you must have removed your schematic, or it's hosted somewhere my ad-blocker has removed, as I can't see anything
good solid state buttons:
capacitive discharge - check out quantum research corp ... qprox.com
IR beam break / reflection - ir emitter + ir detector arranged such that a finger near the 'button' will reflect ir into the detector - modulate the signal such that random IR doesn't interfere.
Bi-directional LEDS - two leds working as a light source and a light detector, if both indicate a change, you could interpret it as a "button push"