Was thinking about whether to have a HOME tab in my navigation bar for my content site for career changers. Was reading this article, and it made me think a HOME menu item is really not necessary these days. https://uxmag.com/articles/are-you-putting-the-home-button-to-good-use
The home button in the navigation is a dying breed, though some people are really stuck on it.
IMO, the navigation is sacred real estate that should remain uncluttered. A gratuitous Home link adds 0 value there.
The cases when you *may* consider putting Home link in nav are if you're targeting an older (read: elderly) audience, the general population, or an otherwise web illiterate group.
The last case is if you're linking from a site's blog/sub domain and want to direct the user back to the main site. Even then, I think the verbiage "Return to main site" is a better UX than Home.
Let me know if you have any other UX questions.
Answered 9 years ago
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