CSS Social Buttons

The demo (http://webdesignerwall.com/demo/css-social-buttons/) looks great but a button is pretty useless without an :active (pressed) state. Would be nice if it was built-in.

There are some pressed classes defined but I don't think you can dynamically add them when the button is :active through CSS only.

djtriptych• 14 years ago

This is why I'm completely behind efforts like Twitter's Bootstrap Font Awesome to standardize an internet icon set.

Why do I have to hear about every front-end web dev's effort to reinvent the wheel? Why are users forced to relearn a new visual language to accomplish the exact same task on every website?

ineedtosleep• 14 years ago

> Why do I have to hear about every front-end web dev's effort to reinvent the wheel?

You don't have to listen. Forcing people onto something when they'd rather create their own is a much worse proposition.

techblock• 14 years ago

I'm confused. These icons are .PNGs

sp332• 14 years ago

Click the "view demo" button. http://webdesignerwall.com/demo/css-social-buttons/

majorlazer• 14 years ago

Wow, what a coincidence. I was just looking for social buttons in another window. Thanks!

jenius• 14 years ago

This absolutely sucks in every way. The icons suck, they aren't clean, clear, flexible, or well made. The styles suck, they are too basic to even be useful - we can all put a 1px border or border radius on an element. And it's not innovative in any way, web designers have been doing this for years, except with actually good icons and css styles.

I'm genuinely surprised that this made it to the front page of hacker news. That being said, I still think Nick La is a great designer.

jfarmer• 14 years ago

You should make some that are clean, clear, flexible, and well-made, where the styles don't suck and developed enough to be useful. :)

CSS Social Buttons

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