diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
index aa4a23c9a5d..3f180ae7de9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/controllers/topic_controller.js
@@ -62,11 +62,9 @@ Discourse.TopicController = Discourse.ObjectController.extend({
   hideProgress: function() {
     if (!this.get('content.loaded')) return true;
     if (!this.get('currentPost')) return true;
-    if (this.get('content.highest_post_number') < 2) return true;
-    if (this.get('bestOf')) return true;
-    if (this.get('userFilters.length')) return true;
+    if (this.get('content.filtered_posts_count') < 2) return true;
     return false;
-  }.property('content.loaded', 'currentPost', 'bestOf', 'userFilters.length'),
+  }.property('content.loaded', 'currentPost', 'content.filtered_posts_count'),
 
   selectPost: function(post) {
     post.toggleProperty('selected');
@@ -215,6 +213,7 @@ Discourse.TopicController = Discourse.ObjectController.extend({
       });
 
       topicController.updateBottomBar();
+      topicController.set('filtered_posts_count', result.filtered_posts_count);
       topicController.set('loadingBelow', false);
       topicController.set('seenBottom', false);
     });
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
index b7ebf207fa3..c432e04d354 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
       <div class='container'>
         <div class='inner'>
           {{#if view.showFavoriteButton}}
-            <a {{bindAttr class=":star view.topic.starred:starred"}} {{action toggleStar target="controller"}} href='#' {{bindAttr title="favoriteTooltip"}}></a>
+            <a {{bindAttr class=":star view.topic.starred:starred"}} {{action toggleStar}} href='#' {{bindAttr title="favoriteTooltip"}}></a>
           {{/if}}
           {{#if view.editingTopic}}
             <input id='edit-title' type='text' {{bindAttr value="view.topic.title"}} autofocus>
@@ -41,15 +41,15 @@
 
       {{view Discourse.SelectedPostsView}}
       <div class="row">
-        <section class="topic-area" id='topic' data-topic-id='{{unbound content.id}}'>
+        <section class="topic-area" id='topic' data-topic-id='{{unbound id}}'>
           <div class='posts-wrapper'>
             <div id='topic-progress-wrapper'>
-              <nav id='topic-progress' title="{{i18n topic.progress.title}}" {{bindAttr class="controller.hideProgress:hidden"}}>
-                <button id='jump-top' title="{{i18n topic.progress.jump_top}}" {{action jumpTop target="controller"}}><i class="icon-circle-arrow-up"></i></button>
+              <nav id='topic-progress' title="{{i18n topic.progress.title}}" {{bindAttr class="hideProgress:hidden"}}>
+                <button id='jump-top' title="{{i18n topic.progress.jump_top}}" {{action jumpTop}}><i class="icon-circle-arrow-up"></i></button>
                 <div class='nums'>
-                  <h4 title="{{i18n topic.progress.current}}">{{view.progressPosition}}</h4> <span>{{i18n of_value}}</span> <h4>{{content.highest_post_number}}</h4>
+                  <h4 title="{{i18n topic.progress.current}}">{{view.progressPosition}}</h4> <span>{{i18n of_value}}</span> <h4>{{filtered_posts_count}}</h4>
                 </div>
-                <button id='jump-bottom' title="{{i18n topic.progress.jump_bottom}}" {{action jumpBottom target="controller"}}><i class="icon-circle-arrow-down"></i></button>
+                <button id='jump-bottom' title="{{i18n topic.progress.jump_bottom}}" {{action jumpBottom}}><i class="icon-circle-arrow-down"></i></button>
                 <div class='bg'>&nbsp;</div>
               </nav>
             </div>
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@
 
 <div id='topic-filter' style='display: none'>
   {{filterDesc}}
-  <a href='#' {{action cancelFilter target="controller"}}>{{i18n topic.filters.cancel}}</a>
+  <a href='#' {{action cancelFilter}}>{{i18n topic.filters.cancel}}</a>
 </div>
 
 {{render share}}
 {{render quoteButton}}
 
 {{#if Discourse.currentUser.admin}}
-  {{render topicAdminMenu controller.content}}
+  {{render topicAdminMenu content}}
 {{/if}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
index 8629acc3f79..c60952af722 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/topic_view.js
@@ -18,20 +18,13 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
   SHORT_POST: 1200,
 
