diff --git a/src/libs/endorserServer.ts b/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
index 45ad00ac9..55756e6c8 100644
--- a/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
+++ b/src/libs/endorserServer.ts
@@ -352,32 +352,65 @@ export function removeVisibleToDids(input: any): any {
   }
 }
 
-/**
- always returns text, maybe UNNAMED_VISIBLE or UNKNOWN_ENTITY
-
- Similar logic is found in endorser-mobile.
- **/
-export function didInfo(
+export function contactForDid(
   did: string | undefined,
-  activeDid: string | undefined,
-  allMyDids: string[],
   contacts: Contact[],
-): string {
-  if (!did) return "Someone Anonymous";
+): Contact | undefined {
+  return isEmptyOrHiddenDid(did)
+    ? undefined
+    : R.find((c) => c.did === did, contacts);
+}
 
-  const contact = R.find((c) => c.did === did, contacts);
+/**
+ *
+ * Similar logic is found in endorser-mobile.
+ *
+ * @param did
+ * @param activeDid
+ * @param contact
+ * @param allMyDids
+ * @return { known: boolean, displayName: string } where known is true if the display name is some easily-recogizable name, false if it's a generic name like "Someone Anonymous"
+ */
+export function didInfoForContact(
+  did: string | undefined,
+  activeDid: string | undefined,
+  contact?: Contact,
+  allMyDids: string[] = [],
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+): { known: boolean; displayName: string } {
+  if (!did) return { displayName: "Someone Anonymous", known: false };
   if (contact) {
-    return contact.name || "Contact With No Name";
+    return {
+      displayName: contact.name || "Contact With No Name",
+      known: !!contact.name,
+    };
+  } else if (did === activeDid) {
+    return { displayName: "You", known: true };
   } else {
     const myId = R.find(R.equals(did), allMyDids);
     return myId
-      ? `You${myId !== activeDid ? " (Alt ID)" : ""}`
+      ? { displayName: "You (Alt ID)", known: true }
       : isHiddenDid(did)
-        ? "Someone Outside Your Network"
-        : "Someone Outside Contacts";
+        ? { displayName: "Someone Outside Your Network", known: false }
+        : { displayName: "Someone Outside Contacts", known: false };
   }
 }
 
+/**
+ always returns text, maybe something like "unnamed" or "unknown"
+
+ Now that we're using more informational didInfoForContact under the covers, we might want to consolidate.
+ **/
+export function didInfo(
+  did: string | undefined,
+  activeDid: string | undefined,
+  allMyDids: string[],
+  contacts: Contact[],
+): string {
+  const contact = contactForDid(did, contacts);
+  return didInfoForContact(did, activeDid, contact, allMyDids).displayName;
+}
+
 /**
  * For result, see https://api.endorser.ch/api-docs/#/claims/post_api_v2_claim
  *
diff --git a/src/router/index.ts b/src/router/index.ts
index 0e653ad4c..68da028fc 100644
--- a/src/router/index.ts
+++ b/src/router/index.ts
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ const enterOrStart = async (
 };
 
 const routes: Array<RouteRecordRaw> = [
-  {
-    path: "/",
-    name: "home",
-    component: () =>
-      import(/* webpackChunkName: "home" */ "../views/HomeView.vue"),
-  },
   {
     path: "/account",
     name: "account",
@@ -96,6 +90,12 @@ const routes: Array<RouteRecordRaw> = [
     component: () =>
       import(/* webpackChunkName: "help" */ "../views/HelpView.vue"),
   },
+  {
+    path: "/",
+    name: "home",
+    component: () =>
+      import(/* webpackChunkName: "home" */ "../views/HomeView.vue"),
+  },
   {
     path: "/help-notifications",
     name: "help-notifications",
diff --git a/src/views/AccountViewView.vue b/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
index 47633a55a..864db7c0a 100644
--- a/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
+++ b/src/views/AccountViewView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <QuickNav selected="Profile"></QuickNav>
+  <QuickNav selected="Profile" />
   <TopMessage />
 
   <!-- CONTENT -->
diff --git a/src/views/ContactsView.vue b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
index b6630548e..3f353990e 100644
--- a/src/views/ContactsView.vue
+++ b/src/views/ContactsView.vue
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
                   (contact.name || "That unnamed person") +
                   " has been registered.",
               },
-              -1,
+              5000,
             );
           }
         } catch (error) {
@@ -1190,7 +1190,7 @@ export default class ContactsView extends Vue {
               title: "Done",
               text: "Successfully logged time to the server.",
             },
-            -1,
+            5000,
           );
 
           if (fromDid === identity.did) {
diff --git a/src/views/HomeView.vue b/src/views/HomeView.vue
index b0b1ee4a5..36ac2a13f 100644
--- a/src/views/HomeView.vue
+++ b/src/views/HomeView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <QuickNav selected="Home"></QuickNav>
+  <QuickNav selected="Home" />
   <TopMessage />
 
