diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index bb482f3f2..19f686074 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
     "react/require-default-props": 0,
     "react/jsx-closing-tag-location": 0,
     "jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role": 0,
-    "class-methods-use-this": 0
+    "class-methods-use-this": 0,
+    "jsx-a11y/interactive-supports-focus": 0,
+    "jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events": 0
   }
 }
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc69a40bb..d90cc7a62 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/).
 
 ### Fixed
 * Invite table cutoff with large number of invites ([#1985](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/1985))
+* History styling on large screens and link issue with claims ([#1999](https://github.com/lbryio/lbry-desktop/pull/1999))
 
 
 ## [0.25.1] - 2018-09-18
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/transactionListRecent/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/transactionListRecent/view.jsx
index 325bbc1cb..fefcab356 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/transactionListRecent/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/transactionListRecent/view.jsx
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class TransactionListRecent extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     return (
       <section className="card card--section">
         <div className="card__title">{__('Recent Transactions')}</div>
+        <div className="card__subtitle">
+          {__('To view all of your transactions, navigate to the')}{' '}
+          <Button button="link" navigate="/history" label={__('transactions page')} />.
+        </div>
         {fetchingTransactions && (
           <div className="card__content">
             <BusyIndicator message={__('Loading transactions')} />
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
index ae8f4b532..bf8ffc862 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
     const allSelected = Object.keys(itemsSelected).length === history.length;
     const selectHandler = allSelected ? this.unselectAll : this.selectAll;
-    return (
+
+    return history.length ? (
       <React.Fragment>
         <div className="card__actions card__actions--between">
           {Object.keys(itemsSelected).length ? (
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
               {/* Using an empty span so spacing stays the same if the button isn't rendered */}
             </span>
           )}
-
           <Button
             button="link"
             label={allSelected ? __('Cancel') : __('Select All')}
@@ -117,21 +117,19 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           />
         </div>
         {!!history.length && (
-          <table className="card--section table table--stretch table--history">
-            <tbody>
-              {history.map(item => (
-                <UserHistoryItem
-                  key={item.uri}
-                  uri={item.uri}
-                  lastViewed={item.lastViewed}
-                  selected={!!itemsSelected[item.uri]}
-                  onSelect={() => {
-                    this.onSelect(item.uri);
-                  }}
-                />
-              ))}
-            </tbody>
-          </table>
+          <section className="item-list">
+            {history.map(item => (
+              <UserHistoryItem
+                key={item.uri}
+                uri={item.uri}
+                lastViewed={item.lastViewed}
+                selected={!!itemsSelected[item.uri]}
+                onSelect={() => {
+                  this.onSelect(item.uri);
+                }}
+              />
+            ))}
+          </section>
         )}
         {pageCount > 1 && (
           <FormRow padded verticallyCentered centered>
@@ -161,6 +159,13 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           </FormRow>
         )}
       </React.Fragment>
+    ) : (
+      <div className="page__empty">
+        {__("You don't have anything saved in history yet, go check out some content on LBRY!")}
+        <div className="card__actions card__actions--center">
+          <Button button="primary" navigate="/discover" label={__('Explore new content')} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/component/userHistoryItem/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/userHistoryItem/view.jsx
index de35a919b..b5ae79808 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/userHistoryItem/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/userHistoryItem/view.jsx
@@ -36,27 +36,24 @@ class UserHistoryItem extends React.PureComponent<Props> {
     }
 
     return (
-      <tr
+      <div
+        role="button"
         onClick={onSelect}
-        className={classnames({
-          history__selected: selected,
+        className={classnames('item-list__item', {
+          'item-list__item--selected': selected,
         })}
       >
-        <td>
-          <input checked={selected} type="checkbox" onClick={onSelect} />
-        </td>
-        <td>{moment(lastViewed).from(moment())}</td>
-        <td>{title}</td>
-        <td>
-          <Button
-            tourniquet
-            button="link"
-            label={name ? `lbry://${name}` : `lbry://...`}
-            navigate="/show"
-            navigateParams={{ uri }}
-          />
-        </td>
-      </tr>
+        <input checked={selected} type="checkbox" onClick={onSelect} />
+        <span className="time time--ago">{moment(lastViewed).from(moment())}</span>
+        <span className="item-list__item--cutoff">{title}</span>
+        <Button
+          tourniquet
+          button="link"
+          label={name ? `lbry://${name}` : `lbry://...`}
+          navigate="/show"
+          navigateParams={{ uri }}
+        />
+      </div>
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/page/help/view.jsx b/src/renderer/page/help/view.jsx
index 139760e89..1ce4aacca 100644
--- a/src/renderer/page/help/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/page/help/view.jsx
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ class HelpPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           )}
 
