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Re: Click Here.

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From: Kynn Bartlett
Date: Feb 16, 2006 2:30PM

On 2/16/06, Austin, Darrel < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> > It's not. It's insignificant if someone uses the terminology
> > "click here" versus "follow this link."
>
> Yes. Both are bad practice. Both from an accessibility standpoint and
> just in the fact that they are completely rudundant in the context of
> the web.

Not necessarily. Sometimes they they're helpful and increase the
usability of a page.

Most links aren't all that explicit about what they do. Many times it
actually is helpful to specify what a link is all about. And hiding
it in title attributes isn't always the best.

--Kynn