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From: Jukka K. Korpela
Date: Feb 16, 2006 4:20PM

On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Kynn Bartlett wrote:

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

And that's fine, because all links do the same thing, namely nothing.
Links are data (indicating relationships), not commands or programs.

> Many times it
> actually is helpful to specify what a link is all about.

The link text is supposed to tell that, with the textual content giving
additional information. But it's not about what a link _does_. It's about
the resource that the link points to, especially in the context of the
referring document.

> And hiding
> it in title attributes isn't always the best.

The title attribute was originally a useful idea, but it has largely been
spoiled by abuse. The title attribute is never the best way to specify
what a link is all about.

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Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/