>Hi Steve,
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>>>I think they're useful for toolbars, but not normal buttons. Chalk it up to just not being use to them yet, but it's not very intuitive that a command button is a command button when it's on a form.<<
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>I completely agree. They first came up for toolbars and that's where I do think that they provide a less distracting interface. After all, menu items where never fully 3d, either.
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>But elsewhere they should be used carefully. Even Office XP isn't using them everywhere. Just look at the Options dialog in Outlook XP. It's all plain old 3d buttons.
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>>>Just my .02¢<<
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>You guys must really be in an economical crisis if you start using hundredth of a cent. *bg*
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>Christof

Christof;

Boy - that was 100 times less than 2 cents worth! A story about 2 cents.

I work in the automotive industry, which is famous for “pinching pennies”. One example from a 1968 report dealt with the Big Three and brake shoes. If brake shoes were glued instead of riveted, $ 0.01 would be saved per pair of shoes or $ 0.02 per car. In the report it also discussed how many people die each year because the glue used to hold the brake pad failed. This was not a recorded problem with riveted brake shoes. The consensus and corporate decision was to use glued brake shoes and risk law suits do to wrongful deaths.

So you see, those measly $ 0.02 can add up and have a great meaning. It can fuel an entire industry as well as the legal profession and other industries.

Tom