Pattern 34: Go back to a safe place
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You are concerned with providing CANONICAL LOCATION (21).

The problem is once more to stop users getting lost or disoriented.

Therefore

Provide a way to allow users to mark places they wish to return to if they get lost. Ensure that transactions can be unwound safely.

Place the SITE LOGO AT TOP LEFT (24) so that users can always get back to the home page. CACHE TRANSACTIONS (67).

Discussion - forces - known uses

This is already a pattern in Jennifer Tidwell’s language so we only touch on it briefly here. At a minimum users should be able to go back one step using the BACK BUTTON (35) or a built-in facility to unwind a transaction. Bookmarks may be used but many users find this to be merely an additional workload.

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