diff -r f814a7c2a318 -r 5a5c34a75e1a QTfrontend/ui/page/pagenetgame.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagenetgame.cpp	Wed Jan 23 23:57:47 2013 +0400
+++ b/QTfrontend/ui/page/pagenetgame.cpp	Wed Jan 23 16:35:26 2013 -0500
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     chatWidget = new HWChatWidget(this, true);
     chatWidget->setShowFollow(false); // don't show follow in nicks' context menus
     chatWidget->setIgnoreListKick(true); // kick ignored players automatically
-    chatWidget->setMinimumHeight(350);
+    chatWidget->setMinimumHeight(50);
     chatWidget->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);
     pageLayout->addWidget(chatWidget, 2, 0, 1, 2);