Re: Button vs. Icon

Subject: Re: Button vs. Icon
From: Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 14:01:26 -0500


> What if it acts like a button but doesn't look like one? If you use an image
> source for the button ala:
>
> <INPUT TYPE="IMAGE" SRC="../images/yes.jpg" NAME="button1" VALUE="Yes">
>
> Is it still a button?

No, and it's not an icon either.

> And this problem is only compounded by the increase in CSS wranglings that
> affect the way everything looks on the page.

No, it's not. ;-)

If it's a button, it's a button. If it's an icon, it's an icon. If
it's something else, then it's something else.

A poster of a painting isn't a painting. A painting of a car gets 0mpg.

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References:
RE: Button vs. Icon: From: Matt Horn

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