On 08/21/2007 13:13, Tim Doty wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 August 2007, Chris Elliott wrote:
>> On 08/21/2007 08:11, Henry G Belot wrote:
>>> Tim:
>;>>> ...My view would be to allow insertion of a "link" -- a new object type
>;>>> that would have two attributes: a title (the text to put on the page)
>>>> and a URL.
>;>> I second that.
>> I would like to amend this. Add a third attribute, text style. What is
>> the point of having a link if the reader can't see that a link exists.
>> That is why the default for the web is underlined with a different
>> color. That way the reader knows that "Hey, that's a link. If I click on
>> it I will go somewhere else, hopefully in context with what the funny
>> formatted text reads." The default text style should the the same blue,
>> underlined text that is commonly recognized as a link. But the reason
>> why I suggest a text style is so the author can choose to point it to
>> another pre-existing text style or change the default link text style to
>> match the document's style guide.
>
> I had that thought at first, but it is really duplicating effort. The text
I don't necessarily agree. I consider a link a custom and unique object
apart from the text that surrounds it because the user-interface handles
it differently. Thus, it should have it's own text style. My thought is
that by default it only changes the color and underline style (to blue,
single underline), but the author can change that. Having to create a
link and then manually apply a style to the text doubles the work of the
author.
> that is shown is subject to styling. The appropriate way to set the text
> style is on the text.
>
> Your other points are simply covered by how styles work.
My other points were my arguments for why I thought links should have a
text style attribute.
I have an idea for implementation, but that predicates us convincing
Deron that external links is a valid feature to add to his program. 
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Chris "Sembazuru" Elliott
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