diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
index d441dc9d7..76bf8fef1 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_status_message.haml
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 -#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
 -#   the COPYRIGHT file.
 
-= markdownify(post.message, :youtube_maps => post[:youtube_titles])
+.message
+  = markdownify(post.message, :youtube_maps => post[:youtube_titles])
 
 - if photos.count > 0
   .photo_attachments
diff --git a/public/javascripts/application.js b/public/javascripts/application.js
index e17c8425a..52a721694 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/application.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/application.js
@@ -25,5 +25,9 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
   $("a.paginate").live("click", function() {
     $(document).trigger("retrieve.infscr");
   });
+
+  $('a').live('tap',function(){
+    $(this).addClass('tapped');
+  })
 });
 
diff --git a/public/javascripts/mobile.js b/public/javascripts/mobile.js
index 65fbf0815..05b67fefa 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/mobile.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/mobile.js
@@ -7,15 +7,6 @@ var Mobile = {
   initialize: function() {
     $("abbr.timeago").timeago();
     $('#main_stream + .pagination').hide();
-    $('#aspect_picker').change(Mobile.changeAspect);
   },
-  
-  changeAspect: function() {
-    Mobile.windowLocation('/aspects/' + $('#aspect_picker option:selected').val());
-  },
-  
-  windowLocation: function(url) {
-    window.location = url;
-  }
 };
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.sass
index 1d6a936cb..26eeb1af7 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/mobile.sass
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ a.ui-link-inherit
     :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 3px #ccc
     :box-shadow 0 1px 3px #ccc
 
+.tapped
+  :background
+    :color rgba(100, 103, 103, .2)
+  :border-radius 5px
+a
+  :padding 2px
 .alpha-warning
   @include mobile-box
 
@@ -58,6 +64,9 @@ a.ui-link-inherit
   label
     :font-weight bold
 
+.message
+  :padding
+    :left 2px
 .stream_element,
 .comment
   :position relative