diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
index 541cecac0..1ad2e03df 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "gui/MainWindow.h"
 
 #include "ui_BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact.h"
@@ -235,8 +236,10 @@ void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::baseSetup()
         if (urlOkay)
         {
             QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
+            linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
 
-            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;");
+            QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:" + colorstring );
             label->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
             label->setToolTip(siteurl);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
index 731ddc9da..ff17df272 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.h
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ signals:
 protected:
 	RsPostedPost mPost;
     uint8_t      mDisplayFlags;
+private:
+	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 class BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact : public BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase
@@ -146,6 +148,8 @@ protected:
     void setup() override;    // to be overloaded by the different views
 
 private:
+	QColor linkColor;
+
     /** Qt Designer generated object */
     Ui::BoardPostDisplayWidget_compact *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index 9824cfda2..0ef21e436 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -229,9 +229,14 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		
 		if (urlOkay)
 		{
+			linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+			QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
 			QString urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
 			urlstr += QString(url.toEncoded());
-			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;\"> ");
+			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:");
+			urlstr += colorstring;
+			urlstr += QString("\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
index 0f4f5f2ab..aeb0f19b6 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ protected:
 	void toggleNotes() override;
 
 private:
+	QColor linkColor;
+
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::PostedCardView *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
index 8f1cddf7d..8203d07ca 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/MainWindow.h"
 #include "gui/Identity/IdDialog.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 #include "PhotoView.h"
 #include "gui/Posted/PostedDialog.h"
 #include "ui_PostedItem.h"
@@ -527,7 +528,6 @@ void PostedItem::fill()
 		// The only combination that seems to work: load as EncodedUrl, extract toEncoded().
 		QByteArray urlarray(mPost.mLink.c_str());
 		QUrl url = QUrl::fromEncoded(urlarray.trimmed());
-		QString urlstr = "Invalid Link";
 		QString sitestr = "Invalid Link";
 
 		bool urlOkay = url.isValid();
@@ -546,9 +546,14 @@ void PostedItem::fill()
 
 		if (urlOkay)
 		{
-			urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
+			linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+			QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
+			QString urlstr =  QString("<a href=\"");
 			urlstr += QString(url.toEncoded());
-			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;\"> ");
+			urlstr += QString("\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:");
+			urlstr += colorstring;
+			urlstr += QString("\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
index a2f432dc0..a6133f9d8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.h
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ private slots:
     void toggleNotes()  override;
 
 private:
+	QColor linkColor;
+
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::PostedItem *ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 9245706d1..2c7add2ef 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ void PostedListWidgetWithModel::insertBoardDetails(const RsPostedGroup& group)
 	ui->infoAdministrator->setId(group.mMeta.mAuthorId) ;
 
 	link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
+	ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 
 	ui->createdinfolabel->setText(DateTime::formatLongDateTime(group.mMeta.mPublishTs));
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
index 734c4a233..585a88546 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
          </property>
          <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2">
           <item row="2" column="0">
-           <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="trans_Description">
+           <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="trans_Description">
             <property name="styleSheet">
              <string notr="true"/>
             </property>
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
              <string notr="true">&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'.AppleSystemUIFont'; font-size:13pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:13pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
             </property>
             <property name="textInteractionFlags">
@@ -619,6 +619,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <header>gui/common/RSTabWidget.h</header>
    <container>1</container>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTextBrowser</class>
+   <extends>QTextBrowser</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
   <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
index 0001cd9bc..2b4e37b0a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "msgs/MessageComposer.h"
 #include "Posted/PostedDialog.h"
 #include "util/misc.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsfiles.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsgxsforums.h>
@@ -431,6 +432,8 @@ void RetroShareLink::fromUrl(const QUrl& url)
 RetroShareLink::RetroShareLink()
 {
 	clear();
+		linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+
 }
 
 RetroShareLink RetroShareLink::createFile(const QString& name, uint64_t size, const QString& hash)
@@ -1132,6 +1135,22 @@ QString RetroShareLink::toHtml() const
 	return html;
 }
 
+QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlColored() const
+{
+	//linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString colorstring = QString("%1;").arg(linkColor.name());
+
+	QString html = "<a href=\"" + toString() + "\"";
+
+	QString linkTitle = title();
+	if (!linkTitle.isEmpty()) {
+		html += " title=\"" + linkTitle + "\"";
+	}
+	html += "style=\"color:" + colorstring + "\"> " + niceName() + "</a>" ;
+
+	return html;
+}
+
 QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlFull() const
 {
 	return QString("<a href=\"") + toString() + "\">" + toString() + "</a>" ;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
index 61c794b11..c32551c6f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 #include <QString>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QVector>
+#include <QColor>
 
