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On the web, links are underlined by default, a clear, non-color way to visually convey they're links. It has become way too common for sites to remove that styl
by extra88 5y ago
On the web, links are underlined by default, a clear, non-color way to visually convey they're links. It has become way too common for sites to remove that styling, maybe showing the underline when the cursor is hovered (useless on mobile devices without a cursor); this one doesn't even show the styling on :focus to make the visible on keyboard navigation.
- failwhaleshark 5y agoThe underline is an affordance, an indicator that it's special. The problem with removing it is there is no way to see it's a link without affirmatively taking an action over the text. Plus, on touch screens, there is no hovering.