   <!-- CONTENT -->
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
             and go click on that new app.
           </span>
           <span
-            v-else-if="userAgentInfo.getBrowser().name.startsWith('Chrome')"
+            v-else-if="userAgentInfo.getBrowser()?.name?.startsWith('Chrome')"
           >
             You should see a prompt to install, or you can click on the
             top-right dots
@@ -105,14 +105,8 @@
 
       <div v-else>
         <!-- activeDid && isRegistered -->
-        <div class="flex justify-between mb-4">
-          <h2 class="text-xl font-bold">Record Something Given</h2>
-          <button
-            @click="openGiftedPrompts()"
-            class="block text-center text-md font-bold bg-blue-500 text-white px-2 py-3 rounded-md"
-          >
-            Ideas...
-          </button>
+        <div class="mb-4">
+          <h2 class="text-xl font-bold">Record Something Given By:</h2>
         </div>
 
         <ul class="grid grid-cols-4 gap-x-3 gap-y-5 text-center mb-5">
@@ -145,21 +139,20 @@
           </li>
         </ul>
 
-        <!-- Ideally, this button should only be visible when the active account has more than 7 or 11 contacts in their list (we want to limit the grid count above to 8 or 12 accounts to keep it compact) -->
-        <router-link
-          v-if="allContacts.length >= 7"
-          :to="{ name: 'contact-gives' }"
-          class="block text-center text-md font-bold uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-3 rounded-md"
-        >
-          Show More Contacts&hellip;
-        </router-link>
-
-        <!-- If there are no contacts, show this instead: -->
-        <div
-          class="rounded border border-dashed border-slate-300 bg-slate-100 px-4 py-3 text-center italic text-slate-500"
-          v-if="allContacts.length === 0"
-        >
-          (No contacts to show.)
+        <div class="flex justify-between">
+          <router-link
+            v-if="allContacts.length >= 7"
+            :to="{ name: 'contact-gives' }"
+            class="block text-center text-md font-bold uppercase bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-3 rounded-md"
+          >
+            Choose From All Contacts
+          </router-link>
+          <button
+            @click="openGiftedPrompts()"
+            class="block text-center text-md font-bold bg-slate-500 text-white px-2 py-3 rounded-md"
+          >
+            Ideas...
+          </button>
         </div>
       </div>
     </div>
@@ -185,16 +178,24 @@
               class="border-b border-dashed border-slate-400 text-orange-400 pb-2 mb-2 font-bold uppercase text-sm"
               v-if="record.jwtId == feedLastViewedClaimId"
             >
-              You've seen all the following before
+              You've already seen all the following
             </div>
 
             <div class="grid grid-cols-12">
               <span class="col-span-11 justify-self-start">
-                <fa
-                  icon="gift"
-                  class="col-span-1 pt-1 pr-2 text-slate-500"
-                ></fa>
-                {{ this.giveDescription(record) }}
+                <span>
+                  <fa
+                    v-if="record.giver.known || record.receiver.known"
+                    icon="circle-user"
+                    class="col-span-1 pt-1 pl-0 pr-3 text-slate-500"
+                  />
+                  <fa
+                    v-else
+                    icon="gift"
+                    class="col-span-1 pt-1 pl-3 pr-0 text-slate-500"
+                  />
+                </span>
+                {{ giveDescription(record) }}
                 <a @click="onClickLoadClaim(record.jwtId)">
                   <fa
                     icon="circle-info"
@@ -243,7 +244,8 @@ import { Contact } from "@/db/tables/contacts";
 import { MASTER_SETTINGS_KEY, Settings } from "@/db/tables/settings";
 import { accessToken } from "@/libs/crypto";
 import {
-  didInfo,
+  contactForDid,
+  didInfoForContact,
   GiverInputInfo,
   GiveServerRecord,
 } from "@/libs/endorserServer";
@@ -257,6 +259,17 @@ interface Notification {
   text: string;
 }
 
