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From: Steven Henderson
Date: Aug 20, 2009 7:10AM

Using a logo as a link to the home page, I agree is important if you use the
logo itself as a body element.

But regarding a user knowing where they are on a given page of the internet,
I don't think that is the purpose of a logo ... that is the job of the
internet application to do that; before the visitor actually engages the
body of the page.

There is too much duplicate content and functionality between web design and
web applications ... the logo in my view is 'secondary' to the true page
identifiers, which are ultimately the page title, meta description and the
URL (outside the body of the page itself). In my opinion, this is why
they're still used to appoint the source/identity of pages in all search
engines, at least where they have been provided with the appropriate
information. Do we really need to see Sony for example in their URL, page
title, meta description, page heading AND alt attribute for a logo image?
That is just excessive waste in my opinion, because people can't decide on a
standard.

This is just my view of course, and I am happy to hear opposing reasons to
the contrary.

Steven




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Sent: 20 August 2009 13:43
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Subject: Re: [WebAIM] web site to review

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 2:07 AM, Steven Henderson wrote:
> Robin, I would personally ditch the logo image for a carefully placed CSS
> background. Logos in my opinion, server no semantic purpose to non-visual
> users

So you're saying there's no utility in the user knowing the name of
the site they have just visited? If the logo is a link to the home
page, it MUST be semantic because it has a function. Logos are
certainly important content and should remain in content and not be
relegated to CSS backgrounds.

Jared Smith
WebAIM