diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..952688d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.css
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Feedback layer -- CSS file
+
+ @author Simon Hunt
+ */
+
+#feedback svg {
+    position: absolute;
+    bottom: 0;
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+#feedback svg g.feedbackItem {
+    background-color: teal;
+}
+
+#feedback svg g.feedbackItem rect {
+    fill: #888;
+    stroke: #666;
+    stroke-width: 3;
+    opacity: 0.5
+}
+
+#feedback svg g.feedbackItem text {
+    fill: #000;
+    stroke: none;
+    text-anchor: middle;
+    alignment-baseline: middle;
+
+    font-size: 16pt;
+}
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1776df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/feedback.js
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ ONOS GUI -- Feedback layer
+
+ Defines the feedback layer for the UI. Used to give user visual feedback
+ of choices, typically responding to keystrokes.
+
+ @author Simon Hunt
+ */
+
+(function (onos){
+    'use strict';
+
+    // API's
+    var api = onos.api;
+
+    // Config variables
+    var w = '100%',
+        h = 200,
+        fade = 750,
+        showFor = 2000,
+        vb = '-200 -' + (h/2) + ' 400 ' + h,
+        xpad = 20,
+        ypad = 10;
+
+    // State variables
+    var timer = null,
+        data = [];
+
+    // DOM elements and the like
+    var fb = d3.select('#feedback');
+
+    var svg = fb.append('svg').attr({
+        width: w,
+        height: h,
+        viewBox: vb
+    });
+
+    function computeBox(el) {
+        var text = el.select('text'),
+            box = text.node().getBBox();
+
+        // center
+        box.x = -box.width / 2;
+        box.y = -box.height / 2;
+
+        // add some padding
+        box.x -= xpad;
+        box.width += xpad * 2;
+        box.y -= ypad;
+        box.height += ypad * 2;
+
+        return box;
+    }
+
+    function updateFeedback() {
+        var items = svg.selectAll('.feedbackItem')
+            .data(data);
+
+        var entering = items.enter()
+            .append('g')
+            .attr({
+                class: 'feedbackItem',
+                opacity: 0
+            })
+            .transition()
+            .duration(fade)
+            .attr('opacity', 1);
+
+        entering.each(function (d) {
+            var el = d3.select(this),
+                box;
+
+            d.el = el;
+            el.append('rect').attr({ rx: 10, ry: 10});
+            el.append('text').text(d.label);
+            box = computeBox(el);
+            el.select('rect').attr(box);
+        });
+
+        items.exit()
+            .transition()
+            .duration(fade)
+            .attr({ opacity: 0})
+            .remove();
+    }
+
+    function clearFlash() {
+        if (timer) {
+            clearInterval(timer);
+        }
+        data = [];
+        updateFeedback();
+    }
+
+    // for now, simply display some text feedback
+    function flash(text) {
+        // cancel old scheduled event if there was one
+        if (timer) {
+            clearInterval(timer);
+        }
+        timer = setInterval(function () {
+            clearFlash();
+        }, showFor);
+
+        data = [{
+            label: text
+        }];
+        updateFeedback();
+    }
+
+    onos.ui.addLib('feedback', {
+        flash: flash
+    });
+}(ONOS));
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
index eb268bb..a847a06 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/index2.html
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="onos2.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="mast2.css">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="floatPanel.css">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="feedback.css">
 
     <!-- This is where contributed stylesheets get INJECTED -->
     <!-- TODO: replace with template marker and inject refs server-side -->
@@ -71,6 +72,9 @@
         <div id="alerts">
             <!-- NOTE: alert content injected here, as needed -->
         </div>
+        <div id="feedback">
+            <!-- NOTE: feedback to user -->
+        </div>
     </div>
 
     <!-- Initialize the UI...-->
@@ -89,6 +93,7 @@
 
     <!-- Framework module files included here -->
     <script src="mast2.js"></script>
+    <script src="feedback.js"></script>
 
     <!-- View Module Templates; REMOVE THESE LINES, FOR PRODUCTION -->
     <script src="module-svg-template.js"></script>
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/mast2.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/mast2.css
index 6e2a2fa..fc3a3b7 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/mast2.css
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/mast2.css
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@
     font-size: 10pt;
     margin: 4px 2px;
     padding: 1px 6px;
+    -moz-border-radius: 3px;
+    border-radius: 3px;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
 
@@ -102,6 +104,8 @@
 #bb .btn {
     margin: 0 4px;
     padding: 2px 6px;
+    -moz-border-radius: 3px;
+    border-radius: 3px;
     font-size: 9pt;
     cursor: pointer;
 }
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.css
index e092da0..0920bac 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.css
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.css
@@ -24,6 +24,19 @@
     height: 100%;
 }
 
+/* This is to ensure that the body does not expand to account for the
+   flyout details pane, that is positioned "off screen".
+ */
+body {
+    overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+#frame {
+    width: 100%;
+    height: 100%;
+    background-color: #fff;
+}
+
 div.onosView {
     display: none;
 }
@@ -32,6 +45,7 @@
     display: block;
 }
 
+
 #alerts {
     display: none;
     position: absolute;
@@ -42,6 +56,8 @@
     top: 80px;
     left: 40px;
     padding: 3px 6px;
+    -moz-border-radius: 6px;
+    border-radius: 6px;
     box-shadow: 4px 6px 12px #777;
 }
 
