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Re: Links vs. Buttons

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From: Don Mauck
Date: Jun 4, 2012 3:15PM

I disagree, it always frustrates me when developers think that because they want it to look like a button but still want it to be a link they mix and match. If it is an action item such as a save, close, submit ETC. those ought to be buttons. If you are being taken somewhere even if it's on the same page, then that should be links. The problem is always that when talking to support folks they will always say click on the "save" button, then the user of a screen reading program looks for the button and "dang," it's not a button after all. At the end of the day, if it's a button, make it a button. If it's a link make it a link and call it such.