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From: Andrew Kirkpatrick
Date: Jun 8, 2006 8:10AM

> 1. Same link text different destinations. This can be a false
> failure if for instance on link drops to an in-page anchor at
> the start of the content and the other leads to the top of
> the page, otherwise this is a real problem for all users.

This is, I believe, what Cynthia says. I see this most frequently for
"read more" links that might follow short news headlines and that there
might be lots of on a single page. There is an open question about how
much you can rely on context for a link that the WCAG group has
discussed.

> 2. Different link text same destination. This is frequently
> a problem when we try to link to a page included in
> navigation with somewhat different link text inside of the
> content of a page. This example is more of a judgment call,
> (imho) - the different text can be helpful for some users in
> gaining understanding of where they should go, however when I
> bring up a link list in JAWS, I think that there are two
> separate destinations. Best case - the link text in the
> navigation is so clear that there is no reason to use
> different wording in the body of the content.

I don't know that this is a problem. It seems like you could easily
have a page with links to the same place but that usability indicates
different users are inclined to follow the links when presented
differently - some people like a link that says "shopping cart" at the
top, others perfer the "view cart and checkout" link on the side. As
long as the links are appropriately labeled, this shouldn't be an issue.

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