diff --git a/packages/web/components/MainTabsOrPages/ViewConvo.tsx b/packages/web/components/MainTabsOrPages/ViewConvo.tsx
index 4a0c8dc..b719698 100644
--- a/packages/web/components/MainTabsOrPages/ViewConvo.tsx
+++ b/packages/web/components/MainTabsOrPages/ViewConvo.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 import { LinkType } from "@nirvana/common/models/link";
+import { UserStatus } from "@nirvana/common/models/user";
 import { Tooltip } from "antd";
-import { FaExternalLinkAlt, FaGithub, FaImages } from "react-icons/fa";
+import { duration } from "moment";
+import {
+  FaCheck,
+  FaEdit,
+  FaExternalLinkAlt,
+  FaGithub,
+  FaImages,
+  FaMicrophone,
+  FaPlay,
+  FaRegClock,
+  FaRocket,
+} from "react-icons/fa";
 import LinkIcon from "../Drawer/LinkIcon";
+import UserAvatar, { UserAvatarSizes } from "../UserDetails/UserAvatar";
 
 const testDrawerItems: {
   linkType: LinkType;
@@ -30,6 +43,44 @@ const testDrawerItems: {
   },
 ];
 
+const testAudioClips: {
+  senderName: string;
+  relativeSentTime: string;
+  duration: number;
+  alreadyPlayed: boolean;
+}[] = [
+  {
+    senderName: "John",
+    relativeSentTime: "yesterday",
+    duration: 150,
+    alreadyPlayed: true,
+  },
+  {
+    senderName: "Alex",
+    relativeSentTime: "7 hours ago",
+    duration: 10,
+    alreadyPlayed: false,
+  },
+  {
+    senderName: "Ben",
+    relativeSentTime: "2 hours ago",
+    duration: 300,
+    alreadyPlayed: false,
+  },
+  {
+    senderName: "Alex",
+    relativeSentTime: "30 minutes ago",
+    duration: 200,
+    alreadyPlayed: false,
+  },
+  {
+    senderName: "Moha",
+    relativeSentTime: "5 minutes ago",
+    duration: 600,
+    alreadyPlayed: false,
+  },
+];
+
 export default function ViewConvo(props: { conversationId: string }) {
   // auth if do not have this conversation in react cache, then we are not authorized
 
@@ -40,7 +91,7 @@ export default function ViewConvo(props: { conversationId: string }) {
     <>
       <div className="flex flex-row items-stretch mt-5 space-x-10">
         {/* drawer items */}
-        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col max-w-xs">
+        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col max-w-xs shrink-0">
           <span className="text-md tracking-widest font-semibold text-slate-300 uppercase mb-2">
             Shared
           </span>
@@ -59,7 +110,7 @@ export default function ViewConvo(props: { conversationId: string }) {
               />
 
               <span className="flex flex-col ml-2">
-                <span className="text-slate-500">{link.linkName}</span>
+                <span className="text-slate-400 text-sm">{link.linkName}</span>
                 <span className="text-slate-300 text-xs">
                   {link.relativeSentTime}
                 </span>
@@ -81,12 +132,107 @@ export default function ViewConvo(props: { conversationId: string }) {
         </div>
 
