diff --git a/_locales/en/messages.json b/_locales/en/messages.json
index 219f346e3..6e5c79bbd 100644
--- a/_locales/en/messages.json
+++ b/_locales/en/messages.json
@@ -238,5 +238,9 @@
     "restartSignal": {
         "message": "Restart Signal",
         "description": "Menu item for restarting the program."
+    },
+    "messageNotSent": {
+        "message": "Message not sent.",
+        "description": "Informational label, appears on messages that failed to send"
     }
 }
diff --git a/background.html b/background.html
index a7396aba7..0b4f68955 100644
--- a/background.html
+++ b/background.html
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@
         <img src='{{ source }}' class='preview' />
         <div class='close'>x</div>
   </script>
+  <script type='text/x-tmpl-mustache' id='hasRetry'>
+    {{ messageNotSent }}
+    <span href='#' class='retry'>{{ resend }}</span>
+  </script>
   <script type='text/x-tmpl-mustache' id='message'>
       {{> avatar }}
       <div class='bubble'>
@@ -196,12 +200,6 @@
   </script>
   <script type='text/x-tmpl-mustache' id='message-detail'>
     <div class='container'>
-      {{ #hasRetry }}
-        <div class='hasRetry clearfix'>
-          <h3 class='retryMessage'>{{ failedToSend }}</h3>
-          <button class='retry'>{{ resend }}</button>
-        </div>
-      {{ /hasRetry }}
       {{ #hasConflict }}
         <div class='hasConflict clearfix'>
           <div class='conflicts'>
diff --git a/js/models/messages.js b/js/models/messages.js
index 413c204cc..e61595e3d 100644
--- a/js/models/messages.js
+++ b/js/models/messages.js
@@ -211,6 +211,14 @@
             this.set({errors: errors});
         },
 
+        hasNetworkError: function(number) {
+            var error = _.find(this.get('errors'), function(e) {
+                return (e.name === 'MessageError' ||
+                        e.name === 'OutgoingMessageError' ||
+                        e.name === 'SendMessageNetworkError');
+            });
+            return !!error;
+        },
         removeOutgoingErrors: function(number) {
             var errors = _.partition(this.get('errors'), function(e) {
                 return e.number === number &&
diff --git a/js/views/message_detail_view.js b/js/views/message_detail_view.js
index d7a5f3d72..a71bb5046 100644
--- a/js/views/message_detail_view.js
+++ b/js/views/message_detail_view.js
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@
             this.listenTo(this.model, 'change', this.render);
         },
         events: {
-            'click .back': 'goBack',
-            'click .retry': 'retryMessage',
+            'click .back': 'goBack'
         },
         goBack: function() {
             this.trigger('back');
@@ -65,16 +64,6 @@
                 return this.conversation.contactCollection.models;
             }
         },
-        retryMessage: function() {
-            var retrys = _.filter(this.model.get('errors'), function(e) {
-                return (e.name === 'MessageError' ||
-                        e.name === 'OutgoingMessageError' ||
-                        e.name === 'SendMessageNetworkError');
-            });
-            _.map(retrys, 'number').forEach(function(number) {
-                this.model.resend(number);
-            }.bind(this));
-        },
         renderContact: function(contact) {
             var view = new ContactView({
                 model: contact,
@@ -105,11 +94,6 @@
         },
         render: function() {
             this.errors = _.groupBy(this.model.get('errors'), 'number');
-            var hasRetry = _.find(this.model.get('errors'), function(e) {
-                return (e.name === 'MessageError' ||
-                        e.name === 'OutgoingMessageError' ||
-                        e.name === 'SendMessageNetworkError');
-            });
             var unknownErrors = this.errors['undefined'];
             if (unknownErrors) {
                 unknownErrors = unknownErrors.filter(function(e) {
@@ -124,10 +108,7 @@
                 title       : i18n('messageDetail'),
                 sent        : i18n('sent'),
                 received    : i18n('received'),
-                resend      : i18n('resend'),
-                failedToSend: i18n('failedToSend'),
                 errorLabel  : i18n('error'),
-                hasRetry    : hasRetry,
                 hasConflict : this.model.hasKeyConflicts()
             }));
             this.view.$el.prependTo(this.$('.message-container'));
diff --git a/js/views/message_view.js b/js/views/message_view.js
index 49f3dc150..abc43fc64 100644
--- a/js/views/message_view.js
+++ b/js/views/message_view.js
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@
 
