diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index 0ae99ce0..f39822f9 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -213,12 +213,57 @@ module.LifeCycle = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 //
 //
 
+
+// Helpers...
+var makeWorkspaceConfigWriter =
+module.makeWorkspaceConfigWriter = function(keys, callback){
+	return function(workspace){
+		var that = this
+
+		keys = typeof(keys) == typeof(function(){}) ? keys() : keys
+
+		// store statusbar data...
+		keys.forEach(function(key){
+			workspace[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(that.config[key]))
+		})
+
+		callback && callback.call(this, workspace)
+	}
+}
+
+// XXX should this delete a prop if it's not in the loading workspace???
+var makeWorkspaceConfigLoader =
+module.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader = function(keys, callback){
+	return function(workspace){
+		var that = this
+
+		keys = typeof(keys) == typeof(function(){}) ? keys() : keys
+
+		// load statusbar data...
+		keys.forEach(function(key){
+			// the key exists...
+			if(key in workspace){
+				that.config[key] = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(workspace[key]))
+
+			// no key set...
+			// XXX is this the right way to go???
+			} else {
+				delete that.config[key]
+			}
+		})
+
+		callback && callback.call(this, workspace)
+	}
+}
+
+
+
+// - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 
+
 var WorkspaceActions = actions.Actions({
 	config: {
 		'workspace': 'default',
-		'chrome-visible': 'on',
-
-		'saved-workspaces': {},
+		'workspaces': {},
 	},
 
 	get workspace(){
@@ -228,6 +273,11 @@ var WorkspaceActions = actions.Actions({
 		this.loadWorkspace(value)
 	},
 
+	get workspaces(){
+		return this.config.workspaces
+	},
+
+
 	getWorkspace: ['- Workspace/',
 		function(){ return this.saveWorkspace(null) }],
 
@@ -242,12 +292,12 @@ var WorkspaceActions = actions.Actions({
 	// XXX for some reason this does not trigger a .config save...
 	saveWorkspace: ['Workspace/Save Workspace',
 		function(name){
-			this.config['saved-workspaces'] = this.config['saved-workspaces']
+			this.config['workspaces'] = this.config['workspaces']
 
 			var res = {}
 
 			if(name !== null){
-				this.config['saved-workspaces'][name || this.config.workspace] = res
+				this.config['workspaces'][name || this.config.workspace] = res
 			}
 
 			return res
@@ -257,14 +307,21 @@ var WorkspaceActions = actions.Actions({
 	// 		specific way to do stuff...
 	loadWorkspace: ['Workspace/Load Workspace',
 		function(name){
-			this.config.workspace = name
+			// get a workspace by name and load it...
+			if(typeof(name) == typeof('str')){
+				this.config.workspace = name
 
-			return this.config['saved-workspaces'][name] || {}
+				return this.config['workspaces'][name || this.config.workspace] || {}
+
+			// we got the workspace object...
+			} else {
+				return name
+			}
 		}],
 
 	toggleWorkspace: ['Workspace/Toggle Workspace',
 		makeConfigToggler('workspace',
-			function(){ return Object.keys(this.config['saved-workspaces']) },
+			function(){ return Object.keys(this.config['workspaces']) },
 			function(state){ this.loadWorkspace(state) })],
 })
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-slideshow.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-slideshow.js
index fde88056..bbd17a6b 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-slideshow.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-slideshow.js	
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ var SlideshowActions = actions.Actions({
 		core.makeConfigToggler('ui-slideshow-direction', ['forward', 'reverse'])],
 	toggleSlideshowLooping: ['Slideshow/Looping',
 		core.makeConfigToggler('ui-slideshow-looping', ['on', 'off'])],
-	// XXX need to save/load state...
+
+	// XXX should this save/load a tmp workspace or a dedicated slideshow workspace???
 	toggleSlideshow: ['Slideshow/Start',
 		toggler.CSSClassToggler(
 			function(){ return this.ribbons.viewer }, 
@@ -90,14 +91,22 @@ var SlideshowActions = actions.Actions({
 
 					// prepare for the slideshow...
 					} else {
-						// XXX get state before setting/hiding things...
-						// XXX
+						// save current workspace...
+						this.__pre_slideshow_workspace = this.workspace
+						this.saveWorkspace() 
+
+						// construct the slideshow workspace if it does not exist...
+						if(this.workspaces['slideshow'] == null){
+							this.toggleChrome('off')
+							this.saveWorkspace('slideshow') 
+
+						// load the slideshow workspace...
+						} else {
+							this.loadWorkspace('slideshow')
+						}
 				
 						// single image mode...
 						this.toggleSingleImage('on')
-
-						// XXX hide all marks...
-						// XXX
 					}
 
 					// start the timer... 
@@ -122,12 +131,14 @@ var SlideshowActions = actions.Actions({
 				// stop...
 				} else {
 					// stop timer...
-					clearTimeout(this.__slideshouw_timer)
+					this.__slideshouw_timer
+						&& clearTimeout(this.__slideshouw_timer)
 					delete this.__slideshouw_timer
 
-					// XXX restore state...
-					// XXX
-
+					// XXX should this be a dedicated slideshow workspace??
+					this.__pre_slideshow_workspace &&
+						this.loadWorkspace(this.__pre_slideshow_workspace)
+					delete this.__pre_slideshow_workspace
 				}
 			})],
 	resetSlideshowTimer: ['- Slideshow/Restart slideshow timer',
@@ -144,11 +155,17 @@ module.Slideshow = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 	tag: 'ui-slideshow',
 	depends: [
+		'workspace',
 		'ui',
 		'ui-single-image-view',
 	],
 
 	actions: SlideshowActions,
+
+	handlers: [
+		['stop',
+			function(){ this.toggleSlideshow('off') }]
+	],
 })
 
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 915240ca..7025dc9b 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@ module.StatusBar = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 	tag: 'ui-status-bar',
 	depends: [
+		'workspace',
 		'ui',
 
 		// XXX this is here to enable context menu 
@@ -450,6 +451,19 @@ module.StatusBar = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 					this.updateStatusBar()
 				}
 			}],
+
+		// Workspace...
+		// XXX is storing all the config a bit too much???
+		['saveWorkspace',
+			core.makeWorkspaceConfigWriter(
+				function(){ return Object.keys(StatusBar.config) })],
+		['loadWorkspace',
+			core.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader(
+				function(){ return Object.keys(StatusBar.config) },
+				function(workspace){
+					'status-bar-mode' in workspace 
+						&& this.toggleStatusBar(workspace['status-bar-mode'])
+				})],
 	],
 })
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js
index 7617d341..6ef07e5a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
@@ -162,6 +162,9 @@ module.ViewerActions = actions.Actions({
 			'last',		// select last image
 		],
 		'ribbon-focus-mode': 'visual',
+
+
+		'chrome-visible': 'on',
 	},
 
 	// Images...