35649 - FR: LeMonde Section Headers do not have links to corresponding area

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(SeaMonkey :: Sidebar, defect, P3)

Description

[sandrag]

On the LeMonde sidebar panel, the section/category headers 'actualites' and 
'nouvelles technologies' do not link to the associated pages on the LeMonde 
website.  This may have been left out by the third party but users may expect to 
be able to go directly to those areas by clicking on the category headers.  

Add 'LeMonde' to sidebar
View sidebar and click on the various headers.
No link is provided to those pages available at the LeMonde website.

Consistently reproduces

Comment 1

[Linda Baliman]

Le Monde's section headers are not underlined, so would a user expect to be able 
to click to a section?  CNN.com, on the other hand, underlines it's section 
headers, and you can click to the sections.  I'd say both sites are working as 
designed.

Comment 2

[sandrag]

Yes but LeMonde's current UI for the sidebar tab does not underline any of their 
links.  The various LeMonde article titles link to the article sites but are not 
currently underlined.  

Since the article title links are not underlined, the user may expect there to 
also be links from the section headers even though they are not underlined.  It 
may be desirable to write up as a seperate bug the article title links if 
underlines should be present.  

However, I also think that both the user and possibly LeMonde may want the user 
to be able to also go to the section websites.  Although admittedly this would be 
something that the 3rd party should decide.

Comment 3

[Linda Baliman]

Point well taken.  Will ask Le Monde.

Comment 4

[Lynn Webb]

Changing to new

Comment 5

[Linda Baliman]

Jean-Christophe Potocki, lemonde.fr, added to cc-list

Marked Not "Netscape Confidential"

Comment 6

[Linda Baliman]

This is a design question for lemonde.fr to decide.

Comment 7

[sujay]

marking verified.