Comments on: UI web design: Is blue the best color for a link?

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:24:41 +0000

The use of blue I think depends on the context. Blue over dark backgrounds look cheap and terrible.

By: Jjay

Jjay — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:05:00 +0000

Hi IC! I agree with you. I find sometimes i tend to use to many exclamation points and annoy myself. But Bold text, exclamation points, too many unusual commas, they all bog down reading. Course I dont proof read what i write cuz i write nothing important so feel free to skip this comment. Oh too late, you read it already! MUAHAHAHA! (ha!)

By: iconoclast

iconoclast — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:36:36 +0000

I think blue and purple work the best, though I agree with the article that contrast–in color and/or font format–is what draws the reader’s attention to a clickable link. On my Web site, I stick to blue, but use a different hue of blue to match the company’s logo. It stands out well from the surrounding text, which is a dark gray.

The biggest issue is to find a contrast that works well, and is not so distracting that the reader stays with your Web page. Bold type actually slows down the reader, especially if used too much. I do see bold type used for a series of navigation links in a menu. This works well because all of the links are bold, say, in the first level of the menu.

Keep on posting these interesting posts!

Hi, jjay!

By: Jjay

Jjay — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:42:54 +0000

So purples actually my fave color, but i think overall blue is the majority of humanities fave color. Blue is very calming and increases the brains ability to solve word problems. The only more calming color is pink. I def dont want pink links!