From Glenda Watson Hyatt’s Do It Myself Blog, here are 3 Tips for Making Your Hyperlinks More Usable.
How many times do you skim an online article or blog post, looking for interesting or relevant links? Individuals with sight impairments using screen readers (software that reads aloud text on the computer monitor) can have the software scan for hypertext links. However, oftentimes, the purpose of the hyperlink is difficult to determine. Similarly, individuals with other types of disabilities may face other obstacles while trying to use hyperlinks.
The three tips are:
- Tip #1: Make hypertext links informative when read out of context.
- Tip #2: Make hypertext links succinct.
- Tip #3: Separate adjacent links with non-linked, printable characters.
I have worked hard to implement the first and third, but fail miserably at the second tip. These guidelines are easy to remember and implement, which is great. More importantly, they are universally useful. Not only do they help screen reader users, but they reduce ambiguity.
For more details, see 3 Tips for Making Your Hyperlinks More Usable.
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