diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
index 3c6fef87a..9a92bf3a2 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 #include <QFileInfo>
 
 #include "rshare.h"
-#include "common/vmessagebox.h"
+#include "common/vmessagebox.h"
+#include "util/rsversion.h"
 #include "NetworkDialog.h"
 #include "NetworkView.h"
 #include "connect/ConnectDialog.h"
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "rsiface/rspeers.h"
 #include <sstream>
 
-
+#include <QTime>
 #include <QContextMenuEvent>
 #include <QMenu>
 #include <QCursor>
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ NetworkDialog::NetworkDialog(QWidget *parent)
   /* create a single connect dialog */
   connectdialog = new ConnectDialog();
   
+  connect(ui.infoLog, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)), this, SLOT(displayInfoLogMenu(const QPoint&)));
+  
   /* hide the Tree +/- */
   ui.connecttreeWidget -> setRootIsDecorated( false );
   
@@ -98,6 +101,11 @@ NetworkDialog::NetworkDialog(QWidget *parent)
      layout->setSpacing( 0 );
      layout->setMargin( 0 );
      
+    // Set Log infos
+    setLogInfo(tr("RetroShare %1 started.", "e.g: RetroShare v0.x started.").arg(retroshareVersion()));
+    
+    setLogInfo(tr("Welcome to RetroShare."), QString::fromUtf8("blue"));
+     
 
   /* Hide platform specific features */
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
@@ -442,3 +450,26 @@ void NetworkDialog::authneighbour()
         */
 }
 
+// Update Log Info information
+void NetworkDialog::setLogInfo(QString info, QColor color) {
+  static unsigned int nbLines = 0;
+  ++nbLines;
+  // Check log size, clear it if too big
+  if(nbLines > 200) {
+    ui.infoLog->clear();
+    nbLines = 1;
+  }
+  ui.infoLog->append(QString::fromUtf8("<font color='grey'>")+ QTime::currentTime().toString(QString::fromUtf8("hh:mm:ss")) + QString::fromUtf8("</font> - <font color='") + color.name() +QString::fromUtf8("'><i>") + info + QString::fromUtf8("</i></font>"));
+}
+
+void NetworkDialog::on_actionClearLog_triggered() {
+  ui.infoLog->clear();
+}
+
+void NetworkDialog::displayInfoLogMenu(const QPoint& pos) {
+  // Log Menu
+  QMenu myLogMenu(this);
+  myLogMenu.addAction(ui.actionClearLog);
+  // XXX: Why mapToGlobal() is not enough?
+  myLogMenu.exec(mapToGlobal(pos)+QPoint(20,450));
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.h
index 4d7fd6d2e..421e4474f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public:
 public slots:
   std::string loadneighbour();
   /* void loadneighbour(); */
+  void setLogInfo(QString info, QColor color=QApplication::palette().color(QPalette::WindowText));
+
 
 private slots:
 
@@ -62,6 +64,9 @@ private slots:
 
   void authneighbour();
   void addneighbour();
+  
+  void on_actionClearLog_triggered();
+  void displayInfoLogMenu(const QPoint& pos);
 
 private:
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.ui
index 07a070911..1e9a00eca 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkDialog.ui
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>619</width>
-    <height>443</height>
+    <width>582</width>
+    <height>444</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle" >
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
        <property name="bottomMargin" >
         <number>0</number>
        </property>
-       <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
-        <number>6</number>
-       </property>
        <property name="verticalSpacing" >
         <number>0</number>
        </property>
@@ -208,6 +205,63 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
          </column>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item row="2" column="0" >
+        <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabBottom" >
+         <property name="maximumSize" >
+          <size>
+           <width>16777215</width>
+           <height>142</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
+         <property name="tabPosition" >
+          <enum>QTabWidget::North</enum>
+         </property>
+         <property name="currentIndex" >
+          <number>0</number>
+         </property>
+         <widget class="QWidget" name="log_tab" >
+          <attribute name="title" >
+           <string>Log</string>
+          </attribute>
+          <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+           <property name="spacing" >
+            <number>6</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="leftMargin" >
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="topMargin" >
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="rightMargin" >
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <property name="bottomMargin" >
+            <number>0</number>
+           </property>
+           <item>
+            <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="infoLog" >
+             <property name="sizePolicy" >
+              <sizepolicy vsizetype="Expanding" hsizetype="Expanding" >
+               <horstretch>0</horstretch>
+               <verstretch>0</verstretch>
+              </sizepolicy>
+             </property>
+             <property name="maximumSize" >
+              <size>
+               <width>16777215</width>
+               <height>142</height>
+              </size>
+             </property>
+             <property name="contextMenuPolicy" >
+              <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
+             </property>
+            </widget>
+           </item>
+          </layout>
+         </widget>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </widget>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="networkviewTab" >
@@ -218,6 +272,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
     </widget>
    </item>
   </layout>
+  <action name="actionClearLog" >
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Clear</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.cpp
index ae1d94157..d43a5d87c 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.cpp
@@ -41,7 +41,11 @@ NetworkView::NetworkView(QWidget *parent)
 
   /* add button */
   connect( ui.refreshButton, SIGNAL( clicked( void ) ), this, SLOT( insertPeers( void ) ) );
-//  connect( mScene, SIGNAL( changed ( const QList<QRectF> & ) ), this, SLOT ( changedScene( void ) ) );
+//connect( mScene, SIGNAL( changed ( const QList<QRectF> & ) ), this, SLOT ( changedScene( void ) ) );
+
+    /* Hide Settings frame */
+    shownwSettingsFrame(false);
+    connect( ui.nviewsettingsButton, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), this, SLOT(shownwSettingsFrame(bool)));
 
