Link label should indicate destination type
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- Dominant language
- JavaScript
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Description
Feature request: Have each link label indicate the type of destination following the link will bring you to.
Destination types:
- New page in same tab
- New page in new tab
- New page in new window
- New location on same page
- Script
The background color is a natural choice for differentiating. Coming up with memorable colors that don't get too busy might be a challenge. It would be worth it though, since many website's don't have linking conventions that are intuitive.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. First locate the link-label rendering and the logic that distinguishes destination types; define a non-confusing visual treatment for the five listed destinations, then verify that each link type is visibly differentiated without making the interface too busy.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100