| Data below is based
on 376 instances of local navigation links on 315 web
pages [sites
examined]. An instance
was defined as a single grouping of links on the page;
some pages had more than one set of local navigation
links (for example, if both Down-to-Child and Across-to-Sibling
links were present). |
| |
| |
Primary HTML Link Color |
 |
| 50% |
Blue |
|
13% |
Red
|
| 12%
|
Black |
| 12%
|
Gray |
| 6% |
Green |
| 5% |
Brown |
| 2% |
Purple |
|
|
| |
Visited Link Indication |
| 37% of pages used a different color to
indicate visited links. |
| |
| |
Visual Treatment |
 |
54% HTML text links:
underlined |
 |
34% HTML text links: underlining
disabled |
 |
12% Text as graphic |
|
| |
Rollover Behavior |
|
68% |
None |
|
15% |
Change text color
(for HTML text) |
| 10% |
Add underlining (for HTML text
not underlined in the normal state) |
4% |
Change background color (for HTML
text) |
3% |
Change graphic state (for text
as graphic) |
|