   // Update the progress bar using sweet animations
-  updateBar: (function() {
+  updateBar: function() {
     var $topicProgress, bg, currentWidth, progressWidth, ratio, totalWidth;
     if (!this.get('topic.loaded')) return;
     $topicProgress = $('#topic-progress');
     if (!$topicProgress.length) return;
 
-    // Don't show progress when there is only one post
-    if (this.get('topic.highest_post_number') === 1) {
-      $topicProgress.hide();
-    } else {
-      $topicProgress.show();
-    }
-
-    ratio = this.get('progressPosition') / this.get('topic.highest_post_number');
+    ratio = this.get('progressPosition') / this.get('topic.filtered_posts_count');
     totalWidth = $topicProgress.width();
     progressWidth = ratio * totalWidth;
     bg = $topicProgress.find('.bg');
@@ -53,15 +46,15 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     } else {
       bg.animate({ width: progressWidth }, 400);
     }
-  }).observes('progressPosition', 'topic.highest_post_number', 'topic.loaded'),
+  }.observes('progressPosition', 'topic.filtered_posts_count', 'topic.loaded'),
 
-  updateTitle: (function() {
+  updateTitle: function() {
     var title;
     title = this.get('topic.title');
     if (title) return Discourse.set('title', title);
-  }).observes('topic.loaded', 'topic.title'),
+  }.observes('topic.loaded', 'topic.title'),
 
-  currentPostChanged: (function() {
+  currentPostChanged: function() {
     var current = this.get('controller.currentPost');
 
     var topic = this.get('topic');
@@ -93,13 +86,13 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     } else {
       $('#jump-bottom').attr('disabled', false);
     }
-  }).observes('controller.currentPost', 'controller.bestOf', 'topic.highest_post_number'),
+  }.observes('controller.currentPost', 'controller.bestOf', 'topic.highest_post_number'),
 
-  composeChanged: (function() {
+  composeChanged: function() {
     var composerController = Discourse.get('router.composerController');
     composerController.clearState();
-    return composerController.set('topic', this.get('topic'));
-  }).observes('composer'),
+    composerController.set('topic', this.get('topic'));
+  }.observes('composer'),
 
   // This view is being removed. Shut down operations
   willDestroyElement: function() {
@@ -267,18 +260,18 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     return this.loadMore(this.getPost($post));
   },
 
-  postCountChanged: (function() {
+  postCountChanged: function() {
     this.set('controller.seenBottom', false);
-  }).observes('topic.highest_post_number'),
+  }.observes('topic.highest_post_number'),
 
   loadMore: function(post) {
-    if (!post) { return; }
-    if (this.get('controller.loading')) { return; }
+    if (!post) return;
+    if (this.get('controller.loading')) return;
 
     // Don't load if we know we're at the bottom
-    if (this.get('topic.highest_post_number') === post.get('post_number')) { return; }
+    if (this.get('topic.highest_post_number') === post.get('post_number')) return;
 
-    if (this.get('controller.seenBottom')) { return; }
+    if (this.get('controller.seenBottom')) return;
 
     // Don't double load ever
     if (this.topic.posts.last().post_number !== post.post_number) return;
@@ -298,7 +291,7 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
       if (result.suggested_topics) {
         var suggested = Em.A();
         result.suggested_topics.each(function(st) {
-          return suggested.pushObject(Discourse.Topic.create(st));
+          suggested.pushObject(Discourse.Topic.create(st));
         });
         topicView.set('topic.suggested_topics', suggested);
       }
@@ -350,11 +343,10 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
   },
 
   updateDock: function(postView) {
-    var post;
     if (!postView) return;
-    post = postView.get('post');
+    var post = postView.get('post');
     if (!post) return;
-    this.set('progressPosition', post.get('post_number'));
+    this.set('progressPosition', post.get('index'));
   },
 
   nonUrgentPositionUpdate: Discourse.debounce(function(opts){
@@ -370,7 +362,7 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
   },
 
   updatePosition: function(userActive) {
-    var $lastPost, firstLoaded, lastPostOffset, offset, 
+    var $lastPost, firstLoaded, lastPostOffset, offset,
         title, info, rows, screenTrack, _this, currentPost;
 
