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alabhyajindal on July 2, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Don’t use “click here” as link text (2001)

From the suggestion email¹:

> "Click here" assumes everyone has a computer and mouse. And it's not even needed: most users of the Web understand how to follow links.

1. https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-qa/2001Sep/0007.htm...

jxjnskkzxxhx on July 2, 2025 [–]

Sounds equivalent to saying we shouldnt the words "he" or "she" because some people identify with neither. Exclusionary towards people of different mouse abilities.

jxjnskkzxxhx on July 2, 2025 | [–]

Towards differently abled devices would've been funnier wording.

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