A slightly disturbing new trend seems to be happening in the world of interface design, requiring people to move their mouse around to tell what is a link and what is not.
When you start messing around with the basic building block of the web – the hyperlink – trouble is sure to follow.
Two recently redesigned websites – the LA Times and National Public Radio (NPR) – are featuring a new clean style on their pages that seems to be emulating the visual style of an actual newspaper. All the text in black and white, with no underlining or different colour text for hyperlinks.
