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[grey-area]

Try something like this perhaps:

    <a href="/retrieve/" class="button retrieve">Retrieve</a>
    <style type="text/css" media="screen">
    .button {
    	font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
    	text-decoration:none;
    	color:#fff;
    	background-color:green;
    	margin:1em;
    	padding:0.5em 1em;
    	font-size:2em;
    	text-transform:uppercase;
    	letter-spacing:0.1em;
    }
    </style>

http://jsfiddle.net/zdYbM/

[alanh → grey-area]

Does feel more modern, but much less clickable. IMO, slight faux 3D effects are still quite helpful on the web

[grey-area → alanh]

Easy enough to add shadows etc with CSS if you like them, but I do think anything (even just text) would be better than the current buttons - at present they make the site look pretty dodgy and home-made - strange how styling can affect our trust.