Don't use "click here" as link text

Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C by cube00 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @02:47PM (#44447394)

> It would be an extraordinarily easy for screen readers to have a heuristic

> Yes, you need an internationalized list of strings to detect.

Who would maintain this list and be the authority for every language on Earth?

We've managed to get this far without needing such a central dependency.

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Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C by crazygringo on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @04:30PM (#44448488)

The screen reader developer.

It's not a "central dependency" that needs an "authority". It's just part of building internationalized software.

Shouldn't screen readers have intelligent heuristics to most appropriately convey context when required? Seeing as most of the web doesn't have accessibility annotations?

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