ButtonDesign Editor's Review

'ButtonDesign' is a tool that can create HTML or CSS buttons for your Web page.

This program can quickly create buttons for your Webpage or for your projects, if you are a Web designer. The application has many button templates built-in, which support customization options, such as width, size, or colors.

The program is very easy-to-use, because the interface is very simple and it has all the functionality you need. Although, it could be improved a little, the interface is great for most of the quick designing activities.

I like that you can save all your work into a project file. After all the attributes are set, you can export your button. You can output it as a HTML or as a CSS button. The CSS mode is recommended, because you can't use effects with the HTML mode.

The program generates an image that is used as background for a certain button. The CSS style changes the look of the button when you hover or click it. The default image type is PNG, but if you don't need this file type, you can choose the JPEG image format.

The code generated by this tool can be validated. The HTML used complies with the HTML 4.01 Transitional standard and the CSS is valid as well. I checked this with the online tools provided by W3C.

Pluses: A very simple, user friendly, and easy-to-use interface. It proves that Adobe Flash is not the only thing that can generate good-looking buttons.

Drawbacks / flaws: You don't have the option to validate the HTML document as HTML 4.01 Strict, or other standard. So if you have an existing HTML 4.01 Strict page and you want to use this tool, then maybe you should switch to Transitional, if you want to keep it valid.

In conclusion: The application itself is good, but it lacks some options that could help the Web designers. You should test it very well before you buy it and decide if it's worth the price.

version reviewed: 1.5