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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Jan 12, 2018 2:11AM

On 08/01/2018 21:51, Beranek, Nicholas via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> I'm reminded of an article from Marcy Sutton about this very topic:
>
> https://marcysutton.com/links-vs-buttons-in-modern-web-applications/
>
> I know the argument, "if it looks like a button, then it should be a button."

It's not always as cut-and-dried as that, though. It's quite common to
have things like "call to action" links styled to look button-like, and
to me that's a perfectly valid case for still using a link, while also
visually highlighting the link for prominence.

What counts is the intent/action, not the appearance (unless the
appearance strongly suggests an intent/action in and of itself).

P
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