I shared this post by Marian Avery on directional text in the newsletter, but it's worth a link post of its own.

There are better, clearer, ways to tell people where things are than by using directional text. As well as avoiding problems like locations changing with device type, and making things more difficult for people with low or no vision, you’ll end up with better content.

There's lots of good, practical advice in this piece. I think one of the easiest ways to help people navigate your website is by writing meaningful links. It solves a lot of problems for all users. And it becomes second nature quite quickly.

For example, I could write: 'Subscribe to the newsletter from the main menu on the left.' But the menu is not 'on the left' if you are reading on mobile. And there is no menu at all if you are reading via an RSS feed reader.

Instead, I can write a meaningful link: 'Subscribe to the newsletter.' There is no need for directional text because the link is right there. And the link itself describes exactly where the user will end up. Bonus: 7 fewer words.