diff --git a/app/Model/Project.php b/app/Model/Project.php
index ad64edcd2..305e3f1e8 100644
--- a/app/Model/Project.php
+++ b/app/Model/Project.php
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class Project extends Base
      * @param  string    $direction       Sorting direction
      * @return array                      Project properties
      */
-    public function getSummary(array $project_ids, $status = self::ACTIVE, $order = 'last_modified', $direction = 'desc')
+    public function getSummary(array $project_ids, $status = self::ACTIVE, $order = 'name', $direction = 'asc')
     {
         if (empty($project_ids)) {
             return array();
diff --git a/app/Template/app/index.php b/app/Template/app/index.php
index 1aa5819a1..89550e055 100644
--- a/app/Template/app/index.php
+++ b/app/Template/app/index.php
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
             <?php if (empty($projects)): ?>
                 <p class="alert"><?= t('Your are not member of any project.') ?></p>
             <?php else: ?>
-                <table>
+                <table class="table-fixed">
                     <tr>
-                        <th width="5%">&nbsp;</th>
-                        <th width="15%"><?= t('Project') ?></th>
-                        <th width="75%"><?= t('Columns') ?></th>
+                        <th class="column-8">&nbsp;</th>
+                        <th class="column-20"><?= t('Project') ?></th>
+                        <th><?= t('Columns') ?></th>
                     </tr>
                     <?php foreach ($projects as $project): ?>
                     <tr>
@@ -50,12 +50,12 @@
             <?php if (empty($tasks)): ?>
                 <p class="alert"><?= t('There is nothing assigned to you.') ?></p>
             <?php else: ?>
-                <table>
+                <table class="table-fixed">
                     <tr>
-                        <th width="5%">&nbsp;</th>
-                        <th width="15%"><?= t('Project') ?></th>
-                        <th width="60%"><?= t('Task') ?></th>
-                        <th width="20%"><?= t('Due date') ?></th>
+                        <th class="column-8">&nbsp;</th>
+                        <th class="column-20"><?= t('Project') ?></th>
+                        <th><?= t('Task') ?></th>
+                        <th class="column-20"><?= t('Due date') ?></th>
                     </tr>
                     <?php foreach ($tasks as $task): ?>
                     <tr>
diff --git a/app/Template/task_table.php b/app/Template/task_table.php
index fa04fa553..2f856661a 100644
--- a/app/Template/task_table.php
+++ b/app/Template/task_table.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-<table>
+<table class="table-fixed table-small">
     <tr>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Id'), 'tasks.id', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Column'), 'tasks.column_id', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Category'), 'tasks.category_id', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-8"><?= Helper\order(t('Id'), 'tasks.id', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-8"><?= Helper\order(t('Column'), 'tasks.column_id', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-8"><?= Helper\order(t('Category'), 'tasks.category_id', $pagination) ?></th>
         <th><?= Helper\order(t('Title'), 'tasks.title', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Assignee'), 'users.username', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Due date'), 'tasks.date_due', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Date created'), 'tasks.date_creation', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Date completed'), 'tasks.date_completed', $pagination) ?></th>
-        <th><?= Helper\order(t('Status'), 'tasks.is_active', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-10"><?= Helper\order(t('Assignee'), 'users.username', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-10"><?= Helper\order(t('Due date'), 'tasks.date_due', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-10"><?= Helper\order(t('Date created'), 'tasks.date_creation', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-10"><?= Helper\order(t('Date completed'), 'tasks.date_completed', $pagination) ?></th>
+        <th class="column-5"><?= Helper\order(t('Status'), 'tasks.is_active', $pagination) ?></th>
     </tr>
     <?php foreach ($tasks as $task): ?>
     <tr>
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
             <?= dt('%B %e, %Y', $task['date_due']) ?>
         </td>
         <td>
-            <?= dt('%B %e, %Y at %k:%M %p', $task['date_creation']) ?>
+            <?= dt('%B %e, %Y', $task['date_creation']) ?>
         </td>
         <td>
             <?php if ($task['date_completed']): ?>
-                <?= dt('%B %e, %Y at %k:%M %p', $task['date_completed']) ?>
+                <?= dt('%B %e, %Y', $task['date_completed']) ?>
             <?php endif ?>
         </td>
         <td>
diff --git a/assets/css/app.css b/assets/css/app.css
index 08deefb7e..a23fca2d2 100644
--- a/assets/css/app.css
+++ b/assets/css/app.css
@@ -105,6 +105,53 @@ th a {
 th a:focus,
 th a:hover {
     text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.table-fixed {
+    table-layout: fixed;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.table-fixed td {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.column-5 {
+    width: 5%;
+}
+
+.column-8 {
+    width: 7.5%;
+}
+
+.column-10 {
+    width: 10%;
+}
+
+.column-20 {
+    width: 20%;
+}
+
+.column-30 {
+    width: 30%;
+}
+
+.column-40 {
+    width: 40%;
+}
+
+.column-50 {
+    width: 50%;
+}
+
+.column-60 {
+    width: 60%;
+}
+
+.column-70 {
+    width: 70%;
 }/* forms */
 form {
     margin-bottom: 20px;
diff --git a/assets/css/table.css b/assets/css/table.css
index 008b4bbf1..c5ddb4c04 100644
--- a/assets/css/table.css
+++ b/assets/css/table.css
@@ -41,4 +41,51 @@ th a {
 th a:focus,
 th a:hover {
     text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+.table-fixed {
+    table-layout: fixed;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.table-fixed td {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+}
+
+.column-5 {
+    width: 5%;
+}
+
+.column-8 {
+    width: 7.5%;
+}
+
+.column-10 {
+    width: 10%;
+}
+
+.column-20 {
+    width: 20%;
+}
+
+.column-30 {
+    width: 30%;
+}
+
+.column-40 {
+    width: 40%;
+}
+
+.column-50 {
+    width: 50%;
+}
+
+.column-60 {
+    width: 60%;
+}
+
+.column-70 {
+    width: 70%;
 }
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