Re: Link text
Jared Spool <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.chi-web |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Nov 4, 2008, at 6:19 PM, Hal Shubin wrote: > Some years ago, someone clever made recommendations about link text > and text on the target pages. The goal was that users should > understand the link text and have a good idea of where it would take > them. Some prominent text on the target page should reassure them > that they'd gotten to the right place, probably by repeating some of > the link text. > > I mentioned this to a client the other day and realized that I > hadn't heard any discussion about it in a long time. Has anyone > looked into this more recently? Anyone find anything different? It's basic Scent of Information stuff. It's still true. In the years since we first started talking about Scent, we've gathered more information on how it works, but what you said above is still true. Jared Jared M. Spool User Interface Engineering 510 Turnpike St., Suite 102, North Andover, MA 01845 e: [email protected] p: +1 978 327 5561 http://uie.com Blog: http://uie.com/brainsparks Twitter: jmspool -------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------