[Sigia-l] Re: log as link to home (Christina Wodtke)

[ben hyde]

There is an old IBM piece about this and other issues relating to 'what users don't know'
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/us-tricks/?dwzone=usability#h11294
Which was posted to GUIII today - is this coincidence - I am playing digest catch-up (so sorry if this subject is long gone)

ben

> Message: 1
> From: "Christina Wodtke" <cwodtke at eleganthack.com>
> To: <sigia-l at asis.org>, "Whitney Quesenbery" <wq2 at sufficiently.com>
> Subject: Re: [Sigia-l] log as link to home
> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:27:53 -0700
>
> Same findings as the others.. 50-90 % of users expect the logo to link home,
> but for the rest, include a discreet "home" link. Redundancy is the safest
> path.
>
> > >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.