Bold link on hover
Is it good to have links bold on hover in a site? I have seen some site who have done this i.e opera.com personally, i don't like it, because it can mess up the layout of the page, :S what are your thoughts?
Is it good to have links bold on hover in a site? I have seen some site who have done this i.e opera.com personally, i don't like it, because it can mess up the layout of the page, :S what are your thoughts?
The Webmistress posted this at 10:54 — 18th December 2002.
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I too hate it as it generally makes the page jump about!
Abhishek Reddy posted this at 11:14 — 18th December 2002.
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It's ok, IMO, if the link is in, say, a navbar or something, where turning bold doesn't shuffle around things. But for "inline" links in body text and such, emboldening can displace it... which is a great irritation.
Renegade posted this at 22:35 — 18th December 2002.
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Oh OK, I just see it sometimes and it really irritates me how they just "jump" out onto the page, so I finally decided to ask if it was "good" or not to do that.
Busy posted this at 22:45 — 18th December 2002.
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It's all a fad, this month is bold on hover, last month was different background on hover (real cheezey), next month could be overline on hover (if it was compatiable on all - its not) everything has its time in the spot light, gets abused (look at flash or frames), fades away to be replaced by something else.
Another reason to keep using NS4.7, cause most of these "fads" don't work on it
Suzanne posted this at 23:10 — 18th December 2002.
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Last month was different background? Damn, I did that three years ago...
Oh, the fun of being an early adopter.
Bold on hover is perfectly wonderful if you bold your links in the first place. ha!
Renegade posted this at 07:52 — 19th December 2002.
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haha yeah Susanne
I always prefer my bold my links, then underline (or over if it calls for it) as for the "bold phase" I sure hope it passess soon cause I find it quite annoying "inline"
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