     var URL_REGEX = /(^|[\s\n]|<br\/?>)((?:https?|ftp):\/\/[\-A-Z0-9\u00A0-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFFD+\u0026\u2019@#\/%?=()~_|!:,.;]*[\-A-Z0-9+\u0026@#\/%=~()_|])/gi;
 
+    var NetworkErrorView = Whisper.View.extend({
+        tagName: 'span',
+        className: 'hasRetry',
+        templateName: 'hasRetry',
+        render_attributes: {
+            messageNotSent: i18n('messageNotSent'),
+            resend: i18n('resend')
+        }
+    });
+
     Whisper.MessageView = Whisper.View.extend({
         tagName:   'li',
         templateName: 'message',
@@ -22,9 +32,21 @@
             this.timeStampView = new Whisper.ExtendedTimestampView();
         },
         events: {
-            'click .meta': 'select',
+            'click .retry': 'retryMessage',
+            'click .timestamp': 'select',
+            'click .status': 'select',
             'click .error': 'select'
         },
+        retryMessage: function() {
+            var retrys = _.filter(this.model.get('errors'), function(e) {
+                return (e.name === 'MessageError' ||
+                        e.name === 'OutgoingMessageError' ||
+                        e.name === 'SendMessageNetworkError');
+            });
+            _.map(retrys, 'number').forEach(function(number) {
+                this.model.resend(number);
+            }.bind(this));
+        },
         select: function(e) {
             this.$el.trigger('select', {message: this.model});
             e.stopPropagation();
@@ -63,6 +85,11 @@
             } else {
                 this.$el.removeClass('error');
             }
+            if (this.model.hasNetworkError()) {
+                this.$('.meta').prepend(new NetworkErrorView().render().el);
+            } else {
+                this.$('.meta .hasRetry').remove();
+            }
         },
         renderControl: function() {
             if (this.model.isEndSession() || this.model.isGroupUpdate()) {
@@ -79,7 +106,7 @@
                     message: this.model.get('body'),
                     timestamp: this.model.get('sent_at'),
                     sender: (contact && contact.getTitle()) || '',
-                    avatar: (contact && contact.getAvatar())
+                    avatar: (contact && contact.getAvatar()),
                 }, this.render_partials())
             );
             this.timeStampView.setElement(this.$('.timestamp'));
diff --git a/stylesheets/_conversation.scss b/stylesheets/_conversation.scss
index f20040730..6b5ef152b 100644
--- a/stylesheets/_conversation.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/_conversation.scss
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@
 }
 
 .message-detail {
-  .key-conflict-dialogue,
-  .hasRetry {
+  .key-conflict-dialogue {
     background: #F3F3A7;
     border-radius: 5px;
     padding: 1em;
@@ -92,24 +91,6 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .hasRetry {
-    padding: 10px 20px;
-    button {
-      margin: 5px;
-      background: $blue;
-
-      &:before {
-        content: '';
-        display: inline-block;
-        vertical-align: middle;
-        width: 18px;
-        height: 18px;
-        background: url('/images/refresh.png') no-repeat center center;
-        background-size: 100%;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   .key-conflict-dialogue {
     .content p {
       max-width: 40em;
@@ -247,7 +228,6 @@
 }
 
 .timestamp {
-  font-size: smaller;
   margin-right: 3px;
 }
 
@@ -300,28 +280,43 @@
   }
 
   .meta {
+    font-size: smaller;
     margin-top: 3px;
     float: right;
-    cursor: pointer;
 
-    .timestamp, .status {
-      opacity: 0.5;
+    .hasRetry + .timestamp {
+      &:before {
+        content:"\00b7"; // &middot
+        font-weight: bold;
+        padding: 0 5px 0 4px;
+        text-decoration: none;
+        opacity: 0.5;
+      }
     }
 
