Re: Learn more, Read more, More
Matthew da Silva <[email protected]>
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Like everyone else, I read newspapers online. I personally do not like reading the first sentence of an article as a kicker then, when I click on a link, getting the full article, with the same sentence I've just read, at the top. It's frankly a pain. My preference for a kicker is an attention-grabbing summary. This would be much like a heading, and the subeditor would write it. As to what text to use for a link to the full article, I think none is required beyond the headline. The Sydney Morning Herald web page is an example of a full-service and successful broadsheet using this method. Matthew da Silva Technical Writer Communications and Training Team Application Services Group Information and Communications Technology Room 348, Services Building G12, 353 Abercrombie Street, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006 Tel: (02) 9036 9091 Mob: 0434 536 772 -----Original Message----- From: ACM SIGCHI WWW Human Factors (Open Discussion) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Hudson Sent: Thursday, 14 June 2007 7:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Learn more, Read more, More Hal - > You're designing a Web page, and there's a list of articles, each > with the first sentence of the article as a tease. That sentence ends > with a link to get to the full article. What should that link text be? Gawry makes a good point regarding accessibility. The page needs to make sense to someone relying on a screen reader. It is possible to instruct most screen readers just to read out the links on the page (or, as Gawry mentioned, to tab between them). In either case, links that just read 'more' are useless in that situation. The best solution that addresses this is to make the tease text the link. I wouldn't underline it if there is a lot of it in close proximity, because that will reduce legibility. Use a 'jump' bullet instead (something that visually hints at the presence of a link). Regards, William Hudson Syntagm Ltd Design for Usability US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM UK 01235-522859 World +44-1235-522859 mailto:[email protected] http://www.syntagm.co.uk http://www.designforusability.com Come to our tutorials at HCI 2007 in Lancaster UK - Old Cards, New Tricks: Applied Techniques in Card Sorting - Ajax Usability & Design http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/hci2007/programme/tutorial/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Tip of the Day: Postings must be in plain text CHI-WEB: www.sigchi.org/web POSTINGS: mailto:[email protected] MODERATORS: mailto:[email protected] SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES & FAQ: www.sigchi.org/web/faq.html -------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------- Tip of the Day: Postings must be in plain text CHI-WEB: www.sigchi.org/web POSTINGS: mailto:[email protected] MODERATORS: mailto:[email protected] SUBSCRIPTION CHANGES & FAQ: www.sigchi.org/web/faq.html --------------------------------------------------------------