Zero Piraeus wrote:
I thought the received wisdom these days was that "call to action"
links are more likely to be followed than descriptive ones. Something
like:
<Register> for course ABC
<Register for this course>
or even just
<Register!>
I think that is a good point, and that should enhance the usability IMHO.
But just using <Register> runs into accessibility problems by not
describing the link item fully, and especially when you have more that
one course on a page, then the link items cannot share the same label.
So I think the general point you are making is valid. Kind of strange
though, isn't it. That's a real change in perception, normal labelling
is probably mostly nouns and adjectives, whilst call to action labels
are probably most likely to be verbs. So I wonder if any usability
studies have been done in that area?
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Geoff
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