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diff --git a/.md/about/faq.md b/.md/about/faq.md index 6bbf29b..36eddbc 100644 --- a/.md/about/faq.md +++ b/.md/about/faq.md @@ -84,3 +84,17 @@ stuff is useful at all. That would be a nice surprise. *Not* everything that is *linked* to on this site falls under the same guidelines, so be sure to respect that author's copyright; I tend to link stuff that is generally pretty free to use, though. + +### Why don't you highlight URLs you dinosaur? + +Because I think it's kinda deceiving. It's one thing to highlight a +word that leads to a place, since the user doesn't have expectation of +where it's going to lead, they'll tend to hover to see where it's going. +A full URL looks like it's going exactly where it's going. A user won't +think twice about clicking on +[https://facebook.com/](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ). +They will if they see +[totally not a virus](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ). If +you're giving out the full URL anyway why bother linking it? Every +browser in the world has double-click (or long-press) to highlight the +URL automatically, then right-click, and open in new tab. |