diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default.qss
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index 6ef68e5d2..000000000
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default.qss
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@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-
-QWidget#chatcentralwidget
-{
-    background-image: url(:/images/backchat.png)
-}
-
-QToolBar#chattoolBar{
-    border: none; background-image: url(:/images/backblue.png)
-}
-QStatusBar{
-    background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #F6FCFF, stop:1 #F6FCFF);
-}
-
-QFrame#Chatbuttonframe{ 
-    background-image: url(:/images/buttonframe.png);
-}
-
-/* Customize the toolbar. */
-QToolBar {
-    border-image: url(qss/default/retrotoolbar.png);
-
-}
-
-QFrame#messengerframetop{ 
-background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
-stop:0 #05538B, stop:1 #E4F1E5);
-}
-
-
-QFrame#messengerframetop{
-         
-       border-image: url(qss/default/rsdefault.png);
-
-}
-
-QFrame#Chatbuttonframe{
-         
-       border-image: url(qss/default/rsdefault.png);
-
-}
-
-QLabel#subjectText{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#subjectlabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#fromlabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#datelabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#tolabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#fromText{
-	font: bold ;
-	color: blue;
-
-}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default/retrotoolbar.png b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default/retrotoolbar.png
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diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default/rsdefault.png b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/default/rsdefault.png
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index c9d57bcc0..000000000
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diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/noskin.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/noskin.qss
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index b4ed2f939..000000000
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/noskin.qss
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-
-QWidget#chatcentralwidget
-{
-	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,
-								   stop: 0 #3AAEE4, stop: 0.1 #E0EFF6, 
-								   stop: 0.31 #E4F1F7, stop: 0.7 #FCFDFE,
-								   stop: 0.71 #F7FCFD, stop: 1 #C9E7F3,);
-    border: none;
-}
-
-QToolBar#chattoolBar{
-	background-color: qlineargradient(x1: 0, y1: 0, x2: 0, y2: 1,
-								   stop: 0 #8DD2F3, stop: 0.5 #43B5EB, 
-								   stop: 0.51 #39ABE1, stop: 1 #3CB2EA);
-    border: none;
-}
-QStatusBar#chatstatusbar{
-    background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #F6FCFF, stop:1 #F6FCFF);
-}
-
-QFrame#Chatbuttonframe{ 
-    background-image: url(:/images/buttonframe.png);
-}
-
-QFrame#messengerframetop{ 
-	background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
-	stop:0 #05538B, stop:1 #E4F1E5);
-}
-
-border: 1px solid #BDD5DF;}QPushButton#okButton {
-
-      max-height: 25px
-	  min-height: 25px;
-      min-width: 77px;
-      /*max-width: 77px;*/
-}
-
-QPushButton#cancelprefButton {
-
-	  min-height: 25px;
-      min-width: 77px;
-      max-width: 77px;
-}
-
-QPushButton#applyButton {
-
-	  min-height: 25px;
-	  max-height: 25px;
-      min-width: 77px;
-      max-width: 77px;
-}
-
-QPushButton#cancelButton {
-
-	  min-height: 25px;
-	  max-height: 25px;
-      min-width: 77px;
-      max-width: 77px;
-}
-
-QLabel#subjectText{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#subjectlabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#fromlabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#datelabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#tolabel{
-	font: bold 12px;
-
-}
-
-QLabel#fromText{
-	font: bold ;
-	color: blue;
-
-}
-