diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index d61d18f20..326911e35 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -451,9 +451,11 @@
 	
 				if ($line["marked"] == "t" || $line["marked"] == "1") {
 					$marked_pic = "<img id=\"FMARKPIC-$id\" src=\"images/mark_set.png\" 
+						class=\"markedPic\"
 						alt=\"Reset mark\" onclick='javascript:toggleMark($id)'>";
 				} else {
 					$marked_pic = "<img id=\"FMARKPIC-$id\" src=\"images/mark_unset.png\" 
+						class=\"markedPic\"
 						alt=\"Set mark\" onclick='javascript:toggleMark($id)'>";
 				}
 
@@ -534,10 +536,7 @@
 
 					print "<div class=\"cdmHeader\">";
 
-					print "<div style=\"float : right\">$updated_fmt
-						<!-- <a class=\"cdmToggleLink\"
-							href=\"javascript:toggleUnread($id)\">Toggle unread</a> -->
-					</div>";
+					print "<div class=\"articleUpdated\">$updated_fmt</div>";
 					
 					print "<a class=\"title\" 
 						onclick=\"javascript:toggleUnread($id, 0)\"
@@ -553,10 +552,10 @@
 
 					print "<div class=\"cdmContent\">" . $line["content_preview"] . "</div><br clear=\"all\">";
 
-					print "<div style=\"float : right\">$marked_pic</div>
-						<div class=\"cdmFooter\">";
+					print "<div class=\"cdmFooter\">";
+
+					print "$marked_pic";
 
-					
 					print "<input type=\"checkbox\" onclick=\"toggleSelectRowById(this, 
 							'RROW-$id')\" class=\"feedCheckBox\" id=\"RCHK-$id\">";
 
@@ -570,8 +569,10 @@
 					}
 
 					$tags_str = preg_replace("/, $/", "", $tags_str);
+
+					if ($tags_str == "") $tags_str = "no tags";
 	
-					print " &nbsp; $tags_str <a title=\"Edit tags for this article\" 
+					print " $tags_str <a title=\"Edit tags for this article\" 
 							href=\"javascript:editArticleTags($id, $feed_id, true)\">(+)</a>";
 
 					print "</div>";
diff --git a/feedlist.js b/feedlist.js
index 286d972ec..3a475ece4 100644
--- a/feedlist.js
+++ b/feedlist.js
@@ -37,7 +37,11 @@ function viewFeedGoPage(i) {
 function viewfeed(feed, subop, is_cat, subop_param, skip_history, offset) {
 	try {
 
-		if (!offset) page_offset = 0;
+		//if (!offset) page_offset = 0;
+
+		if (offset != undefined) {
+			page_offset = offset;
+		}
 
 		enableHotkeys();
 
@@ -106,8 +110,8 @@ function viewfeed(feed, subop, is_cat, subop_param, skip_history, offset) {
 			query = query + "&cat=1";
 		}
 
-		if (offset) {
-			query = query + "&skip=" + offset;
+		if (page_offset != 0) {
+			query = query + "&skip=" + page_offset;
 		}
 
 		if (navigator.userAgent.match("Opera")) {
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 8b98d1427..5f3978ff9 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -949,7 +949,7 @@
 		}
 
 		$feed = "<a title=\"$link_title\" id=\"FEEDL-$feed_id\" 
-			href=\"javascript:viewfeed('$feed_id', '', false);\">$feed_title</a>";
+			href=\"javascript:viewfeed('$feed_id', '', false, '', false, 0);\">$feed_title</a>";
 
 		print "<li id=\"FEEDR-$feed_id\" class=\"$class\">";
 		if (get_pref($link, 'ENABLE_FEED_ICONS')) {
diff --git a/tt-rss.css b/tt-rss.css
index 85f0a8d6d..ac44a1b4b 100644
--- a/tt-rss.css
+++ b/tt-rss.css
@@ -806,6 +806,16 @@ div.cdmFooter {
 	padding-top : 5px;
 }
 
+div.cdmFooter img.markedPic {
+	width : 16px;
+	height : 16px;
+	float : right;
+}
+
+div.cdmHeader div.articleUpdated {
+	float : right;
+}
+
 div.cdmFooter input, div.cdmHeader input, div.cdmFooter img {
 	margin : 0px;
 }
@@ -1416,3 +1426,4 @@ ul.headlineDropdownMenu ul li:hover {
 	background-color : #f0f0f0;
 }
 
+
diff --git a/viewfeed.js b/viewfeed.js
index 8e3fe422e..8492a2341 100644
--- a/viewfeed.js
+++ b/viewfeed.js
@@ -553,8 +553,6 @@ function cdmWatchdog() {
 
 		var ctr = document.getElementById("headlinesInnerContainer");
 
-		if (!ctr.hasChildNodes()) return;
-
 		var ids = new Array();
 
 		var e = ctr.firstChild;
@@ -583,6 +581,15 @@ function cdmWatchdog() {
 
 				}
 
+				// method 2: article bottom is visible and is in upper 1/2 of the viewport
+
+/*				if (e.offsetTop + e.offsetHeight >= ctr.scrollTop &&
+						e.offsetTop + e.offsetHeight <= ctr.scrollTop + ctr.offsetHeight/2) {
+
+					ids.push(e.id.replace("RROW-", "")); 
+
+				} */
+
 			}
 
 			e = e.nextSibling;
@@ -604,11 +611,11 @@ function cdmWatchdog() {
 
 			xmlhttp_rpc.open("GET", query, true);
 			xmlhttp_rpc.onreadystatechange=all_counters_callback;
-			xmlhttp_rpc.send(null);
+			xmlhttp_rpc.send(null); 
 
 		}
 
-		_cdm_wd_timeout = window.setTimeout("cdmWatchdog()", 5000);
+		_cdm_wd_timeout = window.setTimeout("cdmWatchdog()", 4000);
 
 	} catch (e) {
 		exception_error(e, "cdmWatchdog");