>I got an email from a client tonight that I did a basic database app for. They have requested that I make the app more sexy. Mainly the buttons on the forms. They are just mainly rectangular buttons that say "Add", "Edit", Delete, Save, etc...
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>Any ideas?
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>John Brooks

As others here said... use pictures... but, go a little further.. give the buttons an IE 4.0 look... have two bitmaps for each button, and Black& White one, and a color one.

When the mouse is over the button show the color bit map, when it moves off go back to the B&W... also, as others said, set up a tool tip on each button.

Personally, I would ask the user to specify what he wants in more detail.

BOb