nice black button

by James Doyle

HTML

<a href="#" class="button">click me</a>

CSS

body {
    margin: 15px;
}
.button {
    text-decoration: none;
    color: white;
    font-size: 13px;
    border: 1px solid #000;
    box-shadow: inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.8);
    padding: 4px 16px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    display: inline-block;
    background: #444444; /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #444444 0%, #333333 50%, #222222 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#444444), color-stop(50%,#333333), color-stop(100%,#222222)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #444444 0%,#333333 50%,#222222 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #444444 0%,#333333 50%,#222222 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #444444 0%,#333333 50%,#222222 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #444444 0%,#333333 50%,#222222 100%); /* W3C */
    filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#444444', endColorstr='#222222',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
}
.button:active {
    border: 1px solid #000;
    box-shadow: inset 0 -1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.2);
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
    background: #222222; /* Old browsers */
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #222222 0%, #333333 50%, #444444 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
    background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#222222), color-stop(50%,#333333), color-stop(100%,#444444)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
    background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #222222 0%,#333333 50%,#444444 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
    background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #222222 0%,#333333 50%,#444444 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
    background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #222222 0%,#333333 50%,#444444 100%); /* IE10+ */
    background: linear-gradient(to bottom,  #222222 0%,#333333 50%,#444444 100%); /* W3C */
    filter:...