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25 Feb 2008 2257H
Just a reminder: buttons do things, links take you to pages
For instance, “add to cart,” probably one of the oldest and simplest examples, other than, “submit,” perhaps. Nielsen of course provides the rules: don’t use buttons for navigation; use links when users move between pages. It’s not a matter of popularity. It’s a matter of consistency of the design vernacular with convention.
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