The world's most irresponsible button. Since 2006.
Not A Button exists at the intersection of interactive design and complete futility. We asked ourselves: what if a button existed, looked extremely clickable, and yet produced no outcome whatsoever? The answer, it turns out, was this website.
Behind the scenes, Not A Button runs on a proprietary non-action processing engine we call VOID (Vaguely Operational Interface Device). VOID receives your click, considers it briefly, and discards it. The process takes approximately 80 milliseconds, which is 80 milliseconds longer than necessary.
Our system is capable of generating up to 30 distinct explanations for why nothing happened, chosen at random, ensuring a fresh and equally meaningless experience every time you press the button.
Good question. We have not answered it internally either. The button came first. The justification is ongoing.
Philosophically, Not A Button asks: in an age of buttons that do too much, is there value in a button that does nothing? We believe the answer is no, but we built it anyway, and here you are reading about it.
Not A Button has received zero awards, zero recognition, and one complaint from someone who expected something to happen. We consider this a successful outcome.
Does the button do anything?
No.
Will it ever do anything?
We have discussed this internally and the answer remains no.
Why are you telling me this?
SEO.