Re: Link text

William Hudson <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.chi-web
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Hal -

This might be one of those 'unspoken truths'. We certainly see users
stopping and scratching their heads when the click on a link and the
target page doesn't match their expectations - usually because of a
missing or incorrect title (one that does not match the link name). Even
just subtle variations in terminology can cause this effect.

Regards,

William Hudson
Syntagm Ltd
Design for Usability
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ACM SIGCHI WWW Human Factors (Open Discussion) [mailto:CHI-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Hal Shubin
> Sent: 04 November 2008 17:19
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Link text
> 
> Some years ago, someone clever made recommendations about link text
> and text on the target pages...

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