Re: commitfest.postgresql.org

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: jd@commandprompt.com
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2009-07-03T22:50:45Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
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