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slug: button-cursor
title: "Hand cursor on buttons or not?"
tags: [Web]
pubDate: 2023-12-28
draft: true
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https://medium.com/simple-human/buttons-shouldnt-have-a-hand-cursor-b11e99ca374b#.b33l7fivt

https://uxdesign.cc/buttons-shouldnt-have-a-hand-cursor-part-2-4a6e1c8423a5

https://medium.com/simple-human/but-sometimes-links-look-like-buttons-and-buttons-look-like-links-9b371c57b3d2

There's another thing to consider, which is that using the cursor exclusively on links more clearly communicates that you can CMD+click something to open it in a new tab.

Mark Dalgleish: https://twitter.com/markdalgleish/status/1744137285346775233

Literally vs. figuratively: "This book will literally blow your mind"

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