In T11662#209294, @mglb wrote:

As websites I meant web apps (e.g. google drive, dropbox). Do they? I've never saw bigger differences in patterns or different recommendations. Except integration/following system guidelines, but the guidelines are created here.

In T11662#209134, @mglb wrote:

Anyway, do we really need to change it to add more lines/boxes? The stated reason ("hard to tell that it's actually a clickable part of the UI") doesn't even seems true - unless world's best UX people are wrong and their designs on most popular websites are not intuitive.

I really like the idea behind this task (I agree that buttons should look clickable), and I like the redesign as well, except that I believe it is a bit too bold. The strong lines and text conflict because your focus cannot rest on any particular element. When looking at this image, I feel like I am being pulled in many different directions. The proper place of focus is on the path of course, and luckily I think that de-emphasizing the background elements will allow you to accomplish both primary goals. This can be done many ways, but here is one example (ignore any text blur, I mocked it up very quickly in gimp).