fixng up assimovt's changes just a bit

app/models/message.rb

@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   belongs_to :sender, :class_name => "Profile"
   belongs_to :receiver, :class_name => "Profile"
   validates_presence_of :body, :subject, :sender, :receiver
+
+
+  def unread?
+    !read
+  end
 end

app/views/messages/_list.html.erb

@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ sent = params[:action]=='sent'
 	<% list.each do |m|
 		mail_user = (@p == m.sender ? m.receiver : m.sender)%>
 	<tr>
-		<td <%= "class=\"unread\"" if !m.read %>><%= link_to mail_user.f,  mail_user %></td>
-		<td <%= "class=\"unread\"" if !m.read %>><%= time_ago_in_words m.created_at %></td>
-		<td <%= "class=\"unread;\"" if !m.read %>><%= link_to h( m.subject), message_path(m) %></td>
+		<td<%= ' class="unread"' if m.unread? %>><%= link_to mail_user.f,  mail_user %></td>
+		<td<%= ' class="unread"' if m.unread? %>><%= time_ago_in_words m.created_at %></td>
+		<td<%= ' class="unread"' if m.unread? %>><%= link_to h( m.subject), message_path(m) %></td>
 	</tr>
 	<% end %>
 </table>

app/views/messages/_message.html.erb

@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ to_list ||= @to_list
 
 
 <div id="new_reply" class="hidden">
-	<%= render :partial => "messages/form" %>
+	<%= render :partial => "messages/form", :locals => {:hide_header => true} %>
 </div>

public/stylesheets/application.css

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ h2 a			{text-transform: capitalize; font-weight: normal; font-size: 11px;}
 #messages th	{padding: 3px;}
 #messages th	{background: #971d4a; font-size: 10px;}
 #messages		{width: 100%;}
-#messages .unread {font-weight: bold;}
+.unread {font-weight: bold;}
 
 .blurp			{padding: 0 0 15px 0;}
 .blurp strong	{display: block; color: white;}