I habitually hover over links before clicking them to see the url in the status bar. It deeply unsettles me when I see a button for which this tactic doesn't w

I habitually hover over links before clicking them to see the url in the status bar. It deeply unsettles me when I see a button for which this tactic doesn't work. Rationally, I know there's no difference; you could have an href="example.com" and just capture clicks to do whatever you want. Nevertheless, it still spooked me enough to stop me from clicking the button.