[UPHPU] html design templates

[cole at colejoplin.com]

Quoting Velda Christensen <velda at novapages.com>:

> For some reason, many design clients now seem to associate the fancy
> buttons with "Web 2.0" .  I get enough requests for shiny buttons on
> carts, I'm tempted to add it as a flat fee service.

Well, yes, that's true, and it should be a fee. I like that more  
narrowly-defined style a lot! Your handy GC knows how to do them  
correctly. Generic menu button collections do not. Let me show by  
example the difference I'm thinking about:

The wrong way (worthy of a harsh beating) -
http://www.buttonland.com/

The right way -
http://iris-design.info/design/web-20-style-buttons/

And even a nifty expansion on the web 2.0 button -
http://www.evogfx.com/showthread.php?t=7985&highlight=button

For a GC to do it the right way, most definitely charge extra  
(cha-ching). The difference is in the context. Just as you mentioned,  
this looks awesome for things like "download now", "sunbcribe rss" or  
"buy now", where it's the most important button you're supposed to  
press.

But I would not use this for menu buttons, where I've got ten of them  
stacked on top of each other in a nav. It loses the clean effect, it's  
coolness and impact as it gets smaller and breeds.

I'm really glad you mentioned this style, because it's very specific  
and very cool. Plus, you want to charge extra. Kudos, Velda, kudos.

-- Cole