 #include <stdint.h>
 
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		
 		QString toHtmlSize() const ;
 
+		QString toHtmlColored() const;
+
 		QUrl toUrl() const ;
 
 		bool operator==(const RetroShareLink& l) const { return _type == l._type && _hash == l._hash ; }
@@ -176,6 +179,7 @@ class RetroShareLink
 		time_t   _time_stamp ; 				// time stamp at which the link will expire.
 		QString  _radix_group_data;
 		uint32_t _count ;
+		QColor linkColor;
 
 		unsigned int _subType; // for general use as sub type for _type (RSLINK_SUBTYPE_...)
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
index 3d3398b0c..6d51bafc2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "util/HandleRichText.h"
 #include "gui/RetroShareLink.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rspeers.h>
 
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ MimeTextEdit::MimeTextEdit(QWidget *parent)
 	mForceCompleterShowNextKeyEvent = false;
 	highliter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 	mOnlyPlainText = false;
+
+	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString sheet = QString::fromLatin1("a { text-decoration: underline; color: %1 }").arg(linkColor.name());
+	document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(sheet);
 }
 
 bool MimeTextEdit::canInsertFromMimeData(const QMimeData* source) const
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
index b575c1ac9..0270e0f66 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.h
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ private:
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highliter;
 	bool mOnlyPlainText;
 	int mMaxBytes = -1;	//limit content size, for pasting images
+	QColor linkColor;
 };
 
 #endif // MIMETEXTEDIT_H
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
index c11d4edef..14a15ab02 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include "RSImageBlockWidget.h"
 #include "gui/common/FilesDefs.h"
 #include "util/imageutil.h"
+#include "gui/settings/rsharesettings.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsinit.h> //To get RsAccounts
 
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ RSTextBrowser::RSTextBrowser(QWidget *parent) :
 
 	highlighter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 
+	updateLinkColor();
+
 	connect(this, SIGNAL(anchorClicked(QUrl)), this, SLOT(linkClicked(QUrl)));
 }
 
@@ -359,3 +362,18 @@ void RSTextBrowser::copyImage()
 	QTextCursor cursor = cursorForPosition(point);
 	ImageUtil::copyImage(window(), cursor);
 }
+
+void RSTextBrowser::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
+{
+	if (!event->spontaneous()) {
+		updateLinkColor();
+	}
+}
+
+void RSTextBrowser::updateLinkColor()
+{
+	linkColor = Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QString sheet = QString::fromLatin1("a { text-decoration: underline; color: %1 }").arg(linkColor.name());
+	document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(sheet);
+
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
index a10a2b30a..f1de40323 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ public:
 
 	QMenu *createStandardContextMenuFromPoint(const QPoint &widgetPos);
 
+	virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *) ;
+
 Q_SIGNALS:
 	void calculateContextMenuActions();
 
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ private slots:
 	void viewSource();
 	void saveImage();
 	void copyImage();
+	void updateLinkColor();
 
 protected:
 	void paintEvent(QPaintEvent *event);
@@ -89,6 +92,8 @@ private:
 	RSImageBlockWidget *mImageBlockWidget;
 	bool mLinkClickActive;
 	RsSyntaxHighlighter *highlighter;
+	QColor linkColor;
+
 	QList<QAction*> mContextMenuActions;
 #ifdef RSTEXTBROWSER_CHECKIMAGE_DEBUG
 	QRect mCursorRectStart;
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
index 57adbb39d..d4c0ba1f0 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/BoardsCommentsItem.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ void BoardsCommentsItem::fill()
 	//ui->titleLabel->setText(link.toHtml());
 
 	RetroShareLink msgLink = RetroShareLink::createGxsMessageLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_POSTED, mPost.mMeta.mGroupId, mPost.mMeta.mMsgId, messageName());
-	ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtml());
+	ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtmlColored());
 
 	mInFill = true;
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
index 5b0e0b264..45531f809 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/ChannelsCommentsItem.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ void ChannelsCommentsItem::fill(bool missing_post)
         if(missing_post)
             ui->subjectLabel->setText("[" + QObject::tr("Missing channel post")+"]");
         else
-            ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtml());
+            ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtmlColored());
 
 		ui->readButton->hide();
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
index a6213e740..56d83af8a 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelGroupItem.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void GxsChannelGroupItem::fill()
 #endif
 
