Yes! and actually what I am looking at does not, to its credit, say "click here." I was trying to make it clear where we were. I am looking at an icon next to which is the label "logout of the foo". And no, the text is not clickable, I don't think. So you would just put "exit foo"? Preferably on the icon?
thanks more Dana On 5/4/05, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 12:23 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: user interface question > > > > So it sounds to me like you both would somewhat prefer "click here to > > log out of <the cms thingy>" to "click here to logout <of the cms > > thingy>" but would not be up in arms at seeing the latter usage, is > > that a correct summary? > > Personally I really hate the "click here to >whatever< mentality". > > First off very rarely when I see this is the word "here" clickable! Damn > that's annoying. ;^) Secondly even if "here" is clickable then the label > for the action/content is NOT! > > The first is annoying from a sentence structure viewpoint while the latter > is annoying from a hypertext theory perspective. > > In this case I would really try to eliminate that unneeded phrase. Just > "Log out of the CMS" with "Log Out" hyperlinked would be my preference. > > Your hyperlink in this case is a verb - clicking it performs an action. The > hyperlink should be the actual text describing the action. A "Click" is an > action - but hypertext doesn't assume that - your selection can be made > however your agent lets you, clicking may or may not be involved. ;^) > > In pretty much every case that I've seen "Click here" it can be removed > without affecting understanding or usability. > > Sorry - can you tell that's a pet peeve? > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156415 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
