How to Design Buttons to Help Improve Usability
September 10th, 2009 — 60 Comments
Buttons can play a big part in how visitors interact with a website. They come in varying shapes, sizes and styles but there are a few things to consider when designing buttons:
- Use of Icons
- Look and Feel
- Behaviour
- Importance
- Consistency
Use of Icons
Using icons as part of buttons can help improve usability by providing a visual aid making it more obvious to the user as to what function the button provides. Below are examples of buttons incorporating icons and shapes to do just that:

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