diff --git a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
index 921e07227..97e3552f2 100644
--- a/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/javascript/javascript.en.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,4 @@ en:
       infinite_scroll:
         no_more: "No more posts."
       web_sockets:
-        disconnected:
-          title: "You have been disconnected."
-          body: "Posts will no longer be streamed live."
\ No newline at end of file
+        disconnected: "The websocket is closed; posts will no longer be streamed live."
diff --git a/public/javascripts/web-socket-receiver.js b/public/javascripts/web-socket-receiver.js
index d398939f9..c0bfdc578 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/web-socket-receiver.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/web-socket-receiver.js
@@ -6,11 +6,12 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
     //Attach onmessage to websocket
     ws.onmessage = WSR.onMessage;
     ws.onclose = function() {
-      Diaspora.widgets.alert.alert(
-        Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("web_sockets.disconnected.title"),
-        Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("web_sockets.disconnected.body")
-      );
-      
+      Diaspora.widgets.notifications.showNotification({
+        html: '<div class="notification">' +
+          Diaspora.widgets.i18n.t("web_sockets.disconnected") +
+          '</div>'
+      });
+
       WSR.debug("socket closed");
     };
     ws.onopen = function() {
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
           });
 
         } else if (obj['class']=="likes") {
-          WebSocketReceiver.processLike(obj.post_id, obj.html)
+          WebSocketReceiver.processLike(obj.post_id, obj.html);
 
         } else {
           WebSocketReceiver.processPost(obj['class'], obj.post_id, obj.html, obj.aspect_ids);
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
     } else {
       $('#people_stream').prepend(response.html).slideDown('slow', function(){});
       var first_li = result_ul.find('li:first');
-      first_li.hide()
+      first_li.hide();
       first_li.after(response.html);
       result_ul.find("[name='request[into]']").val(result_ul.attr('aspect_id'));
       result_ul.children(':nth-child(2)').slideDown('fast', function(){});
@@ -76,14 +77,14 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
     $("*[data-guid='" + post_id + "']").fadeOut(400, function() {
       $(this).remove();
     });
-    if($("#main_stream")[0].childElementCount == 0) {
+    if($("#main_stream")[0].childElementCount === 0) {
       $("#no_posts").fadeIn(200);
     }
   },
 
   processComment: function(postId, commentId, html, opts) {
 
-    if( $(".comment[data-guid='"+commentId+"']").length == 0 ) {
+    if( $(".comment[data-guid='"+commentId+"']").length === 0 ) {
 
       var post = $("*[data-guid='"+postId+"']'"),
           prevComments = $('.comment.posted', post);
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
   },
 
   addPostToStream: function(postId, html) {
-    if( $(".stream_element[data-guid='" + postId + "']").length == 0 ) {
+    if( $(".stream_element[data-guid='" + postId + "']").length === 0 ) {
       var streamElement = $(html);
 
       var showMessage = function() {
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
       if(WebSocketReceiver.onStreamForAspect(value, streamIds)) {
         found = true;
         return false;
-      };
+      }
     });
     return found;
   },
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ var WebSocketReceiver = {
 
   onPageOne: function() {
       var c = document.location.search.charAt(document.location.search.length-1);
-      return ((c =='') || (c== '1'));
+      return ((c === '') || (c === '1'));
   },
   debug: function(str) {
     $("#debug").append("<p>" +  str);