Comments on: Meaningful links: a must

By: Els Aerts

Els Aerts — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 09:12:40 +0000

Dani, does that imply that every page title on every site should be clickable? In case you want to open it in a different browser? I don’t think that makes sense… Or have I misunderstood your question?

By: dani

dani — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:50:22 +0000

Els,
do we need a clickable post-title in this single post? In case we need to open the URL in another Web browsers.

By: Els Aerts

Els Aerts — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:10:46 +0000

@jitendra vyas: The title in the example is in a different colour (blue) than the regular text colour (grey, sadly). That colour difference, while not enough for regular text links, is usually enough to suggest to users that a title is clickable. You don’t think people don’t click any of the titles on BBC’s News page – http://news.bbc.co.uk/, do you? An extra indication on mouse-over (underline or colour change, mouse indicator turning into a hand) should of course also occur to make it extra clear the title is clickable.

By: jitendra vyas

jitendra vyas — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:49:16 +0000

But in second example if we will make “INDUSTRIAL PLAN 2009-2011″ then how sighted user will know this is link or normal text without moving mouse over title

generally people automatically assume “read more” is link with any color font and without underline.

By: Atomiton

Atomiton — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:49:48 +0000

Although I agree with providing meaningful links. Sometimes, like your second example, the more link serves as a reminder that there is more information. It’s like a visual trigger. Links that aren’t obvious ( like images or titles ) should have “action” verbs in them. For that example, I would make the title linkable, as well as changing “more” to “Read the plan” or “See the plan”