diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 84fb4d812af3c5a6b7bd4002fe563aad5585cc96..0e21eb7de304d2e19d8acb79c15eea169cefa520 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
     = stylesheet_link_tag "application", "ui"
     = stylesheet_link_tag "/../javascripts/fancybox/jquery.fancybox-1.3.1"
     = stylesheet_link_tag "fileuploader"
+    = stylesheet_link_tag "tipsy"
+
     - if current_user
       %link{:rel => "alternate", :href => "#{current_user.public_url}", :type => "application/atom+xml", :title => "Public Diaspora Feed for #{current_user.real_name}"}
     
     /= javascript_include_tag "http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"
     = javascript_include_tag 'jquery-1.4.2.min', 'rails'
     = javascript_include_tag 'jquery.infieldlabel', 'jquery.cycle/jquery.cycle.min.js'
+    = javascript_include_tag 'jquery.tipsy'
 
     = javascript_include_tag 'fancybox/jquery.fancybox-1.3.1.pack'
     = javascript_include_tag 'fileuploader'
diff --git a/app/views/photos/_photo.haml b/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
index e3f1a5573fa5d04e2b061a436c5c0baa958db2de..f89f8bba6ae28888e6a0f870b1ff0a188e2a32ec 100644
--- a/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
+++ b/app/views/photos/_photo.haml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 %li.message{:data=>{:guid=>post.id}}
 
-  = person_image_tag(post.person)
+  = person_image_link(post.person)
 
   .content
     .from
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_aspect_friends.haml b/app/views/shared/_aspect_friends.haml
index 4fc8cd6467fea674777885d96d78842886685dc4..c44d88e6b4c24f36f58318957c35c44e957f92f7 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_aspect_friends.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_aspect_friends.haml
@@ -4,18 +4,24 @@
 
 
 #left_pane
-  %h2= @aspect
+  - if @aspect == :all
+    %h2= "Everyone"
+  - else
+    %h2= @aspect
+
   .friend_pictures
     = owner_image_link
+
     - for friend in @friends
       = person_image_link(friend)
+
     - if @logged_in && (@aspect == :public)
       %h3 Facebook Friends
       - @fb_friends = MiniFB.get(@access_token, 'me', :type => "friends")
       - @fb_friends[:data].each do |friend|
         = image_tag( "http://graph.facebook.com/#{friend[:id]}/picture" )
     -unless (@aspect == :all)
-      = link_to (image_tag('add_friend_button.png', :height => "50px", :width => "50px")), "#add_request_pane", :id => 'add_request_button'
+      = link_to (image_tag('add_friend_button.png', :title => "add to #{@aspect}")), "#add_request_pane", :id => 'add_request_button'
 
       .fancybox_content
         #add_request_pane
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_aspect_nav.haml b/app/views/shared/_aspect_nav.haml
index 11d836d89205b34d371db7292fa1fe16f183ce90..72f932118b1ab663770710c8a6d20857c0d985e0 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_aspect_nav.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_aspect_nav.haml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       %li{:class => ("selected" if current_aspect?(aspect))}
         = link_for_aspect aspect
     %li
-      = link_to '+', '#add_aspect_pane', :class => "add_aspect_button"
+      = link_to '+', '#add_aspect_pane', :class => "add_aspect_button", :title => "add a new aspect"
 