+interface GiveRecordWithContactInfo extends GiveServerRecord {
+  giver: {
+    displayName: string;
+    known: boolean;
+  };
+  receiver: {
+    displayName: string;
+    known: boolean;
+  };
+}
+
 @Component({
   components: {
     GiftedDialog,
@@ -274,7 +287,7 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
   allContacts: Array<Contact> = [];
   allMyDids: Array<string> = [];
   apiServer = "";
-  feedData: GiveServerRecord[] = [];
+  feedData: GiveRecordWithContactInfo[] = [];
   feedPreviousOldestId?: string;
   feedLastViewedClaimId?: string;
   isCreatingIdentifier = false;
@@ -388,7 +401,37 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
     await this.retrieveGives(this.apiServer, this.feedPreviousOldestId)
       .then(async (results) => {
         if (results.data.length > 0) {
-          this.feedData = this.feedData.concat(results.data);
+          // include the descriptions of the giver and receiver
+          const newFeedData: GiveRecordWithContactInfo = results.data.map(
+            (record: GiveServerRecord) => {
+              // similar code is in endorser-mobile utility.ts
+              // claim.claim happen for some claims wrapped in a Verifiable Credential
+              // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+              const claim = (record.fullClaim as any).claim || record.fullClaim;
+              // agent.did is for legacy data, before March 2023
+              const giverDid =
+                claim.agent?.identifier || (claim.agent as any)?.did; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+              // recipient.did is for legacy data, before March 2023
+              const recipientDid =
+                claim.recipient?.identifier || (claim.recipient as any)?.did; // eslint-disable-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
+              return {
+                ...record,
+                giver: didInfoForContact(
+                  giverDid,
+                  this.activeDid,
+                  contactForDid(giverDid, this.allContacts),
+                  this.allMyDids,
+                ),
+                receiver: didInfoForContact(
+                  recipientDid,
+                  this.activeDid,
+                  contactForDid(recipientDid, this.allContacts),
+                  this.allMyDids,
+                ),
+              };
+            },
+          );
+          this.feedData = this.feedData.concat(newFeedData);
           this.feedPreviousOldestId =
             results.data[results.data.length - 1].jwtId;
           // The following update is only done on the first load.
@@ -449,46 +492,52 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
     }
   }
 
-  giveDescription(giveRecord: GiveServerRecord) {
+  giveDescription(giveRecord: GiveRecordWithContactInfo) {
     // similar code is in endorser-mobile utility.ts
     // claim.claim happen for some claims wrapped in a Verifiable Credential
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     const claim = (giveRecord.fullClaim as any).claim || giveRecord.fullClaim;
-    // agent.did is for legacy data, before March 2023
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-    const giverDid = claim.agent?.identifier || (claim.agent as any)?.did;
-    const giverInfo = didInfo(
-      giverDid,
-      this.activeDid,
-      this.allMyDids,
-      this.allContacts,
-    );
+
     let gaveAmount = claim.object?.amountOfThisGood
       ? this.displayAmount(claim.object.unitCode, claim.object.amountOfThisGood)
       : "";
     if (claim.description) {
       if (gaveAmount) {
-        gaveAmount = gaveAmount + ", and also: ";
+        gaveAmount = " (and " + gaveAmount + ")";
       }
-      gaveAmount = gaveAmount + claim.description;
+      gaveAmount = claim.description + gaveAmount;
     }
     if (!gaveAmount) {
       gaveAmount = "something not described";
     }
-    // recipient.did is for legacy data, before March 2023
-    const gaveRecipientId =
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
-      claim.recipient?.identifier || (claim.recipient as any)?.did;
-    const gaveRecipientInfo = gaveRecipientId
-      ? " to " +
-        didInfo(
-          gaveRecipientId,
-          this.activeDid,
-          this.allMyDids,
-          this.allContacts,
-        )
-      : "";
-    return giverInfo + " gave" + gaveRecipientInfo + ": " + gaveAmount;
+
+    /**
+     * Only show giver and/or receiver info first if they're named.
+     * - If only giver is named, show "... gave"
+     * - If only receiver is named, show "... received"
+     */
+
+    const giverInfo = giveRecord.giver;
+    const recipientInfo = giveRecord.receiver;
+    if (giverInfo.known && recipientInfo.known) {
+      // both giver and recipient are named
+      return `${giverInfo.displayName} gave to ${recipientInfo.displayName}: ${gaveAmount}`;
+    } else if (giverInfo.known) {
+      // giver is named but recipient is not
+      return `${giverInfo.displayName} gave: ${gaveAmount} (to ${recipientInfo.displayName})`;
+    } else if (recipientInfo.known) {
+      // recipient is named but giver is not
+      return `${recipientInfo.displayName} received: ${gaveAmount} (from ${giverInfo.displayName})`;
+    } else {
+      // neither giver nor recipient are named
+      let peopleInfo;
+      if (giverInfo.displayName === recipientInfo.displayName) {
+        peopleInfo = `between two who are ${giverInfo.displayName}`;
+      } else {
+        peopleInfo = `from ${giverInfo.displayName} to ${recipientInfo.displayName}`;
+      }
+      return gaveAmount + " (" + peopleInfo + ")";
+    }
   }
 
   onClickLoadClaim(jwtId: string) {
@@ -506,7 +555,7 @@ export default class HomeView extends Vue {
     return unitCode === "HUR" ? (single ? "hour" : "hours") : unitCode;
   }
 
-  openDialog(giver: GiverInputInfo) {
+  openDialog(giver?: GiverInputInfo) {
     (this.$refs.customDialog as GiftedDialog).open(giver);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/views/SeedBackupView.vue b/src/views/SeedBackupView.vue
index 5da26ea43..24e55b4a4 100644
--- a/src/views/SeedBackupView.vue
+++ b/src/views/SeedBackupView.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <QuickNav selected="Profile"></QuickNav>
+  <QuickNav selected="Profile" />
   <!-- CONTENT -->
   <section id="Content" class="p-6 pb-24 max-w-3xl mx-auto">
     <!-- Back -->