I think it is a practice that probably should fall out of favor but this article is really a great example of what I call "UI designer babble." UI or UX is like the new vogue, designers are the hottest commodities, or so they tell you. They want to give you all this "scientistic" basis for all of their claims but it just falls flat. So here we have: "“Click” Puts Too Much Focus on Mouse Mechanics." Really? When you see a link that says "Click Here" are you really focusing on "mouse mechanics."
If you want to say "click here" is unnecessary and you'd do better by providing a more specific call to action, fine. But don't try to tell me you are using some kind of sophisticated psychology to divine the text of links. Maybe if you had provided a study that used CAT scans or something that show that but honestly that probably just be silly and pedantic.
If you want to say "click here" is unnecessary and you'd do better by providing a more specific call to action, fine. But don't try to tell me you are using some kind of sophisticated psychology to divine the text of links. Maybe if you had provided a study that used CAT scans or something that show that but honestly that probably just be silly and pedantic.