[WikiEN-l] Re: Link formatting suggestion

[Daniel P. B. Smith]

> Is anyone going to reply to the ACTUAL SUGGESTION?

Oh, the actual suggestion. I didn't want to wade into a bunch of  
debate about CSS and Javascript and browser compatibility... I assume  
the "actual suggestion" is this:

"Imagine the article is just text, no links. As you finish reading  
the section you were looking for, you want to know if there is any  
further information, so you move your mouse into the text and all  
links go blue and underlined."

I love the idea. I perceive links as emphasis, and I find them very  
distracting. Particularly since most Wikipedia pages are way, way,  
way overlinked, to my taste.

Assuming its feasible (for the wide range of considerations implied  
by "feasible") I'd love to see it happen.

If this were available as a user option, I'd _certainly_ select it.

And I'd vote in favor of making it the default setting.


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