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Peter Steen Høgenhaug, suggesting we consider using something other than the ubiquitous link icon for inserting hypertext links in an application:
All in all, only 35.29% of the test participants understood the chain icon, and only 25% understood the globe icon. While we didn’t set a minimum for success, clearly, 25% is not good when it comes to usability. When being interviewed one of our participants asked:
‘Why not just write WWW? Everyone understands that!’
All in all, only 35.29% of the test participants understood the chain icon, and only 25% understood the globe icon....
Only geeks understand link icons
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