Thanks David, Glad to see I'm not the only one who read the email
carefully before replying. :-)
My understanding of web standards is that one does not replace/
duplicate what is part of the standard furniture without a GOOD
reason. Replicating functionality that already exists goes against WS
does it not? In the same way you do not create a difficult navigation
system hat you then have to explain is a navigation system you should
not replicate common functionality with a new, space-hogging function.
Joe
On Jan 18 2008, at 22:38, David Dorward wrote:
On 18 Jan 2008, at 17:23, Christian Snodgrass wrote:
You shouldn't always assume that they are just trying to replace
the back button.
As assumptions go, when they say "so I can create a button to go
back to it...", it is a pretty safe one.
And, not everyone knows about the back button. Don't assume...
The back button should be one of the very first things people learn
about when they are introduced to the web. If you suspect that your
users do not, then creating a custom control that works only for
your site instead of educating them about the software they use, is
doing them a disservice.
Additionally, an in page control marked "back" causes confusion
since users don't know if it will act in the same way as their back
button or go forward to the previous URL (which it is will alter
the effect on the normal back button).
--
David Dorward
http://dorward.me.uk/
http://blog.dorward.me.uk/
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