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At the top of a site you see this:
The arrow: shows a chart and links to your recent activity.
Your username: Links to your profile
The rep count: Links to the reputation tab of your profile
It would make sense if the badges would link to the badges tab of your profile!
Opinions?
I agree! Everything else on that bar makes sense:
After all, newbies, when they earn a badge and see it up there next to everything else, will wonder what it is, and click on it to no avail...
Once upon a time there was a boy with a few medals. He didn't have many, but they were cherished possessions and never failed to please him.
The boy earned the medals through skill and hard work, and he was proud of them. When he looked at them, they would always create a feeling of happiness within his breast.
He kept the medals in a box, which was tied in a bag, which was stored in an attic. Each time he wanted to look at them he climbed the stairs to the attic, untied the bag, opened the box, and smiled.
One day, the boy realized that there was no need to keep his box in the attic. He could keep it near him in his room. He further realized that there was no need to keep the medals in a bag and a box. He removed the bag so that he could access them as easily as possible.
Now the boy is happy, and his emotional link to his medals is stronger than ever.
There already is a link to see your badges: your name takes you to your profile. What do you want a link on the badges to do, just scroll down that page?
Merely because we can link from something doesn't mean we should. In this case, I don't see any benefit to duplicating a link that already exists 50 pixels left.
