Comments on: Click Here! http://www.ianhoar.com/2007/11/03/click-here/ Technology, Web, Toys, Games, Design, Entertainment, Gadgets, & Geeking Out Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bad usability - how to notice it on your site - Ian Hoar http://www.ianhoar.com/2007/11/03/click-here/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Bad usability - how to notice it on your site - Ian Hoar Sun, 08 Jun 2008 00:40:35 +0000 http://blog.imhmedia.net/2007/11/03/click-here/#comment-790 [...] text should always be a link, or a link should be readable out of context to the surrounding text (see my article called “Click Here!”). Accessibility and SEO also all benefit from good usability. Always pay attention to what annoys [...] [...] text should always be a link, or a link should be readable out of context to the surrounding text (see my article called “Click Here!”). Accessibility and SEO also all benefit from good usability. Always pay attention to what annoys [...]

]]> By: Green http://www.ianhoar.com/2007/11/03/click-here/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Green Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:15:11 +0000 http://blog.imhmedia.net/2007/11/03/click-here/#comment-119 Amen to that. Another thing to consider is that sometimes, the scanning is not just a human trait - a lot of assistive programs that help people navigate the web will make no sense without descriptive text. Consider a list of links on a page being read to a blind person, or summarized nicely in a navigation tree... Only worse than the 'click here' phenomenon is the 'click there' instructions. eg: "To view this month's schedule, click the link in the left sidebar under the purple icon." what was wrong with "<a href="#" rel="nofollow">View this month's schedule</a>" Amen to that.

Another thing to consider is that sometimes, the scanning is not just a human trait – a lot of assistive programs that help people navigate the web will make no sense without descriptive text.

Consider a list of links on a page being read to a blind person, or summarized nicely in a navigation tree…

Only worse than the ‘click here’ phenomenon is the ‘click there’ instructions.

eg: “To view this month’s schedule, click the link in the left sidebar under the purple icon.”

what was wrong with “View this month’s schedule“

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