Comment 5 for bug 1387412

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Jono M (jonom) wrote :

I don't think having links disguised as buttons is a bad thing - just as long as they genuinely link to another page. From the accessibility guidelines as quoted above (paraphrased): "Use a link if you're navigating to a predefined page or section; use a button if you're changing information or state"

For example, the "New collection" button creates a new collection *by taking you to the 'Edit collection' page* - I think for a screen reader (for example) styling it as a link makes sense.

From articles like http://formidablelabs.com/blog/2014/05/08/anchors-buttons-and-accessibility/ and http://www.karlgroves.com/2013/05/14/links-are-not-buttons-neither-are-divs-and-spans/ it looks like the main problem is links which *act* like buttons, regardless of what they look like, so surely buttons which act like links would be just as confusing?