Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C
by al_borland on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @05:15PM
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I tend to agree with this as well. The "Click here" portion of "Click here to download Amaya" is implied by the simple fact that it's a link.
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Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C
by Retric on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @05:49PM
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Making the entire thing a link is IMO the clearest option if you just want someone to download your app, but doesn’t work as well when you want a list of software and links for details.
A list where: “Click here” to download “V 16.23.4” has two links one of which gives info on the download and their other starts a download is fine, especially if the info page also has a download link.
Re:Don't use "click here" as link text – W3C
by al_borland on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @06:29PM
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As a user, I wouldn’t intuitively understand that “click here” is going to download a file and “V 16.23.4” is going to give me information. I’d assume they were both download links and be confused why there are 2 and which one I should click.
If the download link is on the information page, a simple solution is just to send people to the information page where they can download. I tend to prefer that anyway. I find premature direct download links to be jarring where I’m not expecting it.