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> Links are links, not buttons. I suspect that most people would have trouble coming up with a definition for a UI button that couldn't just as easily describe
by delecti 9y ago
> Links are links, not buttons.
I suspect that most people would have trouble coming up with a definition for a UI button that couldn't just as easily describe web links.
- coldtea 9y agoLinks take you to a different view (page, whatever), without affecting any other state. Buttons perform actions (that might also present a new panel). The problem is bad UIs muddling the waters between the two (having a plain text "label" looking like a link that does "Delete everything in my account" for example).
- oneeyedpigeon 9y agoThis fits with the convention that, generally speaking, links generate a GET request and buttons generate a POST one — javascript & the odd GET-form-for-searching aside. Of course, webapps have seriously muddied the water!