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Why is this so bad, and what do you suggest as an alternative?
by gpanders 6y ago
Why is this so bad, and what do you suggest as an alternative?
- chrismorgan 6y agoSay I’m using a screen reader and am skimming through the links. I want to hear something like this: “Link, WebGPU demo. Link, tuning code.” Instead, I will hear this: “Link, here. Link, here.” This is not very useful.
- saagarjha 6y agoNo, you'll hear "Try the WebGPU demo; link, here".
- chrismorgan 6y agoI said skimming through the links. When you’re reading the whole text the difference isn’t so big (though I’d still prefer “link, try the WebGPU demo” to “try the WebGPU demo, link, here”), but it’s common to navigate through documents by heading or by link. (Related: all desktop browsers support navigating through the document by link/form field with the Tab key.) Imagine also reading through the whole document and then deciding you want to click on one of the links. You’ll execute an action like “back to last link”, and the screen reader will announce “link, here”. Now which link was that? And so you’ll have to ask it to read the whole line before you find out, which really slows you down.
- carabiner 6y agoOriginal: If you have Safari, you can try it [here]. Better: If you have Safari, [you can try it]. Best: [Try it on Safari]. -- Original: The tuning code can be found [here]. The basic idea is... Better: The [tuning code is available]. The basic idea is... Best: The basic idea of the [tuning code] is... -- See how explicit it is? How it reads better, but also how anyone scanning the blue links immediately gets an idea of the link's destination? Do you prefer reading things in two steps or one? This way, the link text informs, rather than being a reference back to previous text.