diff --git a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.haml b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.haml
index b288b378c..2a8f059f5 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_stream_element.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_stream_element.haml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       - reshare_aspects = aspects_without_post(all_aspects, post)
       - unless reshare_aspects.empty?
         = render 'shared/reshare', :aspects => reshare_aspects, :post => post
-      = link_to t('delete'), status_message_path(post), :confirm => t('are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete"
+      = link_to image_tag('deletelabel.png'), status_message_path(post), :confirm => t('are_you_sure'), :method => :delete, :remote => true, :class => "delete", :title => t('delete')
 
   = person_image_link(person, :size => :thumb_small)
 
diff --git a/public/images/deletelabel.png b/public/images/deletelabel.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..768ed6608
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/deletelabel.png differ
diff --git a/public/javascripts/stream.js b/public/javascripts/stream.js
index fd945b564..47e9e171c 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/stream.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/stream.js
@@ -49,6 +49,19 @@ var Stream = {
       }
     });
 
+    // fade in controls
+    $stream.delegate(".stream_element", "mouseenter", function(evt) {
+      var element = $(this),
+          controls = element.find('.controls');
+      controls.fadeIn(100);
+    });
+    $stream.delegate(".stream_element", "mouseleave", function(evt) {
+      var element = $(this),
+          controls = element.find('.controls');
+      controls.show()
+              .fadeOut(100);
+    });
+
     // reshare button action
     $stream.delegate(".reshare_button", "click", function(evt) {
       evt.preventDefault();
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 158d46650..290386158 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -260,8 +260,6 @@ header
 .from
   :text
     :shadow 0 1px #fff
-  h4
-    :display inline
   a
     :font
       :weight bold
@@ -367,8 +365,15 @@ header
     :margin
       :right 5px
 
+  .delete
+    :opacity 0.6
+    :padding 5px
+
+    &:hover
+      :opacity 1
+
   &:hover
-    div.info, .time, .from h4
+    div.info, .time, .from h5
       a
         :color #107FC9
         &:hover
@@ -384,7 +389,7 @@ header
   :cursor default
 
 .right .reshare_pane .reshare_button
-  :padding 5px
+  :padding 2px
   &.active
     :background
       :color #333
@@ -2038,6 +2043,8 @@ h3,h4
   &:hover
     :background
       :color #bbb
+  &:active
+    :top 0px
 
 .stream
   .avatar