-    &:hover {
-      .timestamp, .status {
+    .retry {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+      cursor: pointer;
+    }
+
+    .hasRetry, .timestamp, .status {
+      float: left;
+    }
+
+    .timestamp, .status {
+      cursor: pointer;
+      opacity: 0.5;
+
+      &:hover {
         opacity: 1.0;
       }
-      .timestamp {
-        text-decoration: underline;
-      }
     }
   }
 
   .status {
-    float: right;
     width: 18px;
-    height: 1em;
+    height: 14px;
+    line-height: 1em;
   }
   .sent .status {
     display: inline-block;
diff --git a/stylesheets/manifest.css b/stylesheets/manifest.css
index 1908aa3ad..43d769fd4 100644
--- a/stylesheets/manifest.css
+++ b/stylesheets/manifest.css
@@ -675,14 +675,12 @@ input.search {
   .key-verification .placeholder {
     font-weight: bold; }
 
-.message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue,
-.message-detail .hasRetry {
+.message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue {
   background: #F3F3A7;
   border-radius: 5px;
   padding: 1em;
   margin: 1em; }
-  .message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue button,
-  .message-detail .hasRetry button {
+  .message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue button {
     outline: none;
     border: none;
     border-radius: 5px;
@@ -690,22 +688,8 @@ input.search {
     padding: 0.5em 1em;
     font-weight: bold;
     line-height: 18px; }
-    .message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue button span,
-    .message-detail .hasRetry button span {
+    .message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue button span {
       vertical-align: middle; }
-.message-detail .hasRetry {
-  padding: 10px 20px; }
-  .message-detail .hasRetry button {
-    margin: 5px;
-    background: #2090ea; }
-    .message-detail .hasRetry button:before {
-      content: '';
-      display: inline-block;
-      vertical-align: middle;
-      width: 18px;
-      height: 18px;
-      background: url("/images/refresh.png") no-repeat center center;
-      background-size: 100%; }
 .message-detail .key-conflict-dialogue .content p {
   max-width: 40em;
   margin: 1em  auto; }
@@ -807,7 +791,6 @@ input.search {
   font-weight: bold; }
 
 .timestamp {
-  font-size: smaller;
   margin-right: 3px; }
 
 .message-container,
@@ -853,25 +836,39 @@ input.search {
       margin: 0; }
   .message-container .meta,
   .message-list .meta {
+    font-size: smaller;
     margin-top: 3px;
-    float: right;
-    cursor: pointer; }
+    float: right; }
+    .message-container .meta .hasRetry + .timestamp:before,
+    .message-list .meta .hasRetry + .timestamp:before {
+      content: "\00b7";
+      font-weight: bold;
+      padding: 0 5px 0 4px;
+      text-decoration: none;
+      opacity: 0.5; }
+    .message-container .meta .retry,
+    .message-list .meta .retry {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+      cursor: pointer; }
+    .message-container .meta .hasRetry, .message-container .meta .timestamp, .message-container .meta .status,
+    .message-list .meta .hasRetry,
+    .message-list .meta .timestamp,
+    .message-list .meta .status {
+      float: left; }
     .message-container .meta .timestamp, .message-container .meta .status,
     .message-list .meta .timestamp,
     .message-list .meta .status {
+      cursor: pointer;
       opacity: 0.5; }
-    .message-container .meta:hover .timestamp, .message-container .meta:hover .status,
-    .message-list .meta:hover .timestamp,
-    .message-list .meta:hover .status {
-      opacity: 1.0; }
-    .message-container .meta:hover .timestamp,
-    .message-list .meta:hover .timestamp {
-      text-decoration: underline; }
+      .message-container .meta .timestamp:hover, .message-container .meta .status:hover,
+      .message-list .meta .timestamp:hover,
+      .message-list .meta .status:hover {
+        opacity: 1.0; }
   .message-container .status,
   .message-list .status {
-    float: right;
     width: 18px;
-    height: 1em; }
+    height: 14px;
+    line-height: 1em; }
   .message-container .sent .status,
   .message-list .sent .status {
     display: inline-block;