How links are prompted and how they are opened

Countless information on the internet is essentially a single HTML document that links them across the Internet. This is like flesh and blood in the human body, only through the meridians can be connected to form a complete body.

A seemingly basic <a/> tag is a crucial and indispensable tag in an HTML document. This <a/> tag is a link between pages and plays a role as a bridge. The bridge also appears in a variety of ways on the page, and different sites decorate it in different ways, but the end result is the same-giving the user a more intuitive, more humane link hint.

<a/> tags in the HTML document can be set different prompts and different ways to open, this article is only to do a simple analysis of these two aspects, welcome to add more information.

How the link is prompted:

1, text with color and underline: This is the browser default link hint way, can very clearly tell the user where can be clicked there is a link, where there is no link. Many websites use this kind of default link hint way, for example Sina Net, Sohu Net. However, it is not appropriate for this link hint to appear on the News list page. The text in the News list page is basically the title, that is, there is a link clickable, since the entire page text is with links clickable, then use this way to hint at the link seems completely unnecessary, and the entire page is underlined, which can bring a very serious sense of visual fatigue. This way appears in the link not many content page, can complete the link itself the prompt task very well;

2, text with color does not underline: This is the current many websites in the News list page link hint way. This approach applies to the news listing page which is ideal for removing the entire page of annoying underscores. There are also many websites that use this hint in the content page because it highlights the difference between the text of the link and the content, but it seems to me that there is no better way to apply it in the content page.

3, Text no color no underline: This is another application to the News list page in the link hint way. Since the entire page of text is linked, then the text with no color seems to be negligible, because there is no special meaning, in addition to beautify the page and use the text with color. There are also Web sites that apply this hint to content pages, such as bubble net content pages. This need to move the mouse to the link text above the text color and underline the way to hint of the link, in the content page to use this hint way is the premise that the link to the content itself page is just a dispensable incidental goods;

4, underline for dashed line: This is a very special kind of hint way, basically apply in content page of pop-up layer advertisement link.

In my opinion the best link hint way is: The News list page does not display the underline, the Content page link text Displays the underline, as to whether the link text should have the color, mainly looks at the page the design.

How links are opened:

1, the current page jump: This is also the default browser link to open the way. The current page jump is undoubtedly the most simple and comfortable relative to a stack of tabs or a browser window, which is naturally the default way to open browsers. However, this is not the case in practical applications. If the link is on a News list page, then the current page jump problem is not big, but if the link text is in the content page, then the current page jump is very unreasonable, in the current page jump means that the browser will discard the current data, but the content page of the link text is mixed in a large section of the content, is to give the current text related information, the user is very natural to read the link text will click to see the relevant information, it is impossible to read the full text and then click the link text to jump;

2, Pop-up page jump: This is the most insurance is also the most commonly used links to open the way. The link text in the content page uses this kind of open way, can the maximum not affect the user current reading behavior, guarantees the user to obtain the information the smoothness while the maximum provides the relevant information;

3, pop-up layer display: This open way is generally used in the current link text short explanation, of course, also used in advertising display.

What kind of link to open the way for users, there is a certain impact, but the greater impact from the link open way of unity, the same kind of link with the current page to jump or a pop-up page jump, at most just affect the user in the use of whether smooth, But if the same kind of link open the way is the current page jump is a pop-up page jump, bring to the user is not the operation of whether there is a smooth feeling, but let users feel confused.