diff --git a/lib/resque/server/views/status_styles.erb b/lib/resque/server/views/status_styles.erb
index 4b4452e..7cd46d6 100644
--- a/lib/resque/server/views/status_styles.erb
+++ b/lib/resque/server/views/status_styles.erb
@@ -95,4 +95,25 @@
     color: #B84F16;
     font-weight: bold;
   }
+
+  a.status-info{
+      position:relative;
+      z-index:24; background-color:#fff;
+      color:#000;
+      text-decoration:none}
+
+  a.status-info:hover{z-index:25; background-color:#ff0}
+
+  a.status-info span{display: none}
+
+  a.status-info:hover span{
+      display:block;
+      position:absolute;
+      top:2em; left:3em;
+      width:35em;
+      border:1px solid #0cf;
+      background-color:#ddd;
+      color:#333;
+      text-align: center}
+
 </style>
diff --git a/lib/resque/server/views/statuses.erb b/lib/resque/server/views/statuses.erb
index b30378b..c3df289 100644
--- a/lib/resque/server/views/statuses.erb
+++ b/lib/resque/server/views/statuses.erb
@@ -27,14 +27,23 @@
     <% @statuses.each do |status| %>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="<%= u(:statuses) %>/<%= status.uuid %>"><%= status.uuid %></a></td>
-      <td><%= status.name %></td>
+      <td>
+        <% unless status.name.blank? %>
+            <a class='status-info' href="#"> <%= "#{status.name[0, 30]}  #{"..." unless status.name.length <= 30}  #{status.name[-5,5] unless status.name.length <= 30}" %>  <span><%= status.name %></span></a>
+        <% end %>
+      </td>
       <td class="status status-<%= status.status %>"><%= status.status %></td>
       <td class="time"><%= status.time.strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S %z") %></td>
       <td class="progress">
         <div class="progress-bar" style="width:<%= status.pct_complete %>%">&nbsp;</div>
         <div class="progress-pct"><%= status.pct_complete ? "#{status.pct_complete}%" : '' %></div>
       </td>
-      <td><%= status.message %></td>
+      <td>
+        <% unless status.message.blank? %>
+            <a class='status-info' href="#"> <%= "#{status.message[0,60]} #{"..." unless status.message.length <= 60} #{status.message[-5,5] unless status.message.length <= 60}"  %> <span><%= status.message %></span></a>
+        <% end %>
+      </td>
+
       <td><% if status.killable? %><a href="<%= u(:statuses) %>/<%= status.uuid %>/kill" class="kill">Kill</a><% end %></td>
     </tr>
     <% end %>