Difference between revisions of "Web Links Best Practices"
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| − | + | https://www.sitepoint.com/link-text-best-practices-desktop-mobile/ | |
| + | * Differentiate linked text from unlinked text. | ||
| + | * Differentiate visually between visited and unvisited links. | ||
| + | * Make link text work in context. | ||
| + | * Make it scannable (that is, make it work if not out of context, then without the context of the sentence that includes it). | ||
| + | * Keep it short but predictive of what users will get when they click. | ||
| + | * Put the words related to that prediction at the start of the link text. | ||
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* https://www.nngroup.com/articles/113-design-guidelines-homepage-usability/ sections #34-39 | * https://www.nngroup.com/articles/113-design-guidelines-homepage-usability/ sections #34-39 | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 8 July 2016
Resources:
https://www.sitepoint.com/link-text-best-practices-desktop-mobile/
- Differentiate linked text from unlinked text.
- Differentiate visually between visited and unvisited links.
- Make link text work in context.
- Make it scannable (that is, make it work if not out of context, then without the context of the sentence that includes it).
- Keep it short but predictive of what users will get when they click.
- Put the words related to that prediction at the start of the link text.
