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I really do appreciate the critique and the compliment. A few months ago I've been really searching high and low for a simple library to recreate those buttons

I really do appreciate the critique and the compliment. A few months ago I've been really searching high and low for a simple library to recreate those buttons Microsoft uses on their websites. I do agree, it really doesn't look like buttons when you take away the text. Well anyway, I decided to build one for my own. Just shared this v1.1 release to everyone here at hn. Just maybe, just maybe, someone out there also needs a simple button/form library for such a specific need. The release kind of addresses some issues, because some people keep contacting me at twitter or fb asking me "how-to's", so hopefully most of their 'needs' are met :) Really tried to make the documentation a little eye friendly for everyone. Thanks again man!

highace 14y ago
Oh of course, I don't mean that as a dig towards you - it's great that you found something that was needed and implemented it yourself, which you've done very well. I guess it's more towards Microsoft for taking a concept that is relatively well ingrained by now (I'm referring to buttons with bevels, gradients, and shadows), and turning it on it's head in a seemingly backwards way.
navs 14y ago
I for one am a fan of the Metro look. Whether I'd ever use it on a client's site, that I can't say but for my own creations I simply adore the look. Awesome work! Can you maybe point me towards any other metro UI libraries you may have found?
- acesubido 14y ago
  For WPF (.NET) applications, I've personally used MahAppsMetro (http://mahapps.com/MahApps.Metro/ http://mahapps.com/MahApps.Metro/). For web, I've seen code52's metroCSS (https://github.com/Code52/metro.css/ https://github.com/Code52/metro.css/) and olton's Metro UI CSS (http://metroui.org.ua/ http://metroui.org.ua/) Both are full-blown frameworks with grids and everything and I've tried them out for my needs, but most libraries are too over the top. I needed something more stripped down for buttons that can work with Bootstrap or with my own handmade disaster. On a sidenote, the day Microsoft adviced and pushed developers to stop calling it "Metro" and call it "Modern UI" instead (http://gizmodo.com/5933580/on-second-thought-microsoft-is-calling-metro-modern-ui-style-now http://gizmodo.com/5933580/on-second-thought-microsoft-is-ca...), really got their own ecosystem off balance.
  - navs 14y ago
    Thanks. I find these full blown templates invaluable in prototyping.

highace 14y ago

Oh of course, I don't mean that as a dig towards you - it's great that you found something that was needed and implemented it yourself, which you've done very well. I guess it's more towards Microsoft for taking a concept that is relatively well ingrained by now (I'm referring to buttons with bevels, gradients, and shadows), and turning it on it's head in a seemingly backwards way.

navs 14y ago

I for one am a fan of the Metro look. Whether I'd ever use it on a client's site, that I can't say but for my own creations I simply adore the look. Awesome work! Can you maybe point me towards any other metro UI libraries you may have found?

acesubido 14y ago
For WPF (.NET) applications, I've personally used MahAppsMetro (http://mahapps.com/MahApps.Metro/ http://mahapps.com/MahApps.Metro/). For web, I've seen code52's metroCSS (https://github.com/Code52/metro.css/ https://github.com/Code52/metro.css/) and olton's Metro UI CSS (http://metroui.org.ua/ http://metroui.org.ua/) Both are full-blown frameworks with grids and everything and I've tried them out for my needs, but most libraries are too over the top. I needed something more stripped down for buttons that can work with Bootstrap or with my own handmade disaster. On a sidenote, the day Microsoft adviced and pushed developers to stop calling it "Metro" and call it "Modern UI" instead (http://gizmodo.com/5933580/on-second-thought-microsoft-is-calling-metro-modern-ui-style-now http://gizmodo.com/5933580/on-second-thought-microsoft-is-ca...), really got their own ecosystem off balance.
- navs 14y ago
  Thanks. I find these full blown templates invaluable in prototyping.