The article does not mention changing what the control looks like, only how it is marked up. The design is shown as settled - a roller icon - and the only quest

The article does not mention changing what the control looks like, only how it is marked up. The design is shown as settled - a roller icon - and the only question to be decided is if that icon is implemented as a link or a button in the DOM. And there’s no hover-link-pop up on a mobile phone touchscreen.