           {this.state.uiVersion && ver ? (
-            <table className="table table--stretch table--help">
+            <table className="card__content table table--stretch table--help">
               <tbody>
                 <tr>
                   <td>{__('App')}</td>
diff --git a/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js b/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
index dceceea82..5c833feb4 100644
--- a/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
+++ b/src/renderer/redux/actions/navigation.js
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ export function doNavigate(path, params = {}, options = {}) {
       return;
     }
 
+    // ensure uri always has "lbry://" prefix
+    const navigationParams = params;
+    if (path === '/show') {
+      if (navigationParams.uri && !navigationParams.uri.startsWith('lbry://')) {
+        navigationParams.uri = `lbry://${navigationParams.uri}`;
+      }
+    }
+
     let url = path;
     if (params && Object.values(params).length) {
       url += `?${toQueryString(params)}`;
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss b/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
index 21427af15..e64bb9209 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/_gui.scss
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ html {
 }
 
 body {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-semibold';
+  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   font-weight: 400;
   font-size: 16px;
   line-height: 1.5;
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ input {
   line-height: 1;
   cursor: text;
   background-color: transparent;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
 
   &[type='radio'],
   &[type='checkbox'],
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ input {
 }
 
 textarea {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   border: 1px solid var(--color-divider);
   font-size: 0.8em;
   width: 100%;
@@ -153,8 +151,6 @@ dd {
 }
 
 p {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
-
   &:not(:first-of-type) {
     margin-top: $spacing-vertical * 1/3;
   }
@@ -228,7 +224,6 @@ p {
 .page__empty {
   margin-top: 200px;
   text-align: center;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   align-items: center;
@@ -301,7 +296,6 @@ p {
   color: inherit;
   font-weight: inherit;
   font-size: inherit;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   padding: 0;
 }
 
@@ -334,10 +328,6 @@ p {
   -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
 }
 
-.busy-indicator {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
-}
-
 .busy-indicator__loader {
   background: url('../../../static/img/busy.gif') no-repeat center center;
   display: inline-block;
@@ -356,7 +346,6 @@ p {
 
 .help {
   font-size: 12px;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   color: var(--color-help);
 }
 
@@ -365,7 +354,6 @@ p {
 }
 
 .meta {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   font-size: 0.8em;
   color: var(--color-meta-light);
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/_vars.scss b/src/renderer/scss/_vars.scss
index 6f6d1010f..9c237bbed 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/_vars.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/_vars.scss
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ $large-breakpoint: 1921px;
   --color-search-placeholder: var(--color-placeholder);
   --color-credit-free: var(--color-dark-blue);
   --color-credit-price: var(--card-text-color);
+  --color-text-black: #444;
+  --color-text-white: #efefef;
 
   /* Shadows */
   --box-shadow-layer: transparent; // 0 2px 4px rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ $large-breakpoint: 1921px;
   --box-shadow-header: 0px 6px 20px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);
 
   /* Text */
-  --text-color: var(--color-black);
-  --text-color-inverse: var(--color-white);
+  --text-color: var(--color-text-black);
+  --text-color-inverse: var(--color-text-white);
   --text-help-color: var(--color-help);
   --text-max-width: 660px;
   --text-link-padding: 4px;
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/all.scss b/src/renderer/scss/all.scss
index 4b9bae942..06f25b709 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/all.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/all.scss
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@
 @import 'component/_toggle.scss';
 @import 'component/_search.scss';
 @import 'component/_dat-gui.scss';
+@import 'component/_item-list.scss';
+@import 'component/_time.scss';
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_button.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_button.scss
index 4da2fae44..6413fce65 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/component/_button.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_button.scss
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ button:disabled {
   fill: currentColor; // for proper icon color
   font-size: 12px;
   transition: all var(--animation-duration) var(--animation-style);
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
 
