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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Sep 16, 2013 5:24PM

On 16/09/2013 17:39, Karl Groves wrote:
> I'd like to dispute the notion that "buttons are difficult to style". I
> haven't done much extensive testing on <input type="submit"> and the like,
> but the <button> element can be styled[1] or unstyled[2], as it were, to
> meet your needs on most modern browsers. You may run into some issues
> across browser but not anymore than any other CSS stuff.
>
> 1 - http://jsfiddle.net/W9tvq/
>
> 2 - http://jsfiddle.net/c54UY/

I seem to remember quite a famous (as in, it made the rounds at the time
a few years ago) comparison page that showed major problems with buttons
containing image elements, and aligning the buttons consistently with
the baseline of text...but it seems to elude me at the moment. Most
likely the culprit at the time was IE6...

P

>
> On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 7:35 AM, Rakesh < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
>
>> Thank you all for the discussion. Here is the article after summarizing
>> the information.
>> http://www.maxability.co.in/2013/09/links-vs-buttons/
>>
>> Thanks once again for your support.
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Rakesh
>>
>> On 9/12/2013 9:17 PM, Greg Gamble wrote:
>>> A rough rule is links are external and buttons are internal. There is
>> some crossover, but not much.
>>>
>>>
>>> Greg Gamble
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>>>
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>>>