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Re: Alt Tag [sic] Pedantry

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From: ben morrison
Date: Feb 16, 2006 11:00AM

On 2/16/06, Kynn Bartlett < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> I'm missing the exchange where the original poster asked for help in

..


> Another example is people who have been convinced that "click here" is
> somehow destructive to the web. No, that's slang again, and yes, we
> know full well that not all everyone uses a mouse -- but how many
> blind, keyboard-using web users have actually sat there and gone "gosh
> it says to click here, but I can't click, WHAT DO I DO??"

There is a very good reason for not using "click here" as link text -
make sure that links make sense when read out of context.

So if i was using a screenreader and asked for all the links on a page
what is more helpful:

1. click here
2. click here
3. click here

or

1. Alt attribute
2. img tag
3. alternative text

Ben