diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/en/images/login.gif b/src/mibew/locales/en/images/login.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 2c7a7da6..00000000
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diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/en/images/save.gif b/src/mibew/locales/en/images/save.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index d27f651e..00000000
Binary files a/src/mibew/locales/en/images/save.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/en/images/search.gif b/src/mibew/locales/en/images/search.gif
deleted file mode 100644
index 69554f97..00000000
Binary files a/src/mibew/locales/en/images/search.gif and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/locales/en/properties b/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
index 89bcb91b..5ead23ae 100644
--- a/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
+++ b/src/mibew/locales/en/properties
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ form.field.password_confirm=Confirmation
 form.field.title=Title
 form.field.translation=Translation
 harderrors.header=<b>Cannot execute:</b><br/><ul>
-image.button.login=/locales/en/images/login.gif
-image.button.save=/locales/en/images/save.gif
-image.button.search=/locales/en/images/search.gif
 install.0.app=Application path is {0}
 install.0.package=Mibew package is valid.
 install.0.php=PHP version {0}
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/css/default.css b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/css/default.css
index d4fab0c8..c2213915 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/css/default.css
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/css/default.css
@@ -460,6 +460,46 @@ input.formauth {
 	padding: 10px 20px;
 }
 
+input.submit-bg-button {
+    border: none;
+    border-radius: 0;
+    height: 35px;
+    width: 110px;
+    font-size: 11px;
+    padding: 8px 0 9px 25px;
+    margin: 0;
+    outline: none;
+    cursor: pointer;
+}
+
+.lrtl input.submit-bg-button {
+    padding: 8px 25px 9px 0;
+}
+
+input.login-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/login.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
+.lrtl input.login-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/login_rtl.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
+input.save-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/save.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
+.lrtl input.save-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/save_rtl.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
+input.search-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/search.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
+.lrtl input.search-button {
+    background: url("../images/buttons/search_rtl.png") top left no-repeat;
+}
+
 /* tables */
 
 .tabletool {
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/login.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/login.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..467b1448
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diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/login_rtl.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/login_rtl.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf17b83f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/login_rtl.png differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75a33af6
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save.png differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save_rtl.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save_rtl.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af80d625
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/save_rtl.png differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c6af66f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search.png differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search_rtl.png b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search_rtl.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f24ffffe
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/images/buttons/search_rtl.png differ
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/ban.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/ban.handlebars
index 94b8477e..f5facc5b 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/ban.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/ban.handlebars
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/canned_message_edit.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/canned_message_edit.handlebars
index aa2ca46c..77877120 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/canned_message_edit.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/canned_message_edit.handlebars
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_edit.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_edit.handlebars
index 439d6ba4..9e3b0bb4 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_edit.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_edit.handlebars
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_members.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_members.handlebars
index 6ec22d5e..07cb3d8e 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_members.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/group_members.handlebars
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
                         {{/each}}
 
                         <div class="fbutton">
-                            <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                            <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                         </div>
                     </div>
 
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/history.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/history.handlebars
index 0209932f..13b7bd4b 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/history.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/history.handlebars
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
                                     </select>
                                 </div>
                                 <div id="searchbutton">
-                                    <input type="image" name="search" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.search"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.search"}}"/>
+                                    <input type="submit" name="search" class="submit-bg-button login-button" value="{{l10n "button.search"}}" />
                                 </div><br clear="all"/>
                                 <div class="searchctrl" id="inSystemMessages"{{#if canSearchInSystemMessages}} style="display: none;"{{/if}}>
                                     <input id="insystemmessagesfield" type="checkbox" name="insystemmessages" {{#if forminsystemmessages}}checked="checked"{{/if}}/> <label for="insystemmessagesfield">{{l10n "page_search.search.type.in_system_messages"}}</label>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/login.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/login.handlebars
index e71fc558..7e15f3dd 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/login.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/login.handlebars
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                     </div>
 
                     <div class="fbutton">
-                        <input type="image" name="login" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.login"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.enter"}}"/>
+                        <input type="submit" name="submit" class="submit-bg-button login-button" value="{{l10n "button.enter"}}" />
 
                         <div class="links">
                             <a href="{{mibewRoot}}/operator/password-recovery">{{l10n "restore.pwd.message"}}</a><br/>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_avatar.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_avatar.handlebars
index f076119c..0a145f9d 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_avatar.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_avatar.handlebars
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
                                 </div>
 
                                 <div class="fbutton">
-                                    <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                    <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                                 </div>
                             {{/if}}
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_edit.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_edit.handlebars
index 074aa577..6652b167 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_edit.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_edit.handlebars
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
                                 {{#if canmodify}}
                                     <div class="fbutton">
-                                        <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                        <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                                     </div>
                                 {{/if}}
                             </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_groups.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_groups.handlebars
index 71cab1f7..18c02040 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_groups.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_groups.handlebars
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
                         {{#if canmodify}}
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         {{/if}}
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_permissions.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_permissions.handlebars
index 6433c7b2..8e0e5ff9 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_permissions.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/operator_permissions.handlebars
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 
                         {{#if canmodify}}
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src='{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}' alt='{{l10n "button.save"}}'/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         {{/if}}
                     </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_common.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_common.handlebars
index cae04e01..cd4be67f 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_common.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_common.handlebars
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
 
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_features.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_features.handlebars
index f7d0a7cc..dc1a0d2c 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_features.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_features.handlebars
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 
                             {{#if canmodify}}
                                 <div class="fbutton">
-                                    <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                    <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                                 </div>
                             {{/if}}
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_performance.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_performance.handlebars
index 7a43da80..a634154c 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_performance.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/settings_performance.handlebars
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
 
                         </div>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/statistics.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/statistics.handlebars
index 1ffaa3b4..aff63066 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/statistics.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/statistics.handlebars
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
                                     </select>
                                 </div>
                                 <div id="searchbutton">
-                                    <input type="image" name="search" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.search"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.search"}}"/>
+                                    <input type="submit" name="search" class="submit-bg-button login-button" value="{{l10n "button.search"}}" />
                                 </div>
                             </div>
                             <br clear="all"/>
diff --git a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/translation_edit.handlebars b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/translation_edit.handlebars
index 727f51bf..3c3be930 100644
--- a/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/translation_edit.handlebars
+++ b/src/mibew/styles/pages/default/templates_src/server_side/translation_edit.handlebars
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
                             </div>
 
                             <div class="fbutton">
-                                <input type="image" name="save" value="" src="{{mibewRoot}}{{l10n "image.button.save"}}" alt="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
+                                <input type="submit" name="save" class="submit-bg-button save-button" value="{{l10n "button.save"}}"/>
                             </div>
                         </div>
                     </div>