*cough*

faq
flatforty
contribute
subscribe
configure
search
rdf

main
parent

*cough*
by Datschge on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @07:50

Naming a link "here" should be known to be very bad usability/accessibility-wise. =P

Related Links

·   Articles on Accessibility
·   Also by Datschge
·   Contact author

The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )

Re: *cough*
by Datschge on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @10:47

Thanks for correcting it, and regarding the article: great stuff. =)

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Lee on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @12:59

Is it correct? Shouldn't a hyperlink look like "subject of link" and nothing more, like "Apples" or "Picture of an apple" rather than "Apples can be found here, along with other pages about various fruit and vegetables and comments and other cool stuff"?

Hypertext has been around a long time guys... let's get it right :)

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Ian Monroe on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @13:10

I've wondered about this myself. The problem is that sentences require verbs. So I guess something like "<a href=''>Screenshots</a> are available." would make sense.

Having "here" be a link is just bad form in general. I know I often scan pages and read the links; "here" doesn't tell me much.

Adjectives and adverbs have been around a while as well... doesn't mean folks will stop mixing up well and good. Similarly "here" links will be around for a while.

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Datschge on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @13:46

Well, when I posted my first comment only "here" was part of the link. Having half of the sentence as link is not ideal, but still way better than just "here".

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Lee on Friday 19/Dec/2003, @05:56

Still wrong and out of spec, though ;)

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough* - Actually
by coward on Thursday 18/Dec/2003, @16:35

Actually cause we are on the subject the link "more information and screenshots can be found here" does not say "what" i will find if i follow the link. So it would be more clear and good for scanning the page if it would state something like: "More <link>information and screenshots of Qt Accessibility to ATK Bridge </link> can be found ...."

But nonetheless great work and thanks for your work.

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Dawnrider on Friday 19/Dec/2003, @11:41

I think KDE needs a HIG, just like GNOME, and a clear aspiration to reduce clutter! I therefore vote that links be simplified to a much more generic form. The full stop is an ideal character to symbolise a hyperlink, and it provides us with a wonderful metaphor. Think of the web as a collection of documents, and hyperlinks as pieces of string, connecting them that users can follow. As such, the full stop actually is an accurate visualisation of the piece of string from the end on.

I think that users will really be able to get behind this new metaphor and that developers should work hard to make this idea ("string theory") a reality.

.

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Dawnrider on Friday 19/Dec/2003, @11:41

j/k, btw, in the OSNews form :)

[ Reply To This | View ]

Re: *cough*
by Eldhrin on Friday 19/Dec/2003, @14:11

And there I was about to raid your house and force you to use only GNOME for the rest of your life.

In all seriousness though, for real hyperlink accessibility you should use the title attribute...

[ Reply To This | View ]

The Fine Print: The previous comments are owned by whomever posted them.
( Reply )


		"I can't describe the scene as this is a G-rated site, but think Pulp Fiction." -- Sirtaj Singh Kang
KDE®, "K Desktop Environment", "KDE Dot News", "got the dot?" and the KDE Logo® are trademarks or registered trademarks of KDE e.V. in the European Union, the United States and other countries. All other trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster. The rest: Copyright © 2000-2008 KDE e.V. for The KDE Project. For further information or comments on this site, please contact the Webmaster.