diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index a604632ed..e94de3478 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -736,10 +736,10 @@ search.target = _self
 # search result lines may show additional information for each search hit
 # these information pieces may be switched on or off
 search.result.show.date = true
-search.result.show.size = true
-search.result.show.metadata = true
-search.result.show.parser = true
-search.result.show.pictures = true
+search.result.show.size = false
+search.result.show.metadata = false
+search.result.show.parser = false
+search.result.show.pictures = false
 
 # search navigators: comma-separated list of default values for search navigation.
 # can be temporary different if search string is given with differen navigation values
diff --git a/htroot/compare_yacy.html b/htroot/compare_yacy.html
index acc5ec269..eec40e773 100755
--- a/htroot/compare_yacy.html
+++ b/htroot/compare_yacy.html
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     <fieldset>
         <legend>Websearch Comparison</legend>
         <form action="" method="get" accept-charset="UTF-8">
-            <p>Left Search Engine
+            <p><input type="text" class="searchinput" name="query" value="#[search_query]#" size="20" /><input type="submit" value="Compare" />
+               Left Search Engine
                    <select name="left">
                    #{searchengines}#
                    <option #(leftengine)#::selected="selected"#(/leftengine)#>#[searchengine]#</option>
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@
                    <option #(rightengine)#::selected="selected"#(/rightengine)#>#[searchengine]#</option>
                    #{/searchengines}#
                    </select>
-               &nbsp;&nbsp;Query
-               <input type="text" name="query" value="#[search_query]#" size="60" /><input type="submit" value="Compare" />
                <input type="hidden" name="display" value="#[display]#" />
            </p>
         </form>
diff --git a/htroot/env/base.css b/htroot/env/base.css
index 64886e458..df450f3b9 100644
--- a/htroot/env/base.css
+++ b/htroot/env/base.css
@@ -639,6 +639,10 @@ form.search.small {
   white-space:nowrap;
 }
 
+.searchinput {
+  font-size:16px;
+}
+
 /*----------
 <table>, <tr>, <th>, <td>
 */
diff --git a/htroot/index.html b/htroot/index.html
index b866ca70c..52b19e643 100644
--- a/htroot/index.html
+++ b/htroot/index.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
   
     <form class="search" action="yacysearch.html" method="get" id="searchform" accept-charset="UTF-8">
       <fieldset class="maininput">
-        <input name="query" id="search" type="text" size="52" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" />
+        <input name="query" class="searchinput" id="search" type="text" size="40" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" onFocus="this.select()" />
         <input type="submit" name="Enter" value="Search" />
         <input type="hidden" name="verify" value="#[search.verify]#" />
         #(searchdomswitches)#::
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@
       </table>
       #(/searchoptions)#
     </form>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      document.getElementById("search").focus();
+    </script>
+    
     #(topmenu)#
     #%env/templates/embeddedfooter.template%#
     ::
diff --git a/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js b/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
index 62bff9a20..ba0cdec7a 100644
--- a/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
+++ b/htroot/js/yacyinteractive.js
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function resultLine(type, item, linenumber) {
   // make table row
   var html = "";
   if (type == "row") {
-    html += "<tr class=\"TableCellLight\">";
+    html += "<tr class=\"TableCellDark\">";
     html += "<td align=\"left\">" + linenumber + "</td>";
     html += "<td align=\"left\">" + protocol + "</td>";
     html += "<td align=\"left\"><a href=\"" + protocol + "://" + host + "/" + "\">" + host + "</a></td>";
diff --git a/htroot/yacyinteractive.html b/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
index 4304438ad..a9d4a9352 100644
--- a/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
+++ b/htroot/yacyinteractive.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ To see a list of all APIs, please visit the <a href="http://www.yacy-websuche.de
   <fieldset class="yacys">
   <input type="hidden" name="maximumRecords" value="#[maximumRecords]#" />
   <input type="hidden" name="startRecord" value="#[startRecord]#" />
-  <input id="search" name="query" type="text" value="#[query]#" size="50" maxlength="80" onFocus="this.select()" />
+  <input id="search" class="searchinput" name="query" type="text" value="#[query]#" size="40" maxlength="80" onFocus="this.select()" />
   #(allowrealtime)#
   <input id="Enter" type="submit" name="Enter" value="Search" />::
   #(/allowrealtime)#
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 5e5b3a1c5..d22f92157 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ $(function() {
   <h2>#[promoteSearchPageGreeting]#</h2>
   <div class="yacylogo"><a href="#[promoteSearchPageGreeting.homepage]#" class="yacylogo"><img src="#[promoteSearchPageGreeting.smallImage]#" alt="yacysearch" /></a></div>
   <fieldset class="yacys">
-    <input id="search" name="query" type="text" size="50" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" onclick="document.getElementById('Enter').value = 'Search'" />
+    <input id="search" class="searchinput" name="query" type="text" size="40" maxlength="80" value="#[former]#" onFocus="this.select()" onclick="document.getElementById('Enter').value = 'Search'" />
     <input id="Enter" type="submit" name="Enter" value="Search" />
     #(searchdomswitches)#::
     <div class="yacysearch">
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ document.getElementById("Enter").value = "search again";
 <!-- the search results -->
 <script type="text/javascript">
 var progressbar = new Progressbar(#[results]#, document.getElementById("results"));
+document.getElementById("search").focus();
 </script>
 <div style="float:left; width:70%;">