diff --git a/wp-admin/categories.php b/wp-admin/categories.php
index af712855f..8c1f52ffc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/categories.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ $messages[5] = __('Category not updated.');
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ $messages[5] = __('Category not updated.');
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-categories'); ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 13ada6f4f..5cfe8ee44 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ else $mode = attribute_escape($_GET['mode']);
   <fieldset>
   <legend><?php _e('Show Comments That Contain...') ?></legend>
   <input type="text" name="s" value="<?php if (isset($_GET['s'])) echo attribute_escape($_GET['s']); ?>" size="17" />
-  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Search') ?>"  />
+  <input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Search') ?>" class="button" />
   <input type="hidden" name="mode" value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" />
   <?php _e('(Searches within comment text, e-mail, URL, and IP address.)') ?>
   </fieldset>
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
index 0d1685fc4..8804e2ddc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-link-categories.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ if (isset($_GET['message'])) : ?>
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Categories' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-link-categories'); ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
index 0a411c8bb..7e6077222 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-pages.php
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ unset($status_links);
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Pages' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ unset($status_links);
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-pages'); ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
index 579dc6c64..9127c01f9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-tags.php
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $messages[6] = __('Tags deleted.');
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Tags' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-tags'); ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit.php b/wp-admin/edit.php
index db39f0765..71970f538 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ endif;
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Posts' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <?php do_action('restrict_manage_posts'); ?>
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-posts'); ?>
 <?php
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ foreach ($arc_result as $arc_row) {
 <?php } ?>
 
 <?php wp_dropdown_categories('show_option_all='.__('View all categories').'&hide_empty=1&hierarchical=1&show_count=1&selected='.$cat);?>
-<input type="submit" id="post-query-submit" value="<?php _e('Filter &#187;'); ?>" class="button" />
+<input type="submit" id="post-query-submit" value="<?php _e('Filter'); ?>" class="button" />
 
 </div>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/link-manager.php b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
index dd853809a..636731b44 100644
--- a/wp-admin/link-manager.php
+++ b/wp-admin/link-manager.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape(stripslashes($_GET['s'])); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Links' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['deleted']) ) {
 <div class="tablenav">
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php
 $categories = get_terms('link_category', "hide_empty=1");
 $select_cat = "<select name=\"cat_id\">\n";
diff --git a/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php b/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
index 31431080e..67701a58b 100644
--- a/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
+++ b/wp-admin/plugin-editor.php
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ if ($plugin_files) :
 		if ( isset($_GET['phperror']) )
 			echo "<input type='hidden' name='phperror' value='1' /><input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File and Attempt to Reactivate &raquo;') . "' tabindex='2' />";
 		else
-			echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File &raquo;') . "' tabindex='2' />";
+			echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File') . "' tabindex='2' />";
 	?>
 	</p>
 <?php else : ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
index 188b88e69..cde8ddb22 100644
--- a/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
+++ b/wp-admin/theme-editor.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ $desc_header = ( $description != $file_show ) ? "$description</strong> (%s)" : "
 }
 ?>
 		</select>
-		<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Select') ?>" class="button" style="padding: 0px;" />
+		<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="<?php _e('Select') ?>" class="button" />
 	</form>
 </div>
 <br style="clear: both;" />
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ if ($allowed_files) :
 <?php if ( is_writeable($real_file) ) : ?>
 			<p class="submit">
 <?php
-	echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='	" . __('Update File &raquo;') . "' tabindex='2' />";
+	echo "<input type='submit' name='submit' value='" . __('Update File') . "' tabindex='2' />";
 ?>
 </p>
 <?php else : ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/upload.php b/wp-admin/upload.php
index 18527543e..9b6fa8205 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upload.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upload.php
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ endif;
 
 <p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="s" value="<?php the_search_query(); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Media' ); ?>" class="button" />
 </p>
 
