I would go with text unless I was supplied a mock-up with an icon. In that case I would use an image replacement technique. Though I wouldn’t make more work for myself having to create an icon… screw that. Than again… I’m a developer not really a designer so yeah… Unless someone handed me the artwork completed I wouldn’t give an icon a second though because I could care less about ubber awesome graphics but thats just me. So the moral of the story for me anyway is that I would rather spend my time doing something *useful than creating icons or searching for icons and having to deal with copyright issues and that jaze. However, my work does not tend to be in your face gallery worthy design. So if that is something that is important to you perhaps spending time on icons is a good idea. Unless I’m handed a completed mock-up by a designer I tend to go as simple as possible with the least amount of images.
The standard blue link with underline looks a bit ugly to me. Why not use whatever color the rest of your links are? Or are they just the standard blue with underline? (In that case, leave it as is.)
I thought it was a “no-no” to remover underlines from hyperlinks.
No! No!
Underlines certainly can help, but as long as your links are clearly identified in some way (such as with a"nice" color ) all’s fine.
The standard blue link with underline looks a bit ugly to me. Why not use whatever color the rest of your links are? Or are they just the standard blue with underline? (In that case, leave it as is.)
Most of my site uses buttons to navigate around and do things.
The only place I use links is for traditional things like to an Article, and for those, I am currently just using the default blue.
No! No!
Underlines certainly can help, but as long as your links are clearly identified in some way (such as with a"nice" color ) all’s fine.
Have a Hex or two in mind?
Or maybe some links to sites where you admire their links?
This is where design meets usability. Good usability means any link should be obviously clickable. The user shouldn’t need to hover over something just to discover whether it’s a link. But Ralph also has a point. The default link appearance is a bit unpleasant to look at, especially against the softer background colors. Ideally, it should be both aesthetically pleasing and obviously clickable.
You could use a regular black color text link or a ocean blue text link, however you should think of adding a image logo so that people get the idea where the edit button is.
) all’s fine.