1% Everyday – Mmmm Hyperlinks

<a href=”url“>link text</a> https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_links.asp

How the Hyperlink changed everything (3:30 mins) -Margaret Gould Stewart

The earliest screenshot of the web that I can find is from 1992.

firstwebsite

Some thoughts on designing links for use: (10 mins)

https://usabilitygeek.com/hyperlink-usability-guidelines-usable-links/

Or if you prefer the hubris of the “perfect” link: (5 mins)

https://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2018/07/8-secrets-of-the-perfect-link/

Consider:

  • How do you design hyperlinks?
  • How do we make hyperlinks usable across all devices and for humans?
  • Why blue and underlined?
  • Isn’t a little history fun?

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