 <?php do_action('restrict_manage_posts'); ?>
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ if ( $page_links )
 ?>
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-posts'); ?>
 <?php
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/users.php b/wp-admin/users.php
index be61f0a5e..7b9b29736 100644
--- a/wp-admin/users.php
+++ b/wp-admin/users.php
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ case 'delete':
 		<?php echo '<label for="delete_option1">'.__('Attribute all posts and links to:')."</label> $user_dropdown"; ?></li>
 	</ul>
 	<input type="hidden" name="action" value="dodelete" />
-	<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Confirm Deletion'); ?>" /></p>
+	<p class="submit"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="<?php _e('Confirm Deletion'); ?>" class="button" /></p>
 <?php else : ?>
 	<p><?php _e('There are no valid users selected for deletion.'); ?></p>
 <?php endif; ?>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ unset($role_links);
 </ul>
 	<p id="post-search">
 	<input type="text" id="post-search-input" name="usersearch" value="<?php echo attribute_escape($wp_user_search->search_term); ?>" />
-	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?>" />
+	<input type="submit" value="<?php _e( 'Search Users' ); ?>" class="button" />
 	</p>
 
 <br style="clear:both;" />
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ unset($role_links);
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <div style="float: left">
-<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" />
+<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Delete'); ?>" name="deleteit" class="button" />
 <?php wp_nonce_field('bulk-users'); ?>
 </div>
 
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ foreach ( $wp_user_search->get_results() as $userid ) {
 </table>
 <p class="submit">
 	<?php echo $referer; ?>
-	<input name="adduser" type="submit" id="addusersub" value="<?php _e('Add User &raquo;') ?>" />
+	<input name="adduser" type="submit" id="addusersub" value="<?php _e('Add User') ?>" />
 </p>
 </form>
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/widgets.php b/wp-admin/widgets.php
index 5ffde2014..67961f687 100644
--- a/wp-admin/widgets.php
+++ b/wp-admin/widgets.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
 	<h2><?php _e( 'Widgets' ); ?></h2>
 	<p id="widget-search">
 		<input type="text" id="widget-search-input" name="s" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $widget_search ); ?>" />
-		<input type="submit" class="button" value="<?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?>" />
+		<input type="submit" class="button" value="<?php _e( 'Search Widgets' ); ?>" class="button" />
 	</p>
 
 	<div class="widget-liquid-left-holder">
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
 				<option value='<?php echo $show_value; ?>'<?php selected( $show_value, $show ); ?>><?php echo wp_specialchars( $show_text ); ?></option>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 			</select>
-			<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Show' ); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Show' ); ?>" class="button" />
 			<p class="pagenav">
 				<?php echo $page_links; ?>
 			</p>
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ if ( isset($_GET['message']) && isset($messages[$_GET['message']]) ) : ?>
 				<option value='<?php echo $sidebar_id; ?>'<?php selected( $sidebar_id, $sidebar ); ?>><?php echo wp_specialchars( $registered_sidebar['name'] ); ?></option>
 <?php endforeach; ?>
 			</select>
-			<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Go' ); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" value="<?php _e('Go' ); ?>" class="button" />
 		</div>
 
 	</div>
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 27053e574..6f26c66ad 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ form#upload #post_content {
 .submit input, .submit input:focus, .button, .button:focus {
 	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
 	color: #246;
-	padding: 6px;
+	padding: 4px 6px;
 	background: #e5e5e5;
 	border: none;
 	-moz-border-radius: 2px;
@@ -147,6 +147,13 @@ form#upload #post_content {
 	color: #d54e21;
 }
 
+select {
+	background: #fff;
+	border: 1px solid #ddd;
+	font: 12px/14px "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
+	padding: none;
+}
+
 .editform th, #postcustomsubmit {
 	text-align: right;
 }
@@ -508,6 +515,13 @@ p.pagenav {
 	margin: 0 6px;
 }
 
+.tablenav .button,
+div.nav .button,
+.niceblue tr .button {
+	padding: 4px 6px;
+	background: #cee1ef;
+}
+
 .tablenav .dots {
 	background-color: #e4f2fd;
 	border-color: #e4f2fd;