The lack of any indicators at all was frustrating. I had to take physical action to determine whether something was a link. In practice I think I would just stop using the links. I think some kind of indication is needed.
The default underline was the best for me. I don't rule out that this is because I am used to the underlines. Going in I thought the dots would be bets, but I found them distracting. With practice they might be the best.
The angle brackets were by far the worst. It could be because I have seen enough HTML for angle brackets to have singificance, but I think it has more to do with parantheses and how we use them in text. I just found them distracting and they really took me out of the work.
Of the cuff thought... small superscripted dot or something? I'm used to seeing footnote or citation indicators in the corners and they generally don't take me out of whatever I'm reading.
The lack of any indicators at all was frustrating. I had to take physical action to determine whether something was a link. In practice I think I would just stop using the links. I think some kind of indication is needed.
The default underline was the best for me. I don't rule out that this is because I am used to the underlines. Going in I thought the dots would be bets, but I found them distracting. With practice they might be the best.
The angle brackets were by far the worst. It could be because I have seen enough HTML for angle brackets to have singificance, but I think it has more to do with parantheses and how we use them in text. I just found them distracting and they really took me out of the work.
Of the cuff thought... small superscripted dot or something? I'm used to seeing footnote or citation indicators in the corners and they generally don't take me out of whatever I'm reading.