While look for more information on Crazy Egg, a great sevice that produces images showing user activity on a web page, I came across an article on Ask the CSS Guy on creating integrated forms.  It explains how to creates a table displaying features associated with different pricing options that when one is selected  a sign up form is displayed.  The page works with javascript turned off as it takes the user to a separate page when this is the case.  However, there may still be some accessibility issues as not all speach browser users disable javascript and they may not be aware of the appearance of the form. The example would also be improved if it did not show the option button once it is selected. Still a very interesting technique and great tutorial.

Creating a table with dynamically highlighted columns like Crazy Egg’s pricing table

The user has to look at the content around the link to identify what it does. This is fine if the user has been reading the proceeding paragraph, however very often users will scan the page for links if they are trying to navigate to content that will fulfill their goals. In a well designed site links should standout from body text allowing users to easily identify them. If links are not descriptive the user will need to then identify what content they are likely to link to.

This issue is worse for those that use speach browsers. These browsers have a facility that allows users just to hear the links within the page so they do not have to listen to the full page when they are trying to locate something. However, if links are labelled more it will do little to inform them where the link would go and they may end up listening to several more links in a row unable to distinguish them.

I’ve heard it suggested that the title tag could be used to distinguish more links for speach browsers. This is true, although the user will still need to listen to a meaningless label first. However, how much simpler is it to provide a descriptive link or make the title the link.

Having said this ‘more’ can be used effectively in links when teamed with other words to provided a description of the content, such as ‘more categories’ or ‘more news articles’. It is when it is used on its own as a generic term for this is a link. The only thing worse is the use of the term click here. I apprechiate people may want you to access a certain piece of content, but honestly what else are you suppose to do with links.