diff --git a/res/drawable/black.png b/res/drawable/black.png
deleted file mode 100644
index e6f80a41..00000000
Binary files a/res/drawable/black.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/res/layout/four_long_widget.xml b/res/layout/four_long_widget.xml
index 4e409517..c0101e7f 100644
--- a/res/layout/four_long_widget.xml
+++ b/res/layout/four_long_widget.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 	android:background="#B2191919">
 	<ImageView
 		android:id="@+id/cover"
-		android:visibility="gone"
 		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 		android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 		android:adjustViewBounds="true"
@@ -46,6 +45,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 		android:paddingRight="8dip">
 		<TextView
 			android:id="@+id/title"
+			android:visibility="gone"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 			android:textColor="#fff"
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 			android:ellipsize="none" />
 		<TextView
 			android:id="@+id/artist"
+			android:text="@string/app_name"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 			android:textColor="#fff"
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 			android:ellipsize="none" />
 	</LinearLayout>
 	<LinearLayout
+		android:id="@+id/buttons"
 		android:orientation="vertical"
 		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 		android:layout_height="fill_parent">
@@ -88,4 +90,4 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 			android:background="#0000"
 			android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
 	</LinearLayout>
-</LinearLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</LinearLayout>
diff --git a/res/layout/four_square_widget.xml b/res/layout/four_square_widget.xml
index 7e8a3e36..37b1d392 100644
--- a/res/layout/four_square_widget.xml
+++ b/res/layout/four_square_widget.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
-Copyright (C) 2010 Christopher Eby <kreed@kreed.org>
+Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Christopher Eby <kreed@kreed.org>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -29,69 +29,75 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
 		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 		android:layout_centerInParent="true"
-		android:src="@drawable/black"
 		android:adjustViewBounds="true"
 		android:padding="5dip"
-		android:background="#B2191919"
 		android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
 	<LinearLayout
 		android:id="@+id/text"
-		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+		android:layout_alignTop="@id/cover"
+		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-		android:layout_alignTop="@+id/cover"
-		android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/cover"
-		android:layout_alignRight="@+id/cover"
 		android:layout_margin="10dip"
 		android:orientation="vertical">
 		<TextView
 			android:id="@+id/title"
+			android:visibility="gone"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 			android:gravity="center"
 			android:textColor="#fff"
 			android:textSize="18dip"
 			android:shadowColor="#f000"
-            android:shadowDx="0"
-            android:shadowDy="0"
-            android:shadowRadius="5"
-            android:textStyle="bold"
-			android:ellipsize="none"
+			android:shadowDx="0"
+			android:shadowDy="0"
+			android:shadowRadius="5"
+			android:textStyle="bold"
+			android:ellipsize="marquee"
 			android:singleLine="true" />
 		<TextView
 			android:id="@+id/artist"
+			android:text="@string/app_name"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
 			android:gravity="center"
 			android:textColor="#fff"
 			android:shadowColor="#f000"
-            android:shadowDx="0"
-            android:shadowDy="0"
-            android:shadowRadius="5"
+			android:shadowDx="0"
+			android:shadowDy="0"
+			android:shadowRadius="5"
 			android:textSize="15dip"
-			android:ellipsize="none"
+			android:ellipsize="marquee"
 			android:singleLine="true" />
 	</LinearLayout>
 	<LinearLayout
 		android:id="@+id/buttons"
-		android:orientation="horizontal"
-		android:layout_width="wrap_content"
-		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-		android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/cover"
-		android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/cover"
-		android:layout_alignRight="@+id/cover">
-		<ImageButton
-			android:id="@+id/play_pause"
-			android:src="@drawable/hidden_play"
-			android:background="#0000"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
-			android:layout_width="0px"
-			android:layout_weight="1" />
-		<ImageButton
-			android:id="@+id/next"
-			android:src="@drawable/hidden_next"
-			android:background="#0000"
-			android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+		android:layout_height="fill_parent"
+		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+		android:orientation="vertical">
+		<!-- A dummy view that takes up the top half of the widget -->
+		<LinearLayout
+			android:layout_height="0px"
 			android:layout_width="0px"
 			android:layout_weight="1" />
+		<LinearLayout
+			android:orientation="horizontal"
+			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+			android:layout_height="0px"
+			android:layout_weight="1">
+			<ImageButton
+				android:id="@+id/play_pause"
+				android:src="@drawable/hidden_play"
+				android:background="@null"
+				android:layout_height="fill_parent"
+				android:layout_width="0px"
+				android:layout_weight="1" />
+			<ImageButton
+				android:id="@+id/next"
+				android:src="@drawable/hidden_next"
+				android:background="@null"
+				android:layout_height="fill_parent"
+				android:layout_width="0px"
+				android:layout_weight="1" />
+		</LinearLayout>
 	</LinearLayout>
-</RelativeLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/res/layout/one_cell_widget.xml b/res/layout/one_cell_widget.xml
index 4217e643..6d47c2ba 100644
--- a/res/layout/one_cell_widget.xml
+++ b/res/layout/one_cell_widget.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!--
