On 10/13/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
I'm surprised you think that's better. "Click here" links are generally considered evil, and I generally agree with that. "Click here to do X" only tells me how to do X *now*, not where to go if I ever want to do X.
The only justification I've seen for them being considered "evil" was that it's redundant: you're on the web, you click on hyperlinks, therefore a hyperlink that says "click here" is redundant. However, redundancy isn't always bad: it reduces ambiguity. Is a link that says "download" a description of what downloading is, or a place where you can actually download? A link that says "click here to download" is unambiguous.
So my reasoning says that if you're quickly navigating an interface, and you know that the link to change your user parameters is there somewhere, a link that says "click here to change your user parameters" is quicker and easier to use than some text that says "There are various <A...>user parameters</A> that you can set, including <A...>language</A> and <A...>stylesheet</A." There, the first link is something that you can actually do, while the second two are just information *about* that activity.
I've probably overlooked something though.
Steve