--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/editor/RoundedCornerComposite.java	Fri Aug 13 15:37:14 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/editor/RoundedCornerComposite.java	Mon Aug 16 09:03:23 2010 -0500
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 class RoundedCornerComposite extends SharedBackgroundComposite {
 
+	private static final int ARC = 9;
 	private final Color background;
 	private final Color outline;
 
@@ -36,11 +37,11 @@
 		super.drawBackground(gc, x, y, width, height);
 		if (background != null) {
 			gc.setBackground(background);
-			gc.fillRoundRectangle(0, 0, width, height, 6, 6);
+			gc.fillRoundRectangle(0, 0, width, height, ARC, ARC);
 		}
 		if (outline != null) {
 			gc.setForeground(outline);
-			gc.drawRoundRectangle(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1, 6, 6);
+			gc.drawRoundRectangle(0, 0, width - 1, height - 1, ARC, ARC);
 		}
 	}
 }

--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/editor/TaskBar.java	Fri Aug 13 15:37:14 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/editor/TaskBar.java	Mon Aug 16 09:03:23 2010 -0500
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 				parent.getDisplay().getSystemColor(SWT.COLOR_WHITE));
 		createTitle(actionBar);
 		createActions(actionBar);
-		RowLayoutFactory.swtDefaults().type(SWT.VERTICAL).margins(10, 10).extendedMargins(5, 5, 5, 10).fill(true).wrap(false).applyTo(this);
+		RowLayoutFactory.swtDefaults().type(SWT.VERTICAL).margins(5, 5).extendedMargins(7, 7, 7, 7).fill(true).wrap(false).applyTo(this);
 	}
 
 	private void createTitle(IActionBar actionBar) {

--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer.java	Fri Aug 13 15:37:14 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractBrowserPortalPageLayer.java	Mon Aug 16 09:03:23 2010 -0500
@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@
 				public void run() {
 					URL url = getURL();
 					if (url != null) {
-						browser.setUrl(url.toString());
-						actionBar.setLoading(true);
+						if (!browser.setUrl(url.toString())) {
+							browser.redraw();
+						}
 					}
 					actionBar.hookBrowser();
 					actionBar.update();

--- a/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer.java	Fri Aug 13 15:37:14 2010 -0500
+++ b/core/com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui/src/com/nokia/carbide/internal/discovery/ui/extension/AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer.java	Mon Aug 16 09:03:23 2010 -0500
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IStatus;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Status;
+import org.eclipse.core.runtime.jobs.Job;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.Action;
 import org.eclipse.jface.action.IAction;
+import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
 
 import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Activator;
 import com.nokia.carbide.discovery.ui.Messages;
@@ -109,14 +114,24 @@
 	}
 
 	protected void readRSS() {
-		URL url = getURL();
+		final URL url = getURL();
 		if (url != null) {
-			try {
-				rss = SimpleRSSReader.readRSS(url);
-				displayRSS();
-			} catch (Exception e) {
-				Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(Messages.AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer_RSSReadError, url), e);
-			}
+			Job j = new Job("Getting RSS feed") {
+
+				@Override
+				protected IStatus run(IProgressMonitor monitor) {
+					try {
+						rss = SimpleRSSReader.readRSS(url);
+						displayRSS();
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						Activator.logError(MessageFormat.format(Messages.AbstractRSSPortalPageLayer_RSSReadError, url), e);
+					}
+					return Status.OK_STATUS;
+				}
+				
+			};
+			j.setUser(true);
+			j.schedule();
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -152,7 +167,13 @@
 			buf.append("</ul>"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
 		buf.append(HTML_BODY_FOOTER);
-		browser.setText(buf.toString());
+		final String s = buf.toString();
+		Display.getDefault().syncExec(new Runnable() {
+			@Override
+			public void run() {
+				browser.setText(s);
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	private String clean(String s) {