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I think his example may be counter to his point. I didn't recognize one brand from their buttons (even Facebook which I kicked myself for not recognizing)
by mikeryan 14y ago
I think his example may be counter to his point.
I didn't recognize one brand from their buttons (even Facebook which I kicked myself for not recognizing)
- dlss 14y agoSame here. At least for me, it looks like buttons don't matter. Huh.
- arnoldb0620 14y agoAlso the same for me.
- notatoad 14y agoI recognized facebook because i recognized the facebook blue, not the button. And the amazon button is very distinctive. The rest, not so much.
- potatolicious 14y agoDitto here. I recognized Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Yahoo, and Amazon not because of the button designs themselves, but because of their colors. Google has a very recognizable three-tone UI which extends beyond their buttons. Facebook, Pinterest, and Yahoo all have a unique shade of a particular color that they claim as branding (blue, red, and purple, respectively). If anything this seems to speak to the importance of branding colors than button design.
- deutronium 14y agoSame here, I couldn't recognise any.
- landr0id 14y agoSame here. I usually recognize buttons from the context of how they're used and the associated text/font. I didn't recognize a single one of these though.
- geoka9 14y agoMe neither. And I'm a developer and I use most of those sites daily. What can be expected of an average web user? I really think we've got too crazy about design. We've even come up with clever terms like "pixel blindness" to shut out dissent. Users don't seem to care.