A call-to-action "Bookmark This Page" does not provide the same functionality as a browser's bookmarking button when functionality is extended to include psychological functionality from the designer's perspective.
>From a technical perspective, a bookmarking link and a bookmarking browser button can be used to achieve the same result, however, from the perspective of attempting to achieve the goal of affecting user behavior (or a user's function or performance), a link is *far* more functional than a browser's built-in bookmarking facility. Expand your definition of functionality. Rick -----Original Message----- From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Steve Green Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:23 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] add to favorites? From: li...@webstandardsgroup.org [mailto:li...@webstandardsgroup.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Maben Sent: 25 March 2009 15:18 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] add to favorites? On Mar 25, 2009, at 10:10 AM, Steve Green wrote: It's not just replicating browser functionality - it's a call to action. But the action you're calling for is indeed a replication of browser functionality. Calling something by another name does not change what it is. So previously stated arguments against doing it still stand. Andrew Maben www.andrewmaben.net and...@andrewmaben.com -- It makes no sense to me that you would provide a call to action and then not provide a means for the user to perform that action when it is so easy to do so. That will inevitably result in fewer people performing the action than would have done if you provided the means to do so. That's fine if it's your site but you are doing your clients a disservice if you do it to theirs. 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 *******************************************************************
