diff --git a/ui (gen4)/data.js b/ui (gen4)/data.js
index efa7fe79..f8f5c21b 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/data.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/data.js	
@@ -849,123 +849,7 @@ var DataPrototype = {
 	// 		one of the contained images (first?)
 	// XXX for some reason negative target number (ribbon number) 
 	// 		breaks this...
-	/*
-	_getImages: function(target, count, mode){
-		target = (target == null && count == null) ? 'loaded' : target
-		mode = mode == null ? 'around' : mode
-		var list
-
-		// normalize target and build the source list...
-
-		// 'current' ribbon...
-		target = target == 'current' ? this.current : target
-
-		// get all gids...
-		if(target == 'all'){
-			list = this.order
-			target = null
-
-		// get loaded only gids...
-		} else if(target == 'loaded'){
-			var res = []
-			var ribbons = this.ribbons
-			for(var k in ribbons){
-				this.makeSparseImages(ribbons[k], res)
-			}
-			list = res.compact()
-			target = null 
-
-		// filter out the unloaded gids from given list...
-		} else if(target != null && target.constructor === Array){
-			var loaded = count == 'current' ? this.getImages('current')
-				: count in this.ribbons ? this.ribbons[count].compact()
-				: typeof(count) == typeof(123) ? 
-					this.ribbons[this.getRibbon(count)].compact()
-				: this.getImages('loaded')
-			count = null 
-
-			list = target.filter(function(e){
-				return loaded.indexOf(e) >= 0
-			})
-
-			target = null 
-
-		// target is ribbon gid...
-		} else if(target in this.ribbons){
-			list = this.ribbons[target]
-		}
-
-		// NOTE: list can be null if we got an image gid or ribbon order...
-		// get the ribbon gids...
-		if(list == null){
-			list = this.ribbons[this.getRibbon(target)] 
-			// XXX compacting here is bad, we'll be handling the whole ribbon...
-			list = list != null ? list.compact() : []
-		}
-
-		if(count == null){
-			return list.slice()
-		}
-
-		target = this.getImage(target)
-		var i = list.indexOf(target)
-
-		// prepare to slice the list...
-		if(mode == 'around'){
-			count = count/2
-			var from = i - Math.floor(count)
-			var to = i + Math.ceil(count)
-
-			var pre = Math.floor(count)
-			var post = Math.ceil(count)
-
-		} else if(mode == 'before'){
-			// NOTE: we are shifting by 1 to include the target...
-			var from = (i - count) + 1
-			var to = i + 1
-
-			var pre = count - 1 
-			var post = 0 
-
-		} else if(mode == 'after'){
-			var from = i
-			var to = i + count
-
-			var pre = 0
-			var post = count - 1
-
-		} else {
-			// XXX bad mode....
-			return null
-		}
-
-		// get the actual bounds...
-		from = Math.max(0, from)
-
-		return list.slice(from, to)
-
-
-		var res = [target]
-
-		// pre...
-		for(var n = i-1; n >= 0 && pre > 0; n--){
-			if(n in list){
-				res.push(list[n])
-				pre--
-			}
-		}
-
-		res.reverse()
-		// post...
-		for(var n = i+1; n < list.length && post > 0; n--){
-			if(n in list){
-				res.push(list[n])
-				post--
-			}
-		}
-		return res
-	},
-	*/
+	//
 	// NOTE: this is a partial rewrite avoiding .compact() as much as 
 	// 		possible and restricting it to as small a subset as possible
 	getImages: function(target, count, mode){