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http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=9233 --- Comment #3 from Laura Carlson <laura.lee.carlson@gmail.com> 2010-03-13 13:57:07 --- (In reply to comment #2) > A link to UAAG is already included in the "Recommended reading" section > <http://www.whatwg.org/html/#recommended-reading>. Is anything else required? An embedded links seems to be prefer by users in at least one study. The Usability Lab at Wichita did some research into link location some time ago (It is Michael Bernard, Spring Hull, & Denise Drake's classic 2001 study). They studied academic type information - the sort you'd expect a user to read much on screen as they would on paper (ie skim first, then in detail, in the "right" order). Their conclusions: "Several observations can be made from this study. First, no significant differences between the four link arrangements were detected in terms of search accuracy, time, or efficiency. This suggests that the link arrangement for documents within a single frame does not have a great affect on its actual navigability." "However, there were significant subjective differences between the link arrangements favoring the embedded links. That is, participants indicated that they believed that embedding the links within a document made it easier to navigate, easier to recognize key information, easier to follow the main idea of the passages, and promoted comprehension. Moreover, participants significantly preferred the Embedded link arrangement to the other arrangements. Conversely, placing links at the bottom of a document was perceived as being the least navigable arrangement, and was consequently least preferred." "Although no significant objective differences were found, the consistent results of the subjective perceptions of link navigability, as well as general preference, suggest that the Embedded link arrangement is perceived as being the superior format for online documents within a single frame. For this reason, it is suggested that for documents using a format similar to the type tested in this study, embedded links should be considered." http://www.surl.org/usabilitynews/32/links.asp -- Configure bugmail: http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.
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