Re: Hyperlinks giving me the blues!
There are still hundreds of thousands of people who will not recognize a hyperlink unless it is blue and underlined. The question is really not aesthetics, but designing your site in such a way that EVERYONE can recognize your links as what they are.
Just two weeks ago I sat with a man who is the Development Director for a local non profit organization and who uses the computer a lot. He was not aware that when the cursor turns into a hand it is pointing at a hyperlink. He is not alone in this world.
People who participate on the WPW forums are computer savvy - at least, a lot more so than the average computer owner "out there", and they find hyperlinks even when they are the same color as the background (oops, that's another subject!!!).
Silliness aside, I do not use blue for my hyperlinks on my own site. I try to have the hyperlinks organized in such a way that they really are obvious, such as in lists. This does not work for all people.
But then, nothing works for all people. You do what you think is best for most of your visitors and then hope you are right.
Have a happy day, wherever you are!
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