diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
index abc4b09..1ed7a51 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/projects.css.scss
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ input.ssh_project_url {
 
 body.project-page table .commit {
   a.tree-commit-link {
-    color:gray;
+    color:#444;
     &:hover {
       text-decoration:underline;
     }
@@ -527,11 +527,18 @@ h4.dash-tabs {
 
 body header,
 h4.middle-panel { 
+
+  background: #999; /* for non-css3 browsers */
+
+  filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#FAFAFA', endColorstr='#EAEAEA'); /* for IE */
+  background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#FAFAFA), to(#EAEAEA)); /* for webkit browsers */
+  background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #FAFAFA,  #EAEAEA); /* for firefox 3.6+ */ 
+
   margin: 0; 
   border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc; 
   padding: 10px 20px;
   font-size: 11px;
-  background: #F7F7F7;
+  //background: #F7F7F7;
   height:30px;
 
   .project_name {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/style.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/style.scss
index 89cd5c8..748e3f5 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/style.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/style.scss
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ $blue_link: "#2fa0bb";
 /* eo Vars */
 
 html{ -webkit-font-smoothing:antialiased; }
-body{font-size: 12px; background-color: #eee;}
-a{text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #666}
-a:hover{color: #333}
+body{font-size: 12px; background-color: #F5F5F5;}
+a{text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #444}
+a:hover{color: #555}
 /* Typography */
 h1,h2,h3,h4,h5{font-weight: normal; color: #666}
 h2{margin: 1.5em 0}
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ body.project-page h2.icon .project-name i.arrow{float: right;
 body.project-page h2.icon span{  background-position:  -78px -68px; }
 body.project-page .project-container{ position: relative; float: left; width: 100%; height: 100%; padding-bottom: 10px;}
 body.project-page .page-title{margin-bottom: 0}
-body.project-page .project-sidebar {width: 110px;  left: 0; top: 0; height: 100%; bottom: 0;  position: absolute; background-color: #f7f7f7; float: left; display: inline-block; background: #f7f7f7; padding: 20px 0 20px 2%; margin: 0; }
+body.project-page .project-sidebar {width: 110px;  left: 0; top: 0; height: 100%; bottom: 0;  position: absolute; background-color: #eee; float: left; display: inline-block; background: #eee; padding: 20px 0 20px 2%; margin: 0; }
 
 body.projects-page input.text.git-url { font-size: 12px; border-radius: 5px; color: #666; box-shadow: 0 1px 2px rgba(0,0,0,.2) inset; padding:  8px 0 8px 30px;  margin-bottom: 20px;  background: white url('images.png') no-repeat 8px -40px; width: 136px}
 body.projects-page input.text.git-url {margin:10px 0 0 }
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