# Do you like the new Chrome underlines?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [February 1, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920 "2018-02-01T01:28:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/1 "2018-02-01T01:28:31Z")
(This is about as mundane and pointless as it can get, but it is a poll, so…)
What do you guys think of the way that Chrome 64 handles underlines? It skips a bit for descenders. (For those who don’t have Chrome, enjoin and enjoin now look nearly the same to us.)
I’m on the fence. I wrote a small script/stylesheet that turned it off, but turned it back on to see if I could get used to it.
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### Author:  [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/2 "2018-02-01T01:51:21Z")
> [@BigT](#):
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> (This is about as mundane and pointless as it can get, but it is a poll, so…)
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> What do you guys think of the way that Chrome 64 handles underlines? It skips a bit for descenders. (For those who don’t have Chrome, enjoin and enjoin now look nearly the same to us.)
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> I’m on the fence. I wrote a small script/stylesheet that turned it off, but turned it back on to see if I could get used to it.
I’d much rather Chrome not gobble up so much memory and let websites break it in various ways. the way it displays underlined text isn’t even on the radar.
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### Author:  [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/3 "2018-02-01T03:46:42Z")
I hadn’t noticed. Now that you’ve pointed it out, I can see the difference, but I can’t say that I care one way or the other.
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/4 "2018-02-01T07:20:03Z")
I hadn’t noticed this yet. But it’s neat.
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### Author:  [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/5 "2018-02-01T12:53:30Z")
I tend to not notice even the changes others think are major. Each iteration of the Windows OS seems like minuscule tweaks to me.
I also do not notice when my gf gets her hair cut differently. ☹
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### Author:  [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/6 "2018-02-01T14:47:59Z")
I am using Chrome right now and it doesn’t do this. Huh.
> [@jz78817](#):
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> I’d much rather Chrome not gobble up so much memory and let websites break it in various ways. the way it displays underlined text isn’t even on the radar.
This.
> [@kayaker](#):
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> I also do not notice when my gf gets her hair cut differently. ☹
And this.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/7 "2018-02-01T18:11:10Z")
> [@Hermitian](#):
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> I am using Chrome right now and it doesn’t do this. Huh.
Huh. Should be a part of Chrome 64. Are you sure you have the most current version?
Are you maybe on a Mac or Linux? Maybe it’s not been rolled out to them yet.
I am surprised, as I would have thought that this would be the one place where people would have noticed, both the people and the site, since there’s so much underlining.
Also, weird that I made a poll but left out the very option I stated: “Not sure.” For reference, use the last option for that.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/8 "2018-02-01T18:37:26Z")
Is that what it is? It’s fine for the most part but it looks terrible when people hyperlink stuff and their text has lots of descenders or commas.
Even [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) looks kinda ugly.
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### Author:  [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/9 "2018-02-01T18:44:40Z")
Hadn’t restarted since the update, so I hadn’t seen it. Now that I have … I probably wouldn’t have noticed.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/10 "2018-02-01T18:50:18Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#):
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> Is that what it is? It’s fine for the most part but it looks terrible when people hyperlink stuff and their text has lots of descenders or commas.
> Even [www.google.com](http://www.google.com) looks kinda ugly.
That’s actually an example that I think looks okay. The g’s have big extenders, and there’s enough space between them to reestablish the line. It’s when there’s a bunch of symbols and commas splitting it up where I think it looks bad.
To get the effect they want and have it look good, I think it requires altering placement as well. Personally, I would just leave it off by default and allow sites to opt in.
Anyways, if anyone’s interested, I can make a very quick script to remove it. Or just put it up on Stylish.
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### Author:  [@Mithras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mithras)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/11 "2018-02-01T18:54:17Z")
Now, whenever I see a link with commas in it, I think it’s a list of links: one, two,
three, and four
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/12 "2018-02-01T19:09:34Z")
> [@Mithras](#):
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> Now, whenever I see a link with commas in it, I think it’s a list of links: one, two,
> three, and four
Indeed. And I could see another solution there, too. Rather than completely remove the line, have it fade out. Though, personally, I think raising the comma up a little bit would be better.
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### Author:  [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/13 "2018-02-01T19:29:33Z")
Yeah, things like the New Posts screen look awful now.
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### Author:  [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/14 "2018-02-01T20:43:03Z")
I noticed when reading this board. It looks stupid to me.
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/15 "2018-02-16T05:16:51Z")
> [@Mithras](#):
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> Now, whenever I see a link with commas in it, I think it’s a list of links: one, two,
> three, and four
Yeah, now that that update has been rolled out for me, I think I’m changing my vote. This sounded like a good idea, but it’s confusing.
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### Author:  [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/16 "2018-02-16T13:27:25Z")
It’s been two weeks. I had forgotten it was a change.
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/17 "2018-02-16T14:00:02Z")
Not a Chrome user, but it seems to me like a fix for a problem that never existed.
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### Author:  [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/18 "2018-02-16T14:04:58Z")
I noticed right away, happened at the same time on my phone, and I hate it. Still hate it 2 weeks later. Bad design.
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### Author:  [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/19 "2018-02-16T14:51:31Z")
My Safari browser on the iPad has the broken style underline. Has it always been this way? If so, that’s probably why I never noticed it when using Chrome on the desktop.
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### Author:  [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-new-chrome-underlines/807920/20 "2018-02-16T21:12:12Z")
I’m against it.
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