<story><title>Use Google+ to Improve Your UI</title><url>http://pixify.com/blog/use-google-plus-to-improve-your-ui/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>bretthopper</author><text>One interesting difference: Google just uses &amp;#60;div&amp;#62; for their buttons instead of &amp;#60;a&amp;#62; tags or even &amp;#60;button&amp;#62;. They also don&apos;t set cursor: pointer (the hand) for them.&lt;p&gt;Any UI people want to comment on the best practice for cursor styles? I always figured pointer should be used for all buttons or links that have an action attached.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Groxx</author><text>I, personally, &lt;i&gt;hate&lt;/i&gt; buttons without cursor:pointer.  Hover effects are nice and all, but they&apos;re often rather subtle, and your eyes are attuned to the cursor already.  Changing it is &lt;i&gt;extremely&lt;/i&gt; visible, and gives you immediate feedback that you&apos;re hovering something actionable.  Anecdotal, but I find I &quot;see&quot; when my cursor enters a clickable region much more quickly if the cursor changes - I click sooner, rather than making sure it&apos;s positioned inside the element.</text></comment>
<story><title>Use Google+ to Improve Your UI</title><url>http://pixify.com/blog/use-google-plus-to-improve-your-ui/</url><text></text></story><parent_chain><item><author>bretthopper</author><text>One interesting difference: Google just uses &amp;#60;div&amp;#62; for their buttons instead of &amp;#60;a&amp;#62; tags or even &amp;#60;button&amp;#62;. They also don&apos;t set cursor: pointer (the hand) for them.&lt;p&gt;Any UI people want to comment on the best practice for cursor styles? I always figured pointer should be used for all buttons or links that have an action attached.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>flyosity</author><text>This is absolutely terrible for accessibility. Screen readers will not handle these buttons properly leading to a significantly more difficult experience. James Edwards actually talked about this at The Highland Fling conference a few weeks back.</text></comment>