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Re: Descriptive label for Read more button

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From: East, Robin
Date: Apr 25, 2023 12:16PM

It is a "failure" because the link cannot stand alone with meaning. "Read More" of what? In a list of links all you will see is "Read More" and this has no real meaning. It is like "click Here" or just "More"

Robin and Dog Guide Lumos


Robin East, CPACC



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> But, is it somethikg which need to be marked as a failure ?
>

That's for you to decide. I already gave my opinion that I would mark it a failure. There might be others on this list that wouldn't mark it a failure, and that's ok. It's not my job to convince you one way or the other.


> Because I feel the impact or the importance is really less as the name of
> the person here is not at all important .
>

But now you are deciding something for the user based on your preference.
You don't think the name is important but how do you know the user doesn't think it's important?


> We'll choose whether we need to read more or not based on the visible
> part of the review content.
>

And how do you associate the visible part of the review with the link to read more? If I'm tabbing through the links, all I'll hear is "read more", "read more", "read more".


> The name here does not influence the user anyhow to do that .
>

You're making that decision based on what? Your preference?


> If the persons were someone who is established in this field and their
> name has the ability to influence the user to read the complete
> review, then I think the name is important.
>

Ok, so how do you know if the person's name is important or not to the user?

This is just my perception. I am just seeing how much important their
> names or what benefit the screen reader user gets if the name gets
> associated
>

It sounds like you don't want to mark this a failure. That's certainly your choice. Again, I'm not going to try to convince you one way or the other.
I think plenty of discussion has already happened. Priti also had some good points.