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Unrelated to the content - do people find that the bolding of linked words/phrases makes the article easier or harder to read?
by ngoel36 12y ago
Unrelated to the content - do people find that the bolding of linked words/phrases makes the article easier or harder to read?
- dragontamer 12y agoHarder. I think blue-underlines are the easiest for me to read. It might be familiarity.
- DanBC 12y agoHarder.
- ccvannorman 12y agoI liked it after I realized what was happening. Blue on black is too busy.
- savanaly 12y agoDidn't notice that certain words were bolded until you pointed it out.
- savanaly 12y agoDidn't notice that certain words were bolded until you pointed it out.
- c22 12y agoYes. I didn't realize they were links till I got to the ones labeled "here". If those hadn't been on the page I would have likely finished reading and left completely oblivious to the links.
- logicallee 12y agoHoly cow!! I didn't read the whole thing, but going back, I thought it was just the author's very peculiar style of emphasis! Like writing comic-book style: (1) I thought he was doing it to be engaging, and make you really focus on his point! [1] http://www.comicbookbrain.com/_imagery/_2007_07_27/bb119_pg5_1000.jpg http://www.comicbookbrain.com/_imagery/_2007_07_27/bb119_pg5...
- jedanbik 12y agoBolding places emphasis on the word being bolded, whereas underlining places emphasis on the line underneath the word. In the context of a URL, usability would dictate underlining links, to match convention.