Blue hypertext is a good design decision: no perceptual disadvantage in reading and successful highlighting of relevant information
Background Highlighted text in the Internet (i.e., hypertext) is predominantly blue and underlined. The perceptibility of these hypertext characteristics was heavily questioned by applied research and empirical tests resulted in inconclusive results. The ability to recognize blue text in foveal and...
Main Author: | Benjamin Gagl |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2016-09-01
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Series: | PeerJ |
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Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/2467.pdf |
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