diff --git a/public/css/app/chat.styl b/public/css/app/chat.styl
index 1e2d363..d6680c7 100644
--- a/public/css/app/chat.styl
+++ b/public/css/app/chat.styl
@@ -142,20 +142,14 @@
     position: relative
 
   textarea
-    background-color: #fff
     width: 100%
+    position: relative
     height: 30px
-    border: 1px solid $grayOutline
-    roundall: 3px
     line-height: 18px
-    outline: none
-    resize: none
-    color: #222f3b
-    font-size: 14px
-    -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased
-    -webkit-appearance: none
     padding: 5px
-    borderbox()
+    background: white
 
     &.editing
-      background-color: yellow
+      background-color: #fffcea
+      border: 1px solid #efe391
+      color: #d2bd2d
diff --git a/public/css/app/forms.styl b/public/css/app/forms.styl
index 2d31e43..8a2aef6 100644
--- a/public/css/app/forms.styl
+++ b/public/css/app/forms.styl
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ input[type=text], input[type=email], input[type=search], input[type=password], t
   color: $baseText
   borderbox()
   gotham()
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased
+  -webkit-appearance: none
 
   transition: border .2s ease-in 0
   -webkit-transition: border .2s ease-in 0
diff --git a/public/css/otalk.css b/public/css/otalk.css
index 596ce33..1053f56 100644
--- a/public/css/otalk.css
+++ b/public/css/otalk.css
@@ -696,30 +696,17 @@ td {
   position: relative;
 }
 .chatBox textarea {
-  background-color: #fff;
   width: 100%;
+  position: relative;
   height: 30px;
-  border: 1px solid #e4e4e4;
-  -moz-border-radius: 3px;
-  -webkit-border-radius: 3px;
-  -khtml-border-radius: 3px;
-  -o-border-radius: 3px;
-  -border-radius: 3px;
-  border-radius: 3px;
   line-height: 18px;
-  outline: none;
-  resize: none;
-  color: #222f3b;
-  font-size: 14px;
-  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
-  -webkit-appearance: none;
   padding: 5px;
-  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
-  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
+  background: #fff;
 }
 .chatBox textarea.editing {
-  background-color: #ff0;
+  background-color: #fffcea;
+  border: 1px solid #efe391;
+  color: #d2bd2d;
 }
 #connectionOverlay {
   position: fixed;
@@ -863,6 +850,8 @@ textarea {
   box-sizing: border-box;
   font-family: 'Gotham SSm A', 'Gotham SSm B', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-style: normal;
+  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+  -webkit-appearance: none;
   -webkit-transition: border 0.2s ease-in 0;
   -o-transition: border 0.2s ease-in 0;
   transition: border 0.2s ease-in 0;