Anyone whose website looks like this [1] has no business complaining about underlines.
Towards a more perfect link underline
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Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#22I really do not like this. It breaks the assumption (wrong word? Intuitive guess?) that one underline == one link. Which means that every time I look at the link I do a doubletake trying to figure out why there are 6+ links in that word.
Maybe there's something wrong with your browser. The underline style is only interrupted slightly for descenders. It continues through spaces and other punctuation like it does normally. It looks nothing like a phrase with each word underlined individually.
There's nothing wrong with their browser, they are talking about a single word, not phrase, being composed of multiple links.
As HN does not support markup I'll attempt to demonstrate with underlines. Imagine that each slice seperated by underlines is a seperate link.
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Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe there's something wrong with your browser. The underline style is only interrupted slightly for descenders. It continues through spaces and other punctuation like it does normally. It looks nothing like a phrase with each word underlined individually.
There's nothing wrong with their browser, they are talking about a single word, not phrase, being composed of multiple links. As HN does not support markup I'll attempt to demonstrate with underlines. Imagine that each slice seperated by underlines is a seperate link. _Su_p_ercalifra_g_alisticex_p_ialdocious_
The only characters that introduce separation in a standard typeface are the ones with descenders: q, y, p, g, j, and some punctuation characters.
I have no idea why you think i_f, r_a, c_e, or almost any of the other pairs of letters in your example would have a discontinuous underline.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#24Just seems a little nit-picky to me. I can't help thinking there are more important things to implement than little gaps around letter descenders and configurable line thickness in text underlines...
Just because there are more important things to do worry about than one particular thing doesn't mean no one on earth should worry about that thing until everything else is fixed. I really need to vacuum my car, but maybe I should hold off until we resolve the Ebola outbreak?
I'm not sure that example is the same, I'd say a better example would be "I really need to fix the giant hole in my roof, but maybe I should hold off until I find the perfect position of the pillows on my bed"
EDIT: But sure, the fact that there are other things to do doesn't mean no one should worry about anything else. I just feel like this is one of those things that doesn't really make any meaningful change, add any value, etc. Like I said, just seems like nit-picking. To each their own.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's nothing wrong with their browser, they are talking about a single word, not phrase, being composed of multiple links. As HN does not support markup I'll attempt to demonstrate with underlines. Imagine that each slice seperated by underlines is a seperate link. _Su_p_ercalifra_g_alisticex_p_ialdocious_
The only characters that introduce separation in a standard typeface are the ones with descenders: q, y, p, g, j, and some punctuation characters. I have no idea why you think i_f, r_a, c_e, or almost any of the other pairs of letters in your example would have a discontinuous underline.
Edited, better?
They are saying that currently if there is a break in the underline it is understood that the two underlined portions of the word are two different links.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#26Anyone whose website looks like this [1] has no business complaining about underlines. [1] http://i.imgur.com/Y1MAsHt.png
I actually tried to reproduce that screenshot. Consider me trolled.
If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223), you could have at least said what browser you use.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#27I find the "regular" underline a LOT more readable and ensure im seeing an hyperlink... IMO readability should always trump "being pretty".
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#28Anyone whose website looks like this [1] has no business complaining about underlines. [1] http://i.imgur.com/Y1MAsHt.png
I actually tried to reproduce that screenshot. Consider me trolled. If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223 ), you could have at least said what browser you use.
> If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223), you could have at least said what browser you use.
In a half-hearted attempt to atone for my sins...
My browser is Safari blocking some JavaScript and most ads. Your floating header-menu-thingy is completely transparent, but won't disappear. Floating headers generally break page-down, so they're a terrible idea. But if you use them, at least make them opaque so people can figure out the breakage.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I actually tried to reproduce that screenshot. Consider me trolled. If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223 ), you could have at least said what browser you use.
> If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223), you could have at least said what browser you use. In a half-hearted attempt to atone for my sins... My browser is Safari blocking some JavaScript and most ads. Your floating header-menu-thingy is completely transparent, but won't disappear. Floating headers generally break page-down, so they're a terrible idea. But if you u…
Thank you for details!
I'm not the article author or site creator, I'm just OCD about the myriad ways a seemingly simple page can fail to render.
Re: Towards a more perfect link underline
#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
> If your intention was to be helpful in any way (always a safe assumption with username223), you could have at least said what browser you use. In a half-hearted attempt to atone for my sins... My browser is Safari blocking some JavaScript and most ads. Your floating header-menu-thingy is completely transparent, but won't disappear. Floating headers generally break page-down, so they're a terrible idea. But if you u…
Thank you for details! I'm not the article author or site creator, I'm just OCD about the myriad ways a seemingly simple page can fail to render.
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