Questions tagged [hyperlinks]
Hyperlinks indicate that clicking on a piece of text or image will take you to related information.
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Should I include the word 'this' in an in-paragraph hyperlink?
I have the following text as my signature in some other fora.
Those interested in Arts and Crafts, please Commit to this stackoverflow proposal!
Well, I read somewhere that hyperlinks shouldn't be ...
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Should minor links be styled with the same hover effects as primary links?
I have the following article which has a primary title link as well as breadcrumb and social links.
Should I use the primary links' hover effect style for the breadcrumb and social links or ...
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Why is it standard for a website logo to navigate to the home page?
Why has it become an industry standard for logos to redirect a user to a website's homepage?
Where was this first seen?
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Where can I read up on the "BLU" convention? [closed]
A course in web design mentioned the "BLU" rules, which covers that visited links should be colored differently. I tried to read more about it online, but was unable to google it. Does anyone know ...
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Guide/instruction buttons
Can someone tell me the professional name of the buttons that you see when you are in a new page or when it's a new feature?
Those buttons usually open to pop-ups that will guide you in the new page/...
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How do I indicate that clicking a button will remove their search results?
This is about a complicated application that holds 50 years of archived data. Some things are illogical and we can't change it because it's stuck in 50 years of rusted customs. But slowly I'll try and ...
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Building a web site with hotlinks
I am building an interface similar to Google images search service. I know that Google is storing the thumbnails in the database and when you click on the thumbnail, it displays a page that is hot-...
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Do separate links with the same name pose accessibility problems if they're part of an unordered list?
Our site is getting flagged for accessibility issues for having separate links with the same text. However, I'm wondering if the links are actually distinguishable by screen readers since they have ...
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What is the best practice for a link that has two functions?
For Example, lets say I have a book viewer with list of (parent-child) bookmarks.
my problem is how to deal with bookmarks when it have two action in the same link.
download bmml source – ...
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Whether to use "Click Here" in Links for non techincal users
The hyper links containing the word "Click Here" is against the principles of Usability as the whole focus shifts towards the mouse and further it does not guide the users about the information of ...
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Should we tell users that a link or button will open in a new tab or window & how to do so?
I have encountered users (and myself) who feel that at times when clicking on links it can be surprising when things open in a new window or tab and they didn't expect that action.
I believe it would ...
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What is the best way to represent a (Now Hiring) link or icon in a webpage
What is the best way to represent a (Now Hiring) link or icon in a webpage.
some webpages locate it into a footer or something very bottom of the page.
some is suggesting to put it in the very top of ...
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Undisclosed mailto: links. Why is this still prevalent?
I find it a wee bit obnoxious to see modern websites — even those with decent design —, still using contact links that open a user's email client without fair disclosure. Be it a lack of microcopy or ...
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How to best show links that are internal
I have created a wordpress site recently for my club. I have come recently to a discussion about the way I have shown the list of useful links internal to the site.
I have put them under the header "...
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Is there research on whether users know how to open a link in a new tab?
When I was young and personal computers where a new thing, there was a study that revealed that many persons did not know what to do with a computer mouse and how to use the pointer on screen to ...
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Hyperlinks replacing buttons for desktop software UI's?
I am a Software Quality Assurance (SQA) manager for a complex geology and geophysics software application. Recently I heard my SQA team complaining about the heavy handedness of the UX teams. They ...
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Best way to indicate which application you are currently on, in the top navigation
I've seen a couple of link related posts but I feel this one is a little different.
I'm currently working on an application where we have links to other products at the top of the screen, and we're ...
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How to let user know large caption in carousel is link
On this page, we'd like to let the user know that the big captions over the images can be clicked. (We don't have any links right now.) The pages that open will be on the same server, so the "External ...
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Does adding a click count next to a hyperlink enhance the user experience?
What is the main purpose behind Discourse's link click count?
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Homepage Changes Based on Who is Accessing It
I am redesigning a homepage which has 10 places it can take you. Four types of people will be using this homepage.
Person 1 can access elements 1, 2, and 3.
Person 2 can access elements 3, and 4.
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Sharing a link in iOS: where to place an action button if not in a bar?
I'm going to explain what I've been told to meet: I need to add a kind of "tell a friend" option within a settings menu the app already has (which is a table view). The purpose of such "tell a friend" ...
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Best way to display a list of links to articles?
I have a page that links to other pages on my Wordpress website. At the moment, I am displaying them in an unordered list. However, in my opinion, it looks a bit cluttered. Plus, I'm afraid that the ...
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Google Maps Link Name
We have an application that provides an address to a commercial property. There's a use case in which users will need to view the property in google maps. I was wondering if there's a standard link ...
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Can we assume a file stored in the cloud and link saved in the pocket app, are same?
Let’s imagine a user uses a cloud service (for example Google Drive) for:
Only backing up his data
Accessing files from different locations and different devices
To expand the storage capacity of ...
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Efficient way to enter link on phone
I am currently working on a web app that requires users to type the given link on their phone's browser to access the info. I am thinking of putting in a QR code.
