Anchors Aweigh | Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)

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Before we set sail to the next chapter, let's review what we've discussed. We looked at four different ways to create anchors on a page—the last two of which we thought were more optimal. Depending on your audience, you now have the knowledge you need to make a decision on your next project.

We then talked about the title attribute and how it can improve usability by giving the user extra information about a link's destination. Visual readers and nonsighted listeners will both be able to take advantage of the title attribute's additional info.

Lastly, we looked at the styling of links using CSS's pseudo-classes. With an imagination, and a few declarations, rich, interactive effects can be achieved using zero JavaScript and no extra markup by targeting different CSS to the four different link states.

Now it's time to furl our sails and raise the anchor to the gunwale! For it's ... sorry, got carried away there.

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