diff --git a/actions/newnotice.php b/actions/newnotice.php
index cb02854a1d..b6ed87f815 100644
--- a/actions/newnotice.php
+++ b/actions/newnotice.php
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends Action
         common_broadcast_notice($notice);
 
         if ($this->boolean('ajax')) {
-            common_start_html('text/xml;charset=utf-8', true);
+            $this->startHTML('text/xml;charset=utf-8', true);
             $this->elementStart('head');
             $this->element('title', null, _('Notice posted'));
             $this->elementEnd('head');
diff --git a/js/util.js b/js/util.js
index 38a9589680..c43af23337 100644
--- a/js/util.js
+++ b/js/util.js
@@ -20,21 +20,21 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	// count character on keyup
 	function counter(event){
 		var maxLength = 140;
-		var currentLength = $("#status_textarea").val().length;
+		var currentLength = $("#notice_data-text").val().length;
 		var remaining = maxLength - currentLength;
 		var counter = $("#counter");
 		counter.text(remaining);
 		
 		if (remaining <= 0) {
-			$("#status_form").addClass("response_error");
+			$("#form_notice").addClass("response_error");
 		} else {
-			$("#status_form").removeClass("response_error");
+			$("#form_notice").removeClass("response_error");
 		}
 	}
 
 	function submitonreturn(event) {
 		if (event.keyCode == 13) {
-			$("#status_form").submit();
+			$("#form_notice").submit();
 			event.preventDefault();
 			event.stopPropagation();
 			return false;
@@ -42,15 +42,15 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if ($("#status_textarea").length) {
-		$("#status_textarea").bind("keyup", counter);
-		$("#status_textarea").bind("keydown", submitonreturn);
+	if ($("#notice_data-text").length) {
+		$("#notice_data-text").bind("keyup", counter);
+		$("#notice_data-text").bind("keydown", submitonreturn);
 		
 		// run once in case there's something in there
 		counter();
 		
 		// set the focus
-		$("#status_textarea").focus();
+		$("#notice_data-text").focus();
 	}
 
 	// XXX: refactor this code
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
 
 	var PostNotice = { dataType: 'xml',
-					   beforeSubmit: function(formData, jqForm, options) { if ($("#status_textarea").get(0).value.length == 0) {
-																				$("#status_form").addClass("response_error");
+					   beforeSubmit: function(formData, jqForm, options) { if ($("#notice_data-text").get(0).value.length == 0) {
+																				$("#form_notice").addClass("warning");
 																				return false;
 																		   }
-																		   $("#status_form input[type=submit]").attr("disabled", "disabled");
-																		   $("#status_form input[type=submit]").addClass("disabled");
+																		   $("#notice_action-submit").attr("disabled", "disabled");
+																		   $("#notice_action-submit").addClass("disabled");
 																		   return true;
 												 						 },
 					   success: function(xml) {	if ($("#error", xml).length > 0 || $("#command_result", xml).length > 0) {
@@ -150,28 +150,37 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 													alert(result);
 												}
 												else {
-													$("#notices").prepend(document._importNode($("li", xml).get(0), true));
-													$("#status_textarea").val("");
+													$("#notices_primary .notices").prepend(document._importNode($("li", xml).get(0), true));
+													$("#notice_data-text").val("");
 													counter();
-													$(".notice_single:first").css({display:"none"});
-													$(".notice_single:first").fadeIn(2500);
+													$("#notices_primary .notice:first").css({display:"none"});
+													$("#notices_primary .notice:first").fadeIn(2500);
 												}
-												$("#status_form input[type=submit]").removeAttr("disabled");
-												$("#status_form input[type=submit]").removeClass("disabled");
+												$("#notice_action-submit").removeAttr("disabled");
+												$("#notice_action-submit").removeClass("disabled");
 											 }
 					   };
-	$("#status_form").ajaxForm(PostNotice);
-	$("#status_form").each(addAjaxHidden);
+	$("#form_notice").ajaxForm(PostNotice);
+	$("#form_notice").each(addAjaxHidden);
+
+    $(".notice").hover(
+        function () {
+            $(this).addClass('hover');
+        }, 
+        function () {
+            $(this).removeClass('hover');
+        }
+    );
 });
 
 function doreply(nick,id) {
 	rgx_username = /^[0-9a-zA-Z\-_.]*$/;
 	if (nick.match(rgx_username)) {
 		replyto = "@" + nick + " ";
-		if ($("#status_textarea").length) {
-			$("#status_textarea").val(replyto);
-			$("form#status_form input#inreplyto").val(id);
-			$("#status_textarea").focus();
+		if ($("#notice_data-text").length) {
+			$("#notice_data-text").val(replyto);
+			$("form#form_notice input#inreplyto").val(id);
+			$("#notice_data-text").focus();
 			return false;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 94be04b520..129a4b24b6 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
                                      'type' => 'text/css',
                                      'href' => theme_path('css/display.css', 'base') . '?version=' . LACONICA_VERSION,
                                      'media' => 'screen, projection, tv'));
+        $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
+                                     'type' => 'text/css',
+                                     'href' => theme_path('css/thickbox.css', 'base') . '?version=' . LACONICA_VERSION,
+                                     'media' => 'screen, projection, tv'));
         $this->element('link', array('rel' => 'stylesheet',
                                      'type' => 'text/css',
                                      'href' => theme_path('css/display.css', null) . '?version=' . LACONICA_VERSION,