diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
index 6bcf7a83f..2368139cd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/BoardPostDisplayWidget.cpp
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void BoardPostDisplayWidgetBase::baseSetup()
         {
             QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
 
-            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:#2255AA;");
+            label->setStyleSheet("text-decoration: underline; color:#039bc6;");
             label->setCursor(QCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor));
             label->setToolTip(siteurl);
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
index c63996b3a..4f0d3aee1 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedCardView.cpp
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ void PostedCardView::fill()
 		{
 			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:#039bc6;\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
 			QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
-			sitestr = QString("<a href=\"%1\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#0079d3;\"> %2 </span></a>").arg(siteurl).arg(siteurl);
+			sitestr = QString("<a href=\"%1\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#039bc6;\"> %2 </span></a>").arg(siteurl).arg(siteurl);
 			
 			ui->titleLabel->setText(urlstr);
 		}else
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
index a592b0058..2a6b1d998 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedItem.cpp
@@ -547,12 +547,12 @@ void PostedItem::fill()
 		{
 			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:#039bc6;\"> ");
 			urlstr += messageName();
 			urlstr += QString(" </span></a>");
 
 			QString siteurl = url.toEncoded();
-			sitestr = QString("<a href=\"%1\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#0079d3;\"> %2 </span></a>").arg(siteurl).arg(siteurl);
+			sitestr = QString("<a href=\"%1\" ><span style=\" text-decoration: underline; color:#039bc6;\"> %2 </span></a>").arg(siteurl).arg(siteurl);
 
 			ui->titleLabel->setText(urlstr);
 		}else
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/Posted/PostedListWidgetWithModel.ui
index 734c4a233..06613c6bf 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>
@@ -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 a22f9ced8..3fefac421 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/RetroShareLink.cpp
@@ -1126,14 +1126,14 @@ QString RetroShareLink::toHtml() const
 	if (!linkTitle.isEmpty()) {
 		html += " title=\"" + linkTitle + "\"";
 	}
-	html += ">" + niceName() + "</a>" ;
+	html += "style=\"color:#039bc6;\">" + niceName() + "</a>" ;
 
 	return html;
 }
 
 QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlFull() const
 {
-	return QString("<a href=\"") + toString() + "\">" + toString() + "</a>" ;
+	return QString("<a href=\"") + toString() + "style=\"color:039bc6;\">" + toString() + "</a>" ;
 }
 
 QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlSize() const
@@ -1151,7 +1151,8 @@ QString RetroShareLink::toHtmlSize() const
 				size += QString(" [%1]").arg(misc::friendlyUnit(collection.size()));
 		}
 	}
-	QString link = QString("<a href=\"%1\">%2</a> <font color=\"blue\">%3</font>").arg(toString()).arg(name()).arg(size);
+	QString link = QString("<a href=\"%1\">%2</a> <font color=\"#039bc6\">%3</font>").arg(toString()).arg(name()).arg(size);
+
 	return link;
 }
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
index 3d3398b0c..52018f5a7 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/MimeTextEdit.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ MimeTextEdit::MimeTextEdit(QWidget *parent)
 	mForceCompleterShowNextKeyEvent = false;
 	highliter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 	mOnlyPlainText = false;
+
+	QColor linkColor = QColor(3, 155, 198);
+	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/RSTextBrowser.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
index 4a203ea1b..fc02687a9 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/common/RSTextBrowser.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ RSTextBrowser::RSTextBrowser(QWidget *parent) :
 
 	highlighter = new RsSyntaxHighlighter(this);
 
+	QColor linkColor = QColor(3, 155, 198);
+	QString sheet = QString::fromLatin1("a { text-decoration: underline; color: %1 }").arg(linkColor.name());
+	document()->setDefaultStyleSheet(sheet);
+
 	connect(this, SIGNAL(anchorClicked(QUrl)), this, SLOT(linkClicked(QUrl)));
 }
 
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
index 2740b4654..d88b4ccc8 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxschannels/GxsChannelPostsWidgetWithModel.ui
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
         </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;
@@ -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>
@@ -685,6 +685,11 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
    <header>gui/gxs/GxsCommentDialog.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"/>