Q:

Text-only version of Facebook's Like button?

Does anybody feel the Facebook Like button is too intruding in ones UI? Like it doesn't fit in, like it's some cheap plastic thing?
Have anybody ever used JS or something to make any alternatives like a plain text one? If so, has anybody ever done any A/B testing to see if it performs equally well to the original?
Moreover, would this violate Facebook's TOS saying "You must not obscure or cover elements of our social plugins, such as the Like button or Like box plugin"?
http://jsfiddle.net/dwaynie/HqA3H/9/
Thanks!

A:

Make text-only links for Facebook and Twitter and use CSS to do your styling. Here's how to create the links (with appropriately-sized pop-up windows):
http://jsfiddle.net/c6XQT/
Here's the code:
<a href="JavaScript:window.open('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://jsfiddle.net','','width=657,height=400,scrollbars=1')">Like</a>

<a href="JavaScript:window.open('https://twitter.com/share?url=http://jsfiddle.net&text=Check out this link:','','width=450,height=350')">Tweet</a>

