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>By reading surrounding text Yes, or it can summarize the text and explain what the link is to.
by charcircuit 1y ago
>By reading surrounding text
Yes, or it can summarize the text and explain what the link is to.
- bluGill 1y agoLLMs attempt that, but their success is mixed - sometimes the summary is very bad.
- DrewADesign 1y agoImagine how long it would take to load a page of HN search results, or the table of contents of an online book, or a page with a lot of dead links, or a page with links to a whole bunch of non-textual content that it has to figure out is non-textual.
- charcircuit 1y agoYou don't need to load where the link is going. The base line is the context a sighted person would have when they see the "click here" link.
- DrewADesign 1y agoWhile that would work in many situations, I think the number of edge cases would be too great to make it reliable as a primary mode for communicating meaning in an accessible interface. As an alternative assistive feature? Sure. Something to rely on? I'll believe it when I hear it.