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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
>>