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Re: Verbiage for button and link interactions

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From: Joy Relton
Date: Dec 19, 2016 6:27AM

How about "activate"?


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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Verbiage for button and link interactions

On the other hand, if this documentation is aimed at end-users, I think
almost everybody understands what click means, even if they are on a
touchscreen device, keyboard, or using a screen reader.

Although it may not be technically precise, I would argue that it's probably
The word most likely to be widely understood.

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> On Dec 16, 2016, at 08:02, Christopher Myers < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> Hi!
>
> I'm passing along a question for a colleague --
>
> They're working on documentation for an online process, and are trying to
> figure out how to best phrase the interaction that users do with links and
> buttons.
>
> Some of their coworkers say that it should be "click," but others say it
> should be "tap." Their reasoning behind "tap" is for mobile devices and
> accessibility programs. But other users would be confused by "tap" when
> they're using a pointing device with buttons.
>
> So, I was just curious if there's a "universal" way of referring to one's
> interactions with "pressable" objects?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris
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