diff --git a/src/App.scss b/src/App.scss
index 3b8b3224..b4692f26 100644
--- a/src/App.scss
+++ b/src/App.scss
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ a {
   color: var(--link, $fallback--link);
 }
 
-button{
+button {
   user-select: none;
   color: $fallback--fg;
   color: var(--fg, $fallback--fg);
@@ -282,15 +282,25 @@ main-router {
 }
 
 .panel-heading {
+  display: flex;
   border-radius: $fallback--panelRadius $fallback--panelRadius 0 0;
   border-radius: var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) var(--panelRadius, $fallback--panelRadius) 0 0;
   background-size: cover;
-  padding: 0.6em 1.0em;
+  padding: .6em .6em;
   text-align: left;
   font-size: 1.3em;
   line-height: 24px;
   background-color: $fallback--btn;
   background-color: var(--btn, $fallback--btn);
+  align-items: baseline;
+
+  .title {
+    flex: 1 0 auto;
+  }
+
+  button {
+    height: 100%;
+  }
 }
 
 .panel-heading.stub {
@@ -460,4 +470,3 @@ nav {
   border-radius: $fallback--inputRadius;
   border-radius: var(--inputRadius, $fallback--inputRadius);
 }
-
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
index 5b09685b..0213d5b8 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.scss
@@ -4,58 +4,25 @@
   // a bit of a hack to allow scrolling below notifications
   padding-bottom: 15em;
 
-  .title {
-    display: inline-block;
-  }
-
-  .panel {
-    background: $fallback--bg;
-    background: var(--bg, $fallback--bg)
-  }
-
-  .panel-body {
-    border-color: $fallback--border;
-    border-color: var(--border, $fallback--border)
-  }
-
-  .panel-heading {
-    // force the text to stay centered, while keeping
-    // the button in the right side of the panel heading
-    position: relative;
-    background: $fallback--btn;
-    background: var(--btn, $fallback--btn);
-    color: $fallback--fg;
-    color: var(--fg, $fallback--fg);
-    display: flex;
-    align-items: baseline;
-    .read-button {
-      position: absolute;
-      right: 0.7em;
-      height: 1.8em;
-      line-height: 100%;
-    }
-  }
-
   .unseen-count {
     display: inline-block;
     background-color: $fallback--cRed;
     background-color: var(--cRed, $fallback--cRed);
     text-shadow: 0px 0px 3px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
-    min-width: 1.3em;
-    border-radius: 1.3em;
-    margin: 0 0.2em 0 -0.4em;
+    border-radius: 99px;
+    min-width: 1.5em;
+    max-width: 1.5em;
+    min-height: 1.5em;
+    max-height: 1.5em;
     color: white;
     font-size: 0.9em;
     text-align: center;
-    line-height: 1.3em;
   }
 
   .loadmore-error {
     position: absolute;
     right: 0.6em;
-    font-size: 14px;
     min-width: 6em;
-    font-family: sans-serif;
     text-align: center;
     padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.25em;
     margin: 0;
@@ -73,7 +40,8 @@
   box-sizing: border-box;
   display: flex;
   border-bottom: 1px solid;
-  border-bottom-color: inherit;
+  border-color: $fallback--border;
+  border-color: var(--border, $fallback--border);
 
   .broken-favorite {
     border-radius: $fallback--tooltipRadius;
diff --git a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
index a0b0e5f5..7a4322f9 100644
--- a/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
+++ b/src/components/notifications/notifications.vue
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
   <div class="notifications">
     <div class="panel panel-default">
       <div class="panel-heading">
-        <span class="unseen-count" v-if="unseenCount">{{unseenCount}}</span>
-        <div class="title"> {{$t('notifications.notifications')}}</div>
+        <div class="title">
+          {{$t('notifications.notifications')}}
+          <span class="unseen-count" v-if="unseenCount">{{unseenCount}}</span>
+        </div>
         <div @click.prevent class="loadmore-error alert error" v-if="error">
           {{$t('timeline.error_fetching')}}
         </div>
diff --git a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
index c4e0fbce..ed354030 100644
--- a/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
+++ b/src/components/timeline/timeline.vue
@@ -57,36 +57,8 @@
 @import '../../_variables.scss';
 
 .timeline {
-  .timeline-heading {
-    position: relative;
-    display: flex;
-  }
-
-  .title {
-    white-space: nowrap;
-    overflow: hidden;
-    text-overflow: ellipsis;
-    max-width: 70%;
-  }
-
-  .loadmore-button {
-    position: absolute;
-    right: 0.6em;
-    font-size: 14px;
-
-    min-width: 6em;
-    height: 1.8em;
-    line-height: 100%;
-  }
-
   .loadmore-text {
-    position: absolute;
-    right: 0.6em;
     font-size: 14px;
-    min-width: 6em;
-    font-family: sans-serif;
-    text-align: center;
-    padding: 0 0.5em 0 0.5em;
     opacity: 0.8;
     background-color: transparent;
     color: $fallback--faint;
@@ -98,7 +70,6 @@
     right: 0.6em;
     font-size: 14px;
     min-width: 6em;
-    font-family: sans-serif;
     text-align: center;
     padding: 0 0.25em 0 0.25em;
     margin: 0;