[IxDA Discuss] "home" links

[Bryan Minihan]

I have noticed many sites lately have changed your home page, once you "sign
in", which seems to help keep the Home page current and relevant (enough to
want to go back when you come back).

I just remembered one of the other reasons we added an explicit "home" link
to our prime nav, and it's a great case of the tail wagging the dog.

We participated in the NNg Intranet Design annual every year, and were
dinged the year before for not having an explicit Home link (even tho our
logo had always taken you home).  We added it, in part, to appease the gods,
so to speak.

There are more than a few reasons why I don't work there anymore, but the
above is one of the more interesting ones.

Bryan
http://www.bryanminihan.com


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.interactiondesigners.com] On Behalf Of Micah
Freedman
Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] "home" links

In a casual review, I found very few major brands using a "home" link,
but my clients often seem to expect it. I like the "'home' on
rollover" pattern. I generally hate the "tiny 'home' embedded in the
logo" one. And in the interest of making things as clean as possible,
I generally prefer to leave the "home" link off unless there's a
compelling reason to have it.