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Re: Repeating the same link phrase

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From: Timothy J. Luoma
Date: Sep 2, 2002 1:24PM

John Foliot - bytown internet wrote:

> <A class=more
> title="Read more of the Trews press release"
> href="index.php?release=trews">[
> More <SPAN class=hidden>The Trews</SPAN>... ]</A>
>
> Which "displays" [More...], but includes unique title attributes (and thus
> unique links), and for backwards compatability also has extra "hidden" text
> between the anchor tags.
>
> Does anybody have a problem with this? It certainly passes the "omnipotent"
> Bobby...

a) Bobby isn't omnipotent

b) I thought about doing this... but I think that the guideline is for
people with cognitive visual impairments who might not make the right
connections between one "PDF" link and another....

Personally I think that this is getting further and further away from
what I was trying to accomplish, namely lighter page weight balanced
with clarity.

Right now I'm thinking about making a page of PDF downloads, a page of
ZIP downloads, etc. Then having the filenames listed wouldn't be a
problem because they wouldn't be listed 3 times per page. Someone who
wants PDF for "document 1" probably will want it for "document 2" ...
and if they want Word instead they can click on the "Switch to Word"
link at the top & bottom of the page.

TjL



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