Comments on: Time to stop using the button element http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/ Web standards, accessibility and such like with a bias toward Government web sites Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:36:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kay Smoljak http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-13795 Kay Smoljak Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:34:58 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-13795 I know I'm late to the party on this, but over the past month I've been playing with the internet on my mobile a lot, and here's what I've found: 99.998% of web sites that were not specifically designed and formatted for a mobile device are unusable on said mobile device. Devices are still in the cowboy years. I'm not giving up on buttons because of mobile devices just yet. I know I’m late to the party on this, but over the past month I’ve been playing with the internet on my mobile a lot, and here’s what I’ve found: 99.998% of web sites that were not specifically designed and formatted for a mobile device are unusable on said mobile device. Devices are still in the cowboy years. I’m not giving up on buttons because of mobile devices just yet.

]]> By: Buttons – forgotten and immobile — Tyssen Design http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12890 Buttons – forgotten and immobile — Tyssen Design Sun, 03 Jun 2007 12:47:27 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12890 [...] As Nick points out in a more recent post, Time to stop using the button element, it seems that the button element is not part of the XHTML-MP specification (PDF, 400K) which is a shame because as I wrote last year, and more recently by Kevin Hale of Particletree, buttons provide you with more styling flexibility than inputs and you can do some cool stuff with them. [...] [...] As Nick points out in a more recent post, Time to stop using the button element, it seems that the button element is not part of the XHTML-MP specification (PDF, 400K) which is a shame because as I wrote last year, and more recently by Kevin Hale of Particletree, buttons provide you with more styling flexibility than inputs and you can do some cool stuff with them. [...]

]]> By: Al http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12837 Al Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:18:08 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12837 Wow, thats good to know. I think i have about a hundred forms to fix next week... Wow, thats good to know. I think i have about a hundred forms to fix next week…

]]> By: Gary Barber http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12804 Gary Barber Tue, 29 May 2007 12:55:23 +0000 http://nickcowie.com/2007/time-to-stop-using-the-button-element/#comment-12804 Good spot. Yeah I noticed this on a site test. But was too busy to check the spec and just replaced with inputs to get the job out the door. Good warning. We should all read the specs! Add it too the list.. groan.. Good spot.

Yeah I noticed this on a site test. But was too busy to check the spec and just replaced with inputs to get the job out the door. Good warning. We should all read the specs! Add it too the list.. groan..

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