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Re: Copywriting for Screenreaders (was Alt text for URL's)

From: Andy Budd <andy@message.uk.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:53:00 +0000
Message-Id: <7075328ace39a6d705d2c592649a6d41@message.uk.com>
To: W <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>


  David Woolley wrote:

> Buttons are actions, links are references.

On the web, buttons are use to manipulate (submit, clear etc) forms. 
People are used to this convention so using them for other purposes 
could actually impair usability.

Andy Budd

http://www.message.uk.com/

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