 	RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_CHANNEL, mGroup.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
-	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtml());
+	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 
 	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
index 17036a15e..a397aecff 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsChannelPostItem.cpp
@@ -490,12 +490,12 @@ void GxsChannelPostItem::fill()
 
 		title = tr("Channel Feed") + ": ";
 		RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_CHANNEL, mPost.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
-		title += link.toHtml();
+		title += link.toHtmlColored();
 		ui->titleLabel->setText(title);
 
 		msgText = tr("Post") + ": ";
 		RetroShareLink msgLink = RetroShareLink::createGxsMessageLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_CHANNEL, mPost.mMeta.mGroupId, mPost.mMeta.mMsgId, messageName());
-		msgText += msgLink.toHtml();
+		msgText += msgLink.toHtmlColored();
 		ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgText);
 
 		if (IS_GROUP_SUBSCRIBED(mGroupMeta.mSubscribeFlags) || IS_GROUP_ADMIN(mGroupMeta.mSubscribeFlags))
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
index 663951a6c..e31705453 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumGroupItem.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void GxsForumGroupItem::fill()
 #endif
 
 	RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM, mGroup.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
-	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtml());
+	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 
 	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
index f4d091179..3fc15304d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/GxsForumMsgItem.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::fillParentMessage()
     ui->parentFrame->hide();
 
     RetroShareLink linkParent = RetroShareLink::createGxsMessageLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM, mParentMessage.mMeta.mGroupId, mParentMessage.mMeta.mMsgId, QString::fromUtf8(mParentMessage.mMeta.mMsgName.c_str()));
-    ui->parentSubLabel->setText(linkParent.toHtml());
+    ui->parentSubLabel->setText(linkParent.toHtmlColored());
     ui->parentMsgLabel->setText(RsHtml().formatText(NULL, QString::fromUtf8(mParentMessage.mMsg.c_str()), RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_SMILEYS | RSHTML_FORMATTEXT_EMBED_LINKS));
     ui->parentNameLabel->setId(mParentMessage.mMeta.mAuthorId);
 
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::fillMessage()
 
     QString title = tr("Forum Feed") + ": ";
     RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM, mMessage.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
-    title += link.toHtml();
+    title += link.toHtmlColored();
     ui->titleLabel->setText(title);
 
     setReadStatus(IS_MSG_NEW(mMessage.mMeta.mMsgStatus), IS_MSG_UNREAD(mMessage.mMeta.mMsgStatus) || IS_MSG_NEW(mMessage.mMeta.mMsgStatus));
@@ -379,14 +379,14 @@ void GxsForumMsgItem::fillMessage()
     ui->currNameLabel->setId(mMessage.mMeta.mAuthorId);
 
     RetroShareLink msgLink = RetroShareLink::createGxsMessageLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_FORUM, mMessage.mMeta.mGroupId, mMessage.mMeta.mMsgId, messageName());
-    ui->currSubLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtml());
+    ui->currSubLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtmlColored());
     if (wasExpanded() || ui->expandFrame->isVisible())
         fillExpandFrame();
 
     ui->timestamplabel->setText(DateTime::formatLongDateTime(mMessage.mMeta.mPublishTs));
 
     /* header stuff */
-    ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtml());
+    ui->subjectLabel->setText(msgLink.toHtmlColored());
 
     if (mIsHome)
     {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
index f4abafb08..f73ea45ec 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/feeds/PostedGroupItem.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void PostedGroupItem::fill()
 
 	// No link type at this moment
 	RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createGxsGroupLink(RetroShareLink::TYPE_POSTED, mGroup.mMeta.mGroupId, groupName());
-	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtml());
+	ui->nameLabel->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 //	ui->nameLabel->setText(groupName());
 
