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From: Heidi Jungel
Date: Jun 4, 2012 3:11PM

Thank you so much for your input. So, what you are saying is that if there
is a "close" option, you would prefer this be a link even though it goes
nowhere?

In other words, you would prefer this:
<a href="#"...>Close</a>
over this:
<button value="Close"Š.>

Does anyone think that having the first would add to confusion? I am a low
vision developer who uses screen readers on occasion (when needed).
However, I have some vision, so perhaps my preference on a button is due
to the vision I have.

Thoughts?

Heidi Jungel, UI Developer
Apollo Group | Product Strategy & Development

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On 6/4/12 10:38 AM, "Jesse Hausler" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>
>I would ask for buttons on form submissions, but beyond that I'll take a
>link over a clickable <div> any day of the week :)
>
>
>On 6/4/12 8:15 AM, "Heidi Jungel" < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>Good Morning/Afternoon
>
>I could not find anything in our archives related to this. We have a
>discussion in my organization regarding links.
>I find that many sites abuse the use of links and use links for
>everything- even button type action. I have often used the following
>quote:
>
>"Links are for navigation (I.e. To another section of a page or another
>page). Buttons are for actions"
>
>However, I am a getting a bit of a push back on this. What are your
>thoughts on this? Are sites abusing links? Does using a button hinder
>the virtual cursor on screen readers (I have not seen this being a
>problem in JAWS 12)?
>
>We are just trying to get a guideline set for this for our developers.
>>Heidi Jungel, UI Developer
>Apollo Group | Product Strategy & Development
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>Skype: hjungel
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