Re: FN-FORUM: Back buttons

date posted 26th September 2007 08:26


On 26 Sep 2007, at 08:54, Tim Pizey wrote:
>>
> Looks like I will have to think harder, still think that not having
> any back
> buttons is my best bet.

address the usability issue.

users are giving you a use case where they want to go back.

if that can't be done using the browser back button, then you need to
address the site navigation, not provide a javascript back button
that duplicates the browser back button.

the point has been made that sometimes browser back buttons are not
available (kiosk use for example) in that instance your navigation
should take care of things, but a javascript back button is the lazy
way out.

done properly navigation allows a smooth workflow and maintains state.