On 12/31/02 3:27 AM, "Derek Moore" jizzbug@hotmail.com wrote:

Because of the nature of Wikipedia, articles tend to get rather congested with links. All these super-bright reds and blues and gaudy underlines can sometimes get the better of an article. I was working on [[w:LAMP]] just now when my eyes just couldn't take anymore.

It might be nice to find some softer colors for links, visited links, and non-existent links. And to also, via CSS, get rid of the underlines on links within the body of an article (the underlines are kinda helpful for the menus to left, above, and below articles, though [but maybe for style these underlines could be done away with, too, and instead go with bolding the font faces]). I do like red for non-existent articles, and blue for existent articles; they're just way too bright as it is.

Anyways, I really think something ought to be done about this, as too many link-filled articles just look terrible, and their readability is quite degraded. It's just too distracting on the eyes, especially when you're tryin' to study the text.

One, this isn't a matter for wikitech. Two, I think it's fine for there to be a non-default skin that satisfies your desires. Three: in no way should non-underlined links be the default. It's bad practice in terms of usability to violate standards.