On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 09:07:18 +1000, Damian Sweeney wrote: > This thread has got me thinking. If verbs are not the go in link > text, where does that leave us with 'skip to' links at the beginning > of a page? Should we just use 'main content' or 'navigation/menu'?
I'm not on this "don't use verbs" boat at all because I haven't yet found (or just missed :( ) a justification for it. While I don't by default, or even often, use a verb in a link, sometimes I do. For instance, one of the pages on a current project allows you to view a video. The link is <a href="trainingVideo1.wmv">Download Video Now</a>, on the download page, but the links throughout the site that point to that page say similar to: "You can view a <a href="something.html">video clip</a>" The difference is that one points to a page and one allows you to do something (in this case view a movie) Verbs can be very useful. I don't understand the blanket ban. At the same time, I wouldn't be terribly upset to see: "You can <a href="something.html">view a video clip</a>" Why is this bad? warmly, ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
