I get a call today, “[user] wants a button to get back to the landing page.” I counter that there isn’t anything useful on the landing page and that it’s only there so the search crawler can find information but users don’t really ever use it. “Well that’s what [user] wants.”

I was forced to analyze my design and the design of the incoming [app]. Clearly something isn’t working. The new [app] had a link already to the landing page. It is easy to find and use.

My landing page didn’t have any information on it that users couldn’t already find elsewhere inside the app. I only added it so the search crawler could index the app correctly, which it can’t really because the links pop open in a css div modal pop up.

Crap maybe my design isn’t working as I thought. Oh well.