diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 119b86d3d..fce769331 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
   $("label").inFieldLabels();
 
-  $('#flash_notice, #flash_error, #flash_alert').delay(2500).slideUp(130);
+  $('#flash_notice, #flash_error, #flash_alert').delay(4000).animate({
+    top: -100 
+  }, $(this).remove());
 
   $("div.image_cycle").cycle({
     fx: 'fade',
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 7bcb6a258..0a5f022b4 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -32,24 +32,27 @@ h3 {
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert {
   z-index: 100;
-  top: 32px;
-  position: absolute;
-  color: black;
-  width: 400px;
-  margin: 0 0 0 -200px;
-  left: 50%;
-  text-align: center;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  padding: 3px 0; }
+  position: fixed;
+  color: white;
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 1em;
+  box-shadow: 0 1px 2px #333333;
+  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px #333333;
+  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 2px #333333;
+  font-weight: bold; }
 
 #flash_notice {
-  background-color: #ccffcc;
-  border: solid 1px #66cc66; }
+  background-color: rgba(127, 255, 36, 0.85);
+  border-bottom: solid 1px #66cc66;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px #66cc66; }
 
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert {
-  background-color: #ffcccc;
-  border: solid 1px #cc6666; }
+  background-color: rgba(208, 49, 43, 0.85);
+  border-bottom: solid 1px #cc6666;
+  text-shadow: 0 1px #cc6666; }
 
 .fieldWithErrors {
   display: inline; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index a19c24a09..389adacf4 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -39,26 +39,39 @@ h3
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert
   :z-index 100
-  :top 32px
-  :position absolute
-  :color #000
-  :width 400px
-  :margin 0 0 0 -200px
-  :left 50%
-  :text
-    :align center
-  :font
-    :size 14px
-  :padding 3px 0
+  :position fixed
+  :color #fff
 
+  :top 0
+  :left 0
+
+  :width 100%
+
+  :padding 1em
+  
+  :box-shadow 0 1px 2px #333
+  :-moz-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #333
+  :-webkit-box-shadow 0 1px 2px #333
+
+  :font
+    :weight bold
+  
 #flash_notice
-  :background-color #CFC
-  :border solid 1px #6C6
+  :background
+    :color rgba(127,255,36,0.85)
+  :border
+    :bottom solid 1px #6C6
+  :text
+    :shadow 0 1px #6C6
 
 #flash_error,
 #flash_alert
-  :background-color #FCC
-  :border solid 1px #C66
+  :background
+    :color rgba(208,49,43,0.85)
+  :border
+    :bottom solid 1px #C66
+  :text
+    :shadow 0 1px #C66
 
 .fieldWithErrors
   :display inline