Re: preferences on link explanations, etc?

Hi Rich,

Sorry for this delay, here's my take:

We can certainly implement hovers (an attractive and efficient way to
make extra information available to users), but a major constraint
with hovers is that they do not lend themselves easily to responsive
computing. So if you think your users are going to be primarily
desktop/laptop users, then it is fine. However, if your users are
going to be mainly mobile/touchscreen/tab-based, then hovers appear
not to offer good options. Mobile technologies have not yet reached a
point where they can replicate hover-related actions on smaller
screens.
And we are not talking about accessibility yet

I look forward to others' take on this.

Best

Shivaji

On 1/28/17, Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> wrote:
> There are some places where I'd like to give the user a way to get an
> explanation of a link, the level of a heading, etc.  It shouldn't be
> there all the time, lest it become annoying.  Is there a Best Practice
> for this (e.g., :focus, :hover)?
>
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