Products · Pattern or everyday thing
Buttons styled as links
Raised as a usability problem by 5 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2013–2023), in 5 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 5 complaints
- Buttons that navigate ignore modifier-clicks, so the user can't open them in a new tab2023-05-24
- Buttons look like text inputs so users try typing into them2021-03-09
- Link-styled buttons can't be right-clicked and tab differently, confusing users2020-05-27
- Left-placed buttons are hard to reach on wide phones held in the right hand2019-05-26
- Buttons that just navigate somewhere confuse users expecting an action2013-07-22