diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/app.js b/ui (gen4)/features/app.js
index d07ad8cd..87a7029b 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/app.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/app.js	
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ var ElectronHostActions = actions.Actions({
 	minimize: ['Window/Minimize',
 		function(){
 			electron.remote.getCurrentWindow().minimize() }],
+	// XXX need to detect initial fullscreen state...
 	// XXX this is almost generic, but it is not usable unless within 
 	// 		a user event handler...
 	// 		...can we use this on electron???
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ var AppButtonsActions = actions.Actions({
 			{
 				'_': ['minimize', 
 					'minimize -- Minimize'],
-				'↙': ['fullscreen allways-shown', 
+				'↙': ['fullscreen always-shown', 
 					'toggleFullScreen -- Toggle fullscreen'],
 				'×': ['close', 
 					'close -- Quit'],
@@ -601,10 +602,10 @@ module.AppButtons = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 				// XXX should this be done by css???
 				if(fullscreen == 'on'){
-					buttons.find('.button:not(.allways-shown)').show()
+					buttons.find('.button:not(.always-shown)').show()
 
 				} else {
-					buttons.find('.button:not(.allways-shown)').hide()
+					buttons.find('.button:not(.always-shown)').hide()
 				}
 
 				//this.toggleFullScreenControls(fullScreen)
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index 3cd491d6..759a6487 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -1618,7 +1618,8 @@ module.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader = function(keys, callback){
 			}
 		})
 
-		callback && callback.call(this, workspace)
+		callback 
+			&& callback.call(this, workspace)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1738,7 +1739,8 @@ module.Workspace = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 		['start', 
 			function(){ 
 				this.loadWorkspace(this.config['load-workspace'] || 'default') }],
-		['stop', 
+		// NOTE: this needs to be done before the .config is saved...
+		['stop.pre', 
 			function(){ 
 				this.saveWorkspace() }],
 	],
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js
index 6d244dd2..9d6bd845 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-single-image.js	
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ var SingleImageActions = actions.Actions({
 				if(state == 'on'){
 					this.pushWorkspace()
 
+					// base the single image defaults of ui-chrome-hidden...
 					if(this.workspaces['single-image'] == null){
 						this.loadWorkspace('ui-chrome-hidden') 
 						this.mergeConfig('single-image-config-defaults')
@@ -548,7 +549,7 @@ module.SingleImageCursor = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 	handlers: [
 		// setup...
-		['load',
+		['start',
 			function(){
 				var mode = this.toggleSingleImage('?') == 'on' ? 
 					'cursor-autohide-on-timeout-single-image-view'
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index d2b8ad21..3ec23480 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -72,9 +72,6 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 				'bookmark',
 			],
 		},
-		'status-bar-blink': [
-			'hidden',
-		],
 
 		'status-bar-index': {
 			'mode': 'normal',
@@ -93,6 +90,16 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 		'status-bar-changes-text': '*',
 
 		'status-bar-edit-mode-indicator-update-interval': 1000,
+
+		// workspace stuff...
+		'status-bar-workspace-attrs': [
+			'status-bar',
+		],
+		'status-bar-workspace-defaults': {
+			'default': 'full',
+			'single-image': 'minimal',
+			'slideshow': 'hidden',
+		},
 	},
 
 	__statusbar_elements__: {
@@ -773,21 +780,34 @@ module.StatusBar = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 				this.toggleStatusBar('?') == 'hidden'
 					&& this.statusItemBlink('bookmark') }],
 
-		// Workspace...
+		// Workspaces...
 		['saveWorkspace',
 			core.makeWorkspaceConfigWriter(
 				function(){ return Object.keys(StatusBar.config) })],
+		// workspace defaults...
+		[[
+			'loadWorkspace.pre', 
+			'saveWorkspace.pre',
+		],
+			function(workspace){
+				if(!workspace || workspace in this.workspaces){
+					return
+				}
+
+				this.config['status-bar'] = 
+					(this.config['status-bar-workspace-defaults'][workspace] 
+						|| this.config['status-bar'])
+			}],
 		['loadWorkspace',
 			core.makeWorkspaceConfigLoader(
 				function(){ 
-					return Object.keys(StatusBar.config) },
+					return this.config['status-bar-workspace-attrs'] },
 				function(workspace){
-					// XXX not sure about this protocol yet...
 					if(this.workspace == 'ui-chrome-hidden'){
-						this.toggleStatusBar('none')
+						this.toggleStatusBar('hidden')
 
 					} else {
-						'status-bar-mode' in workspace ?
+						'status-bar' in workspace ?
 							this.toggleStatusBar(workspace['status-bar'])
 							: this.toggleStatusBar(this.config['status-bar'])
 					}
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js
index de27176c..5fc2483d 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-widgets.js	
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ var ButtonsActions = actions.Actions({
 		},
 
 		'app-buttons': {
-			[SETTINGS_ICON]: ['ui-settings allways-shown', [
+			[SETTINGS_ICON]: ['ui-settings always-shown', [
 				'browseActions: "Interface/" -- Interface settings...',
 				'toggleSideButtons -- Toggle touch controls',
 			]],
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js
index a4ee4ccd..507d4768 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
@@ -1104,11 +1104,13 @@ module.Cursor = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 		toggleAutoHideCursorTimeout: ['Interface/Hide cursor on timeout',
 			core.makeConfigToggler('cursor-autohide-on-timeout', 
 				['on', 'off'],
-				function(){ this.toggleAutoHideCursor('!') })],
+				function(){ 
+					this.toggleAutoHideCursor('!') })],
 		toggleAutoHideCursorKeyboard: ['Interface/Hide cursor on keyboard',
 			core.makeConfigToggler('cursor-autohide-on-keyboard', 
 				['on', 'off'],
-				function(){ this.toggleAutoHideCursor('!') })],
+				function(){ 
+					this.toggleAutoHideCursor('!') })],
 	}),
 
 	handlers: [