diff --git a/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php b/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
index 6cc61cf6da..9b98fa6d81 100644
--- a/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
+++ b/actions/apiaccountverifycredentials.php
@@ -48,18 +48,9 @@ if (!defined('STATUSNET')) {
  */
 class ApiAccountVerifyCredentialsAction extends ApiAuthAction
 {
-    /**
-     * Handle the request
-     *
-     * Check whether the credentials are valid and output the result
-     *
-     * @param array $args $_REQUEST data (unused)
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    function handle($args)
+    protected function handle()
     {
-        parent::handle($args);
+        parent::handle();
 
         if (!in_array($this->format, array('xml', 'json'))) {
             // TRANS: Client error displayed when coming across a non-supported API method.
diff --git a/actions/public.php b/actions/public.php
index 6ebd48ba12..52bab072ae 100644
--- a/actions/public.php
+++ b/actions/public.php
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
 
     var $page = null;
     var $notice;
-    var $userProfile = null;
+
+    protected $stream = null;
 
     function isReadOnly($args)
     {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
      *
      * @return boolean success value
      */
-    function prepare($args)
+    protected function prepare(array $args=array())
     {
         parent::prepare($args);
         $this->page = ($this->arg('page')) ? ($this->arg('page')+0) : 1;
@@ -80,17 +81,9 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
 
         common_set_returnto($this->selfUrl());
 
-        $this->userProfile = Profile::current();
+        $this->streamPrepare();
 
-        $user = common_current_user();
-
-        if (!empty($user) && $user->streamModeOnly()) {
-            $stream = new PublicNoticeStream($this->userProfile);
-        } else {
-            $stream = new ThreadingPublicNoticeStream($this->userProfile);
-        }
-
-        $this->notice = $stream->getNotices(($this->page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
+        $this->notice = $this->stream->getNotices(($this->page-1)*NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
                                             NOTICES_PER_PAGE + 1);
 
         if (!$this->notice) {
@@ -98,7 +91,7 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
             $this->serverError(_('Could not retrieve public timeline.'));
         }
 
-        if($this->page > 1 && $this->notice->N == 0){
+        if ($this->page > 1 && $this->notice->N == 0){
             // TRANS: Server error when page not found (404).
             $this->serverError(_('No such page.'),$code=404);
         }
@@ -106,6 +99,15 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
         return true;
     }
 
+    protected function streamPrepare()
+    {
+        if ($this->scoped instanceof Profile && $this->scoped->isLocal() && $this->scoped->getUser()->streamModeOnly()) {
+            $this->stream = new PublicNoticeStream($this->scoped);
+        } else {
+            $this->stream = new ThreadingPublicNoticeStream($this->scoped);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * handle request
      *
@@ -115,9 +117,9 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    function handle($args)
+    protected function handle()
     {
-        parent::handle($args);
+        parent::handle();
 
         $this->showPage();
     }
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
         if (!empty($user) && $user->streamModeOnly()) {
             $nl = new PrimaryNoticeList($this->notice, $this, array('show_n'=>NOTICES_PER_PAGE));
         } else {
-            $nl = new ThreadedNoticeList($this->notice, $this, $this->userProfile);
+            $nl = new ThreadedNoticeList($this->notice, $this, $this->scoped);
         }
 
         $cnt = $nl->show();
diff --git a/classes/Profile.php b/classes/Profile.php
index e850b629d4..8352861fe6 100644
--- a/classes/Profile.php
+++ b/classes/Profile.php
@@ -1570,7 +1570,12 @@ class Profile extends Managed_DataObject
     }
 
     public function getPref($namespace, $topic, $default=null) {
-        return Profile_prefs::getData($this, $namespace, $topic, $default);
+        // If you want an exception to be thrown, call Profile_prefs::getData directly
+        try {
+            return Profile_prefs::getData($this, $namespace, $topic, $default);
+        } catch (NoResultException $e) {
+            return null;
+        }
     }
 
     public function setPref($namespace, $topic, $data) {
diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index de07a8ee47..465a5142a3 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ $default =
               'path' => $_path . '/background/',
               'ssl' => null),
         'public' =>
-        array('localonly' => true,
+        array('localonly' => false,
               'blacklist' => array(),
               'autosource' => array()),
         'theme' =>
diff --git a/lib/router.php b/lib/router.php
index 8260cb3e2e..a3be38ebbd 100644
--- a/lib/router.php
+++ b/lib/router.php
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ class Router
                 $m->connect('main/'.$a, array('action' => $a));
             }
 
+            $m->connect('main/public', array('action' => 'public'));
+            $m->connect('main/all', array('action' => 'networkpublic'));
+
             $m->connect('main/tagprofile/:id', array('action' => 'tagprofile'),
                                                array('id' => '[0-9]+'));
 
@@ -945,7 +948,9 @@ class Router
                                 array('tag' => self::REGEX_TAG));
                 }
             } else {
+                $m->connect('main/public', array('action' => 'public'));
                 $m->connect('', array('action' => 'public'));
+                $m->connect('main/all', array('action' => 'networkpublic'));
                 $m->connect('rss', array('action' => 'publicrss'));
                 $m->connect('featuredrss', array('action' => 'featuredrss'));
                 $m->connect('featured/', array('action' => 'featured'));
diff --git a/theme/neo-quitter/css/display.css b/theme/neo-quitter/css/display.css
index 22a477a49f..3532e9dd1f 100644
--- a/theme/neo-quitter/css/display.css
+++ b/theme/neo-quitter/css/display.css
@@ -1720,7 +1720,6 @@ ul.messages .notice .p-author {
 	}	
 
 #content .threaded-replies .notice-options {
-	position:absolute;
 	bottom:0;
 	right:0px;
 	height:25px;