   %ul{ :style => "position:absolute;right:0;bottom:0.01em;"}
     %li{ :style => "margin-right:0;", :class => ("selected" if @aspect == :manage)}
diff --git a/public/images/tipsy.gif b/public/images/tipsy.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..74eebae2d556220c31f8a255a93b0a8f091a0b70
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/tipsy.gif differ
diff --git a/public/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js b/public/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ac5f2eea02359c3a30bd59ea40de65c68edf6d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/javascripts/jquery.tipsy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+// tipsy, facebook style tooltips for jquery
+// version 1.0.0a
+// (c) 2008-2010 jason frame [jason@onehackoranother.com]
+// released under the MIT license
+
+(function($) {
+    
+    function Tipsy(element, options) {
+        this.$element = $(element);
+        this.options = options;
+        this.enabled = true;
+        this.fixTitle();
+    }
+    
+    Tipsy.prototype = {
+        show: function() {
+            var title = this.getTitle();
+            if (title && this.enabled) {
+                var $tip = this.tip();
+                
+                $tip.find('.tipsy-inner')[this.options.html ? 'html' : 'text'](title);
+                $tip[0].className = 'tipsy'; // reset classname in case of dynamic gravity
+                $tip.remove().css({top: 0, left: 0, visibility: 'hidden', display: 'block'}).appendTo(document.body);
+                
+                var pos = $.extend({}, this.$element.offset(), {
+                    width: this.$element[0].offsetWidth,
+                    height: this.$element[0].offsetHeight
+                });
+                
+                var actualWidth = $tip[0].offsetWidth, actualHeight = $tip[0].offsetHeight;
+                var gravity = (typeof this.options.gravity == 'function')
+                                ? this.options.gravity.call(this.$element[0])
+                                : this.options.gravity;
+                
+                var tp;
+                switch (gravity.charAt(0)) {
+                    case 'n':
+                        tp = {top: pos.top + pos.height + this.options.offset, left: pos.left + pos.width / 2 - actualWidth / 2};
+                        break;
+                    case 's':
+                        tp = {top: pos.top - actualHeight - this.options.offset, left: pos.left + pos.width / 2 - actualWidth / 2};
+                        break;
+                    case 'e':
+                        tp = {top: pos.top + pos.height / 2 - actualHeight / 2, left: pos.left - actualWidth - this.options.offset};
+                        break;
+                    case 'w':
+                        tp = {top: pos.top + pos.height / 2 - actualHeight / 2, left: pos.left + pos.width + this.options.offset};
+                        break;
+                }
+                
+                if (gravity.length == 2) {
+                    if (gravity.charAt(1) == 'w') {
+                        tp.left = pos.left + pos.width / 2 - 15;
+                    } else {
+                        tp.left = pos.left + pos.width / 2 - actualWidth + 15;
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                $tip.css(tp).addClass('tipsy-' + gravity);
+                
+                if (this.options.fade) {
+                    $tip.stop().css({opacity: 0, display: 'block', visibility: 'visible'}).animate({opacity: this.options.opacity});
+                } else {
+                    $tip.css({visibility: 'visible', opacity: this.options.opacity});
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        
+        hide: function() {
+            if (this.options.fade) {
+                this.tip().stop().fadeOut(function() { $(this).remove(); });
+            } else {
+                this.tip().remove();
+            }
+        },
+        
+        fixTitle: function() {
+            var $e = this.$element;
+            if ($e.attr('title') || typeof($e.attr('original-title')) != 'string') {
+                $e.attr('original-title', $e.attr('title') || '').removeAttr('title');
+            }
+        },
+        
+        getTitle: function() {
+            var title, $e = this.$element, o = this.options;
+            this.fixTitle();
+            var title, o = this.options;
+            if (typeof o.title == 'string') {
+                title = $e.attr(o.title == 'title' ? 'original-title' : o.title);
+            } else if (typeof o.title == 'function') {
+                title = o.title.call($e[0]);
+            }
+            title = ('' + title).replace(/(^\s*|\s*$)/, "");
+            return title || o.fallback;
+        },
+        
+        tip: function() {
+            if (!this.$tip) {
+                this.$tip = $('<div class="tipsy"></div>').html('<div class="tipsy-arrow"></div><div class="tipsy-inner"></div>');
+            }
+            return this.$tip;
+        },
+        
+        validate: function() {
+            if (!this.$element[0].parentNode) {
+                this.hide();
+                this.$element = null;
+                this.options = null;
+            }
+        },
+        
+        enable: function() { this.enabled = true; },
+        disable: function() { this.enabled = false; },
+        toggleEnabled: function() { this.enabled = !this.enabled; }
+    };
+    
+    $.fn.tipsy = function(options) {
+        
+        if (options === true) {
+            return this.data('tipsy');
+        } else if (typeof options == 'string') {
+            var tipsy = this.data('tipsy');
+            if (tipsy) tipsy[options]();
+            return this;
+        }
+        
+        options = $.extend({}, $.fn.tipsy.defaults, options);
+        
+        function get(ele) {
+            var tipsy = $.data(ele, 'tipsy');
+            if (!tipsy) {
+                tipsy = new Tipsy(ele, $.fn.tipsy.elementOptions(ele, options));
+                $.data(ele, 'tipsy', tipsy);
+            }
+            return tipsy;
+        }
+        
+        function enter() {
+            var tipsy = get(this);
+            tipsy.hoverState = 'in';
+            if (options.delayIn == 0) {
+                tipsy.show();
+            } else {
+                tipsy.fixTitle();
+                setTimeout(function() { if (tipsy.hoverState == 'in') tipsy.show(); }, options.delayIn);
+            }
+        };
+        
+        function leave() {
+            var tipsy = get(this);
+            tipsy.hoverState = 'out';
+            if (options.delayOut == 0) {
+                tipsy.hide();
+            } else {
+                setTimeout(function() { if (tipsy.hoverState == 'out') tipsy.hide(); }, options.delayOut);
+            }
+        };
+        
+        if (!options.live) this.each(function() { get(this); });
+        
+        if (options.trigger != 'manual') {
+            var binder   = options.live ? 'live' : 'bind',
+                eventIn  = options.trigger == 'hover' ? 'mouseenter' : 'focus',
+                eventOut = options.trigger == 'hover' ? 'mouseleave' : 'blur';
+            this[binder](eventIn, enter)[binder](eventOut, leave);
+        }
+        
+        return this;
+        
+    };
+    
+    $.fn.tipsy.defaults = {
+        delayIn: 0,
+        delayOut: 0,
+        fade: false,
+        fallback: '',
+        gravity: 'n',
+        html: false,
+        live: false,
+        offset: 0,
+        opacity: 0.8,
+        title: 'title',
+        trigger: 'hover'
+    };
+    
+    // Overwrite this method to provide options on a per-element basis.
+    // For example, you could store the gravity in a 'tipsy-gravity' attribute:
+    // return $.extend({}, options, {gravity: $(ele).attr('tipsy-gravity') || 'n' });
+    // (remember - do not modify 'options' in place!)
+    $.fn.tipsy.elementOptions = function(ele, options) {
+        return $.metadata ? $.extend({}, options, $(ele).metadata()) : options;
+    };
+    
+    $.fn.tipsy.autoNS = function() {
+        return $(this).offset().top > ($(document).scrollTop() + $(window).height() / 2) ? 's' : 'n';
+    };
+    
+    $.fn.tipsy.autoWE = function() {
+        return $(this).offset().left > ($(document).scrollLeft() + $(window).width() / 2) ? 'e' : 'w';
+    };
+    
+})(jQuery);
diff --git a/public/javascripts/view.js b/public/javascripts/view.js
index 71fefc3477ffc8d6ba0544c12da95fae1b8b44c3..f967498cd4380ae76053c923e0e96d03136a7945 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/view.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/view.js
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     };
   });
 
