Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 09/08/05 22:09

"ernie" <a@a.com> wrote:

> If i have a link,
> <a href="some url">click this</a>

That's very stupid; see
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/click.html

> I realize you have to click somewhere on 'click this' for the link to
> work.

Well, maybe. So how does it work if you use e.g. a speech browser in "links
reading mode" and you only hear "click this" upon arriving this link?

> Is there any way to make the tag wider, or to put it
> into a wider container, and have the link work if you click
> to the left or right of 'click this' as well?

Yes. (For example, <a href="..." style="width:1000em">.) But instead of
doing that, remove the problem by using a useful link text (and by not
doing anything silly to reduce font size).

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