Web buttons, badges or stickers are small images in some World Wide Web pages which are typically used to promote programs that were used to create or host the site (for example, MediaWiki sites often have a "Powered by Mediawiki" button on the bottom right corner of the page). They may also be used to promote compliance with web standards such as passing World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) HTML validation or to comply with an application's terms of service. These were first popularized as "Best viewed in..." buttons by

Netscape Netscape Communications Corporation (originally Mosaic Communications Corporation) was an American independent computer services company with headquarters in Mountain View, California and then Dulles, Virginia. Its Netscape web browser was onc ...

and Microsoft during the browser wars.

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web badges generator tool based on Antipixel's
Silkscreen
font often used in Web badges
Makebutton.com
Make your own free web buttons and banners with an online tool *

lifehacker.com ''Lifehacker'' is a weblog about life hacks and software that launched on January 31, 2005. The site was originally launched by Gawker Media and is currently owned by G/O Media. The blog posts cover a wide range of topics including: Microsoft ...

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Create your own web buttons
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Steal These Buttons
a collection of over 3700 buttons since 2003 Web design Computer icons {{Compu-stub