Please do NOT use underlining for emphasis

[Urban Ranger]

Please don't, because it confuses the heck out of people: on the Web, URL's are indicated by an underline. You can still use boldface, italics, or capital letters to emphasis.

Thank you for your consideration.

[Eli]

I dont think it's that important.

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't see the problem; URL's are a different color anyway.

[SpencerH]

I would have thought that an emperor could tell the difference between an underline and a link . In any case, I refuse to bow down to your demands. I like underlines better than bold and will continue to (occasionally) use them.

[JohnT]

Not all URL's are underlined.

[KrazyHorse]

Underlining is also used for book titles, as the MLA Style Guide recommends.

[SpencerH]

Thats true until you pass your mouse over them.

[JohnT]

True. I'm just scoring points off UR's use of the word "all."

Even though I agree - underlining is irritating on the web.

[SpencerH]

Well I'm convinced. Bold it is then!

[Boris Godunov]

*Pictures UR spending countless minutes clicking on underlined text, swearing away as he wonders why the damned link won't work...*

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Frogger
Underlining is also used for book titles, as the MLA Style Guide recommends.

MLA? Manitoba Liberation Army?

Some other source recommends italics for book names and "quotes" for articles.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by JohnT
Not all URL's are underlined.

True, but as Jacob Nielson pointed out, the entire Web is one big experience, not individual websites. It's not that bad here, but on SDMB - man, it is maddening.

[KrazyHorse]

The MLA is the definitive source for scholarly work on literature-related subjects. The APA style is preferred by social scientists. Real scientists use any style they feel like.

[Urban Ranger]

You are just pretending to be chaotic.

[KrazyHorse]

Perhaps I am. As they say, Who Has Seen the Wind? Only during The Tempest would that be possible.