diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
index ed398f4a06d..b12f28f9a8a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/header.scss
@@ -13,6 +13,11 @@
 
     .contents {
       margin: 8px 0;
+      display: -ms-flexbox;
+      display: flex;
+
+      -ms-flex-align: center;
+      align-items: center;
     }
 
     .title {
@@ -34,8 +39,11 @@
     }
 
     .panel {
-      float: right;
       position: relative;
+      margin-left: auto;
+
+      -ms-flex-order: 3;
+      order: 3;
     }
 
     .login-button, button.sign-up-button {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index ec590ae39c6..4ef0c4dba0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -261,6 +261,12 @@ table.md-table {
 }
 
 .small-action {
+  display: -ms-flexbox;
+  display: flex;
+  
+  -ms-flex-align: center;
+  align-items: center;
+
   .topic-avatar {
     padding: 5px 0;
     border-top: none;
@@ -274,8 +280,7 @@ table.md-table {
   }
 
   .small-action-desc {
-    padding: 0.5em 0 0.5em 4em;
-    margin-top: 5px;
+    padding: 0 1.5%;
     text-transform: uppercase;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 0.9em;
@@ -287,7 +292,7 @@ table.md-table {
       font-weight: normal;
       font-size: 14px;
       p {
-        margin: 5px 0;
+        margin: 0;
       }
     }
 
@@ -298,7 +303,6 @@ table.md-table {
 
     > p {
       margin: 0;
-      padding-top: 4px;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
index 18701110bc0..a0e036ed041 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic.scss
@@ -27,11 +27,12 @@
 }
 
 .extra-info-wrapper {
+  -ms-flex-order: 2;
+  order: 2;
+  
+  line-height: 1.5;
   .badge-wrapper {
     float: left;
-    &.bullet {
-      margin-top: 5px;
-    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
index 8008d48b210..caa751af5e2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -52,8 +52,12 @@
 
 
   &.bullet { //bullet category style
+    display: -ms-inline-flexbox;
     display: inline-flex;
+
+    -ms-flex-align: center;
     align-items: baseline;
+
     margin-right: 10px;
 
     span.badge-category {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
index 3caae9f485c..66fddf863cb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/header.scss
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   padding-top: 3px;
   height: 60px;
   .fa-home {
-    padding:8px;
+    padding: 0 8px 0 0;
     font-size: 2.1em;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
index 08bb4dfb175..e3dd106200f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/header.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   // some protection for text-only site titles
   .title {
     max-width: 130px;
-    height: 39px;
     overflow: hidden;
     padding: 0;
     text-overflow: clip;