobbett]

Hi Kinjal,

Of the two elements typically used to denote a hyperlink (color and
underline), I would say the underline is extremely important to link
recognition. The color is less important. You have some flexibility there.
I'm sure all would agree that the most recognizable combination is the
default blue text with an underline (for a link) and default purple with an
underline (for a visited link). If you do stray from these highly
recognizable combinations, I would take care to ensure you don't use the
link color in other text elements, like a header, if they are NOT going to
be hyperlinked. Try to reserve your chosen link color for links only.

Kind regards,

Chris

On 2/27/07, Kinjal <kinju_3 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Is it necessary to have hyperlinks as: underlined text and blue color and
> for the visited link: underlined text and purple color??? Does a user
> understand a hyperlink from the underlined text or only with the combination
> of underlined text and a blue color.
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> My question is does color matter????
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