Re: mailto:

My preference is to make the address the link so that a readable email
address will be automatically included if the page is printed.

My reason is that I keep running into people who prefer to print webpages
rather than read them onscreen  (bad eyeglasses, limited time at the
computer, super-cheap paper--whatever), and if the address is 'hidden' in
the code, they may find it harder to contact the site-owner.  For the same
reason, I usually try to include the base url for the site somewhere on each
page so that they can make their way back more easily.

It is, after all, about the viewer's convenience.

--
T. Floyd
admin(at)pineloft.com
http://pineloft.com


: ----- Original Message -----
: From: Steven Antonio <santonio(at)delanet.com>
: To: HTML Writers' Guild <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
: Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 1:34 PM
: Subject: mailto:
:...It is common practice for me to create a 'mailto:' link with the link
being the
: content of the sentence and not the address itself.  On many websites I
: see  that the address is the link.  For example:
: >
: > Questions or comments should be directed to the <a
: > href="mailto:webmaster(at)domain.com">webmaster</a>
: >
: > vs.
: >
: > Questions or comments should be directed to the <a
: > href="mailto:webmaster(at)domain.com">webmaster(at)domain.com</a>
: >
: > My question is, are there any disadvantages to doing it as I show in the
: > first example?  Which is better practice and why?  I think I know the
: > answer, but I'd like to know what you all think.

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