Is there any better way to do it?
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Link-heavy web GUI patterns
There is an enterprise system where all entities are interconnected.
Let's say we have following entities for a example: Customer, Order, Product, Contact, Employee.
The preferred GUI style is ...
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Embedded link in text or small link icon next to it in document?
In a document which has so many links (e.g. this CV), where the blue is overwhelming the black, and the whole sentences/groups of words are links, not just some words in the middle, should we use a ...
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Do users always relate underlined words to links?
I was reading an article, and the author underlined a single word. Automatically I though 'this is a link, let's click it', but it was only a underlined word:
Is there a study that shows that users ...
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Which anchor text variation provides the best experience? [duplicate]
Basically, my question is about where anchor tag links should be located.
In the specific sentence Click here to go to this site, what makes the most sense?
Click here to go to this site.
Click ...
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Username & Password for selling page Yes or No?
I appreciate your given opinion about this:
I intend to send an email to a specific target audience in order to offer small business owners (around the world) a product which is not cheap. (I don't ...
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What do users expect to occur with a "Watch video" link?
I'm trying to come up with the best way to serve videos on a website. Currently there's an instance that says, "Watch video" with a little camera icon. It's in contrast to "Read report" with a little ...
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Multiple methods of navigating backwards from a web app's detail page
I've got a situation where there's a list, and each item in the list contains a detail page. Lets say it's a list of users in a table or something, and clicking on a user brings you to a page with ...
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Button or link for new item form
I'm quite decided to use links to indicate that the user will be taken to page with content, and to use button, when the user takes some action. There is pretty clear distinction between those, so it ...
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How best to display truncated links?
I'm working on a Q&A platform, and I was wondering.
Within My Account you can check your questions, answers and comments such as
[Your answer]
Date: [XX-XX-XX] Number of answers:[XX]
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Which gets more interactive: QR code or shorten link?
I am making a poster and I would like to add a document so that anyone who is interested can see further details. At first, I thought that using a QR code would make it look cooler, but after reading ...
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Should a column of navigation buttons include or omit the current page?
I'm designing a web site with a column of navigation buttons on the left. On the right is the content. Clicking a button loads the particular content and a title header on the top. Say the column of ...
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Is it considered useful or harmful to make in-text mentions of well-known sites hyperlinks?
This question is related to a meta post on Academia.SE on the practice of changing in-text references to widely known sites to hyperlinks.
For example (from this post), is
I use a tool to block ...
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Link states – should keyboard focus replicate hover or active
I realise that this question may be quite specific CSS-wise, but it feels more like a UX question than a StackOverflow one.
My question is should links have a :focus state that replicates their :...
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Is there any established convention for indicating that a link will scroll the page? (jump links)
There are various existing conventions to give users clues about what will happen on clicking or touching a link when it is not a standard link to another page, for example:
Single chevrons pointing ...
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Hyperlink at the top of page with smooth scroll to a form at the bottom
I've been tasked with creating 3 new web pages for our site. Each page has a hyperlink above the fold that takes the user to a form at the bottom of the page just above the footer. None of these pages ...
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Accessibility of linked DOC/DOCX files
I am working on a site where the client wants to provide links to Microsoft Word Doc/Docx files. This is probably a bad idea for a number of reasons but from an accessibility standpoint, is this a ...
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Is it better to have links open in the same window, or a new window? [duplicate]
Are there best practices around when it's ok to open links into a new tab and when it's best not to?
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Should all links on a website be the same color?
I'm not a web designer and would like to know about link and button colors.
About links
Should all links be the same color, knowing that sometimes the background has different color so the links are ...
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What is the best way to insert links in a text? [duplicate]
Is there some recognized best practice when it comes to inserting hypertext in a page? For instance, what is the best between:
Check out our website: http://example.com
And..
Check out our website!
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Forms: pattern to create/convey dependencies between fields?
I'm designing a feature where the user can create forms which then other will be able to fill out ( and either pass or fail). The user will be able to write questions and set which answers (yes or no) ...
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What's the best way of showing an active/current link?
I'm working on a two page website. At the top there are two links. One for work and one for info.
What's the best practice for styling a link for the page the user is on?
For example, on the below ...
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Can a label and a count link to the same detail list?
We have a page with links to different lists and we are debating what the clickable link should be. What is the best option?
The label and the count are both links to the same list. Is it confusing ...
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do not redirect the user if redirect address is the same as the current address
Would it be a good idea to not redirect the user if the clicked anchor tag address is the same as the current address of the user?
e.g. If user is currently at //example.com/home and he clicks a link ...
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What to use as a textual link to a page showing a list of available languages?
We have a site that is written in English, exclusively for use people in the UK. All the pages are in English although there is one page that has been translated into 20-odd languages (that basically ...
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What is the best practice for styling links, when considering mobile and tablet UX?
I am working on a website that has a variety of content types. Many different titles, modules.
Some of the modules have titles that are clickable that take the user through to a landing page for that ...
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