-Copyright (C) 2010 Christopher Eby <kreed@kreed.org>
+Copyright (C) 2010, 2011 Christopher Eby <kreed@kreed.org>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -25,9 +25,23 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 	android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 	android:layout_width="fill_parent">
 	<ImageView
-		android:id="@+id/cover_view"
-		android:layout_height="fill_parent"
-		android:layout_width="fill_parent" />
+		android:id="@+id/cover"
+		android:layout_centerInParent="true"
+		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+		android:layout_width="wrap_content" />
+	<TextView
+		android:id="@+id/title"
+		android:text="@string/app_name"
+		android:layout_alignBottom="@id/cover"
+		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
+		android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+		android:gravity="center"
+		android:textColor="#fff"
+		android:background="#a000"
+		android:textSize="12dip"
+		android:textStyle="bold"
+		android:ellipsize="marquee"
+		android:singleLine="true" />
 	<LinearLayout
 		android:layout_height="fill_parent"
 		android:layout_width="fill_parent"
@@ -35,16 +49,16 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 		<ImageButton
 			android:id="@+id/play_pause"
 			android:src="@drawable/hidden_play"
-			android:background="#0000"
+			android:background="@null"
 			android:layout_height="0px"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_weight="1" />
 		<ImageButton
 			android:id="@+id/next"
 			android:src="@drawable/hidden_next"
-			android:background="#0000"
+			android:background="@null"
 			android:layout_height="0px"
 			android:layout_width="fill_parent"
 			android:layout_weight="1" />
 	</LinearLayout>
-</RelativeLayout>
\ No newline at end of file
+</RelativeLayout>
diff --git a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/CoverBitmap.java b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/CoverBitmap.java
index 08f43331..caabc846 100644
--- a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/CoverBitmap.java
+++ b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/CoverBitmap.java
@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ public final class CoverBitmap {
 	private static int TEXT_SIZE = -1;
 	private static int TEXT_SIZE_BIG;
 	private static int PADDING;
-	private static int TEXT_SIZE_COMPACT = -1;
-	private static int PADDING_COMPACT;
 	private static int TEXT_SPACE;
 	private static Bitmap SONG_ICON;
 	private static Bitmap ALBUM_ICON;
@@ -78,16 +76,6 @@ public final class CoverBitmap {
 		TEXT_SPACE = (int)TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 150, metrics);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Initialize the compact text size members.
-	 */
-	private static void loadMiniTextSizes()
-	{
-		DisplayMetrics metrics = ContextApplication.getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics();
-		TEXT_SIZE_COMPACT = (int)TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 12, metrics);
-		PADDING_COMPACT = (int)TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 2, metrics);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Initialize the icon bitmaps.
 	 */
@@ -126,75 +114,6 @@ public final class CoverBitmap {
 		canvas.restore();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Create a compact image, displaying cover art with the song title
-	 * overlaid at the bottom edge.
-	 *
-	 * @param song The song to display information for
-	 * @param width Desired width of image
-	 * @param height Desired height of image
-	 * @return The image, or null if the song was null, or width or height
-	 * were less than 1
-	 */
-	public static Bitmap createCompactBitmap(Song song, int width, int height)
-	{
-		if (song == null || width < 1 || height < 1)
-			return null;
-
-		if (TEXT_SIZE_COMPACT == -1)
-			loadMiniTextSizes();
-
-		int textSize = TEXT_SIZE_COMPACT;
-		int padding = PADDING_COMPACT;
-
-		Paint paint = new Paint();
-		paint.setAntiAlias(true);
-		paint.setTextSize(textSize);
-
-		String title = song.title == null ? "" : song.title;
-		Bitmap cover = song.getCover();
-
-		int titleWidth = (int)paint.measureText(title);
-
-		int boxWidth = width;
-		int boxHeight = Math.min(height, textSize + padding * 2);
-
-		Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, Bitmap.Config.RGB_565);
-		Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
-
-		if (cover != null) {
-			int coverWidth = cover.getWidth();
-			int coverHeight = cover.getHeight();
-
-			float scale = Math.min((float)width / coverWidth, (float)height / coverHeight);
-
-			coverWidth *= scale;
-			coverHeight *= scale;
-
-			int x = (width - coverWidth) / 2;
-			int y = (height - coverHeight) / 2;
-			Rect rect = new Rect(x, y, x + coverWidth, y + coverHeight);
-			canvas.drawBitmap(cover, null, rect, paint);
-		}
-
-		int left = 0;
-		int top = height - boxHeight;
-		int right = width;
-		int bottom = height;
-
-		paint.setARGB(150, 0, 0, 0);
-		canvas.drawRect(left, top, right, bottom, paint);
-
-		int maxWidth = boxWidth - padding * 2;
-		paint.setARGB(255, 255, 255, 255);
-		top += padding;
-		left += padding;
-
-		drawText(canvas, title, left, top, titleWidth, maxWidth, paint);
-
-		return bitmap;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Create an image representing the given song. Includes cover art and
 	 * possibly song title/artist/ablum, depending on the given style.
diff --git a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourLongWidget.java b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourLongWidget.java
index 6dbffe34..1f423606 100644
--- a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourLongWidget.java
+++ b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourLongWidget.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.res.Resources;
-import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
@@ -102,30 +100,19 @@ public class FourLongWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
 		if (ids == null || ids.length == 0)
 			return;
 
