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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wonder if anyone can help? I’m trying to track down when and why it was decided to use the term ‘Home’ and its accompanying icon in web browser design. Does anyone have any information on that? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We have got so used to it that it’s almost invisible in our consciousness, but Home is not default in every part of the world. In the Middle East for example, that function is called the Main Page, not the Home Page. I’m thinking that ‘home’ is probably an American concept in this context.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d also like to collect more equivalencies from non-English speaking countries, so please do get in touch if your country’s browser features something other than ‘home’.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’d be most grateful for your thoughts on the above. Please reply backchannel to <a href="mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk">sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Many thanks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sue<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>_________ </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>Sue Thomas <br>Research Professor of New Media</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>IOCT/Faculty of Art, Design and Humanities<br>Clephan 1.01d, De Montfort University, The Gateway, Leicester LE1 9BH, UK +44 (0)116 207 8266 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>w: <a href="http://www.technobiophilia.com/">http://www.technobiophilia.com</a> Technobiophilia: Nature and Cyberspace <br>e: </span><a href="mailto:sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext'>sue.thomas@dmu.ac.uk</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>t: </span><a href="http://www.twitter.com/suethomas"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext'>@suethomas</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>g: </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/110733806086330324299/"><span style='font-size:8.0pt;color:windowtext'>+suethomas</span></a><span style='font-size:8.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>