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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Oct 30, 2014 8:32AM

Hey guys

Whether "click here" is a WCAG 2.4.4 failure all depends on the context.
According to the "understanding 2.4.4" entry on programatically
associated content:

"
This can be achieved by putting the description of the link in the
- same sentence,
- paragraph
- list item,
- table cell
or
- in the table header cell for a link in a data table.
use an ARIA technique to associate additional text on the page with the link.
"
I usually point to this example of using aria-describedby to achieve
this purpose at:
http://oaa-accessibility.org/example/44/

There was a big discussion of whether the previous heading provided
sufficient context for a "click here" link, but I believe the final
(or at least current) decision is that it does not.

I would not be a strong proponent of making it a WCAG violation to use
"click here" if the one of the above conditions is met.
There are many ways to navigate a webpage, some work better than other
depending on the content of the page.
I mean, next we might start saying that link texts should not contain
the word "the" because distinguishing between them in an
alphabetically ordered link list becomes a chore.

I think escriptive and relevant link texts are a good usability, and I
always push for that.
Also if vendors ask specifically to be accessible to screen readers,
this is one practice I would have to strongly point out.
But making it a level A or AA WCAG violation would, I think, cause a
huge pushback and may cause bad rep for the WCAG standard in the eyes
of developers and content providers. They may start thinking that WCAG
is becoming a wish list for screen reader users.

Still, these are all good points, and this is only my personal
opinion, and I have been known to be wrong on occasion or two.
Cheers
-B


On 10/30/14, Stanzel, Susan - FSA, Kansas City, MO
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> I get a message saying it was updated, but I can't find any address to write
> to. What is the address?
>
> Susie Stanzel
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