Re: mailto in html

On 2009-03-28, dorayme <doraymeRidThis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <2mgfqk.bgp.17.1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ed Mullen <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

dorayme wrote:
In article <49cd0004$1_4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Hosking <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I know this is only an example, but "click here" is about the least
useful text ever.

Mind you, it is nowhere near the back of the queue. ...
...

Honestly. What is not clear about "click here?" It may not be elegant,
nor even grammatical in some contexts, but, still? "... Sheesh.

One main argument against 'click here' is that no information is given
about where the user is going in the element text. Now, if you make it
perfectly clear otherwise where the user is going, the charge is often
one of inelegance. It is usually more economical to simply make the link
speak for itself.

These are good arguments, but I read somewhere [citation needed] that
people respond well to direct commands.

Tell them jump and they ask how high. Tell them to click here and that's
what they do.

Links with boring words like, "read more information" got the fewest
clicks in the study.
.

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