blog! “Using a CSS cursor to show the external link's favicon”
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blog! “Using a CSS cursor to show the external link's favicon”
How do you know where this link goes to? If you're on a desktop, you might notice that hovering your mouse over it displays the destination somewhere on your screen. If you're a geek, you could view the source-code of a page. Can we improve the experience for users? Here's an attempt. Try h…
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@Edent It would be maybe more useful just to use content after (or content before) to include that icon next to the link. Overriding cursor just make things weird and is confusing regarding #usability #UX. But as an experiment it's good to go.
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@dusoft I did think about that - but the content shifting is a bit annoying.
But, yeah, a fun experiment