diff --git a/actions/newnotice.php b/actions/newnotice.php
index 060f1ecd7d..b13245e13a 100644
--- a/actions/newnotice.php
+++ b/actions/newnotice.php
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
  */
 class NewnoticeAction extends FormAction
 {
+    protected $form = 'Notice';
+
     /**
      * Title of the page
      *
@@ -276,69 +278,6 @@ class NewnoticeAction extends FormAction
         parent::showForm($msg, $success);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * // XXX: Should we be showing the notice form with microapps here?
-     *
-     * Overload for replies or bad results
-     *
-     * We show content in the notice form if there were replies or results.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    function showNoticeForm()
-    {
-        $content = $this->trimmed('status_textarea');
-        if (!$content) {
-            $replyto = $this->trimmed('replyto');
-            $inreplyto = $this->trimmed('inreplyto');
-            $profile = Profile::getKV('nickname', $replyto);
-            if ($profile) {
-                $content = '@' . $profile->nickname . ' ';
-            }
-        } else {
-            // @fixme most of these bits above aren't being passed on above
-            $inreplyto = null;
-        }
-
-        $this->elementStart('div', 'input_forms');
-        $this->elementStart(
-            'div',
-            array(
-                'id'    => 'input_form_status',
-                'class' => 'input_form current nonav'
-            )
-        );
-
-        $notice_form = new NoticeForm(
-            $this,
-            array(
-                'content' => $content,
-                'inreplyto' => $inreplyto
-            )
-        );
-
-        $notice_form->show();
-
-        $this->elementEnd('div');
-        $this->elementEnd('div');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Show an error message
-     *
-     * Shows an error message if there is one.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     *
-     * @todo maybe show some instructions?
-     */
-    function showPageNotice()
-    {
-        if ($this->msg) {
-            $this->element('p', array('id' => 'error'), $this->msg);
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Output a notice
      *
diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 508145da40..65ef84cdf1 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
      */
     function showPage()
     {
+        if (StatusNet::isAjax()) {
+            self::showAjax();
+            return;
+        }
         if (Event::handle('StartShowHTML', array($this))) {
             $this->startHTML();
             $this->flush();
@@ -226,6 +230,19 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
         }
     }
 
+    public function showAjax()
+    {
+        $this->startHTML('text/xml;charset=utf-8');
+        $this->elementStart('head');
+        // TRANS: Title for conversation page.
+        $this->element('title', null, _m('TITLE','Notice'));
+        $this->elementEnd('head');
+        $this->elementStart('body');
+        $this->showContent();
+        $this->elementEnd('body');
+        $this->endHTML();
+    }
+
     function endHTML()
     {
         global $_startTime;
diff --git a/lib/formaction.php b/lib/formaction.php
index 60d9b3ce13..08cb3fe147 100644
--- a/lib/formaction.php
+++ b/lib/formaction.php
@@ -98,6 +98,26 @@ class FormAction extends ManagedAction
         return null;
     }
 
+    public function showForm($msg=null, $success=false)
+    {
+        $this->msg = $msg;
+        $this->success = $success;
+        $this->showPage();
+    }
+
+    public function showContent()
+    {
+        $form = $this->getForm();
+        $form->show();
+    }
+
+    protected function getForm()
+    {
+        $class = $this->form.'Form';
+        $form = new $class($this);
+        return $form;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets called from handle() if isPost() is true;
      * @return void
diff --git a/lib/managedaction.php b/lib/managedaction.php
index 318df320e1..3df73731ae 100644
--- a/lib/managedaction.php
+++ b/lib/managedaction.php
@@ -47,28 +47,11 @@ class ManagedAction extends Action
             }
         }
 
-        if (StatusNet::isAjax()) {
-            $this->showAjax();
-        } else {
-            $this->showPage();
-        }
+        $this->showPage();
     }
 
     protected function handlePost()
     {
         // This will only be run if the Action has the property canPost==true
     }
-
-    public function showAjax()
-    {
-        $this->startHTML('text/xml;charset=utf-8');
-        $this->elementStart('head');
-        // TRANS: Title for conversation page.
-        $this->element('title', null, _m('TITLE','Notice'));
-        $this->elementEnd('head');
-        $this->elementStart('body');
-        $this->showContent();
-        $this->elementEnd('body');
-        $this->endHTML();
-    }
 }
diff --git a/lib/noticeform.php b/lib/noticeform.php
index e6385e495e..012619a0ba 100644
--- a/lib/noticeform.php
+++ b/lib/noticeform.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class NoticeForm extends Form
         // Do we have to worry about sub-second race conditions?
         // XXX: Needs to be above the parent::__construct() call...?
 
-        $this->id_suffix = time();
+        $this->id_suffix = rand();
 
         parent::__construct($action);
 
diff --git a/theme/base/css/display.css b/theme/base/css/display.css
index 9203beacc6..276a5368a4 100644
--- a/theme/base/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/base/css/display.css
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ option {
     right: 239px; 
     background-color: #fff;  
     border-right: 1px solid #ccc;
-}  
+}
+
+#content_inner {
+    display: block;
+    position: relative;
+}
 
 #site_nav_local_views_wrapper  {  
     width: 100%;  
@@ -279,10 +284,6 @@ address .poweredby {
     display: block;
 }
 
-#input_form_status, #input_form_direct {
-    padding-bottom: 50px;
-}
-
 .form_notice { 
     margin-bottom: 10px;
 }
@@ -544,9 +545,8 @@ address .poweredby {
 
 .form_notice input.submit {
     position: absolute;
-    top: 100%;
-    left: 0px;
-    margin-top: -49px;
+    right: 0px;
+    margin-top: -1.5em;
     float: left;
     width: 100px;
     padding: 0px;
@@ -959,9 +959,8 @@ content: ":";
     right: 50px;
 }
 
-.threaded-replies .form_notice #notice_action-submit {
-    left: 10px;
-    margin-top: -44px;
+.threaded-replies .form_notice input.submit {
+    bottom: 0;
 }
 
 .threaded-replies .form_notice .error,