diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
index e0c447b8fe..f439841df1 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/AppearPrefView.cpp
@@ -24,31 +24,6 @@
 #include "TermConst.h"
 
 
-static bool
-IsFontUsable(const BFont &font)
-{
-	// TODO: If BFont::IsFullAndHalfFixed() was implemented, we could
-	// use that. But I don't think it's easily implementable using
-	// Freetype.
-
-	if (font.IsFixed())
-		return true;
-
-	bool widthOk = true;
-	int lastWidth = 0;
-	char buffer[2] = {0, 0};
-	for (int c = 0x20 ; c <= 0x7e; c++){
-		buffer[0] = c;
-
-		int width = (int)ceilf(font.StringWidth(buffer));
-		if (c > 0x20 && width != lastWidth)
-			widthOk = false;
-		lastWidth = width;
-	}
-
-	return widthOk;
-}
-
 
 AppearancePrefView::AppearancePrefView(BRect frame, const char *name,
 		BMessenger messenger)
@@ -216,6 +191,32 @@ AppearancePrefView::MessageReceived(BMessage *msg)
 }
 
 
+static bool
+IsFontUsable(const BFont &font)
+{
+	// TODO: If BFont::IsFullAndHalfFixed() was implemented, we could
+	// use that. But I don't think it's easily implementable using
+	// Freetype.
+
+	if (font.IsFixed())
+		return true;
+	
+	// manually check if all applicable chars are the same width
+	char buffer[2] = { ' ', 0 };
+	int firstWidth = (int)ceilf(font.StringWidth(buffer));
+	
+	for (int c = ' '+1; c <= 0x7e; c++) {
+		buffer[0] = c;
+		int width = (int)ceilf(font.StringWidth(buffer));
+		
+		if (width != firstWidth)
+			return false;
+	}
+	
+	return true;
+}
+
+
 BMenu *
 AppearancePrefView::_MakeFontMenu(uint32 command, const char *defaultFontName)
 {
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/FindWindow.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/FindWindow.cpp
index c91fdc7e59..e0747e5e4b 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/FindWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/FindWindow.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ FindWindow::FindWindow (BRect frame, BMessenger messenger , BString &str,
 	//These things are calculated from the top
 	float textRadioTop = 12;
 	float textRadioBottom = textRadioTop + 2 + lineHeight + 2 + 1;
-	float textRadioRight = fFindView->StringWidth("Use Text: ") + 30;
+	float textRadioLeft = 14;
+	float textRadioRight = textRadioLeft + fFindView->StringWidth("Use Text: ") + 30;
 	float selectionRadioTop = textRadioBottom + 4;
 	float selectionRadioBottom = selectionRadioTop + lineHeight + 8;
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ FindWindow::FindWindow (BRect frame, BMessenger messenger , BString &str,
 	float searchButtonRight = searchButtonLeft + fFindView->StringWidth("Find") + 60;
 
 	//Build the Views
-	fTextRadio = new BRadioButton(BRect(14, textRadioTop, textRadioRight, textRadioBottom),
+	fTextRadio = new BRadioButton(BRect(textRadioLeft, textRadioTop, textRadioRight, textRadioBottom),
 		"fTextRadio", "Use Text: ", NULL);
 	fFindView->AddChild(fTextRadio);
 
@@ -160,6 +161,8 @@ FindWindow::_SendFindMessage()
 		message.AddBool("findselection", true);
 
 	//Add the other parameters
+	// TODO: "usetext" is never checked for elsewhere and seems redundant with
+	// "findselection", why is it here?
 	message.AddBool("usetext", fTextRadio->Value() == B_CONTROL_ON);
 	message.AddBool("forwardsearch", fForwardSearchBox->Value() == B_CONTROL_ON);
 	message.AddBool("matchcase", fMatchCaseBox->Value() == B_CONTROL_ON);
@@ -167,3 +170,4 @@ FindWindow::_SendFindMessage()
 
 	fFindDlgMessenger.SendMessage(&message);
 }
+
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
index 855409720b..ececce679e 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
@@ -129,10 +129,11 @@ TermApp::Quit()
 void
 TermApp::AboutRequested()
 {
+	// used spaces instead of tabs to avoid Murai's name being wrapped
 	BAlert *alert = new BAlert("about", "Terminal\n"
-		"\twritten by Kazuho Okui and Takashi Murai\n"
-		"\tupdated by Kian Duffy and others\n\n"
-		"\tCopyright " B_UTF8_COPYRIGHT "2003-2008, Haiku.\n", "Ok");
+		"    written by Kazuho Okui and Takashi Murai\n"
+		"    updated by Kian Duffy and others\n\n"
+		"    Copyright " B_UTF8_COPYRIGHT "2003-2008, Haiku.\n", "Ok");
 	BTextView *view = alert->TextView();
 	
 	view->SetStylable(true);
diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
index e53b75b7e0..c2411e7c3b 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermWindow.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ TermWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *message)
 			break;
 
 		case MSG_FIND:
+		{
 			fFindPanel->PostMessage(B_QUIT_REQUESTED);
 			message->FindBool("findselection", &fFindSelection);
 			if (!fFindSelection)
@@ -424,8 +425,10 @@ TermWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *message)
 				_ActiveTermView()->GetSelection(fFindString);
 
 			if (fFindString.Length() == 0) {
-				BAlert *alert = new BAlert("find failed", "No search string.", "Okay", NULL,
+				const char *errorMsg = (!fFindSelection) ? "No search string was entered." : "Nothing is selected.";
+				BAlert *alert = new BAlert("Find failed", errorMsg, "Ok", NULL,
 					NULL, B_WIDTH_AS_USUAL, B_WARNING_ALERT);
+				
 				alert->Go();
 				fFindPreviousMenuItem->SetEnabled(false);
 				fFindNextMenuItem->SetEnabled(false);
@@ -438,7 +441,7 @@ TermWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *message)
 			findresult = _ActiveTermView()->Find(fFindString, fForwardSearch, fMatchCase, fMatchWord);
 
 			if (!findresult) {
-				BAlert *alert = new BAlert("find failed", "Not Found.", "Okay", NULL,
+				BAlert *alert = new BAlert("Find failed", "Text not found.", "Ok", NULL,
 					NULL, B_WIDTH_AS_USUAL, B_WARNING_ALERT);
 				alert->SetShortcut(0, B_ESCAPE);
 				alert->Go();
@@ -451,6 +454,7 @@ TermWindow::MessageReceived(BMessage *message)
 			fFindPreviousMenuItem->SetEnabled(true);
 			fFindNextMenuItem->SetEnabled(true);
 			break;
+		}
 
 		case MENU_FIND_NEXT:
 		case MENU_FIND_PREVIOUS: