[Cosmo-dev] Buttons, buttons

[Travis Vachon]

+1 to both new buttons and bobby's sentiment


On Feb 14, 2007, at 11:00 PM, Bobby Rullo wrote:

> Sounds great. You would just replace the existing button code, and  
> keep the calling API the same, yes?
>
> On Feb 14, 2007, at 1:41 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:
>
>> I'd like to propose we ditch the table-based, multi-graphic  
>> buttons we currently use in favor of something simpler and more  
>> standards-based -- a styled 'button' form-input.
>>
>> The prototype I've worked up uses just a single background graphic  
>> with some CSS positioning magic to do the rollover/default states,  
>> and CSS border-color changes to do the button-down state:
>>
>> http://www.fleegix.org/demo/buttons.html
>>
>> (The prototype also shows roughly what the new dialog box will  
>> look like with the drop-shadow added.) You can see both active and  
>> dimmed-out buttons.
>>
>> This is a huge win for us in terms of connection costs, and I  
>> think the result is still really pretty. Mimi seemed to agree. It  
>> also will give us substantially simpler code, and get us at least  
>> a step in the right direction toward accessibility.
>>
>> Anyone have any objections to this switch?
>>
>>
>> Matthew
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