{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alanahanson/alanahanson.github.io/issues/15","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alanahanson/alanahanson.github.io/issues/15/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alanahanson/alanahanson.github.io/issues/15/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/alanahanson/alanahanson.github.io/issues/15/events","html_url":"https://github.com/alanahanson/alanahanson.github.io/issues/15","id":120019100,"number":15,"title":"Disable link to currently viewed page, change link color after clicking","user":{"login":"alanahanson","id":7280332,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7280332?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson","html_url":"https://github.com/alanahanson","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/alanahanson/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-12-02T19:35:57Z","updated_at":"2015-12-11T20:40:09Z","closed_at":"2015-12-11T20:40:09Z","body":"10. Don't include an active link to the homepage on the homepage\r\nCompliance rate: 41% \r\nGuideline number in Homepage Usability book: 43\r\nThis is a special case of a guideline that applies to all website or intranet pages: never have a link that points to the current page. (A button to refresh stock quotes or other changing information is a different matter, and should be presented as a command button rather than a navigation link since it doesn't lead to a new location.) Active links to current pages cause three problems:\r\nIf they click it, a link leading to the current page is an utter waste of users' time.\r\nWorse, such links cause users to doubt whether they're really at the location they think they're at.\r\nWorst of all, if users do follow these no-op links they'll be confused as to their new location, particularly if the page is scrolled back to the top.\r\nHomepage links on the homepage typically result from using a universal navigation bar that includes \"home\" as an option. Fine. But when users are on a page that's featured in the navbar, you should turn off that option's link and highlight it in such as way that indicates that it's the current location."}}