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by TeMPOraL 2799 days ago
I also didn't know about that, so thanks. But - how on Earth was I to know? How are all my non-tech friends to figure it out?
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> But - how on Earth was I to know?

from a Don Norman design-of-everyday-things perspective the design is completely non-discoverable https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordance#As_perceived_action...

What does that matter? Once they've clicked they'll see the URL in the location bar
It's useful to know the domain of the link before you click because some people might not want to navigate to unknown sites at work, or at least don't want to navigate to certain sites at work (Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, pornhub, etc, etc.)