Change confirmation form's "Cancel" link to a button

Totally agree - this has been bugging me for 6 years.

But shouldn't we have modal confirmation dialogue boxes?

wow, was think it is by design because it is less important

I don't think this should be changed. Drupal's default approach matches best practice. Refer Luke Wrobleski for example on visual distinctions, http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/PSactions.asp

Actually supposed to be like this, cancel is a link to decrease it in importance. Other than consistency, I see no good reason to change it.

Reopening this as a support request: How does then one that is more concerned about UI consistency rather than importance decrease alter this? I guess it needs to be done through form_alter in template.php, but I cannot figure out exactly how. Any help would much appreciated.

PS: ...I'd need this to be a global thing for all forms.

For me the "cancel" link looks awful on all forms with buttons. I suggest to add some configuration for that form element to switch the "cancel" L&F on forms. I would like to decide how "cancel" should be presented on my pages and forms. (I hope that such improvement will be also implemented for D7).

I don't think this should be changed. Drupal's default approach matches best practice. Refer Luke Wrobleski for example on visual distinctions, http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/PSactions.asp

I don't think this should be changed. Drupal's default approach matches best practice. Refer Luke Wrobleski for example on visual distinctions, http://www.lukew.com/resources/articles/PSactions.asp

Above comments plus consensus in the UX group and in the seven style guide all point to keeping this. Closing issue.