     _this = this;
@@ -382,7 +374,7 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     // if we have no rows
     if(!info) { return; }
 
-    // top on screen 
+    // top on screen
     if(info.top === 0 || info.onScreen[0] === 0 || info.bottom === 0) {
       this.prevPage($(rows[0]));
     }
@@ -393,7 +385,7 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
       this.nextPage($(rows[info.bottom]));
     }
 
-    // update dock 
+    // update dock
     this.updateDock(Ember.View.views[rows[info.bottom].id]);
 
     // mark everything on screen read
@@ -403,10 +395,10 @@ Discourse.TopicView = Discourse.View.extend(Discourse.Scrolling, {
     });
 
     this.nonUrgentPositionUpdate({
-        userActive: userActive, 
+        userActive: userActive,
         currentPost: currentPost || this.getPost($(rows[info.bottom])).get('post_number')
     });
-    
+
     offset = window.pageYOffset || $('html').scrollTop();
     firstLoaded = this.get('firstPostLoaded');
     if (!this.docAt) {
diff --git a/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb b/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
index 76325cc9d1a..9b4b73b7691 100644
--- a/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
+++ b/app/serializers/topic_view_serializer.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
              :posts,
              :at_bottom,
              :highest_post_number,
-             :pinned
+             :pinned,
+             :filtered_posts_count
 
   has_one :created_by, serializer: BasicUserSerializer, embed: :objects
   has_one :last_poster, serializer: BasicUserSerializer, embed: :objects
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     object.post_action_visibility.present?
   end
 
+  def filtered_posts_count
+    object.filtered_posts_count
+  end
+
   def voted_in_topic
     object.voted_in_topic?
   end
@@ -204,13 +209,22 @@ class TopicViewSerializer < ApplicationSerializer
     @posts = []
     @highest_number_in_posts = 0
     if object.posts.present?
-      object.posts.each do |p|
+      object.posts.each_with_index do |p, idx|
         @highest_number_in_posts = p.post_number if p.post_number > @highest_number_in_posts
         ps = PostSerializer.new(p, scope: scope, root: false)
         ps.topic_slug = object.topic.slug
         ps.topic_view = object
         p.topic = object.topic
-        @posts << ps.as_json
+
+        post_json = ps.as_json
+
+        if object.index_reverse
+          post_json[:index] = object.index_offset - idx
+        else
+          post_json[:index] = object.index_offset + idx + 1
+        end
+
+        @posts << post_json
       end
     end
     @posts
diff --git a/lib/topic_view.rb b/lib/topic_view.rb
index 3a74d8d35a9..c918e96c499 100644
--- a/lib/topic_view.rb
+++ b/lib/topic_view.rb
@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ require_dependency 'summarize'
 
 class TopicView
 
-  attr_accessor :topic,
-                :draft,
-                :draft_key,
-                :draft_sequence,
-                :posts
+  attr_reader :topic, :posts, :index_offset, :index_reverse
+  attr_accessor :draft, :draft_key, :draft_sequence
 
   def initialize(topic_id, user=nil, options={})
     @topic = find_topic(topic_id)
@@ -34,6 +31,7 @@ class TopicView
 
     @user = user
     @initial_load = true
+    @index_reverse = false
 
     filter_posts(options)
 
@@ -75,6 +73,10 @@ class TopicView
     @topic.title
   end
 
+  def filtered_posts_count
+    @filtered_posts_count ||= @filtered_posts.count
+  end
+
   def summary
     return nil if posts.blank?
     Summarize.new(posts.first.cooked).summary
@@ -146,8 +148,13 @@ class TopicView
     sort_order = sort_order_for_post_number(post_number)
     return nil unless sort_order
 
+
+
     # Find posts before the `sort_order`
     @posts = @filtered_posts.order('sort_order desc').where("sort_order < ?", sort_order)
+    @index_offset = @posts.count
+    @index_reverse = true
+
     @posts = @posts.includes(:reply_to_user).includes(:topic).joins(:user).limit(SiteSetting.posts_per_page)
   end
 
