Index: src/src/main.cpp
===================================================================
--- src/src/main.cpp	(revision 2541)
+++ src/src/main.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1440,30 +1440,35 @@
 	wxString buf = event.GetString();
 	wxString links;
 
+    links << _T("<b>Recent projects</b><br>\n");
     if (m_ProjectsHistory.GetCount())
     {
-        links << _T("<b>Recent projects</b><br>\n");
         for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i)
         {
             if (i >= (int)m_ProjectsHistory.GetCount())
                 break;
-            links << wxString::Format(_T("<a href=\"CB_CMD_OPEN_HISTORY_PROJECT_%d\">%s</a><br>\n"),
+            links << wxString::Format(_T("&bull; <a href=\"CB_CMD_OPEN_HISTORY_PROJECT_%d\">%s</a><br>\n"),
                                         i + 1, m_ProjectsHistory.GetHistoryFile(i).c_str());
         }
     }
+    else
+        links << _T("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No recent projects<br>\n");
 
+    links << _T("<br><b>Recent files</b><br>\n");
     if (m_FilesHistory.GetCount())
     {
-        links << _T("<br><b>Recent files</b><br>\n");
         for (int i = 0; i < 9; ++i)
         {
             if (i >= (int)m_FilesHistory.GetCount())
                 break;
-            links << wxString::Format(_T("<a href=\"CB_CMD_OPEN_HISTORY_FILE_%d\">%s</a><br>\n"),
+            links << wxString::Format(_T("&bull; <a href=\"CB_CMD_OPEN_HISTORY_FILE_%d\">%s</a><br>\n"),
                                         i + 1, m_FilesHistory.GetHistoryFile(i).c_str());
         }
     }
+    else
+        links << _T("&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No recent files<br>\n");
 
+
     // update page
     buf.Replace(_T("CB_VAR_RECENT_FILES_AND_PROJECTS"), links);
     ((StartHerePage*)sh)->SetPageContent(buf);
Index: src/src/resources/start_here/start_here.html
===================================================================
--- src/src/resources/start_here/start_here.html	(revision 2541)
+++ src/src/resources/start_here/start_here.html	(working copy)
@@ -1,75 +1,58 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
-                      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
-<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en-US">
-  <head>
-    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+<html>
+<head>
     <title></title>
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
     <style type="text/css">
-      a {  background-color: inherit;  color: blue;  }
-      a:visited {  background-color: inherit;  color: blue;  }
+        a {  background-color: inherit;  color: blue;  }
+        a:visited {  background-color: inherit;  color: blue;  }
+        img { border: 0px }
     </style>
-  </head>
-  <body>
+</head>
+
+<body>
     <div align="center">
-      <a href="http://www.codeblocks.org/"><img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="" src="title.png" /></a><br />
-      <a href="rev"><font color="#9999df"><small>CB_VAR_REVISION_INFO</small></font></a><br />
-      <br />
-      <table border="0">
-        <tbody>
-          <tr>
-            <td>
-              <table border="0">
-                <tbody>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td width="56"><a href="CB_CMD_NEW_PROJECT"><img style="border: 0px solid; width: 47px; height: 42px;" alt="" src="new.png" /></a></td>
-                    <td><a href="CB_CMD_NEW_PROJECT">Create a new project</a></td>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td><a href="CB_CMD_OPEN_PROJECT"><img style="border: 0px solid; width: 47px; height: 47px;" alt="" src="open.png" /></a></td>
-                    <td><a href="CB_CMD_OPEN_PROJECT">Open an existing project</a></td>
-                  </tr>
-                </tbody>
-              </table>
-            </td>
-            <td rowspan="3">
-              <table border="0">
-                <tbody>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td width="58"><img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="" src="reopen.png" /></td>
-                    <td>CB_VAR_RECENT_FILES_AND_PROJECTS</td>
-                  </tr>
-                </tbody>
-              </table>
-            </td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td></td>
-          </tr>
-          <tr>
-            <td>
-              <table width="300">
-                <tbody>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td width="56" rowspan="4"><img style="border: 0px solid;" alt="" src="www.png" /></td>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td><a href="http://forums.codeblocks.org/">Visit the Code::Blocks forums</a></td>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=addbug&amp;group_id=5358">Report a bug</a></td>
-                  </tr>
-                  <tr>
-                    <td><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/feature/?func=addfeature&amp;group_id=5358">Request a new feature</a></td>
-                  </tr>
-                </tbody>
-              </table>
-            </td>
-          </tr>
-        </tbody>
-      </table>
-      <hr />
-      &copy; 2004 - 2006, The <a href="http://www.codeblocks.org/">Code::Blocks</a> Team.
+        <a href="http://www.codeblocks.org/"><img alt="" src="title.png" /></a><br />
+        <a href="rev"><font color="#9999df"><small>CB_VAR_REVISION_INFO</small></font></a><br />
+        <br />
+        <table border="0">
+            <tr>
+                <td width="275">
+                    <table border="0">
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><a href="CB_CMD_NEW_PROJECT"><img style="width: 47px; height: 42px;" alt="" src="new.png" /></a></td>
+                            <td><a href="CB_CMD_NEW_PROJECT">Create a new project</a></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><a href="CB_CMD_OPEN_PROJECT"><img style="width: 47px; height: 47px;" alt="" src="open.png" /></a></td>
+                            <td><a href="CB_CMD_OPEN_PROJECT">Open an existing project</a></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td width="56" rowspan="4"><img alt="" src="www.png" /></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><a href="http://forums.codeblocks.org/">Visit the Code::Blocks forums</a></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/bugs/?func=addbug&amp;group_id=5358">Report a bug</a></td>
+                        </tr>
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><a href="http://developer.berlios.de/feature/?func=addfeature&amp;group_id=5358">Request a new feature</a></td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </table>
+                </td>
+                <td width="275">
+                    <table border="0">
+                        <tr>
+                            <td><img alt="" src="reopen.png" /></td>
+                            <td>CB_VAR_RECENT_FILES_AND_PROJECTS</td>
+                        </tr>
+                    </table>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </table>
+        <hr />
+        &copy; 2004 - 2006, The <a href="http://www.codeblocks.org/">Code::Blocks</a> Team.
     </div>
-  </body>
+</body>
 </html>
