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).
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