Avoid/forbid "Click here" links

[nickvergessen]

phpBB uses "click here" very often for link descriptions. This is bad for screenreads and and also refers to a mouse being used, which is being less the case when using your fancy touch displayes nower days. If you need some more reading information:
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/06 ... lick-here/
http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/noClickHere
http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG10-HTML-TECHS/#link-text

So maybe we should make it a "coding guideline" that new links must not use "click here" but be descriptive instead.
Opinions?

[DavidIQ]

Agreed but to be clear we are not talking about or including posted links in topics are we?

[nickvergessen]

No, just phpBB generated links, like:

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	'STYLE_INSTALLED_EDIT_DETAILS'	=> '<a href="%s">Click here</a> to edit style details or to change default style.',
	'STYLE_INSTALLED_RETURN_STYLES'	=> '<a href="%s">Click here</a> to return to installed styles list.',
	'STYLE_INSTALLED_RETURN_UNINSTALLED'	=> '<a href="%s">Click here</a> to install more styles.',

[MattF]

How 'bout "call, click, or come in." No...wait, that won't work...

How 'bout, "Follow this link"

[nickvergessen]

How 'bout:

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	'STYLE_INSTALLED_RETURN_STYLES'	=> 'Return to <a href="%s">installed styles list</a>.',
	'STYLE_INSTALLED_RETURN_UNINSTALLED'	=> 'Install <a href="%s">more styles</a>',

[Master_Cylinder]

Does it really matter? Most people know what "click" means even if it's done with a finger on a touch screen.

[nickvergessen]

It matters if you are blind and sit in front of a screenreader which lists all links first and it list ten times click here

[Master_Cylinder]

It matters if you are blind and sit in front of a screenreader which lists all links first and it list ten times click here

But changing the name to something other than "click" will still be read repeatedly by the screenreader. I think it's just semantics...

[nickvergessen]

It matters if you are blind and sit in front of a screenreader which lists all links first and it list ten times click here

But changing the name to something other than "click" will still be read repeatedly by the screenreader. I think it's just semantics...

Please read the samples in this topic as well as the links in the first post, before continuing to discuss...

[Master_Cylinder]

I did read them.

Is
"return"
"install"
"uninstall"
"install"
"uninstall"
"install"
"uninstall"
Any better than
"click here"
"click here"
"click here"
"click here"
"click here"
for the blind? Do we need to develop for the blind?

While it *IS*, absolutely, true that "click" refers to mouse mechanics, it's still understood whether it's a touchscreen or not.

On the other hand, since it seems to just be semantics, it really won't matter if it's changed either; the links will still be there so I'm neutral.