[Sigia-l] log as link to home

[Teddy Carroll]

I would say that I've found the same thing. Many users, even those who could
be classified as intermediate or advanced users, fail to think of the logo
as a way to get home. Accepted practices and user adoptions of those
practices don't really mesh with the logo as home link.

Of course my anecdotal findings are not exhaustive, but the prevelance of
this lack of adoption were surprisingly frequent.

t


----- Original Message -----
From: "Amanda McGuire" <azmcguire at yahoo.com>
To: <sigia-l at asis.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] log as link to home


> Actually, in usability testing I've conducted, I've
> found that users did NOT understand the use of a logo
> as a home link (which really surprised me).  While I
> agree that this is becoming a standard, I would also
> recommend having an alternate "Home" link available
> somewhere in the navigation.
>
> --Amanda
>
> --- Thomas Vander Wal <thomas at vanderwal.net> wrote:
> > Using the logo as a link to Home is the normal
> > convention.  In user testing
> > users with little Web experience seem to have
> > learned this one early in
> > their adoption process.
> >
> > ATB,
> > Thomas
> >
> > www.vanderwal.net