Making buttons better with subtle tactile feedback

A simple concept to make a button "better" is to shift it down by 1px when it's clicked. This is not a new concept, in fact Chris Coyer wrote about it all the way back in 2010.

"Better" is of course a subjective attribute. Typically, websites employ various ":active" states for buttons, such as:

  • Darkening the button background color
  • Adding a highlight border color
  • Using the default 'outline' glow
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Startups, stop spamming to ask for feedback

I sign up for new services/tools on a regular basis, usually from startups. Some promise to do "XYZ" better than tools I currently use. Some just peak my curiosity and I want to simply dig around. I would say 9/10 times, I end up not using the service/product I signed up for.

As a startup, I can understand that speaking to customers is super important. Speaking with customers helps you to figure what's good (or hopefully great) about your product, where customers get stuck, how well are you solving their problems etc. 

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