[soundsop]

According to Jakob Nielsen at http://www.useit.com/alertbox/20031110.html (see #10), the home-page logo should not be clickable.

Even though the advice is 4 years old, I don't see a reason to violate it.

*Edited for better formatting.

[zaidf]

As much as I am a Nielsen fanboy, I wouldn't hesitate violating that rule of his.

[soundsop]

Why? What purpose does it serve to have a logo on a home page be a link back to the home page?

The only reason I can think of is consistency across the rest of the site.

[zaidf]

I take that back. I thought this was about a clickable logo in general--not about the homepage specifically.

I guess it is ok to not have the logo linking to the homepage from the homepage itself. (Though there are certain sites that I like to have open and click on the logo to refresh the content.)

[veritas]

Hmm interesting. I'm just used to it I suppose. Sometimes instead of refreshing to see if something has changed, I just click the logo by habit.

But, I concede the point.

[waleedka]

That's what I do as well. And if the logo is not clickable, I feel that something is not right.

[Jd]

ditto