diff --git a/data/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php b/data/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
index db560f2..34beb39 100644
--- a/data/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
+++ b/data/templates/bookmarks.tpl.php
@@ -121,33 +121,33 @@ $votingSort  = 'voting_desc';
 
 switch(getSortOrder()) {
 case 'date_asc':
-	$dateArrow = ' ↑';
+	$dateArrow = ' ↑';
 	$dateSort  = 'date_desc';
 	break;
 
 case 'title_asc':
-	$titleArrow = ' ↑';
+	$titleArrow = ' ↑';
 	$titleSort  = 'title_desc';
 	break;
 
 case 'title_desc':
-	$titleArrow = ' ↓';
+	$titleArrow = ' ↓';
 	$titleSort  = 'title_asc';
 	break;
 
 case 'voting_asc':
-	$votingArrow = ' ↑';
+	$votingArrow = ' ↑';
 	$votingSort  = 'voting_desc';
 	break;
 
 case 'voting_desc':
-	$votingArrow = ' ↓';
+	$votingArrow = ' ↓';
 	$votingSort  = 'voting_asc';
 	break;
 
 case 'date_desc':
 default:
-	$dateArrow = ' ↓';
+	$dateArrow = ' ↓';
 	$dateSort = 'date_asc';
 	break;
 }
diff --git a/data/templates/editprofile.tpl.php b/data/templates/editprofile.tpl.php
index 887dce3..518afbe 100644
--- a/data/templates/editprofile.tpl.php
+++ b/data/templates/editprofile.tpl.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ $this->includeTemplate($GLOBALS['top_include']);
 <tr>
     <th align="left"><?php echo T_('E-mail'); ?></th>
     <td><input type="text" name="pMail" size="75" value="<?php echo filter($objectUser->getEmail(), 'xml'); ?>" /></td>
-    <td>&larr; <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
+    <td>← <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 
diff --git a/data/templates/sidebar.block.menu.php b/data/templates/sidebar.block.menu.php
index ee82997..94a9fa2 100644
--- a/data/templates/sidebar.block.menu.php
+++ b/data/templates/sidebar.block.menu.php
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ if (sizeof($menuTags) > 0 || ($userid != 0 && $userid === $logged_on_userid)) {
 <?php $cUser = $userservice->getUser($userid); ?>
 <?php if($userid>0): ?>
 <?php if($userid==$logged_on_userid): ?>
-<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('alltags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all your tags')?>"><?php echo T_('all your tags'); ?></a> &rarr;</p>
+<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('alltags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all your tags')?>"><?php echo T_('all your tags'); ?></a> →</p>
 <?php else: ?>
-<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('alltags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all tags from this user')?>"><?php echo T_('all tags from this user'); ?></a> &rarr;</p>
+<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('alltags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all tags from this user')?>"><?php echo T_('all tags from this user'); ?></a> →</p>
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 <?php else : ?>
-<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('populartags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See popular tags')?>"><?php echo T_('Popular Tags'); ?></a> &rarr;</p>
+<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('populartags', $cUser['username']); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See popular tags')?>"><?php echo T_('Popular Tags'); ?></a> →</p>
 <?php endif; ?>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/data/templates/sidebar.block.recent.php b/data/templates/sidebar.block.recent.php
index e34f820..1ffeb4d 100644
--- a/data/templates/sidebar.block.recent.php
+++ b/data/templates/sidebar.block.recent.php
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if ($recentTags && count($recentTags) > 0) {
     }
     echo $contents ."</p>\n";
     ?>
-    <p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('populartags'); ?>"><?php echo T_('Popular Tags'); ?></a> &rarr;</p>
+    <p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('populartags'); ?>"><?php echo T_('Popular Tags'); ?></a> →</p>
 </div>
 
 <?php
diff --git a/data/templates/sidebar.block.users.php b/data/templates/sidebar.block.users.php
index 3ad18bc..4dd47ae 100644
--- a/data/templates/sidebar.block.users.php
+++ b/data/templates/sidebar.block.users.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ foreach ($lastUsers as $row) {
 ?>
 
 </table>
-<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('users'); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all users')?>"><?php echo T_('All users'); ?></a> &rarr;</p>
+<p style="text-align:right"><a href="<?php echo createURL('users'); ?>" title="<?php echo T_('See all users')?>"><?php echo T_('All users'); ?></a> →</p>
 </div>
 <?php
 }
diff --git a/data/templates/sidebar.block.watchlist.php b/data/templates/sidebar.block.watchlist.php
index 88fc928..3af9c5a 100644
--- a/data/templates/sidebar.block.watchlist.php
+++ b/data/templates/sidebar.block.watchlist.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ foreach($watching as $watchuser) {
 ?>
 
 <?php if(count($closeContacts)>0):?>
-<h2 title="<?php echo T_('Close contacts are mutual contacts');?>"><?php echo ' &harr; '. T_('Close contacts'); ?></h2>
+<h2 title="<?php echo T_('Close contacts are mutual contacts');?>"><?php echo ' ↔ '. T_('Close contacts'); ?></h2>
 <div id="watching">
     <ul>
     <?php foreach($closeContacts as $watchuser): ?>
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ foreach($watching as $watchuser) {
 <?php endif; ?>
 
 
-<h2><?php echo ' &rarr; '. T_('Watching'); ?></h2>
+<h2><?php echo ' → '. T_('Watching'); ?></h2>
 <div id="watching">
     <ul>
         <?php if($userservice->isLoggedOn() && $currentUser->getUsername() == $user): ?>            
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ foreach($watching as $watchuser) {
     </ul>
 </div>
 
-<h2><?php echo ' &larr; '. T_('Watched By'); ?></h2>
+<h2><?php echo ' ← '. T_('Watched By'); ?></h2>
 <div id="watching">
     <ul>
     <?php foreach($watchedBy as $watchuser): ?>
diff --git a/data/templates/tagrename.tpl.php b/data/templates/tagrename.tpl.php
index ea8b516..894b964 100644
--- a/data/templates/tagrename.tpl.php
+++ b/data/templates/tagrename.tpl.php
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ window.onload = function() {
 <tr>
     <th align="left"><?php echo T_('Old'); ?></th>
     <td><input type="text" name="old" id="old" value="<?php echo $old; ?>" /></td>
-    <td>&larr; <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
+    <td>← <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <th align="left"><?php echo T_('New'); ?></th>
     <td><input type="text" name="new" id="new" value="" /></td>
-    <td>&larr; <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
+    <td>← <?php echo T_('Required'); ?></td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
     <td></td>