Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 09/11/07 21:33

Scripsit Art:

[ after the usual bogosity alert, fullquoting ]

> There are some instances where an alternate type of hyperlink
> identification by color and styling is desirable.

To whom?

> One such example would be the case of hyperlinks contained in a top
> level navigation bar, masthead, or common trailer region. In these
> instances, the hyperlinks would show up without underlining and in a
> consistent color regardless of visited state.

That's bad usability. When visiting a site, it can be quite relevant to see
at a glance which sections you have already visited.

Besides, putting _external_ links into a navigation bar would be odd, and
the original question was aboud separating external links from internal
links,

> background: inherit; \* for CSS checker compliance *\

Thanks for the bogosity alert. You want to use a CSS checker but silence its
warnings without understanding them (and probably without realizing that the
dominant browser does not support the keyword inherit).

> color: #CC0000; \* highlight color when rodent is passed over
> a link *\

How amusing. Comments are a great place for humor - what else would they be
for?

But there was nothing related to the issue of separating external and
internal links by color or otherwise in your proposal.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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