diff --git a/include/main.js b/include/main.js
index dc39a72816..3574e6eb8d 100644
--- a/include/main.js
+++ b/include/main.js
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@
 
 		/* popup menus */
 		$('a[rel^=#]').click(function(e){
-			e.stopPropagation();
 			menu = $( $(this).attr('rel') );
+			e.stopPropagation();
+			if (menu.attr('popup')=="false") return false;
 			$(this).parent().toggleClass("selected");
 			menu.toggle();
 			return false;
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
 
 		/* notifications template */
 		var notifications_tpl= unescape($("#nav-notifications-template[rel=template]").html());
+		var notifications_empty = unescape($("#nav-notifications-menu").html());
 		
 		/* nav update event  */
 		$('nav').bind('nav-update', function(e,data){;
@@ -88,12 +90,15 @@
 			if (notif>0){
 				nnm = $("#nav-notifications-menu");
 				nnm.html("");
+				nnm.attr('popup','true');
 				eNotif.children("note").each(function(){
 					e = $(this);
 					text = e.text().format("<span class='contactname'>"+e.attr('name')+"</span>");
 					html = notifications_tpl.format(e.attr('href'),e.attr('photo'), text, e.attr('date'));
 					nnm.append(html);
 				});
+			} else {
+				$("#nav-notifications-menu").html(notifications_empty);
 			}
 			if(notif == 0) { notif = ''; $('#notify-update').removeClass('show') } else { $('#notify-update').addClass('show') }
 			$('#notify-update').html(notif);
diff --git a/view/nav.tpl b/view/nav.tpl
index 454d7ebd0d..5a8a904a61 100644
--- a/view/nav.tpl
+++ b/view/nav.tpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 </header>
 <nav>
 	<ul>
-		<li id="nav-user-link" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="#" rel="#nav-user-menu" title="$sitelocation"><img src="http://localhost/~fabio/friendika/photo/52728a08b979618a787e43664bfbae98-6.jpg" alt="User"></a>
+		<li id="nav-user-linkmenu" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="#" rel="#nav-user-menu" title="$sitelocation"><img src="http://localhost/~fabio/friendika/photo/52728a08b979618a787e43664bfbae98-6.jpg" alt="User"></a>
 			<ul id="nav-user-menu" class="menu-popup">
 				<li><a href="profile">Profile</a></li>
 				<li><a href="photos">Photos</a></li>
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
 		{{ endif }}
 		
 		{{ if $nav.notifications }}
-			<li  id="nav-notifications-link" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="#" rel="#nav-notifications-menu" title="$nav.notifications.1"><span class="icon s22 notify">$nav.notifications.1</span></a>
+			<li  id="nav-notifications-linkmenu" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="$nav.notifications.0" rel="#nav-notifications-menu" title="$nav.notifications.1"><span class="icon s22 notify">$nav.notifications.1</span></a>
 				<span id="notify-update" class="nav-notify"></span>
 				<ul id="nav-notifications-menu" class="menu-popup">
+					<li class="empty">Nothing new here</li>
 				</ul>
 			</li>		
 		{{ endif }}
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@
 		
 		
 		
-		<li id="nav-site-link" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="#" rel="#nav-site-menu"><span class="icon s22 gear">Site</span></a>
+		<li id="nav-site-linkmenu" class="nav-menu-icon"><a href="#" rel="#nav-site-menu"><span class="icon s22 gear">Site</span></a>
 			<ul id="nav-site-menu" class="menu-popup">
 				{{ if $nav.settings }}<li><a class="$nav.settings.2" href="$nav.settings.0" title="$nav.settings.3">$nav.settings.1</a></li>{{ endif }}
 				{{ if $nav.admin }}<li><a class="$nav.admin.2" href="$nav.admin.0" title="$nav.admin.3" >$nav.admin.1</a></li>{{ endif }}
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/style.css b/view/theme/quattro/style.css
index ec52312905..9ded417210 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/style.css
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/style.css
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ nav .nav-notify {
 nav .nav-notify.show {
   display: block;
 }
-nav #nav-site-link {
+nav #nav-site-linkmenu {
   float: right;
 }
-nav #nav-site-link .menu-popup {
+nav #nav-site-linkmenu .menu-popup {
   right: 0px;
   left: auto;
 }
-nav #nav-notifications-link.selected .icon.s22.notify {
+nav #nav-notifications-linkmenu.selected .icon.s22.notify {
   background-image: url("../../../images/icons/notify_on_22.png");
 }
 ul.menu-popup {
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ ul.menu-popup li {
   height: auto;
   display: block;
 }
+ul.menu-popup .empty {
+  padding: 5px;
+  text-align: center;
+  color: #9eabb0;
+}
 #nav-notifications-menu {
   width: 400px;
 }
diff --git a/view/theme/quattro/style.less b/view/theme/quattro/style.less
index 53f833cfd6..a2c1a1eae4 100644
--- a/view/theme/quattro/style.less
+++ b/view/theme/quattro/style.less
@@ -188,12 +188,12 @@ nav {
 		
 		
 		
-		#nav-site-link { 
+		#nav-site-linkmenu { 
 			float: right;
 			.menu-popup{ right: 0px; left: auto; }
 		}
 	
-		#nav-notifications-link.selected .icon.s22.notify { background-image: url("../../../images/icons/notify_on_22.png") }
+		#nav-notifications-linkmenu.selected .icon.s22.notify { background-image: url("../../../images/icons/notify_on_22.png") }
 		
 }
 
@@ -213,6 +213,12 @@ ul.menu-popup {
 		a:hover { background-color: @Metalic1; }
 		.menu-sep  { border-top: 1px solid @Metalic2; }
 		li { float: none;  overflow: auto; height: auto; display: block; }
+		
+		.empty {
+			padding: 5px;
+			text-align: center;
+			color: @Metalic2;
+		}
 }
 
 #nav-notifications-menu {