-		Resources res = context.getResources();
 		RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.four_long_widget);
 
-		Bitmap cover = null;
-
 		if (song == null) {
+			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.buttons, View.GONE);
 			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.title, View.GONE);
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.next, View.GONE);
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.play_pause, View.GONE);
-			views.setTextViewText(R.id.artist, res.getText(R.string.no_songs));
+			views.setInt(R.id.artist, "setText", R.string.no_songs);
+			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.cover, 0);
 		} else {
 			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.title, View.VISIBLE);
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.next, View.VISIBLE);
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.play_pause, View.VISIBLE);
+			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.buttons, View.VISIBLE);
 			views.setTextViewText(R.id.title, song.title);
 			views.setTextViewText(R.id.artist, song.artist);
-			cover = song.getCover();
-		}
-
-		if (cover == null) {
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.cover, View.GONE);
-		} else {
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.cover, View.VISIBLE);
-			views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.cover, cover);
+			views.setImageViewUri(R.id.cover, song.getCoverUri());
 		}
 
 		if (state != -1) {
diff --git a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourSquareWidget.java b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourSquareWidget.java
index 9fc6e444..a36a982f 100644
--- a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourSquareWidget.java
+++ b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/FourSquareWidget.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
-import android.content.res.Resources;
-import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
@@ -102,28 +100,21 @@ public class FourSquareWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
 		if (ids == null || ids.length == 0)
 			return;
 
-		Resources res = context.getResources();
 		RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.four_square_widget);
 
