diff --git a/ionic/components/app/normalize.scss b/ionic/components/app/normalize.scss
index e6cd4ccdfd..5846eb7574 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/normalize.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/app/normalize.scss
@@ -37,15 +37,6 @@ template {
 }
 
 
-// Links
-// ==========================================================================
-
-// Remove the gray background color from active links in IE 10.
-a {
-  background-color: transparent;
-}
-
-
 // Text-level semantics
 // ==========================================================================
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/app/typography.scss b/ionic/components/app/typography.scss
index baa2c58238..825ba4695e 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/typography.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/app/typography.scss
@@ -25,70 +25,83 @@ html {
   font-size: $font-size-root;
 }
 
-
-ion-app {
+body {
   font-size: $font-size-base;
   font-family: $font-family-base;
+}
 
-  h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
-    font-weight: $headings-font-weight;
-    line-height: $headings-line-height;
-    margin-top: 1.6rem;
-    margin-bottom: 1rem;
+a {
+  color: $link-color;
+  background-color: transparent;
+}
+a:hover,
+a.hover {
+  color: $link-hover-color;
+}
 
-    &:first-child {
-      margin-top: -0.3rem;
-    }
-  }
+h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
+  font-weight: $headings-font-weight;
+  line-height: $headings-line-height;
+  margin-top: 1.6rem;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
 
-  h1 + h2,
-  h1 + h3,
-  h2 + h3 {
+  &:first-child {
     margin-top: -0.3rem;
   }
-
-  h1 {
-    font-size: 3.6rem;
-    margin-top: 2rem;
-  }
-  h2 {
-    font-size: 3rem;
-    margin-top: 1.8rem;
-  }
-  h3 {
-    font-size: 2.4rem;
-  }
-  h4 {
-    font-size: 2rem;
-  }
-  h5 {
-    font-size: 1.6rem;
-  }
-  h6 {
-    font-size: 1.4rem;
-  }
-
-  small {
-    font-size: 75%;
-  }
-
-  sub,
-  sup {
-    font-size: 75%;
-    line-height: 0;
-    position: relative;
-    vertical-align: baseline;
-  }
-
-  sup {
-    top: -0.5em;
-  }
-
-  sub {
-    bottom: -0.25em;
-  }
 }
 
-body[mode=md] ion-app {
+h1 + h2,
+h1 + h3,
+h2 + h3 {
+  margin-top: -0.3rem;
+}
+
+h1 {
+  font-size: 3.6rem;
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+h2 {
+  font-size: 3rem;
+  margin-top: 1.8rem;
+}
+
+h3 {
+  font-size: 2.4rem;
+}
+
+h4 {
+  font-size: 2rem;
+}
+
+h5 {
+  font-size: 1.6rem;
+}
+
+h6 {
+  font-size: 1.4rem;
+}
+
+small {
+  font-size: 75%;
+}
+
+sub,
+sup {
+  font-size: 75%;
+  line-height: 0;
+  position: relative;
+  vertical-align: baseline;
+}
+
+sup {
+  top: -0.5em;
+}
+
+sub {
+  bottom: -0.25em;
+}
+
+body[mode=md] {
   font-family: "Roboto", "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif;
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss b/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
index b0733bdfb1..8aecdd1951 100644
--- a/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/item/modes/material.scss
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ $item-md-padding-right:          16px !default;
 $item-md-padding-bottom:         16px !default;
 $item-md-padding-left:           16px !default;
 
-$item-md-padding-media-top:      10px !default;
-$item-md-padding-media-bottom:   11px !default;
+$item-md-padding-media-top:      12px !default;
+$item-md-padding-media-bottom:   12px !default;
 
 $item-md-body-text-font-size:    1.4rem !default;
 $item-md-body-text-line-height:  1.5 !default;
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ $item-md-forward-icon-color:     $item-md-border-color !default;
     min-height: 26px;
   }
 
+  .item-input .input + button {
+    margin-top: $item-md-padding-media-top;
+  }
+
   .badge {
     margin-right: $item-md-padding-right;
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/list/modes/ios.scss b/ionic/components/list/modes/ios.scss
index d15ccd9fe5..ce3dec380f 100644
--- a/ionic/components/list/modes/ios.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/list/modes/ios.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // iOS List
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-$list-ios-header-padding:         30px $item-ios-padding-right 10px $item-ios-padding-left !default;
+$list-ios-header-padding:         10px $item-ios-padding-right 10px $item-ios-padding-left !default;
 $list-ios-header-font-size:       1.2rem !default;
 $list-ios-header-font-weight:     500 !default;
 $list-ios-header-letter-spacing:  0.1rem !default;
diff --git a/ionic/components/list/modes/material.scss b/ionic/components/list/modes/material.scss
index b703ef07c8..bfa0ba7165 100644
--- a/ionic/components/list/modes/material.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/list/modes/material.scss
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 // Material Design List
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
-$list-md-header-padding:         30px $item-md-padding-right 16px $item-md-padding-left !default;
+$list-md-header-padding:         16px $item-md-padding-right 16px $item-md-padding-left !default;
 $list-md-header-font-size:       1.6rem !default;
 $list-md-header-color:           #6d6d72 !default;
 
-$list-md-footer-padding:         16px $item-md-padding-right 0 $item-md-padding-left !default;
+$list-md-footer-padding:         16px $item-md-padding-right 16px $item-md-padding-left !default;
 $list-md-footer-font-size:       1.2rem !default;
 $list-md-footer-color:           #8f8f94 !default;
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
index f424973bb6..4ce20f51d1 100644
--- a/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
+++ b/ionic/components/text-input/text-input.scss
@@ -51,4 +51,9 @@ ion-input.has-focus .text-input {
   .text-input {
     background-color: $list-background-color;
   }
+
+  &:before,
+  &:after {
+    border: 0 !important;
+  }
 }