http://kevinbasil.com/2006/03/01/pet-peeve-click-here-links/ Decimation & Reconstruction: a weblog Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:38:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://kevinbasil.com/2006/03/01/pet-peeve-click-here-links/comment-page-1/#comment-13270 Tim Thu, 09 Mar 2006 19:39:35 +0000 http://blog.kevinbasil.com/2006/03/01/pet-peeve-click-here-links/#comment-13270 Having meaningful link text also helps blind users. Various screen readers have a mode that skips through the page reading just the link text. Although it can be annoying for sighted users to see click here links, they at least benefit from context. Imagine how annoying it can be for visually impaired users to hear a page's worth of "click here". Having meaningful link text also helps blind users. Various screen readers have a mode that skips through the page reading just the link text. Although it can be annoying for sighted users to see click here links, they at least benefit from context. Imagine how annoying it can be for visually impaired users to hear a page’s worth of “click here”.

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