Re: Un-underlined?

Subject: Re: Un-underlined?
From: Brian Gordon <elasticsoul2003 -at- yahoo -dot- ca>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 16:13:43 -0500 (EST)



--- John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:

>
> Hi, guys...I got a brainfreeze where I cannot come
> up with a
> satisfactory one-line description of something.
...snip...
>
> Every elegible subscriber is on a list, and each of
> them is
> underlined by default, looks like a hyperlink. When
> you select a
> subscriber, a message is displayed confirming that
> it's been added,
> and when you click OK on the message, the underline
> goes away.
>
> My question...what is the visual characteristic of
> it now.. Ununderlined?
>

Tricky...I can't think of one word that doesn't sound
clunky (non-underlined) or that is clear (plain text).
Can you reword the prior steps? Or add a 'legend'?

E.g.: Subscribers are indicated by an underline.
Non-subscribers are not underlined. (show samples)

Hmm...

All the best,
Brian



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