diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html
index 0540f7d6cc..4d6fbf4dae 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 <meta name="distribution" content="global" />
 <meta name="keywords" content="" />
 <meta name="description" content="" />
-<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7; IE=EmulateIE9" />
 {META}
 <title><!-- IF not S_VIEWTOPIC and not S_VIEWFORUM -->{SITENAME} - <!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF S_IN_MCP -->{L_MCP} - <!-- ELSEIF S_IN_UCP -->{L_UCP} - <!-- ENDIF -->{PAGE_TITLE}<!-- IF S_VIEWTOPIC or S_VIEWFORUM --> - {SITENAME}<!-- ENDIF --></title>
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/forms.css b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/forms.css
index 4e48a93a55..3f85aa3099 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/forms.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/prosilver/theme/forms.css
@@ -262,7 +262,10 @@ fieldset.submit-buttons input {
 
 #message-box textarea {
 	font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-	width: 100%;
+	width: 700px;
+	height: 270px;
+	min-width: 100%;
+	max-width: 100%;
 	font-size: 1.2em;
 	color: #333333;
 }
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_header.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_header.html
index b9c7a604ce..a27c13624b 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_header.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/overall_header.html
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 <meta name="distribution" content="global" />
 <meta name="keywords" content="" />
 <meta name="description" content="" />
-<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE7; IE=EmulateIE9" />
 {META}
 <title><!-- IF not S_VIEWTOPIC and not S_VIEWFORUM -->{SITENAME} - <!-- ENDIF --><!-- IF S_IN_MCP -->{L_MCP} - <!-- ELSEIF S_IN_UCP -->{L_UCP} - <!-- ENDIF -->{PAGE_TITLE}<!-- IF S_VIEWTOPIC or S_VIEWFORUM --> - {SITENAME}<!-- ENDIF --></title>
 
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
index 7537ad2883..67ef1443ab 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/posting_body.html
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 		<table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
 		<!-- INCLUDE posting_buttons.html -->
 		<tr>
-			<td valign="top" style="width: 100%;"><textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="76" tabindex="3" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onfocus="initInsertions();" style="width: 98%;">{MESSAGE}</textarea></td>
+			<td valign="top" style="width: 100%;"><textarea name="message" rows="15" cols="76" tabindex="3" onselect="storeCaret(this);" onclick="storeCaret(this);" onkeyup="storeCaret(this);" onfocus="initInsertions();" style="width: 700px; height: 270px; min-width: 98%; max-width: 98%;">{MESSAGE}</textarea></td>
 			<!-- IF S_BBCODE_ALLOWED -->
 			<td width="80" align="center" valign="top">
 				<script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/quickreply_editor.html b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/quickreply_editor.html
index dd357976d8..de5017280c 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/quickreply_editor.html
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/template/quickreply_editor.html
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td class="row1" width="22%"><b class="genmed">{L_MESSAGE}:</b></td>
-			<td class="row2" valign="top" align="left" width="78%"><textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="76" tabindex="3"  style="width: 98%;"></textarea> </td>
+			<td class="row2" valign="top" align="left" width="78%"><textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="76" tabindex="3"  style="width: 700px; height: 130px; min-width: 98%; max-width: 98%;"></textarea> </td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
 			<td class="cat" colspan="2" align="center">