diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
index b12f28f9a8a..ed398f4a06d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@
 
     .contents {
       margin: 8px 0;
-      display: -ms-flexbox;
-      display: flex;
-
-      -ms-flex-align: center;
-      align-items: center;
     }
 
     .title {
@@ -39,11 +34,8 @@
     }
 
     .panel {
+      float: right;
       position: relative;
-      margin-left: auto;
-
-      -ms-flex-order: 3;
-      order: 3;
     }
 
     .login-button, button.sign-up-button {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index 4ef0c4dba0c..ec590ae39c6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -261,12 +261,6 @@ table.md-table {
 }
 
 .small-action {
-  display: -ms-flexbox;
-  display: flex;
-  
-  -ms-flex-align: center;
-  align-items: center;
-
   .topic-avatar {
     padding: 5px 0;
     border-top: none;
@@ -280,7 +274,8 @@ table.md-table {
   }
 
   .small-action-desc {
-    padding: 0 1.5%;
+    padding: 0.5em 0 0.5em 4em;
+    margin-top: 5px;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 0.9em;
@@ -292,7 +287,7 @@ table.md-table {
       font-weight: normal;
       font-size: 14px;
       p {
-        margin: 0;
+        margin: 5px 0;
       }
     }
 
@@ -303,6 +298,7 @@ table.md-table {
 
     > p {
       margin: 0;
+      padding-top: 4px;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
index a0e036ed041..18701110bc0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@
 }
 
 .extra-info-wrapper {
-  -ms-flex-order: 2;
-  order: 2;
-  
-  line-height: 1.5;
   .badge-wrapper {
     float: left;
+    &.bullet {
+      margin-top: 5px;
+    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
index caa751af5e2..8008d48b210 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -52,12 +52,8 @@
 
 
   &.bullet { //bullet category style
-    display: -ms-inline-flexbox;
     display: inline-flex;
-
-    -ms-flex-align: center;
     align-items: baseline;
-
     margin-right: 10px;
 
     span.badge-category {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
index 66fddf863cb..3caae9f485c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   padding-top: 3px;
   height: 60px;
   .fa-home {
-    padding: 0 8px 0 0;
+    padding:8px;
     font-size: 2.1em;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
index e3dd106200f..08bb4dfb175 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   // some protection for text-only site titles
   .title {
     max-width: 130px;
+    height: 39px;
     overflow: hidden;
     padding: 0;
     text-overflow: clip;