Hi!
On 04.05.19 13:16, sajolida wrote:
> intrigeri:
>> sajolida:
>>> intrigeri:
>>>> I'm not convinced the overall effect of underlining "But, not everyone
>>>> can donate" is positive: it attracts my eye and discourages me from
>>>> reading the previous sentence.
>>
>>> I've put an underlined sentence similar messages since our first
>>> campaign, based on learnings from Wikimedia:
>>
>>> Search for "examples of incremental" on:
>>> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016-2017_Fundraising_Report
>>
>> I'm all for using underlined sentences to attract the eye to the
>> section in general, and to its most relevant/catchy bits in
>> particular. And I'm really glad you're learning from Wikipedia's
>> measurements and reports \o/
>>
>> My concern is about _what_ we underline.
I just wanted to mention this for further reference: When I reviewed
this, I found that the underline makes the text less easily readable
(unfortunately!). I did a quick search and there seem to be a lot of
resources confirming this:
-
https://www.uxbooth.com/articles/is-the-underlined-link-hurting-readability/
- Actual research from Hamburg university:
https://vsis-www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/getDoc.php/publications/119/www2003.pdf
"Underlined links seem to substantially decrease the reading performance
on Web pages". (The research only talks about links, but Google even
removed underlines, in favor of underlining links only on mouseover).
In the end, sajolida removed the underline altogether. We can search for
other ways of emphasizing sentences in the future.
Cheers!
u.
