http://metatalk.metafilter.com/tags/nocarets Posts tagged with 'nocarets' at MetaTalk. Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:29:30 -0800 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:29:30 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://metatalk.metafilter.com/12292/Stop%2Dusing%2Dcarets%2Das%2Dthe%2Dtext%2Dfor%2Dhyperlinks Suggestion: Stop using carets<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret">^</a> as the text for hyperlinks, as in <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/52986">this thread</a>, where, for example, barbituates<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbiturate">^</a> and delysid<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delysid">^</a> could have appeared as simply <a href="<a href=" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/barbiturate>barbituates</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delysid">delysid.</a><br> <br> The latter is both more readable, and in keeping with (albeit unwritten) internet convention. The former uses a symbol whose meaning is already defined, and does not have anything to do with "read more about the preceeding word here." tag:metatalk.metafilter.com,2006:site.12292 Fri, 14 Jul 2006 06:29:30 -0800 nocarets odinsdream