In web applications, I've seen "click here" used often to overcome other design problems within the page, including: * Links using non-obvious colors or no underlines * Links buried in massive blocks of "marketing copy"
The "click here" is sometimes added after observing users who tell the practitioner, "I didn't see that link there". That *should* clue the designer to correct the above problems, but usually, adding "click here" does (almost) the same job, so folks don't tackle the tougher issue. Usually (tho not always), reducing the amount of "copy" on forms and process-pages, and clearly isolating calls-to-action resolves the problem without having to add "click here" to everything. That's just my experience, having redesigned several corporate web applications where "click here" is very popular. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44472 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
