--- title: Nuberodesign > Blog > In Praise of Buttons – Part One description: Buttons are often considered uncool in design because they have been around for a long time. However, button shape is important in graphical user interfaces to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nuberodesign-blog-in-praise-of-buttons-part-one-l8pslrmmg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nuberodesign > Blog > In Praise of Buttons – Part One | daily.dev og:description: Buttons are often considered uncool in design because they have been around for a long time. However, button shape is important in graphical user interfaces to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/nuberodesign-blog-in-praise-of-buttons-part-one-l8pslrmmg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/l8PSlRMmG.png og:image:alt: Nuberodesign > Blog > In Praise of Buttons – Part One og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nuberodesign > Blog > In Praise of Buttons – Part One **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 9 min read · 10 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Buttons are often considered uncool in design because they have been around for a long time. However, button shape is important in graphical user interfaces to communicate that they can be used and to provide feedback to the user. Buttons that consist only of text or icons often lack the necessary signifiers and feedback. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@siliconmeadow** · 0 upvotes > It's so good when someone points out that not all trends are necessary. And specifically, with buttons, in the way that the author demonstrates that buttons are good and worth giving care and attention to their **continued** design and use, it stripped away any conceived notion that buttons are uncool. > > On second thought though... I've yet to actually hear someone say that buttons really *are* uncool. Is that actually a new trend? ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#ui-design](https://daily.dev/tags/ui-design) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nuberodesign-blog-in-praise-of-buttons-part-one-l8pslrmmg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Nuberodesign > Blog > In Praise of Buttons – Part One","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/nuberodesign-blog-in-praise-of-buttons-part-one-l8pslrmmg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/nuberodesign-blog-in-praise-of-buttons-part-one-l8pslrmmg"},"datePublished":"2024-05-11T17:21:14.500Z","dateModified":"2024-05-11T17:21:12.256Z","description":"Buttons are often considered uncool in design because they have been around for a long time. 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