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From: Beth Jacobson (bethj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-12 01:02:44


Jeff Garland wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:57:56 -0400, Beth Jacobson wrote
>
>>they serve no real purpose and are
>>non-standard, so if some people are finding them confusing or even
>>just annoying, that's probably sufficient reason to take them out. I
>>won't change the test page because they don't really interfere with
>>people's ability to evaluate the rest of the changes, but at this
>>point I'm thinking they probably don't belong in the final version.
>
>
> I think the new color scheme is the best I've seen -- I'd ship it. We should
> leave the underlines -- I agree with the comment that the color by itself is
> too subtle. I could go either way on the disappering behavior. The nice
> part is that it gives feedback that you are over the link. But no big deal
> either way.
>
> Thx Beth for jumping in with some fresh ideas -- and of course thx to Rene for
> all the prior work...

Thanks Jeff. I should have been clearer before. It's the "disappearings"
I'm having doubts about. I agree the underlining is important for clarity.

Thanks too, to everyone for their feedback. It really helped to have so
many different eyes.


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