I completely agree with most of the comments so far. Why create functionality that is simply replicating the functionality of a browser?
There was an article on text resizing a while ago that I'm sure most people are already aware of by Roger Johansson... http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200709/scrap_text_resize_widgets_and_teach_people_how_to_resize_text/ I'd consider text resizing quite advanced compared to using the back button so I personally think that trying to recreate this kind of functionality is actually a step backwards in trying to educate our users. - - - - - - - - - - http://www.dave-woods.co.uk On 18/01/2008, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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/ > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