 	ui->descLabel->setText(QString::fromUtf8(mGroup.mDescription.c_str()));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
index 18aa2ad17..22d372713 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.cpp
@@ -1327,7 +1327,7 @@ void GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel::insertChannelDetails(const RsGxsChannelGrou
     if(!group.mMeta.mAuthorId.isNull())
     {
         RetroShareLink link = RetroShareLink::createMessage(group.mMeta.mAuthorId, "");
-        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtml());
+        ui->infoAdministrator->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
     }
     else
         ui->infoAdministrator->setText("[No contact author]");
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
index 2740b4654..f7c63d524 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -397,12 +397,12 @@
         </layout>
        </item>
        <item>
-        <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="infoDescription">
+        <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="infoDescription">
          <property name="html">
           <string notr="true">&lt;!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC &quot;-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN&quot; &quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd&quot;&gt;
 &lt;html&gt;&lt;head&gt;&lt;meta name=&quot;qrichtext&quot; content=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&lt;style type=&quot;text/css&quot;&gt;
 p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'.AppleSystemUIFont'; font-size:13pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
+&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/head&gt;&lt;body style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:13pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;&quot;&gt;
 &lt;p style=&quot; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot; font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8pt;&quot;&gt;Description&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
          </property>
          <property name="textInteractionFlags">
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
                </widget>
               </item>
               <item>
-               <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="postDetails_TE">
+               <widget class="RSTextBrowser" name="postDetails_TE">
                 <property name="openExternalLinks">
                  <bool>true</bool>
                 </property>
@@ -679,6 +679,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <extends>QToolButton</extends>
    <header>gui/common/SubscribeToolButton.h</header>
   </customwidget>
+  <customwidget>
+   <class>RSTextBrowser</class>
+   <extends>QTextBrowser</extends>
+   <header>gui/common/RSTextBrowser.h</header>
+  </customwidget>
   <customwidget>
    <class>GxsCommentDialog</class>
    <extends>QWidget</extends>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
index 0d2e934f2..2ba5e8672 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/msgs/MessageWidget.cpp
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@ void MessageWidget::fill(const std::string &msgId)
     }
     else
     {
-		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtml());
+		ui.fromText->setText(link.toHtmlColored());
 		ui.fromText->setToolTip(tooltip_string) ;
 		if (toolButtonReply) toolButtonReply->setEnabled(true);
 	}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
index 2aecd6024..481c0850d 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 #include "util/misc.h"
 
 #include <QAbstractItemView>
+#include <QColorDialog>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QCheckBox>
 #include <QDir>
@@ -363,6 +364,11 @@ void AppearancePage::load()
 	whileBlocking(ui.checkBoxShowSystrayOnStatus)->setChecked(Settings->valueFromGroup("StatusBar", "ShowSysTrayOnStatusBar", QVariant(false)).toBool());
 
 	whileBlocking(ui.minimumFontSize_SB)->setValue(Settings->getFontSize());
+	
+	rgbLinkColor=Settings->getLinkColor();
+	QPixmap colorpix(24, 24);
+	colorpix.fill(rgbLinkColor);
+	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(colorpix);
 }
 
 void AppearancePage::updateFontSize()
@@ -371,3 +377,26 @@ void AppearancePage::updateFontSize()
 
 	NotifyQt::getInstance()->notifySettingsChanged();
 }
+
+void AppearancePage::on_linkColorButton_clicked()
+{
+	bool ok;
+	QRgb color = QColorDialog::getRgba(rgbLinkColor, &ok, window());
+	if (ok) {
+		rgbLinkColor=color;
+		QPixmap pix(24, 24);
+		pix.fill(color);
+		ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
+		Settings->setLinkColor(rgbLinkColor);
+	}
+}
+
+void AppearancePage::on_resetButton_clicked()
+{
+	QRgb color  = QString::number(QColor(3, 155, 198).rgba()).toUInt();
+	defaultColor = color;
+	QPixmap pix(24, 24);
+	pix.fill(color);
+	ui.linkColorButton->setIcon(pix);
+	Settings->setLinkColor(defaultColor);
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
index 741bd752e..9e8e7e2fc 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.h
@@ -73,9 +73,15 @@ private slots:
 	void updateStyle() ;
 	void updateFontSize();
 
+	void on_linkColorButton_clicked();
+	void on_resetButton_clicked();
+
 private:
 	void switch_status(MainWindow::StatusElement s,const QString& key,bool b);
 