+  $("img", "#left_pane").tipsy({live:true});
+  $(".add_aspect_button", "#aspect_nav").tipsy({gravity:'w'});
+
 });//end document ready
 
 
@@ -136,3 +139,4 @@ $(".comment_box").live('blur', function(evt){
     $this.attr("rows", 1);
   }
 });
+
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index db0b32edcbf7f3ac0f96c162aee80fff25ed6cf1..a0a49a55dd0399d05a4dd3cb084c017f8c698dc4 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -824,10 +824,6 @@ h1.big_text
 
 #aspect_nav
   :color #000
-  :margin
-    :top 0
-    :bottom 1px
-
   :font
     :family 'Arial', 'Helvetica', sans-serif
 
@@ -856,7 +852,7 @@ h1.big_text
         :line
           :height 22px
 
-        :padding 3px 10px
+        :padding 4px 10px
         :color #CCC
 
         &:hover
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/tipsy.css b/public/stylesheets/tipsy.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..337e9bac40314070b5f42591e10e0d74d02e48b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/stylesheets/tipsy.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+.tipsy { padding: 5px; font-size: 10px; position: absolute; z-index: 100000; }
+  .tipsy-inner { padding: 5px 8px 4px 8px; background-color: black; color: white; max-width: 200px; text-align: center; }
+  .tipsy-inner { border-radius: 3px; -moz-border-radius:3px; -webkit-border-radius:3px; }
+  .tipsy-arrow { position: absolute; background: url('../images/tipsy.gif') no-repeat top left; width: 9px; height: 5px; }
+  .tipsy-n .tipsy-arrow { top: 0; left: 50%; margin-left: -4px; }
+    .tipsy-nw .tipsy-arrow { top: 0; left: 10px; }
+    .tipsy-ne .tipsy-arrow { top: 0; right: 10px; }
+  .tipsy-s .tipsy-arrow { bottom: 0; left: 50%; margin-left: -4px; background-position: bottom left; }
+    .tipsy-sw .tipsy-arrow { bottom: 0; left: 10px; background-position: bottom left; }
+    .tipsy-se .tipsy-arrow { bottom: 0; right: 10px; background-position: bottom left; }
+  .tipsy-e .tipsy-arrow { top: 50%; margin-top: -4px; right: 0; width: 5px; height: 9px; background-position: top right; }
+  .tipsy-w .tipsy-arrow { top: 50%; margin-top: -4px; left: 0; width: 5px; height: 9px; }