i Someone at Yahoo doesn't get it

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com>
Reply-To: Ole Jacobsen <ole () cisco com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:57:34 -0800 (PST)
To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Someone at Yahoo doesn't get it


For IP if you like:

I've been using MyYahoo! for years. It's a nice customizable "portal"
where I can get my choice of news, weather, stocks, currencies and all
that good stuff.

A few days ago I noticed that all the headline links, in fact almost
EVERYTHING on the page is now _____underlined_____

I hate underlined links, in fact it is the main reason I don't use
Safari. Underlining is supposed to be a user set-able option, it is in
most browsers. Yahoo has somehow mananged to bypass that by making the
underlines part of the HTML. Ugh.

So I look all over the Yahoo site for a "how to contact us" or "feedback"
link. No dice. I can get driving directions, and a phone number, but no
way to send them e-mail as far as I can see.

If anyone from Yahoo is reading this, please drop me a line and PLEASE
do NOT hard-code underlines in your pages. Not only is it ugly, but it
completely confuses users who try to turn it off and find that they can't!

Ole



Ole J. Jacobsen
Editor and Publisher,  The Internet Protocol Journal
Academic Research and Technology Initiatives, Cisco Systems
Tel: +1 408-527-8972   GSM: +1 415-370-4628
E-mail: ole () cisco com  URL: http://www.cisco.com/ipj


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