diff --git a/includes/batch.inc b/includes/batch.inc
index d9d5b2a9807..fb13aa58c8f 100644
--- a/includes/batch.inc
+++ b/includes/batch.inc
@@ -255,8 +255,11 @@ function _batch_process() {
       '@total'      => $total,
       '@current'    => floor($current),
       '@percentage' => $percentage,
-      );
-    $message = strtr($progress_message, $values) . '<br/>';
+    );
+    $message = strtr($progress_message, $values);
+    if (!empty($message)) {
+      $message .= '<br/>';
+    }
     $message .= $task_message ? $task_message : '&nbsp';
 
     return array($percentage, $message);
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.css b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.css
index b0e65e60eb6..1b4564c05ba 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.css
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.css
@@ -3,30 +3,36 @@
 /* Addon for the simpletest module */
 #simpletest {
 }
+
 /* Test Table */
 #simpletest-form-table th.select-all {
   width: 50px;
 }
+
 th.simpletest_test {
   width: 160px;
 }
 
 table#simpletest-form-table tr td {
-  background-color: white !important;
+  background-color: white;
   color: #494949;
 }
 
 table#simpletest-form-table tr.simpletest-group td {
-  background-color: #EDF5FA !important;
+  background-color: #EDF5FA;
   color: #494949;
 }
 
+div.message > div.item-list {
+  font-weight: normal;
+}
+
 div.simpletest-pass {
   color: #33a333;
 }
 
-div.simpletest-fail {
-  color: #a30000;
+.simpletest-fail {
+  color: #981010;
 }
 
 tr.simpletest-pass.odd {
diff --git a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
index bc51a68996c..896b64f6115 100644
--- a/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
+++ b/modules/simpletest/simpletest.module
@@ -214,16 +214,16 @@ function theme_simpletest_test_table($table) {
 
   // Create header for test selection table.
   $header = array(
-  theme('table_select_header_cell'),
-  array('data' => t('Test'), 'class' => 'simpletest_test'),
-  array('data' => t('Description'), 'class' => 'simpletest_description'),
+    theme('table_select_header_cell'),
+    array('data' => t('Test'), 'class' => 'simpletest_test'),
+    array('data' => t('Description'), 'class' => 'simpletest_description'),
   );
 
   // Define the images used to expand/collapse the test groups.
   $js = array(
     'images' => array(
-      0 => theme('image', 'misc/menu-collapsed.png', 'Expand', 'Expand'),
-      1 => theme('image', 'misc/menu-expanded.png', 'Collapsed', 'Collapsed'),
+      theme('image', 'misc/menu-collapsed.png', 'Expand', 'Expand'),
+      theme('image', 'misc/menu-expanded.png', 'Collapsed', 'Collapsed'),
     ),
   );
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ function theme_simpletest_result_summary($form, $text = NULL) {
 }
 
 function _simpletest_format_summary_line($summary) {
-  return t('@pass, @fail, @exception', array(
+  return t('@pass, @fail, and @exception', array(
     '@pass' => format_plural(isset($summary['#pass']) ? $summary['#pass'] : 0, '1 pass', '@count passes'),
     '@fail' => format_plural(isset($summary['#fail']) ? $summary['#fail'] : 0, '1 fail', '@count fails'),
     '@exception' => format_plural(isset($summary['#exception']) ? $summary['#exception'] : 0, '1 exception', '@count exceptions'),
@@ -333,7 +333,8 @@ function simpletest_test_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Actually runs tests
+ * Actually runs tests.
+ *
  * @param $test_list
  *   List of tests to run.
  * @param $reporter
@@ -345,6 +346,12 @@ function simpletest_run_tests($test_list, $reporter = 'drupal') {
   cache_clear_all();
   $test_id = db_insert('simpletest_test_id')->useDefaults(array('test_id'))->execute();
 
+  // Get the info for the first test being run.
+  $first_test = array_shift($test_list);
+  $first_instance = new $first_test();
+  array_unshift($test_list, $first_test);
+  $info = $first_instance->getInfo();
+
   $batch = array(
     'title' => t('Running SimpleTests'),
     'operations' => array(
@@ -352,9 +359,10 @@ function simpletest_run_tests($test_list, $reporter = 'drupal') {
     ),
     'finished' => '_simpletest_batch_finished',
     'redirect' => 'admin/build/testing',
-    'progress_message' => t('Processing tests.'),
+    'progress_message' => '',
     'css' => array(drupal_get_path('module', 'simpletest') . '/simpletest.css'),
-    'init_message' => t('SimpleTest is initializing...') . ' ' . format_plural(count($test_list), "one test case will run.", "@count test cases will run."),
+    'js' => array(drupal_get_path('module', 'simpletest') .'/simpletest.js'),
+    'init_message' => t('Processing test @num of @max - %test.', array('%test' => $info['name'], '@num' => '1', '@max' => count($test_list))),
   );
   batch_set($batch);
   // Normally, the forms portion of the batch API takes care of calling
@@ -402,12 +410,11 @@ function _simpletest_batch_operation($test_list_init, $test_id, &$context) {
   $test_results[$test_class]['#name'] = $info['name'];
   $items = array();
   foreach (element_children($test_results) as $class) {
-    $items[] = '<div class="simpletest-' . ($test_results[$class]['#fail'] + $test_results[$class]['#exception'] ? 'fail' : 'pass') . '">' . t('@name: @summary', array('@name' => $test_results[$class]['#name'], '@summary' => _simpletest_format_summary_line($test_results[$class]))) . '</div>';
+    array_unshift($items, '<div class="simpletest-' . ($test_results[$class]['#fail'] + $test_results[$class]['#exception'] ? 'fail' : 'pass') . '">' . t('@name: @summary', array('@name' => $test_results[$class]['#name'], '@summary' => _simpletest_format_summary_line($test_results[$class]))) . '</div>');
   }
-  $message = t('Processed test @num of @max - %test.', array('%test' => $info['name'], '@num' => $max - $size, '@max' => $max));
-  $message .= theme('item_list', $items);
-  $context['message'] = $message;
-  // TODO: Do we want a summary of all?
+  $context['message'] = t('Processed test @num of @max - %test.', array('%test' => $info['name'], '@num' => $max - $size, '@max' => $max));
+  $context['message'] .= '<div class="simpletest-' . ($test_results['#fail'] + $test_results['#exception'] ? 'fail' : 'pass') . '">Overall results: ' . _simpletest_format_summary_line($test_results) . '</div>';
+  $context['message'] .= theme('item_list', $items);
 
   // Save working values for the next iteration.
   $context['sandbox']['tests'] = $test_list;
@@ -420,7 +427,9 @@ function _simpletest_batch_operation($test_list_init, $test_id, &$context) {
 }
 
 function _simpletest_batch_finished($success, $results, $operations) {
-  $_SESSION['test_id'] = $results['test_id'];
+  if (isset($results['test_id'])) {
+    $_SESSION['test_id'] = $results['test_id'];
+  }
   if ($success) {
     drupal_set_message(t('The tests have finished running.'));
   }