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Provide navigational options Usability Guideline

Description

Do not create or direct users into pages that have no navigational options. No links out of these pages found.

Help

Many web pages contain links that open new browser windows. When these browser windows open, the Back button is disabled, and if the new window opens full-screen, users may not realize that a new window has appeared, and become frustrated because they cannot press Back. Popup windows should contain a prominent control that closes the window.

Applicable standards

Note: The guidelines.usability.gov website has been down since July 2020, although www.usability.gov is still operating and the PDF version of the guidelines is still available.

Change history

  • 1.0 Feb 2007 Added.

This page describes a web site issue detected in HTML documents by SortSite Desktop and OnDemand Suite.

Rule ID: UseGov7.1