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@ class TopicView
     sort_order = sort_order_for_post_number(post_number)
     return nil unless sort_order
 
+    @index_offset = @filtered_posts.where("sort_order <= ?", sort_order).count
     @posts = @filtered_posts.order('sort_order').where("sort_order > ?", sort_order)
     @posts = @posts.includes(:reply_to_user).includes(:topic).joins(:user).limit(SiteSetting.posts_per_page)
   end
@@ -263,6 +271,7 @@ class TopicView
   private
 
   def filter_posts_in_range(min, max)
+
     max_index = (filtered_post_ids.length - 1)
 
     # If we're off the charts, return nil
@@ -272,6 +281,8 @@ class TopicView
     max = max_index if max > max_index
     min = 0 if min < 0
 
+    @index_offset = min
+
     # TODO: Sort might be off
     @posts = Post.where(id: filtered_post_ids[min..max])
                  .includes(:user)
diff --git a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
index dc200023adf..cbf6927c499 100644
--- a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ describe TopicView do
   let(:coding_horror) { Fabricate(:coding_horror) }
   let(:first_poster) { topic.user }
 
-
   let(:topic_view) { TopicView.new(topic.id, coding_horror) }
 
   it "raises a not found error if the topic doesn't exist" do
@@ -192,10 +191,14 @@ describe TopicView do
       it "returns undeleted posts after a post" do
         topic_view.filter_posts_after(p1.post_number).should == [p2, p3, p5]
         topic_view.should_not be_initial_load
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 1
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
 
       it "clips to the end boundary" do
         topic_view.filter_posts_after(p2.post_number).should == [p3, p5]
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 2
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
 
       it "returns nothing after the last post" do
@@ -209,6 +212,8 @@ describe TopicView do
       it "returns deleted posts to an admin" do
         coding_horror.admin = true
         topic_view.filter_posts_after(p1.post_number).should == [p2, p3, p4]
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 1
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
     end
 
@@ -216,10 +221,14 @@ describe TopicView do
       it "returns undeleted posts before a post" do
         topic_view.filter_posts_before(p5.post_number).should == [p3, p2, p1]
         topic_view.should_not be_initial_load
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 3
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_true
       end
 
       it "clips to the beginning boundary" do
         topic_view.filter_posts_before(p3.post_number).should == [p2, p1]
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 2
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_true
       end
 
       it "returns nothing before the first post" do
@@ -234,35 +243,47 @@ describe TopicView do
       it "returns deleted posts to an admin" do
         coding_horror.admin = true
         topic_view.filter_posts_before(p5.post_number).should == [p4, p3, p2]
+        topic_view.index_offset.should == 4
+        topic_view.index_reverse.should be_true
       end
     end
 
     describe "filter_posts_near" do
 
-      def topic_view_posts_near(post)
-        TopicView.new(topic.id, coding_horror, post_number: post.post_number).posts
+      def topic_view_near(post)
+        TopicView.new(topic.id, coding_horror, post_number: post.post_number)
       end
 
       it "snaps to the lower boundary" do
-        topic_view_posts_near(p1).should == [p1, p2, p3]
+        near_view = topic_view_near(p1)
+        near_view.posts.should == [p1, p2, p3]
+        near_view.index_offset.should == 0
+        near_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
 
       it "snaps to the upper boundary" do
-        topic_view_posts_near(p5).should == [p2, p3, p5]
+        near_view = topic_view_near(p5)
+        near_view.posts.should == [p2, p3, p5]
+        near_view.index_offset.should == 1
+        near_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
 
       it "returns the posts in the middle" do
-        topic_view_posts_near(p2).should == [p1, p2, p3]
+        near_view = topic_view_near(p2)
+        near_view.posts.should == [p1, p2, p3]
+        near_view.index_offset.should == 0
+        near_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
 
       it "returns deleted posts to an admin" do
         coding_horror.admin = true
-        topic_view_posts_near(p3).should == [p2, p3, p4]
+        near_view = topic_view_near(p3)
+        near_view.posts.should == [p2, p3, p4]
+        near_view.index_offset.should == 1
+        near_view.index_reverse.should be_false
       end
-
     end
 
-
   end
 
 end