+	QRgb rgbLinkColor;
+	QRgb defaultColor;
+
 	/** Qt Designer generated object */
 	Ui::AppearancePage ui;
 };
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
index 13dc7a48e..902329637 100755
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/AppearancePage.ui
@@ -71,7 +71,92 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="3" column="0">
+   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStyle">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>64</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
+      <enum>Qt::NoContextMenu</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string/>
+     </property>
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Style</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="grpStyleGLayout">
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <widget class="RSComboBox" name="cmboStyle">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>150</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Choose RetroShare's interface style</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <spacer name="grpStyleHSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>215</width>
+          <height>20</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStyleSheet">
+     <property name="minimumSize">
+      <size>
+       <width>0</width>
+       <height>64</height>
+      </size>
+     </property>
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Style Sheet</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="grpStyleSheetGLayout">
+      <item row="0" column="0">
+       <widget class="RSComboBox" name="cmboStyleSheet">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>150</width>
+          <height>0</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1">
+       <spacer name="grpStyleSheetHSpacer">
+        <property name="orientation">
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+         <size>
+          <width>215</width>
+          <height>20</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="3" column="0" rowspan="2">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpToolBar">
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
@@ -289,8 +374,8 @@
         </property>
         <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
          <size>
-          <width>188</width>
-          <height>96</height>
+          <width>20</width>
+          <height>40</height>
          </size>
         </property>
        </spacer>
@@ -298,7 +383,62 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="4" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="4" column="1">
+    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="groupBox">
+     <property name="title">
+      <string>Link Color</string>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_17">
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QLabel" name="label_10">
+        <property name="sizePolicy">
+         <sizepolicy hsizetype="Expanding" vsizetype="Preferred">
+          <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+          <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+         </sizepolicy>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string>Color of the links</string>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QPushButton" name="linkColorButton">
+        <property name="minimumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>24</width>
+          <height>24</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="maximumSize">
+         <size>
+          <width>24</width>
+          <height>24</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Set link color</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="text">
+         <string/>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+      <item>
+       <widget class="QToolButton" name="resetButton">
+        <property name="toolTip">
+         <string>Reset to default color</string>
+        </property>
+        <property name="icon">
+         <iconset resource="../icons.qrc">
+          <normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</normaloff>:/icons/textedit/undo.png</iconset>
+        </property>
+       </widget>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
     <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStatus">
      <property name="title">
       <string>Status Bar</string>
@@ -407,7 +547,7 @@
      </layout>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="5" column="0" colspan="2">
+   <item row="6" column="0" colspan="2">
     <spacer name="AppearancePageVSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
@@ -420,91 +560,6 @@
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStyle">
-     <property name="minimumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>0</width>
-       <height>64</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
-      <enum>Qt::NoContextMenu</enum>
-     </property>
-     <property name="toolTip">
-      <string/>
-     </property>
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>Style</string>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="grpStyleGLayout">
-      <item row="0" column="0">
-       <widget class="RSComboBox" name="cmboStyle">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>150</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-        <property name="toolTip">
-         <string>Choose RetroShare's interface style</string>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="1">
-       <spacer name="grpStyleHSpacer">
-        <property name="orientation">
-         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-         <size>
-          <width>215</width>
-          <height>20</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </spacer>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2">
-    <widget class="QGroupBox" name="grpStyleSheet">
-     <property name="minimumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>0</width>
-       <height>64</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-     <property name="title">
-      <string>Style Sheet</string>
-     </property>
-     <layout class="QGridLayout" name="grpStyleSheetGLayout">
-      <item row="0" column="0">
-       <widget class="RSComboBox" name="cmboStyleSheet">
-        <property name="minimumSize">
-         <size>
-          <width>150</width>
-          <height>0</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </widget>
-      </item>
-      <item row="0" column="1">
-       <spacer name="grpStyleSheetHSpacer">
-        <property name="orientation">
-         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
-        </property>
-        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
-         <size>
-          <width>215</width>
-          <height>20</height>
-         </size>
-        </property>
-       </spacer>
-      </item>
-     </layout>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>
@@ -514,6 +569,8 @@
    <header>gui/common/RSComboBox.h</header>
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../icons.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
index 0f60752ac..560961cd5 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/ChatPage.ui
@@ -392,6 +392,11 @@
                 </item>
                 <item>
                  <widget class="QSpinBox" name="minimumFontSize">
+                  <property name="font">
+                   <font>
+                    <pointsize>8</pointsize>
+                   </font>
+                  </property>
                   <property name="minimum">
                    <number>1</number>
                   </property>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
index d878d6c99..0acf43287 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.cpp
@@ -1222,6 +1222,15 @@ void RshareSettings::setMessageFontSize(int value)
 	setValueToGroup("Message", "FontSize", value);
 }
 
+void RshareSettings::setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue)
+{
+	setValueToGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(rgbValue));
+}
+QRgb RshareSettings::getLinkColor()
+{
+	return valueFromGroup("Chat", "LinkColor", QString::number(QColor(3, 155, 198).rgba())).toUInt();
+}
+
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 bool RshareSettings::getJsonApiEnabled()
 {
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
index 317dedb56..73b6e9790 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/settings/rsharesettings.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ public:
     int getMessageFontSize();
     void setMessageFontSize(int value);
 
+    void setLinkColor(QRgb rgbValue);
+    QRgb getLinkColor();
+
 #ifdef RS_JSONAPI
 	bool getJsonApiEnabled();
 	void setJsonApiEnabled(bool enabled);