diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
index 30c0a38cd..79acc8f26 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ void MainWindow::createTrayIcon()
     notifyMenu->menuAction()->setVisible(false);
 
     trayMenu->addSeparator();
-    trayMenu->addAction(QIcon(IMAGE_RSM16), tr("Open Messenger"), this, SLOT(showMessengerWindow()));
+    //trayMenu->addAction(QIcon(IMAGE_RSM16), tr("Open Messenger"), this, SLOT(showMessengerWindow()));
     trayMenu->addAction(QIcon(IMAGE_MESSAGES), tr("Open Messages"), this, SLOT(showMess()));
     trayMenu->addAction(QIcon(IMAGE_BWGRAPH), tr("Bandwidth Graph"), _bandwidthGraph, SLOT(showWindow()));
     trayMenu->addAction(QIcon(IMAGE_DHT), tr("Statistics"), this, SLOT(showStatisticsWindow()));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.ui
index 1b361f851..a34e8e37f 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/chat/ChatLobbyDialog.ui
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
       </property>
       <property name="minimumSize">
        <size>
-        <width>50</width>
+        <width>120</width>
         <height>0</height>
        </size>
       </property>
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@
            <verstretch>0</verstretch>
           </sizepolicy>
          </property>
+         <property name="minimumSize">
+          <size>
+           <width>120</width>
+           <height>0</height>
+          </size>
+         </property>
          <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
           <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
          </property>
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
index 4d3e9f0cb..03f433a11 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/gxsforums/GxsForumThreadWidget.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ GxsForumThreadWidget::GxsForumThreadWidget(const RsGxsGroupId &forumId, QWidget
 	QHeaderView_setSectionResizeMode(ttheader, COLUMN_THREAD_TITLE, QHeaderView::Interactive);
 	ttheader->resizeSection (COLUMN_THREAD_DATE,  140);
 	ttheader->resizeSection (COLUMN_THREAD_TITLE, 290);
-	ttheader->resizeSection (COLUMN_THREAD_AUTHOR, 290);
+	ttheader->resizeSection (COLUMN_THREAD_AUTHOR, 150);
 
 	ui->threadTreeWidget->sortItems(COLUMN_THREAD_DATE, Qt::DescendingOrder);