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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Feb 16, 2006 12:20PM


On 2/16/06, Austin, Darrel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > Not necessarily. Sometimes they they're helpful and increase
> > the usability of a page.

> They're always redundant. What else do you do to a link besides
> click/follow it online? The very premise of html is the HYPERTEXT part
> of it. Links are what make the web what it is.

"Click here to begin download." "Learn more."

They're not always redundant.

> > Most links aren't all that explicit about what they do.

> That's exactly why 'click here' is bad practice.

It's not an accessibility problem. But I'm getting nowhere, and you
refuse to listen, so I am afraid you just won't be teachable today.

--Kynn