diff --git a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
index 3835fd377..d4a629ba0 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/_album.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-%li.album{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
+.album{:id => post.id, :class => ("mine" if mine?(post))}
 
   %div.name
     = link_to post.name, object_path(post)
diff --git a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
index efdef8872..8f3816f3d 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/index.html.haml
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
     %li.selected= friends_albums_link
     %li= your_albums_link
 
-%ul#stream
+%div
   - for album in @albums
     = render "album", :post => album
+
 #pagination
   = will_paginate @albums
 
diff --git a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
index d22f8ff56..f118cf7da 100644
--- a/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/albums/show.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   %h4= "by #{@album.person.real_name}"
 
 - for photo in @album_photos
-  = link_to (image_tag photo.image.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
+  .image_thumb
+    = link_to (image_tag photo.image.url(:thumb_medium)), object_path(photo)
 
 #content_bottom
   .back
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 66a3438d8..5da7a9f9e 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -107,4 +107,13 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
   $("input[type='submit']").addClass("button");
 
+  $(".image_thumb img").load( function() {
+    $(this).fadeIn("slow");
+  });
+
+  $(".image_cycle img").load( function() {
+    $(this).fadeIn("slow");
+  });
+
+
 });//end document ready
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 1fc09cf76..4230ed57a 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -333,9 +333,7 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
   position: relative;
   height: 200px;
   width: 300px;
-  display: inline-block;
-  margin-right: 2em;
-  margin-bottom: 2em; }
+  display: inline-block; }
   .album .name {
     position: absolute;
     z-index: 600;
@@ -349,9 +347,7 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li {
       .album .name .time a {
         font-weight: normal; }
   .album div.image_cycle img {
-    border-radius: 3px;
-    -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-    -moz-border-radius: 3px; }
+    display: none; }
 
 .field_with_submit input[type='text'] {
   width: 82%;
@@ -393,3 +389,17 @@ h1.big_text {
 
 #next_prev_links {
   text-align: center; }
+
+.image_thumb {
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 100px;
+  min-width: 100px;
+  height: 100px;
+  min-height: 100px; }
+  .image_thumb img {
+    display: none; }
+    .image_thumb img:hover {
+      border-bottom: 2px solid #666666; }
+
+.image_cycle img {
+  display: none; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index 0053bad62..23b4ecf25 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -405,9 +405,6 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li
   :height 200px
   :width 300px
   :display inline-block
-  :margin
-    :right 2em
-    :bottom 2em
 
   .name
     :position absolute
@@ -429,9 +426,7 @@ ul#publisher_content_pickers li
 
   div.image_cycle
     img
-      :border-radius 3px
-      :-webkit-border-radius 3px
-      :-moz-border-radius 3px
+      :display none
 
 .field_with_submit
   input[type='text']
@@ -486,3 +481,22 @@ h1.big_text
 
 #next_prev_links
   :text-align center
+
+
+.image_thumb
+  :display inline-block
+  :width 100px
+  :min-width 100px
+  :height 100px
+  :min-height 100px
+
+  img
+    :display none
+
+    &:hover
+      :border
+        :bottom 2px solid #666
+
+.image_cycle
+  img
+    :display none
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
index 213953d7f..50000a8d3 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/ui.sass
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
   :min-height 14px
 
   :background -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 29%, 0% 85%, from(#FAFAFA), to(#E0E0E0))
+  :background -moz-linear-gradient(top, #FAFAFA, #E0E0E0)
 
   :border 1px solid #ccc
     :bottom 1px solid #666
@@ -75,6 +76,8 @@ ul.button_set
 
 .button .selected, .button_set .selected
   :background -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 29%, 0% 85%, from(#E0E0E0), to(#FAFAFA))
+  :background -moz-linear-gradient(top, #e0e0e0, #fafafa)
+
   :border
     :top 1px solid #aaa
 
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/ui.css b/public/stylesheets/ui.css
index 1aed43c5a..63c8dc0cc 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/ui.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/ui.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   text-shadow: 0 1px 0 white;
   min-height: 14px;
   background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 29%, 0% 85%, from(#fafafa), to(#e0e0e0));
+  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fafafa, #e0e0e0);
   border: 1px solid #cccccc;
     border-bottom: 1px solid #666666;
     border-left: 1px solid #999999;
@@ -51,7 +52,6 @@ ul.button_set {
 .button .selected, .button_set .selected {
   background: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 29%, 0% 85%, from(#e0e0e0), to(#fafafa));
   background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #e0e0e0, #fafafa);
-  background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(left, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet);
   border-top: 1px solid #aaaaaa; }
 
 .right {