         {/* main timeline view with action buttons on top */}
-        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col">
-          <span
-            className="text-md tracking-widest font-semibold 
-          text-slate-300 uppercase"
-          >
-            Timeline
+        <div className="flex-1 flex flex-col overflow-auto">
+          {/* header */}
+          <span className="flex flex-row justify-between items-center mb-5">
+            <span className="flex flex-col group">
+              <span className="flex flex-row items-center">
+                <span
+                  className="text-md tracking-widest font-semibold 
+          text-slate-500 uppercase"
+                >
+                  Engineering
+                </span>
+                <span className="p-2 rounded-full hover:cursor-pointer hover:bg-slate-200 group-hover:visible invisible">
+                  <FaEdit className="ml-auto text-md text-slate-400" />
+                </span>
+              </span>
+
+              <span className="text-xs text-slate-300 hover:decoration-slate-400">
+                25 members
+              </span>
+            </span>
+
+            <span className="flex flex-row items-center space-x-3">
+              <button
+                className="rounded-lg p-2 flex flex-row items-center space-x-2
+             text-slate-400 text-xs hover:bg-slate-50"
+              >
+                <FaRocket className="text-sky-500" />
+                <span>Priority</span>
+              </button>
+              <button
+                className="rounded-lg p-2 border flex flex-row items-center space-x-2
+             text-slate-400 text-xs hover:bg-slate-50"
+              >
+                <FaRegClock />
+                <span>Later</span>
+              </button>
+
+              <button
+                className="rounded-lg p-2 border flex flex-row items-center space-x-2
+             text-slate-400 text-xs hover:bg-slate-50"
+              >
+                <FaCheck />
+                <span>Done</span>
+              </button>
+            </span>
+          </span>
+
+          {/* have one row, but just translate it along y downward to put it in it's own place */}
+          <span className="flex flex-row flex-nowrap pb-[10rem] py-[5rem] overflow-auto min-h-max">
+            {testAudioClips.map((audClip, index) => (
+              <span
+                key={index}
+                className={`flex flex-row items-center p-5 rounded h-[5rem] shadow shrink-0
+                 ${index % 2 == 1 && "translate-y-20"} ${
+                  index % 2 == 0 && ""
+                } ${
+                  audClip.alreadyPlayed ? "bg-slate-100 border" : "bg-sky-50 "
+                }`}
+                style={{
+                  width: `${Math.round(audClip.duration)}px;`,
+                  //   minWidth: "fit-content",
+                }}
+              >
+                <UserAvatar
+                  userFirstName={"s"}
+                  status={UserStatus.busy}
+                  size={UserAvatarSizes.large}
+                  avatarUrl={"https://joeschmoe.io/api/v1/" + Math.random()}
+                />
+
+                <span className="flex flex-col ml-2">
+                  <span className="text-slate-500 font-semibold">
+                    {audClip.senderName}
+                  </span>
+                  <span className="text-slate-400 text-xs">
+                    {audClip.relativeSentTime}
+                  </span>
+                </span>
+              </span>
+            ))}
+          </span>
+
+          {/* stuff for recording and playing action */}
+          <span className="mx-auto flex flex-row py-10 space-x-5">
+            <Tooltip title={"Press and hold R to send a voice clip."}>
+              <span
+                className="ml-auto shadow-lg flex flex-row items-center p-5 
+            justify-center rounded-lg bg-slate-50 font-bold hover:cursor-pointer"
+              >
+                <FaMicrophone className="text-xl text-orange-700" />
+              </span>
+            </Tooltip>
+
+            <Tooltip title={"SPACE to play last conversation chunk."}>
+              <span
+                className="shadow-lg flex flex-row items-center p-5 justify-center 
+          rounded-lg bg-slate-50 font-bold"
+              >
+                <FaPlay className="text-teal-600 text-xl" />
+              </span>
+            </Tooltip>
           </span>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/packages/web/services/firebaseService.js b/packages/web/services/firebaseService.js
index 616dbc4..540f6a4 100644
--- a/packages/web/services/firebaseService.js
+++ b/packages/web/services/firebaseService.js
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ console.log("initialized firebase");
 
 // const analytics = getAnalytics(app);
 
-setPersistence(getAuth(), browserSessionPersistence);
-
 // Initialize firestore persistence for data caching
 const db = getFirestore(app);
 enableIndexedDbPersistence(db).catch((err) => {
@@ -54,3 +52,5 @@ enableIndexedDbPersistence(db).catch((err) => {
     // ...
   }
 });
+
+setPersistence(getAuth(), browserSessionPersistence);