diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/000_vars.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/000_vars.css.scss
index 811f92f92..d0fc22acb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/000_vars.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/000_vars.css.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ $menu_color: #F7F7FF;
 $link_color: hsl(213, 100%, 50%);
 $link_hover_color: lighten($link_color, 25%);
 $link_dark_color: darken($link_color, 25%);
-$highlight_color: lighten(complement($link_color), 35%);
+$highlight_color: lighten($link_color, 45%);
 $h1_size: 2em;
 $h2_size: 1.5em;
 $h3_size: 1.16667em;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/simple_form.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/simple_form.css.scss
index 40159e247..cd88f9803 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/simple_form.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/simple_form.css.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ form.simple_form {
   div.input.boolean {
     label {
       display: inline;
+      margin-left: 0.5em;
+      vertical-align: middle;
     }
   }
   
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/forum.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/forum.css.scss
index 9a7cf9f41..de2cffacf 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/forum.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/specific/forum.css.scss
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ div.list-of-forum-posts {
       
       menu {
         margin-top: 0.5em;
+        
+        li {
+          margin-right: 1em;
+        }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -31,8 +35,10 @@ div#c-forum-topics {
     color: #AAA;
   }
   
-  tr.new-topic {
-    font-weight: bold;
+  span.new {
+    font-size: 80%;
+    color: red;
+    margin-right: 0.5em;
   }
 
   a.last-page {
diff --git a/app/views/forum_topics/index.html.erb b/app/views/forum_topics/index.html.erb
index e1501c874..ffb4461fe 100644
--- a/app/views/forum_topics/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/forum_topics/index.html.erb
@@ -13,12 +13,16 @@
       </thead>
       <tbody>
         <% @forum_topics.each do |topic| %>
-          <tr class="forum-topic-row <% if topic.updated_at > (CurrentUser.last_forum_read_at || Time.now) %>new-topic<% end %>">
+          <tr class="forum-topic-row">
             <td>
               <% if topic.is_sticky? %>
                 <span class="sticky">Sticky:</span>
               <% end %>
               
+              <% if topic.updated_at > (CurrentUser.last_forum_read_at || Time.now) %>
+                <span class="new">NEW</span>
+              <% end %>
+              
               <%= link_to topic.title, forum_topic_path(topic) %>
 
               <% if topic.response_count > 30 %>