Stolen Buttons
by Gecko4072 on 7/20/2026, 9:23:42 AM
https://anatolyzenkov.com/stolen-buttons
Comments
by: donohoe
I have noticed on occasion websites with a missing button. Now I know what happened. Finally, closure.
7/25/2026, 6:00:08 PM
by: gkoberger
There's a Chrome Extension he made based on this: <a href="https://anatolyzenkov.com/stolen-buttons/button-stealer" rel="nofollow">https://anatolyzenkov.com/stolen-buttons/button-stealer</a><p>I used it for a bit until I realized... I probably didn't want a third party reading all my traffic. But I did like having it for a bit.<p>(It is linked from the page, but given how the whole page is CTAs... it's hard to notice!)
7/25/2026, 7:23:11 PM
by: input_sh
Too bad they're just static, as the website doesn't copy the hover state or the on-click animations.
7/25/2026, 3:43:36 PM
by: binaryturtle
I may have missed one by looking at this huge dump, but NONE of the "buttons" I saw there actually looked/felt like a button. Something I can feel that I press it down and it gives proper visual feedback, like a little 3D effect.<p>I'm old-school. :)
7/25/2026, 3:33:40 PM
by: culi
Button components across major component galleries:<p><a href="https://component.gallery/components/button/" rel="nofollow">https://component.gallery/components/button/</a>
7/25/2026, 6:37:57 PM
by: amelius
For inspiration, I prefer this one:<p><a href="https://uiverse.io/buttons" rel="nofollow">https://uiverse.io/buttons</a>
7/25/2026, 3:47:24 PM
by: jonathrg
That's rude. Give them back
7/25/2026, 5:34:08 PM
by: JSR_FDED
Surprising how not one of these made my heart beat faster.
7/25/2026, 5:14:10 PM
by: moritzwarhier
What a lovely idea.<p>I hope there will be some kind of online museum of web design trends before the web turns into something else, and maybe paradigms such as "buttons" will stop being as interesting any more.<p>I guess I should<p><pre><code> Jetzt loslegen </code></pre> just like the site's author :D<p>Maybe something like tvtropes.com, but for web application design, and of course with visual examples.
7/25/2026, 6:52:25 PM
by: thih9
I wish there was a way to exclude the plain ones (single color rectangle with rounded corners and text).
7/25/2026, 4:38:09 PM
by: leoc
It would be lovely to see some of those converted into enamelled metal badges.
7/25/2026, 7:17:26 PM
by: a1o
Are we in flat design for way too long or is this a recent idea and the collection is also very recent?
7/25/2026, 5:50:20 PM
by: wuhhh
I can’t look, so many arrows poorly aligned with text - how can these developers live with themselves!
7/25/2026, 3:06:01 PM
by: Waterluvian
Is this as easy as calling getComputedStyle on a target element or is there more to it? I love the idea and I want to experiment with automating similar.
7/25/2026, 3:31:02 PM
by: sshasan
Oh wow! Curious if you have the collection indexed by the year/month you picked it. Would love to see how button designs and types have changed over the years.
7/25/2026, 5:32:43 PM
by: finger
It would be interesting if it was possible to sort them by similarity, width, height, shape, color, etc.
7/25/2026, 3:47:23 PM
by: armchairhacker
You're visiting boring websites. I only saw one barely skeuomorphic button
7/25/2026, 6:09:51 PM
by: Retr0id
Interesting choice to hotlink all the images! The side-effect is that some are dead now.
7/25/2026, 3:26:54 PM
by: khazhoux
Can anyone comment on the legality of this? By the number I see, this would no longer be classified as simple possession, but likely as intent to distribute.
7/25/2026, 6:04:38 PM
by: nalekberov
People will do any useless thing to self-promote.
7/25/2026, 7:39:41 PM
by: bnj
Great, how are we supposed to use those websites now? No wonder web is breaking down
7/25/2026, 5:37:54 PM
by: hmokiguess
You should deduplicate and offer a cluster view with similarity distance
7/25/2026, 3:24:01 PM
by: t-sauer
610 buttons are anchor elements, and only 285 are actually real buttons.
7/25/2026, 5:40:56 PM
by: joncooper
You made my day. What a joyful, weird, fun projec!
7/25/2026, 6:01:14 PM
by: DonHopkins
He's as obsessed with buttons as "Mr. Lossoff" the "Button Man" in "A Nero Wolfe Mystery” episode “The Mother Hunt”, where Archie drops in on "Mister Lossoff’s Distinguished Buttons” in the garment district of New York:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QgWOSVKm4&t=724s" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QgWOSVKm4&t=724s</a>
7/25/2026, 7:30:34 PM
by: nine_k
So few of them look clickable.
7/25/2026, 6:14:33 PM
by: iefbr14
It reminds me a bit of the toolbar mania in the nineties :)
7/25/2026, 4:40:19 PM
by: aghilmort
this is really great like collecting bottle caps except is buttons
7/25/2026, 3:29:48 PM
by: thomasfl
So many different looking buttons. Wish there were more standards.
7/25/2026, 3:19:18 PM
by: codewiththiha
So this is basically the Thanos of web devs
7/25/2026, 3:56:26 PM
by: 0x1ceb00da
Yoink
7/25/2026, 5:04:47 PM
by: firasd
This is like the late 80s/early 90s cyberspace idea... Imagine you're walking through a 3D ramp and all these buttons are yelling at you from all over the atmosphere... Login here! Start here! Contact us...
7/25/2026, 3:48:16 PM
by: modzu
none of them work
7/25/2026, 5:31:24 PM
by: ninjahawk1
Very nice.<p>Now let’s see Paul Allen’s buttons
7/25/2026, 5:20:38 PM