@@ -67,90 +83,6 @@
     color: #66d;
 }
 
-/*
- * ==============================================================
- * END OF NEW ONOS.JS file
- * ==============================================================
- */
-
-/*
- * === DEBUGGING ======
- */
-svg {
-    /*border: 1px dashed red;*/
-}
-
-svg #bg {
-    opacity: 0.5;
-}
-
-
-/*
- * Network Graph elements ======================================
- */
-
-
-svg g.portLayer rect.port {
-    fill: #ccc;
-}
-
-svg g.portLayer text {
-    font: 8pt sans-serif;
-    pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-
-
-/* for debugging */
-svg .node circle.debug {
-    fill: white;
-    stroke: red;
-}
-svg .node rect.debug {
-    fill: yellow;
-    stroke: red;
-    opacity: 0.35;
-}
-
-
-
-svg .link.inactive,
-svg .port.inactive,
-svg .portText.inactive,
-svg .node.inactive rect,
-svg .node.inactive circle,
-svg .node.inactive text,
-svg .node.inactive image {
-    opacity: .1;
-}
-
-svg .node.inactive.selected rect,
-svg .node.inactive.selected text,
-svg .node.inactive.selected image {
-    opacity: .6;
-}
-
-/*
- * =============================================================
- */
-
-/*
- * Specific structural elements
- */
-
-/* This is to ensure that the body does not expand to account for the
-   flyout details pane, that is positioned "off screen".
- */
-body {
-    overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-
-#frame {
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    background-color: #fff;
-}
 
 #flyout {
     position: absolute;
@@ -200,4 +132,3 @@
     background-color: #ccc;
     border: 0;
 }
-
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.js
index 9fcd7f7..384c64c 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos2.js
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@
                     setKeys: this.setKeys,
                     dataLoadError: this.dataLoadError,
                     alert: this.alert,
+                    flash: this.flash,
                     theme: this.theme
                 }
             },
@@ -697,6 +698,10 @@
                 doAlert(msg);
             },
 
+            flash: function (msg) {
+                libApi.feedback.flash(msg);
+            },
+
             dataLoadError: function (err, url) {
                 var msg = 'Data Load Error\n\n' +
                     err.status + ' -- ' + err.statusText + '\n\n' +
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.css
index a75b1ab..c40a8da 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.css
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.css
@@ -188,8 +188,13 @@
 
 #topo-detail h2 {
     position: absolute;
-    /*display: inline-block;*/
-    /*vertical-align: bottom;*/
+    margin: 0px 4px;
+    top: 20px;
+    left: 50px;
+    color: black;
+}
+
+#topo-detail h3 {
     margin: 0px 4px;
     top: 20px;
     left: 50px;
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
index 58c1167..4013ade 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/topo2.js
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@
     // Key Callbacks
 
     function testMe(view) {
-        view.alert('Theme is ' + view.theme());
+        //view.alert('Theme is ' + view.theme());
+        //view.flash('This is some text');
     }
 
     function abortIfLive() {
@@ -325,7 +326,7 @@
         if (hoverMode === hoverModes.length) {
             hoverMode = 0;
         }
-        console.log('Hover Mode:' + hoverMode + ': ' + hoverModes[hoverMode]);
+        view.flash('Hover Mode: ' + hoverModes[hoverMode]);
     }
 
     function togglePorts(view) {
@@ -1504,8 +1505,8 @@
 
             node.append('rect')
                 .attr({
-                    'rx': 5,
-                    'ry': 5
+                    rx: 5,
+                    ry: 5
                 });
 
             node.append('text')
@@ -1513,12 +1514,8 @@
                 .attr('dy', '1.1em');
 
             box = adjustRectToFitText(node);
-
-            node.select('rect')
-                .attr(box);
-
+            node.select('rect').attr(box);
             addDeviceIcon(node, box, noLabel, iconGlyphUrl(d));
-
         });
 
         // TODO: better place for this configuration state
@@ -1930,9 +1927,9 @@
     function populateMultiSelect() {
         detailPane.empty();
 
-        var title = detailPane.append("h2"),
-            table = detailPane.append("table"),
-            tbody = table.append("tbody");
+        var title = detailPane.append('h3'),
+            table = detailPane.append('table'),
+            tbody = table.append('tbody');
 
         title.text('Selected Nodes');
 
@@ -1949,9 +1946,9 @@
         var svg = detailPane.append('svg'),
             iid = iconGlyphUrl(data);
 
-        var title = detailPane.append("h2"),
-            table = detailPane.append("table"),
-            tbody = table.append("tbody");
+        var title = detailPane.append('h2'),
+            table = detailPane.append('table'),
+            tbody = table.append('tbody');
 
         appendGlyph(svg, 0, 0, 40, iid);
         title.text(data.id);
@@ -2063,9 +2060,7 @@
     // TODO: toggle button (and other widgets in the masthead) should be provided
     //  by the framework; not generated by the view.
 
-    var showInstances,
-        doPanZoom,
-        showTrafficOnHover;
+    var showInstances;
 
     function addButtonBar(view) {
         var bb = d3.select('#mast')