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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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