 
   /* hide the Tree +/- */
@@ -233,4 +237,19 @@ void  NetworkView::changedScene()
 {
 }
 
+/**
+Toggles the Settings pane on and off, changes toggle button text
+ */
+void NetworkView::shownwSettingsFrame(bool show)
+{
+    if (show) {
+        ui.viewsettingsframe->setVisible(true);
+        ui.nviewsettingsButton->setChecked(true);
+        ui.nviewsettingsButton->setToolTip(tr("Hide Settings"));
+    } else {
+        ui.viewsettingsframe->setVisible(false);
+        ui.nviewsettingsButton->setChecked(false);
+        ui.nviewsettingsButton->setToolTip(tr("Show Settings"));
+    }
+}
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.h
index 4c0bc944c..7acbca16b 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.h
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ void changedFoFCheckBox( );
 void changedDrawSignatures( );
 void changedDrawFriends( );
 
+/** Called when Settings button is toggled */
+void shownwSettingsFrame(bool show);
+
 private:
 
 	void  clearPeerItems();
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.ui
index ce4371818..1ad4d2c65 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/NetworkView.ui
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>603</width>
-    <height>418</height>
+    <width>493</width>
+    <height>373</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle" >
@@ -25,62 +25,25 @@
    <property name="bottomMargin" >
     <number>0</number>
    </property>
+   <property name="horizontalSpacing" >
+    <number>6</number>
+   </property>
    <property name="verticalSpacing" >
-    <number>0</number>
+    <number>2</number>
    </property>
    <item row="0" column="0" >
-    <layout class="QGridLayout" >
-     <item row="0" column="0" >
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="networkviewiconlabel" >
-       <property name="minimumSize" >
-        <size>
-         <width>20</width>
-         <height>16</height>
-        </size>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text" >
-        <string/>
-       </property>
-       <property name="pixmap" >
-        <pixmap resource="images.qrc" >:/images/network16.png</pixmap>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-     <item row="0" column="1" >
-      <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2" >
-       <property name="font" >
-        <font>
-         <weight>50</weight>
-         <bold>false</bold>
-        </font>
-       </property>
-       <property name="text" >
-        <string>&lt;html>&lt;head>&lt;meta name="qrichtext" content="1" />&lt;style type="text/css">
-p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
-&lt;/style>&lt;/head>&lt;body style=" font-family:'MS Shell Dlg 2'; font-size:8.25pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">
-&lt;p style=" margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; font-size:8pt;">&lt;span style=" font-size:9pt; font-weight:600;">Network View&lt;/span>&lt;/p>&lt;/body>&lt;/html></string>
-       </property>
-      </widget>
-     </item>
-    </layout>
-   </item>
-   <item row="0" column="1" >
-    <spacer>
-     <property name="orientation" >
-      <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+    <widget class="GraphWidget" name="graphicsView" >
+     <property name="styleSheet" >
+      <string>background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                                       stop:0 lightgray, stop:1 darkgray);
+ 
+
+
+</string>
      </property>
-     <property name="sizeHint" >
-      <size>
-       <width>311</width>
-       <height>20</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
-    </spacer>
+    </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0" colspan="2" >
-    <widget class="GraphWidget" name="graphicsView" />
-   </item>
-   <item row="2" column="0" colspan="2" >
+   <item row="1" column="0" >
     <layout class="QGridLayout" >
      <item row="0" column="0" >
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="refreshButton" >
@@ -96,39 +59,103 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
        </property>
        <property name="sizeHint" >
         <size>
-         <width>31</width>
-         <height>20</height>
+         <width>391</width>
+         <height>23</height>
         </size>
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
      <item row="0" column="2" >
-      <layout class="QGridLayout" >
-       <item row="0" column="0" >
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="fofCheckBox" >
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Show Friends of Friends</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="0" column="1" >
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox" >
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Connect Signature</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-       <item row="0" column="2" >
-        <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_2" >
-         <property name="text" >
-          <string>Draw Friend Connections</string>
-         </property>
-        </widget>
-       </item>
-      </layout>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="nviewsettingsButton" >
+       <property name="text" >
+        <string>Settings</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="checkable" >
+        <bool>true</bool>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
+   <item row="2" column="0" >
+    <widget class="QFrame" name="viewsettingsframe" >
+     <property name="frameShape" >
+      <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
+     </property>
+     <property name="frameShadow" >
+      <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
+     </property>
+     <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+      <property name="leftMargin" >
+       <number>9</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="topMargin" >
+       <number>9</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="rightMargin" >
+       <number>9</number>
+      </property>
+      <property name="bottomMargin" >
+       <number>9</number>
+      </property>
+      <item row="0" column="0" >
+       <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+        <item row="0" column="0" >
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="fofCheckBox" >
+          <property name="text" >
+           <string>Show Friends of Friends</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="1" column="0" >
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox" >
+          <property name="text" >
+           <string>Connect Signature</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="1" >
+       <layout class="QGridLayout" >
+        <item row="0" column="0" >
+         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="checkBox_2" >
+          <property name="text" >
+           <string>Draw Friend Connections</string>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
+        <item row="1" column="0" >
+         <spacer>
+          <property name="orientation" >
+           <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+          </property>
+          <property name="sizeHint" >
+           <size>
+            <width>141</width>
+            <height>20</height>
+           </size>
+          </property>
+         </spacer>
+        </item>
+       </layout>
+      </item>
+      <item row="0" column="2" >
+       <spacer>
+        <property name="orientation" >
+         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+        </property>
+        <property name="sizeHint" >
+         <size>
+          <width>161</width>
+          <height>41</height>
+         </size>
+        </property>
+       </spacer>
+      </item>
+     </layout>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <customwidgets>