On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Joshua D. Drake<jd@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 17:57 -0400, Robert Haas wrote:
>
>> I guess I'm not really seeing why that particular thing should be a
>> button rather than a link. It would mess up the formatting for no
>> obvious benefit.
>>
>
> Not arguing one way or the other, a button says, "I am about to perform
> X". A link *always* says, "I am about to go to a new web page".
Hmm, there is some truth to what you say. I guess the way I think
about it, a button says "I am about to submit this form" and a link
says "I am about to do something other than submit a form". But it's
certainly an arguable point.
...Robert