diff --git a/css/thread.css b/css/thread.css
index 83f24571cc3f948225b681a1bad85d9faeb26823..14c0c694d7ce5e76346027181ef3404ee79506e6 100644
--- a/css/thread.css
+++ b/css/thread.css
@@ -396,7 +396,21 @@
 	line-height: 1.25rem;
 }
 
-.thread-body div:not(.caption),
+/* Adjust plain/text messages posted as <pre> in the thread body to show in
+ * a more normal font. Other <pre> elements in the ticket thread body should
+ * be shown with the ususal monospace font
+ */
+.thread-body > div > pre:first-child {
+    font-family: sans-serif;
+}
+
+/* Avoid extra padding at the bottom of the thread body element */
+.thread-body :last-child,
+.thread-body > div {
+    margin-bottom: 0 !important;
+}
+
+.thread-body > div div:not(.caption),
 .thread-body p,
 .thread-body ul,
 .thread-body ol,
@@ -451,6 +465,19 @@ table.thread-entry {
     table-layout: fixed;
 }
 
+table.thread-entry th div span {
+    vertical-align: middle;
+}
+table.thread-entry th div :not(.title) {
+    font-weight: 600;
+}
+table.thread-entry th div .title {
+    font-weight: 400;
+}
+table.thread-entry th .textra {
+    margin-right: 1em;
+    display: inline-block;
+}
 /* Inline image hovering with download link */
 .image-hover {
     display: inline-block;
diff --git a/include/staff/ticket-view.inc.php b/include/staff/ticket-view.inc.php
index de1fb3a0f217ac7d788e1ff92315118f3f0828d9..9bc7823ab84d425b00da5dbebfa51dd25d52dfc7 100644
--- a/include/staff/ticket-view.inc.php
+++ b/include/staff/ticket-view.inc.php
@@ -337,10 +337,20 @@ $tcount+= $ticket->getNumNotes();
            ?>
         <table class="thread-entry <?php echo $threadTypes[$entry['thread_type']]; ?>" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="940" border="0">
             <tr>
-                <th width="auto"><?php echo Format::db_datetime($entry['created']);?></th>
-                <th width="440"><span><?php echo $entry['title']; ?></span></th>
-                <th width="auto" class="textra" style="text-align:right"></th>
-                <th width="auto" class="tmeta"><?php echo Format::htmlchars($entry['poster']); ?></th>
+                <th colspan="4" width="100%">
+                <div>
+                    <span style="display:inline-block"><?php
+                        echo Format::db_datetime($entry['created']);?></span>
+                    <span style="display:inline-block;padding-left:1em" class="faded title"><?php
+                        echo Format::truncate($entry['title'], 100); ?></span>
+                    <span style="float:right;white-space:no-wrap;display:inline-block">
+                        <span style="vertical-align:middle;" class="textra"></span>
+                        <span style="vertical-align:middle;"
+                            class="tmeta faded title"><?php
+                            echo Format::htmlchars($entry['poster']); ?></span>
+                    </span>
+                </div>
+                </th>
             </tr>
             <tr><td colspan="4" class="thread-body" id="thread-id-<?php
                 echo $entry['id']; ?>"><div><?php
diff --git a/scp/css/scp.css b/scp/css/scp.css
index 5940284adfc8eb2bc4a228c3c615c3206764fc72..d3eaceb6637dec2e8e7071a371c6c74635cee883 100644
--- a/scp/css/scp.css
+++ b/scp/css/scp.css
@@ -803,21 +803,6 @@ h2 .reload {
     text-align:right;
 }
 
-#ticket_thread table th.tmeta {
-    font-weight:bold;
-    font-size:10pt;
-    color:#888;
-    text-align:right;
-    padding-right:15px;
-}
-
-#ticket_thread table th span {
-    font-weight:normal;
-    font-size:10pt;
-    color:#888;
-    padding-left:5px;
-}
-
 #ticket_thread > .message th {
     background:#C3D9FF;
 }