-		Bitmap cover = null;
-
 		if (song == null) {
-			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.title, View.GONE);
 			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.buttons, View.GONE);
-			views.setTextViewText(R.id.artist, res.getText(R.string.no_songs));
+			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.title, View.GONE);
+			views.setInt(R.id.artist, "setText", R.string.no_songs);
+			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.cover, 0);
 		} else {
 			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.title, View.VISIBLE);
 			views.setViewVisibility(R.id.buttons, View.VISIBLE);
 			views.setTextViewText(R.id.title, song.title);
 			views.setTextViewText(R.id.artist, song.artist);
-			cover = song.getCover();
+			views.setImageViewUri(R.id.cover, song.getCoverUri());
 		}
 
-		if (cover == null)
-			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.cover, R.drawable.black);
-		else
-			views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.cover, cover);
-
 		if (state != -1) {
 			boolean playing = (state & PlaybackService.FLAG_PLAYING) != 0;
 			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.play_pause, playing ? R.drawable.hidden_pause : R.drawable.hidden_play);
diff --git a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/OneCellWidget.java b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/OneCellWidget.java
index e77cae9f..e62c8011 100644
--- a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/OneCellWidget.java
+++ b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/OneCellWidget.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager;
-import android.util.TypedValue;
 import android.widget.RemoteViews;
 
 /**
@@ -122,10 +121,11 @@ public class OneCellWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
 		views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.next, PendingIntent.getService(context, 0, next, 0));
 
 		if (song == null) {
-			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.cover_view, R.drawable.icon);
+			views.setImageViewResource(R.id.cover, 0);
+			views.setInt(R.id.title, "setText", R.string.no_songs);
 		} else {
-			int size = (int)TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 72, context.getResources().getDisplayMetrics());
-			views.setImageViewBitmap(R.id.cover_view, CoverBitmap.createCompactBitmap(song, size, size));
+			views.setImageViewUri(R.id.cover, song.getCoverUri());
+			views.setTextViewText(R.id.title, song.title);
 		}
 
 		manager.updateAppWidget(ids, views);
diff --git a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/Song.java b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/Song.java
index c8134719..37f7c522 100644
--- a/src/org/kreed/vanilla/Song.java
+++ b/src/org/kreed/vanilla/Song.java
@@ -412,6 +412,20 @@ public class Song implements Parcelable {
 		return cover;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Return a URI describing where the cover art is stored, or null if this
+	 * song has not been populated.
+	 */
+	public Uri getCoverUri()
+	{
+		// Use undocumented API to extract the cover from the media file from Eclair
+		// See http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Music.git;a=blob;f=src/com/android/music/MusicUtils.java;h=d1aea0660009940a0160cb981f381e2115768845;hb=0749a3f1c11e052f97a3ba60fd624c9283ee7331#l986
+
+		if (id == -1)
+			return null;
+		return Uri.parse("content://media/external/audio/media/" + id + "/albumart");
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Attempts to read the album art directly from a media file using the
 	 * media ContentProvider.
@@ -421,13 +435,10 @@ public class Song implements Parcelable {
 	 */
 	private Bitmap getCoverFromMediaFile(ContentResolver resolver)
 	{
-		// Use undocumented API to extract the cover from the media file from Eclair
-		// See http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/packages/apps/Music.git;a=blob;f=src/com/android/music/MusicUtils.java;h=d1aea0660009940a0160cb981f381e2115768845;hb=0749a3f1c11e052f97a3ba60fd624c9283ee7331#l986
 		Bitmap cover = null;
 
 		try {
-			Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/audio/media/" + id + "/albumart");
-			ParcelFileDescriptor parcelFileDescriptor = resolver.openFileDescriptor(uri, "r");
+			ParcelFileDescriptor parcelFileDescriptor = resolver.openFileDescriptor(getCoverUri(), "r");
 			if (parcelFileDescriptor != null) {
 				FileDescriptor fileDescriptor = parcelFileDescriptor.getFileDescriptor();
 				cover = BitmapFactory.decodeFileDescriptor(fileDescriptor, null, BITMAP_OPTIONS);