I was thinking along very similar lines. It seems the graphic artist that made the buttons was working to get them to look alike rather than being visually intuitive. I've done graphics for Web sites, and I'm guilty of the same outcome.
And check out Kevin S! Gets a BOL shirt and starts remaking the whole BOL experience. What will Molly say?
We've all done it. It's happened just twice in the first few posts I've read today. Even Tom has done it.
Can the CNET Forum guys maybe either move the "Create New Discussion" button to the bottom or somewhere else away from the "Reply to This Message" button? Or perhaps have a warning window open that says "You are about to create a new thread, are you sure you want to do this?"
Yes we should be more careful but software, operating systems, websites, etc. should always be as intuitive to use as possible and if a mistake keeps popping up like this, it's time to look at the interface, not the users.
Thanks.
-Kevin S.

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