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Sign Up Button

by Thomas Maier Apr 10, 2011
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14 Responses

  1. Dsc03227_2 Kaushik V. Panchal

    That looks nice :)

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    about 1 year ago

  2. Pro Brogans-av ludwiczakpawel

    ouuuch, definitely don't like it... :)

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    about 1 year ago

  3. 180_180 Thomas Maier

    Thanks!

    _ Erm.. why?

    about 1 year ago

  4. Pro N686733183_1176740_6324 Matej Hrescak

    Because of the circular gradient. It looks awesome on circular objects because it immitates the way brushed aluminium reflects light ( the direction of the brushing creates an anisotropic reflection) however it makes almost no sense on a button of this shape, not to mention that the text is a lot less readable this way.

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    about 1 year ago

  5. Pro Screen_shot_2010-03-11_at_22 Jord Riekwel

    This button looks nice. But it looks likes it needs to slide, instead of pushed.

    about 1 year ago

  6. Pro Avatar_34d1dc67a543_128 Pontus Johansson

    I think this effect could look great on other elements, just not on a button. As Matej writes, its doesn't make sense and the text is very hard to read.

    about 1 year ago

  7. Eliorivero Elio Rivero

    Thing is that anisotropic lighting like the one you're depicting in the button with the radial gradient, only appears in objects that have been exposed to a circular wearing. Circular blade saws are a fine example, because while they are soft when they're new, thus reflecting light in a (kind of) uniform way, after using them a couple of times their surface starts to wear and they exhibit this lighting effect (sometimes called bidirectional reflectance distribution). Maybe that's why it looks weird: it doesn't looks natural. If it was circular it would be different, although the effect is also too heavy for the text.

    about 1 year ago

  8. Pro Smaller_headshot Bryan Le

    Its cool that you can do this. But I'm not sure why you've elected to use the effect here. There is a time and place for it and I'm not sure this is it.

    Additionally, the big difference with the "or login" is almost so jarring that I just can't comprehend this.

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    about 1 year ago

  9. Pro Deluxeroyale_logo Desmond Arsan

    not to be a douche but : http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2011/06/stevejobswwdc2011liveblogkeynote0374.jpg It doesn't always have to be a 100% circular shape.

    But I agree, the shape of the button + the applied effect is just a tad to much.

    12 months ago

  10. Pro Avatar_34d1dc67a543_128 Pontus Johansson

    Desmond: It's not automatically good design just because Apple does it :) A lot of the things presented today looks pretty bad, UI/icon polish-wise.

    12 months ago

  11. 180_180 Thomas Maier

    Physically it doesn’t matter at all what shape it has. It needs to be flat. But other than that it can have the outline of a penis.

    12 months ago

  12. Pro Deluxeroyale_logo Desmond Arsan

    Pontus: All hail the mothership ❤

    Thomas: definitely true, just make it more legible and your almost there!

    12 months ago

  13. Pro Chopped-head Reimar Servas

    Make it a penis please! : )

    12 months ago

  14. Pro Liam Liam McKay

    I quite like it :)

    11 months ago

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