diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/style.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
@@ -1930,12 +1930,13 @@ BIN_FILENODE = 6
     border-color: #cdcdcd;
 }
 
-#updaterevs-table tr.mergerow,
-#graph_content_pr tr.mergerow,
-#shortlog_data tr.mergerow,
-#graph_content #changesets tr.out-of-range,
-#graph_content #changesets tr.mergerow {
-    opacity: 0.6;
+tr.mergerow > td.author .user,
+tr.mergerow > td.mid > .message,
+tr.mergerow > td.mid > .message > a,
+tr.out-of-range > td.author .user,
+tr.out-of-range > td.mid > .message,
+tr.out-of-range > td.mid > .message > a {
+    color: #aaa !important;
 }
 
 #graph_content #changesets td {
@@ -1989,10 +1990,6 @@ BIN_FILENODE = 6
     padding: 0;
 }
 
-#graph_content .log-container {
-    position: relative;
-}
-
 #graph_content .container #singlerange,
 #graph_content .container .changeset_range {
     float: left;
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/changelog/changelog.html b/kallithea/templates/changelog/changelog.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/changelog/changelog.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/changelog/changelog.html
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('changelog', c.f
                             <i class="icon-align-left" style="color:#999"></i>
                         </td>
                         <td class="mid">
-                            <div class="log-container">
                                 <div class="message" id="C-${cs.raw_id}">${h.urlify_text(cs.message, c.repo_name,h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id))}</div>
                                 <div class="extra-container">
                                     %if c.comments.get(cs.raw_id):
@@ -167,7 +166,6 @@ ${self.repo_context_bar('changelog', c.f
                                         </span>
                                     %endif
                                 </div>
-                            </div>
                         </td>
                     </tr>
                 %endfor
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/compare/compare_cs.html
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@
           </span>
         </td>
         <td style="width: 140px"><span data-toggle="tooltip" title="${h.age(cs.date)}">${cs.date}</span></td>
-        %if c.visual.use_gravatar:
-        <td>${h.gravatar_div(h.email_or_none(cs.author), size=14)}</td>
-        %endif
-        <td><div class="author">${h.person(cs.author)}</div></td>
+        <td class="author">
+            ${h.gravatar(h.email_or_none(cs.author), size=16)}
+            <span data-toggle="tooltip" title="${cs.author}" class="user">${h.shorter(h.person(cs.author),22)}</span>
+        </td>
         <td>${h.link_to(h.show_id(cs),h.url('changeset_home',repo_name=c.cs_repo.repo_name,revision=cs.raw_id), class_='changeset_hash')}</td>
         <td>
         %if cs.branch:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <td class="expand_commit" data-commit_id="${cs.raw_id}" title="${_('Expand commit message')}">
             <i class="icon-align-left" style="color:#999"></i>
         </td>
-        <td>
+        <td class="mid">
             <div class="pull-right" style="margin-top: -4px;">
                 %for tag in cs.tags:
                     <span class="tagtag" title="${_('Tag %s') % tag}">