Re: commitfest.postgresql.org

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: commitfest.postgresql.org
Date: 2009-07-03 22:50:45
Message-ID: 603c8f070907031550w18f4aabcj7bd622bdd22e7a2d@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Joshua D. Drake<jd(at)commandprompt(dot)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

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