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Re: Flashy dilemma

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From: Christian Heilmann
Date: Apr 15, 2005 3:36AM

Another thing about "click here" is that assistive technology also
offers lists of headlines and links as alternative navigation. And a
"click here" does not make sense in this context.

A great simulator for these things is fangs:
http://www.standards-schmandards.com/index.php?2004/11/22/8-fangs-release-05

I started to copy and paste the output into reports to prove that
wording is bad.


On 4/15/05, Glenda < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

>> Thanks Dimitris,
>>
>> I have mentioned the "Click here" issue in my report. I like how you
>> explain it in such detail.
>>
>> I am putting the finishing touches on my report right now. I figure if I
>> convince the client to not go the text-only version route AND to
>> rework/remove the Flash feature, then I have succeeded with this client.
>>
>> Thanks to all for your input.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Glenda
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ]On Behalf Of Dimitris Grammenos
>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:57 AM
>> To: <EMAIL REMOVED> ; 'WebAIM Discussion List'
>> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Flashy dilemma
>>
>> Hi Glenda,
>>
>> Another usability (but not accessibility) problem of the homepage are the 2
>> links that start with "Click here..."
>>
>> Anyone who has used hypertext just once knows that blue underlined text is
>> something that "affords" clicking (i.e., that can be clicked). Also a person
>> who listens to the page (e.g., using a screen reader) will listen that this
>> is a link.
>>
>> Thus, the words "click here" are already "embedded" in the semantics of the
>> interaction object (i.e., the link) and do not have to be repeated, since
>> they create unnecessary visual (and acoustic) clutter. As an extreme
>> example, imagine a keyboard that each key is labeled as: "Press this key to
>> type A", "Press this key to type B", etc.
>>
>> The link text should just describe the link's destination (i.e., where the
>> user will be transferred upon clicking the link).
>>
>> Additionally, from another point of view, "click here" is not a politically
>> correct term, since there are many users who may not be using a mouse to
>> "select" the link :-)
>>
>> Dimitris
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: <EMAIL REMOVED>
>> [mailto: <EMAIL REMOVED> ] On Behalf Of Glenda
>> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 7:52 PM
>> To: WebAIM Discussion List
>> Subject: RE: [WebAIM] Flashy dilemma
>>
>> Does this nausea-inducing animation also fail in that it has no text
>> equivalent?
>>
>> Glenda
>>
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