"Steve Bennett" stevage@gmail.com wrote in message news:f1c3529e0610140027u76fe39e2o6b2ef20968f56a25@mail.gmail.com...
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.
No - as I said in an earlier post, the biggest problem is with accessibility. People using screen readers navigate a site using a links list generated by their screen reader, which is useless if all it says is 'Link 1: click here, Link 2: click here, etc.'.
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)