diff --git a/files/js/files.js b/files/js/files.js
index b491b90275c..2434fceff43 100644
--- a/files/js/files.js
+++ b/files/js/files.js
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	$('#file_upload_submit').click(function(){
 		var name=$('#file_upload_filename').val();
 		if($('#file_upload_start')[0].files[0] && $('#file_upload_start')[0].files[0].size>0){
-			var size=humanFileSize($('#file_upload_start')[0].files[0].size);
+			var size=simpleFileSize($('#file_upload_start')[0].files[0].size);
 		}else{
 			var size='Pending';
 		}
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ function humanFileSize(bytes){
 	return bytes+' GB';
 }
 
+function simpleFileSize(bytes) {
+	mbytes = Math.round(bytes/(1024*1024),1);
+	if(bytes == 0) { return '0'; }
+	else if(mbytes < 0.1) { return '< 0.1'; }
+	else if(mbytes > 1000) { return '> 1000'; }
+	else { return mbytes.toFixed(1); }
+}
+
 function formatDate(date){
 	var monthNames = [ "January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
 	"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December" ];
diff --git a/files/templates/index.php b/files/templates/index.php
index ee5e0900e2c..b9f8c02c93b 100644
--- a/files/templates/index.php
+++ b/files/templates/index.php
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		<tr>
 			<th><input type="checkbox" id="select_all" /></th>
 			<th><?php echo $l->t( 'Name' ); ?></th>
-			<th><?php echo $l->t( 'Size' ); ?></th>
+			<th><?php echo $l->t( 'Size (MB)' ); ?></th>
 			<th><?php echo $l->t( 'Modified' ); ?></th>
 			<th></th>
 		</tr>
diff --git a/files/templates/part.list.php b/files/templates/part.list.php
index 443990af34f..fd7f3f644df 100644
--- a/files/templates/part.list.php
+++ b/files/templates/part.list.php
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-		<?php foreach($_["files"] as $file): ?>
-			<tr data-file='<?php echo $file['name'];?>' data-type='<?php echo ($file["type"] == "dir")?'dir':'file'?>' data-mime='<?php echo $file["mime"]?>'>
+		<?php foreach($_['files'] as $file): ?>
+			<tr data-file="<?php echo $file['name'];?>" data-type="<?php echo ($file['type'] == 'dir')?'dir':'file'?>" data-mime="<?php echo $file['mime']?>">
 				<td class="selection"><input type="checkbox" /></td>
-				<td class="filename"><a style="background-image:url(<?php if($file["type"] == "dir") echo mimetype_icon("dir"); else echo mimetype_icon($file["mime"]); ?>)" href="<?php if($file["type"] == "dir") echo link_to("files", "index.php?dir=".$file["directory"]."/".$file["name"]); else echo link_to("files", "download.php?file=".$file["directory"]."/".$file["name"]); ?>" title=""><?php if($file["type"] == "dir") echo "<strong>"; echo htmlspecialchars($file["name"]); if($file["type"] == "dir") echo "</strong>"; ?></a></td>
-				<td class="filesize"><?php echo human_file_size($file["size"]); ?></td>
-				<td class="date"><?php echo $file["date"]; ?></td>
-				<td class="fileaction"><a href="" title="+" class='dropArrow'></a></td>
+				<td class="filename"><a style="background-image:url(<?php if($file['type'] == 'dir') echo mimetype_icon('dir'); else echo mimetype_icon($file['mime']); ?>)" href="<?php if($file['type'] == 'dir') echo link_to('files', 'index.php?dir='.$file['directory'].'/'.$file['name']); else echo link_to('files', 'download.php?file='.$file['directory'].'/'.$file['name']); ?>" title=""><?php if($file['type'] == 'dir') echo "<strong>"; echo htmlspecialchars($file['name']); if($file['type'] == 'dir') echo "</strong>"; ?></a></td>
+				<td class="filesize" title="<?php echo human_file_size($file['size']); ?>"><?php echo simple_file_size($file['size']); ?></td>
+				<td class="date"><?php echo $file['date']; ?></td>
+				<td class="fileaction"><a href="" title="+" class="dropArrow"></a></td>
 			</tr>
 		<?php endforeach; ?>
diff --git a/lib/template.php b/lib/template.php
index 9393fe6908e..3c0cdf7e161 100644
--- a/lib/template.php
+++ b/lib/template.php
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ function human_file_size( $bytes ){
 	return OC_HELPER::humanFileSize( $bytes );
 }
 
+function simple_file_size($bytes) {
+	$mbytes = round($bytes/(1024*1024),1);
+	if($bytes == 0) { return '0'; }
+	else if($mbytes < 0.1) { return '< 0.1'; }
+	else if($mbytes > 1000) { return '> 1000'; }
+	else { return number_format($mbytes, 1); }
+}
+
 /**
  * This class provides the templates for owncloud.
  */