diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.css.scss
index 4c230eb31..819abf4c3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/buttons.css.scss
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ button {
   line-height: 18px;
   text-align: center;
   cursor: pointer;
-  @include border-radius-all(4px);
   &:active {
     text-shadow: none;
   }
@@ -45,20 +44,20 @@ button {
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 .btn {
-  border: 1px solid rgba($black, 0.3);
-  color: $btn-default-color;
-  @include linear-gradient($white, $btn-default-background-color);
+  border: none;
+  color: #534d4b;
+  font-weight: normal;
+  background: #ddd;
   &[href] {
     color: $btn-default-color;
   }
   &:hover,
   &:focus {
-    @include linear-gradient($white, $btn-default-background-color-hover);
-    @include box-shadow(none);
+    background: #888;
+    color: #fff;
   }
   &:active {
-    @include linear-gradient($btn-default-background-color, $white);
-    @include box-shadow(inset 0 1px 3px rgba($black, 0.2));
+  margin-top: 1px; margin-bottom: -1px;
   }
   &[disabled] {
     @include linear-gradient($white, $btn-default-background-color);
@@ -76,19 +75,24 @@ button {
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 .btn-primary {
-  border: 1px solid $btn-primary-border-color;
+  border: none;
   color: $white;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba($black, 0.2);
   font-weight: bold;
-  @include linear-gradient($btn-primary-background-color, $btn-primary-background-color-dark);
-  @include box-shadow((inset 0 1px 0 rgba($white, 0.33), inset 0 -1px 2px rgba($black, 0.2)));
+
+    color: darken(#e4f2f8, 35%);
+    background: #e4f2f8;
+
+   
+
+
+
   &[href] {
     color: $white;
   }
   &:hover,
   &:focus {
-    @include linear-gradient($btn-primary-background-color, $btn-primary-background-color-light);
-    @include box-shadow(inset 0 1px 0 rgba($white, 0.33));
+    color: darken(#e4f2f8, 45%);
+      background: darken(#e4f2f8, 10%);
   }
   &:active {
     @include linear-gradient($btn-primary-background-color-dark, $btn-primary-background-color);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/navs.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/navs.css.scss
index af27d4e8a..9206fece1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/navs.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/navs.css.scss
@@ -28,13 +28,12 @@
     float: left;
     margin-right: 5px;
     > a {
-      border: 1px solid transparent;
+      border: none;
       padding: 5px 12px;
       color: $nav-pills-color;
       font-size: 16px;
       line-height: 20px;
       &:hover {
-        border-color: $nav-pills-border-color-hover;
         color: $nav-pills-color-hover;
         background-color: $nav-pills-background-color-hover;
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
index 291499d5e..cb2ff8dd3 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
   .btn {
     float: right;
     margin-left: 8px;
+    font-size: 16px;
+    font-weight: normal;
   }
 }
 
@@ -36,19 +38,15 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 #topic-list {
+  border: 1px solid #ddd;
   width: 100%;
   border-collapse: separate;
   border-spacing: 0;
-  border: 1px solid $topic-list-border-color;
-  @include border-radius-all(4px 4px 0 0);
-  @include box-shadow(0 1px 3px rgba($black, 0.22));
-
-  a:visited:not(.badge-notification) {color: #888;}
+  a.title:visited:not(.badge-notification) {color: #888;}
 
   tbody tr {
-    background-color: $white;
     &:nth-child(even) {
-      background-color: darken($white, 2%);
+      background-color: #f8f8f8;
     }
     &.archived a {
       opacity: 0.6;
@@ -83,13 +81,8 @@
     color: $topic-list-th-color;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 13px;
-    background: #f6f6f6;
-    &:first-of-type {
-      @include border-radius-all(4px 0 0 0);
-    }
-    &:last-of-type {
-      @include border-radius-all(0 4px 0 0);
-    }
+    background: #eee;
+ 
   }
   td {
     //border-top: 1px solid $topic-list-td-border-color;
@@ -285,12 +278,10 @@
     float: left;
   }
   > footer {
-    border: 1px solid $topic-list-border-color;
+    border: 1px solid #ddd;
     border-top: 0;
     padding: 7px 10px;
     background-color: lighten($topic-list-th-background-color, 2%);
-    @include border-radius-all(0 0 4px 4px);
-    @include box-shadow(0 1px 3px rgba($black, 0.22));
     figure {
       float: left;
       margin: 3px 7px 0 0;