Comments on: Web Page Design Elements: Logo & Search http://www.darrenfauth.com/blog/2006/04/28/web-page-design-elements-logo-search/ Just another CSS, XHTML, MySQL & PHP junkie Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:26:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Darren http://www.darrenfauth.com/blog/2006/04/28/web-page-design-elements-logo-search/#comment-12 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 18:08:48 +0000 http://www.darrenfauth.com/blog/2006/04/28/web-page-design-elements-logo-search/#comment-12 Great point on the user response / reaction to the clickable logo on home page. I'm wavy gravy on that. I have it clickable on this site, but that's probably just lazy. On customer sites, I mostly hold my stance on the clickable logo. The more streadfast rule (for me) of home page to home page clickability it to not have a clickable 'HOME' link in the navigation menu on the home page. That's redundant and potentially confusing. Search box is a toss up. Again, I agree that it seems to make better sense to have it by the logo. The focal point. Ultimately, I would sacrifice it to the left if design dictated that. Great point on the user response / reaction to the clickable logo on home page. I’m wavy gravy on that. I have it clickable on this site, but that’s probably just lazy. On customer sites, I mostly hold my stance on the clickable logo. The more streadfast rule (for me) of home page to home page clickability it to not have a clickable ‘HOME’ link in the navigation menu on the home page. That’s redundant and potentially confusing.

Search box is a toss up. Again, I agree that it seems to make better sense to have it by the logo. The focal point. Ultimately, I would sacrifice it to the left if design dictated that.

]]> by: Christian http://www.darrenfauth.com/blog/2006/04/28/web-page-design-elements-logo-search/#comment-11 Sat, 29 Apr 2006 07:18:00 +0000 http://www.darrenfauth.com/blog/2006/04/28/web-page-design-elements-logo-search/#comment-11 I have a couple disagreements here, both fairly minor. I believe the logo should be clickable even on the home page. I've seen people use this link to refresh the page. In addition to that, people sometimes don't realize they are currently on the home page. If they try to click on the logo to get there and find that it's not clickable, they blame you. If they click on it and realize they are where they started, they realize they were on the home page. I've also found that it's best to have search below the baseline of the site logo, with the exception of when primary navigation shares that baseline. I have a couple disagreements here, both fairly minor.

I believe the logo should be clickable even on the home page. I’ve seen people use this link to refresh the page. In addition to that, people sometimes don’t realize they are currently on the home page. If they try to click on the logo to get there and find that it’s not clickable, they blame you. If they click on it and realize they are where they started, they realize they were on the home page.

I’ve also found that it’s best to have search below the baseline of the site logo, with the exception of when primary navigation shares that baseline.

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