   &:not(:disabled) {
     box-shadow: var(--box-shadow-button);
@@ -172,7 +171,6 @@ button:disabled {
 }
 
 .btn.btn--header-balance {
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   font-size: 14px;
   color: var(--header-primary-color);
 
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_card.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_card.scss
index f3d6efba5..4cf2407a1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/component/_card.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_card.scss
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@
 .card__title {
   font-size: 18px;
   color: var(--text-color);
+  font-family: 'metropolis-semibold';
 }
 
 .card__title--small {
@@ -151,7 +152,6 @@
 .card__subtitle {
   margin: 0;
   font-size: 14px;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   color: var(--card-text-color);
 }
 
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@
 }
 
 .card-row__title {
+  font-family: 'metropolis-semibold';
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   font-size: 18px;
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_item-list.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_item-list.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac3dd1a8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_item-list.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+.item-list {
+  background-color: var(--card-bg);
+  margin-top: $spacing-vertical;
+}
+
+.item-list__item {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: $spacing-vertical * 1/3;
+
+  input,
+  .item-list__item--cutoff {
+    margin-right: $spacing-vertical;
+  }
+}
+
+.item-list__item--selected {
+  background-color: var(--table-item-odd);
+}
+
+.item-list__item--cutoff {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  overflow-x: hidden;
+  max-width: 350px;
+}
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_search.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_search.scss
index fbe3f6a3d..dec8f55a3 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/component/_search.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_search.scss
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   padding: 10px;
   padding-left: 30px;
   font-size: 13px;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   justify-content: center;
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@
   flex-direction: row;
   justify-items: flex-start;
   align-items: center;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
 
   &:not(:first-of-type) {
     border-top: 1px solid var(--search-item-border-color);
@@ -75,7 +73,6 @@
 .wunderbar__suggestion-label--action {
   margin-left: $spacing-vertical * 1/3;
   white-space: nowrap;
-  font-family: 'metropolis-medium';
   font-size: 12px;
   line-height: 0.1; // to vertically align because the font size is smaller
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_table.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_table.scss
index c47120951..ebf2066f6 100644
--- a/src/renderer/scss/component/_table.scss
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_table.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ table.table,
   word-wrap: break-word;
   max-width: 100%;
   text-align: left;
-  margin-top: $spacing-vertical * 2/3;
 
   tr td:first-of-type,
   tr th:first-of-type {
@@ -107,48 +106,3 @@ table.table--transactions {
     width: 15%;
   }
 }
-
-table.table--history {
-  margin-top: $spacing-vertical * 1/3;
-
-  tbody {
-    tr {
-      &:nth-child(even),
-      &:nth-child(odd) {
-        background-color: var(--table-item-even);
-
-        &.history__selected {
-          color: red;
-          background-color: var(--table-item-odd);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    td {
-      cursor: default;
-      padding: $spacing-vertical * 1/3 0;
-    }
-
-    td:nth-of-type(1) {
-      width: 7.5%;
-    }
-    td:nth-of-type(2) {
-      width: 17.5%;
-    }
-    td:nth-of-type(3) {
-      width: 40%;
-      max-width: 30vw;
-      padding-right: $spacing-vertical * 2/3;
-    }
-    td:nth-of-type(4) {
-      width: 30%;
-    }
-
-    td:nth-of-type(3),
-    td:nth-of-type(4) {
-      overflow: hidden;
-      white-space: nowrap;
-      text-overflow: ellipsis;
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/renderer/scss/component/_time.scss b/src/renderer/scss/component/_time.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e35e772f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/renderer/scss/component/_time.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// All CSS for date & time ui
+
+.time {
+  color: var(--color-help);
+}
+
+.time--ago {
+  min-width: 160px;
+}
diff --git a/static/themes/dark.css b/static/themes/dark.css
index fae053d75..cf18cbac0 100644
--- a/static/themes/dark.css
+++ b/static/themes/dark.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 :root {
-    
+
   /* Colors */
   --color-divider: #53637C;;
   --color-canvas: transparent;
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   --color-credit-free: var(--color-secondary);
 
   /* Text */
-  --text-color: var(--color-white);
+  --text-color: var(--color-text-white);
   --text-help-color: var(--color-help);
 
    /* Form */