December 4, 2007
Design that doesn't work
Every time I visit the Burlington Free Press website, I click into stories, then try to return to the home page. And every time, I do this:
Click at #1 below. Frown when I realize (again) that it isn't a link.
Click at #2 below. Growl under my breath when I realize (again) that it isn't a link.
Click at #3 below. Finally get to the home page.
I can't imagine I'm the only person who does this. I've been trained by years of navigating web pages that a logo will take you home. When it fails to do so, I naturally look up into the left-hand corner. Which also doesn't work. Then I head down the left-hand navigation and finally hit the tiny bit of linked text, sitting on a dainty blue bar next to jobs, cars and apartments.
Link the logo, Free Press!
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