diff --git a/ui (gen4)/css/widget/overlay.css b/ui (gen4)/css/widget/overlay.css
index 4d38ff12..210b7913 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/css/widget/overlay.css	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/css/widget/overlay.css	
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
 		...need a way to go around this...
 */
 .blur>* {
-	-webkit-filter: blur(2px) saturate(0.5);
-	filter: blur(2px) saturate(0.5);
+	-webkit-filter: blur(2px) saturate(0.3);
+	filter: blur(2px) saturate(0.3);
 }
 .blur>.overlay-widget {
 	-webkit-filter: none;
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/index.html b/ui (gen4)/index.html
index 030f5d0f..292883f1 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/index.html	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/index.html	
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 
 body {
 	margin: 0;
+	/* this will prevent odd blur effects when blurring out specific 
+		elements... */
+	background: black;
 }
 
 /* show image gid... */
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/ui.js
index 490fa05e..3ac77327 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ var viewer = require('viewer')
 //var promise = require('promise')
 
 
-// widgets...
-var browse = require('lib/widget/browse')
-var overlay = require('lib/widget/overlay')
-
-
 
 /*********************************************************************/
 
@@ -65,7 +60,12 @@ var overlay = require('lib/widget/overlay')
 // NOTE: setting this here (and only here) to -1 or null will desable 
 // 		key dropping...
 // NOTE: keeping this disabled is recommended for development...
-module.MAX_KEY_REPEAT_RATE = 0 //100
+// NOTE: setting this to 0 will only allow a single keypress per 
+// 		execution frame...
+// 		XXX yes there should be only one execution frame per event 
+// 			triggered but this actually improves things, thus the issue 
+// 			needs more investigation...
+module.MAX_KEY_REPEAT_RATE = 0
 
 // XXX add this to the global doc...
 module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 			ctrl: 'toggleTheme!',
 			alt: 'browseActions: "/Bookmark/"',
 		},
+		C: 'browseActions: "/Crop/"',
 	},
 }	
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js
index cd4a2aab..194f2c7e 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/viewer.js	
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ actions.Actions({
 	// 		adding new items to the resulting structure...
 	// XXX is this the correct way to go???
 	// 		...can we save simple attribute values???
-	json: ['File/Dump state as JSOM object',
+	json: ['File/Dump state as JSON object',
 		'This will collect JSON data from every available attribute '
 			+'supporting the .dumpJSON() method.',
 		function(){