This seems like a good solution and I certainly would use it.
But the others who are against "bookmarking links" could not without violating principle. Although that single link provides a lot of convenience for the user, they could still visit all 11 plus sites to register their site on delicious, digg, google, facebook, twitter, etc. Therefore, according to the principle of "unobtrusiveness" and "duplication of functionality" defended by many on this list, that user convenience would be unacceptable. Too bad.this would have been a great enhancement to the user experience and, I'm sure, would be appreciated by the business interests whose links are represented. Rick From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 4:05 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] add to favorites? I have found using a service such as http://www.addthis.com/ which includes add to favorites/bookmark is fine. Bruce Prochnau BKDesign Solutions ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Maben <mailto:and...@andrewmaben.com> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] add to favorites? I am not so arrogant as to even wish to speak for "this list", but on my own account I'll say that this question is disingenuous. Obviously our work constantly involves balancing requirements. An important part of that balancing act is to provide the benefit of our expertise to stakeholders. And painful as it may be, part of that includes educating people who do not yet understand that this truly is a "new medium" and as such all too often old approaches are irrelevant or counter-productive - e.g. in spite of a growing body of evidence on "banner blindness", naive site owners often still want banner-like graphics. In the context of the given question (and no you don't need to explain "marketing" to me - I've worked in advertising for 20+ years) the "call to action" falls *outside* the "vendor" environment (the site) and into the "customer" environment (the browser). As mentioned by others, this functionality is *already available* to any user, should s/he choose. Having said that, I would suggest to the client that this is at best unhelpful, at worst intrusive. But there are simple ways to encourage a user to share the site on delicious, facebook, etc. and these provide value to both "vendor" and "customer" - and are not limited to a subset of browsers, and can be standards-compliant. Andrew www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com "In a well designed user interface, the user should not need instructions." (Forgive me if this duplicates the prior version) On Mar 25, 2009, at 12:56 PM, Steve Green wrote: -----Original Message----- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Stuart Foulstone Sent: 25 March 2009 16:19 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] add to favorites? This list is aware of many "marketing practices" that are against Web Standards. -- Is this list interested in discussing how to balance the conflicting requirements of various stakeholders (including marketers) or does it take the dogmatic position that compliance with web stardards trumps everything else? Steve ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
