On 6/30/06, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Gah, hate those. I also particularly dislike ones that hide external links; "for more information, click [http://www.gorgonzola.com/ here]." That combines several pet peeves; directions to "click" somewhere (what if I've printed the page?), uninformative link names, and external links embedded in the article's text rather than at the end in a references or external links section.
Yep. I feel that external links should always be displayed as either: * Raw URLs (quite appropriate for references sections) * Quasi-footnote style ("...according to the official website [www.foo.com]") which renders as "...[1]" * The official name of the page or website in question, like "New York Times" or "How to use Wiki markup". I make an exception for the stock phrase "Corporate website".
Even more than I don't like pipe linking for normal links, I really object to it for external links. Thanks for reminding me. :)
Steve