would we want to use mw-ui-icon to associate icons with them still?

I don't think its necessary to have icons on the pagination controls.

I think the play/fast-forward icons are actually a pretty good metaphor for this page.

I'm not stuck on those icons, but four identical (other than the text) neutral buttons (with no icons) might be a little less usable.

Other sites do use icons for paging. Gmail uses < > icons with text tooltips, at least with the view I'm on. But I'm sure some sites show both text and icon right away.

I wouldn't be opposed to using the button style which has icon in it, but I don't think that control is ready yet. I'd suggest we use the standard size for now and log a bug to use the style with icons when it is ready…sound reasonable?

(In reply to Jared Zimmerman (WMF) from comment #5)

I wouldn't be opposed to using the button style which has icon in it, but I
don't think that control is ready yet.

Do you mean a button with both icon and text, or a button with just an icon?

The former is ready and safe to use (older browsers will only see text, which is fine). The second is not safe to use.

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