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> Buttons do something > Links go somewhere Well... all the way back to HTML 1.0, form submission buttons also "went somewhere". It was quite a while before
by commandlinefan 6y ago
> Buttons do something
> Links go somewhere
Well... all the way back to HTML 1.0, form submission buttons also "went somewhere". It was quite a while before the concept of any interaction not reloading the entire page came along. There's nothing wrong with buttons that go somewhere, and a lot of the web is designed around this.
- giantrobot 6y agoNo, form submit buttons did something i.e. submitted the form. While this had the effect of going somewhere the expectation was straight forward and obvious. Using forms as links was roundly advised against.