diff --git a/view/css/bootstrap-red.css b/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
index 4a2d49e75..356d0ae9c 100644
--- a/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
+++ b/view/css/bootstrap-red.css
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 /* nav overrides */
 
 nav .badge {
-	font-size: 100%;
 	position: absolute;
 	top: 1px;
 	left: 1px;
diff --git a/view/css/mod_mail.css b/view/css/mod_mail.css
index c1874edac..3ca75d0e4 100644
--- a/view/css/mod_mail.css
+++ b/view/css/mod_mail.css
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+.mail-conv-detail {
+	line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
 .mail-conv-sender {
 	float: left;
 	margin-right: 10px;
@@ -5,8 +9,8 @@
 }
 
 .mail-conv-sender img{
-	width: 32px;
-	height: 32px;
+	width: 2.2rem;
+	height: 2.2rem;
 }
 
 .mail-conv-sender-name {
diff --git a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
index fe41c2bdd..498e816db 100644
--- a/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css
@@ -921,17 +921,14 @@ a.rconnect:hover, a.rateme:hover, div.rateme:hover {
 	display: block;
 }
 
-.dropdown-sub-text {
+.dropdown-notification {
 	line-height: 1em;
+	font-size: 0.75rem;
 	overflow: hidden;
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	display: block;
 }
 
-.notify-seen a {
-	background: #ddd;
-}
-
 #page-spinner {
 	color: #777;
 	margin: 24px;
@@ -1470,11 +1467,6 @@ img.mail-conv-sender-photo {
 	color: $toolicon_colour;
 }
 
-.widget .nav-item:hover {
-	background-color: #eee;
-	border-radius: $radiuspx;
-}
-
 #note-text {
 	border: 1px solid #ccc;
 	border-radius: $radiuspx;
@@ -1537,8 +1529,8 @@ nav img {
 }
 
 .dropdown-menu-img-xs {
-	height: 18px;
-	width: 18px;
+	height: 1em;
+	width: 1em;
 	margin-right: 5px;
 }
 
@@ -1701,12 +1693,9 @@ main.fullscreen .section-content-wrapper-np {
 	background-color: $item_colour;
 }
 
-nav ul li .undefined, 
-nav ul li .notify-seen,
-nav ul li .notify-unseen {
-    max-height: 3rem;
+.notify-seen {
+	background-color: $item_colour;
 }
-
 /* bootstrap overrides */
 
 .btn {
diff --git a/view/tpl/hdr.tpl b/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
index 261d3056f..fa2996be6 100644
--- a/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
+++ b/view/tpl/hdr.tpl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <div id="banner" class="hidden-sm hidden-xs">{{$banner}}</div>
 
 <div id="nav-notifications-template" rel="template">
-	<a class="dropdown-item" href="{0}" title="{2} {3}"><img class="dropdown-menu-img-sm" data-src="{1}"><span class="contactname">{2}</span><span class="dropdown-sub-text">{3}<br>{4}</span><div class="clear"></div></a>
+	<a class="dropdown-item clearfix dropdown-notification {5}" href="{0}" title="{2} {3}"><img class="dropdown-menu-img-sm" data-src="{1}"><span class="contactname">{2}</span><span class="dropdown-sub-text">{3}<br>{4}</span></a>
 </div>