Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2005 11:34 am
Google just provides a whole bunch of unrelated links."Click Here" is extremely bad. (Google for reasons)
What search term should I use to get the reasons to which you refer?
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Google just provides a whole bunch of unrelated links."Click Here" is extremely bad. (Google for reasons)
The google terms would be "click here" accessibility.Bill H wrote:Google just provides a whole bunch of unrelated links."Click Here" is extremely bad. (Google for reasons)
What search term should I use to get the reasons to which you refer?
WCAG wrote:Good link text should not be overly general; don't use "click here." Not only is this phrase device-dependent (it implies a pointing device) it says nothing about what is to be found if the link if followed
I am the first to stand up and say that I don't always hit the 100% mark on accessibility. I do have at least some "click here" links left in my game.Bill H wrote:Thanks for the reference. I was so relieved to see that my own site (which I feared might have the "click here" in it) had instead, "Follow the hand for more information."
But the device-dependency rang a bell and I discovered that the hand in question is far too late in the tabbing sequence for people that might not be using a mouse. Work to be done.