diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/_feature.js b/ui (gen4)/features/_feature.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c467964f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/_feature.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+*
+*
+**********************************************************************/
+
+define(function(require){ var module = {}
+
+//var DEBUG = DEBUG != null ? DEBUG : true
+
+var actions = require('lib/actions')
+var features = require('lib/features')
+
+var core = require('features/core')
+
+
+
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+var FeatureActions = actions.Actions({
+	emptyAction: ['- Demo/Empty action',
+		function(){
+			// XXX
+		}],
+})
+
+var Feature = 
+module.Feature = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
+	title: '',
+	doc: '',
+
+	// XXX
+	tag: 'feature-tag',
+	depends: [
+		// XXX
+	],
+
+	actions: FeatureActions, 
+
+	handlers: [],
+})
+
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */
+return module })
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/all.js b/ui (gen4)/features/all.js
index 69e67139..e268bfd2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/all.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/all.js	
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var location = require('features/location')
 var history = require('features/history')
 var app = require('features/app')
 var ui = require('features/ui')
+var keyboard = require('features/keyboard')
 var status = require('features/ui-status')
 var marks = require('features/ui-marks')
 var widgets = require('features/ui-widgets')
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/demo.js b/ui (gen4)/features/demo.js
index a877c18c..7999c929 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/demo.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/demo.js	
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ define(function(require){ var module = {}
 
 var actions = require('lib/actions')
 var features = require('lib/features')
-var toggler = require('lib/toggler')
 
 var data = require('data')
 var images = require('images')
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..b98dc952
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,345 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+*
+*
+**********************************************************************/
+
+define(function(require){ var module = {}
+
+//var DEBUG = DEBUG != null ? DEBUG : true
+
+var actions = require('lib/actions')
+var features = require('lib/features')
+var toggler = require('lib/toggler')
+var keyboard = require('lib/keyboard')
+
+var core = require('features/core')
+
+
+
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+// XXX add this to the global doc...
+var GLOBAL_KEYBOARD =
+module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
+	'Slideshow': {
+		pattern: '.slideshow-running',
+		ignore: [
+			'Up', 'Down', 'Enter',
+			'R', 'L',
+		],
+
+		Esc: 'toggleSlideshow: "off"',
+		Enter: 'slideshowDialog',
+
+		Left: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
+		Right: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
+		Home: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
+		End: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
+
+		R: 'toggleSlideshowDirection',
+		L: 'toggleSlideshowLooping',
+	},
+
+	'Global': {
+		doc: 'NOTE: binding priority is the same as the order of sections '+
+			'on this page.',
+		pattern: '*',
+
+		F4: {
+			alt: 'close',
+		},
+		Q: {
+			meta: 'close',
+		},
+		F5: keyboard.doc('Full reload viewer', 
+			function(){ 
+				//a.stop()
+				/*
+				killAllWorkers()
+					.done(function(){
+						reload() 
+					})
+				*/
+				location.reload()
+				return false
+			}),
+		F12: 'showDevTools',
+		// NOTE: these are for systems where F** keys are not available 
+		// 		or do other stuff...
+		R: {
+			default: 'rotateCW',
+			shift: 'reverseImages',
+			ctrl: 'reload!',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'F5',
+		},
+		L: 'rotateCCW',
+		H: {
+			default: 'flipHorizontal',
+			ctrl: 'listURLHistory',
+			alt: 'browseActions: "/History/"',
+		},
+		V: 'flipVertical',
+		P: {
+			'ctrl+shift': 'F12',
+		},
+
+		// NOTE: this is handled by the wrapper at this point, so we do 
+		// 		not have to do anything here...
+		F11: 'toggleFullScreen', 
+		F: {
+			ctrl: 'F11',
+			meta: 'F11',
+		},
+
+		// XXX testing...
+
+		Enter: 'toggleSingleImage',
+
+		Home: {
+			default: 'firstImage',
+			ctrl: 'firstGlobalImage',
+			shift: 'firstRibbon',
+		},
+		End: {
+			default: 'lastImage',
+			ctrl: 'lastGlobalImage',
+			shift: 'lastRibbon',
+		},
+		Left: {
+			default: 'prevImage',
+			alt: 'shiftImageLeft!',
+			ctrl: 'prevScreen',
+			// XXX need to prevent default on mac + browser...
+			meta: 'prevScreen',
+		},
+		PgUp: 'prevScreen',
+		PgDown: 'nextScreen',
+		Right: {
+			default: 'nextImage',
+			alt: 'shiftImageRight!',
+			ctrl: 'nextScreen',
+			// XXX need to prevent default on mac + browser...
+			meta: 'nextScreen',
+		},
+		'(': 'prevImageInOrder',
+		')': 'nextImageInOrder',
+		',': 'prevMarked',
+		'.': 'nextMarked',
+		'[': 'prevBookmarked',
+		']': 'nextBookmarked',
+		Up: {
+			default: 'prevRibbon',
+			shift: 'shiftImageUp',
+			'alt+shift': 'travelImageUp',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'shiftImageUpNewRibbon',
+		},
+		Down: {
+			default: 'nextRibbon',
+			shift: 'shiftImageDown',
+			'alt+shift': 'travelImageDown',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'shiftImageDownNewRibbon',
+		},
+
+		'#0': 'fitMax',
+		'#1': {
+			default: 'fitImage',
+			shift: 'fitRibbon',
+			ctrl: 'fitOrig!',
+		},
+		'#2': 'fitImage: 2',
+		'#3': {
+			default: 'fitImage: 3',
+			shift: 'fitRibbon: 3.5',
+		},
+		'#4': 'fitImage: 4',
+		'#5': {
+			default: 'fitImage: 5',
+			shift: 'fitRibbon: 5.5',
+		},
+		'#6': 'fitImage: 6',
+		'#7': 'fitImage: 7',
+		'#8':'fitImage: 8',
+		'#9': 'fitImage: 9',
+		
+		'+': 'zoomIn',
+		'=': '+',
+		'-': 'zoomOut',
+
+		F2: {
+			default: 'cropRibbon',
+			shift: 'cropRibbonAndAbove',
+			ctrl: 'cropMarked',
+			alt: 'cropBookmarked',
+		},
+		Esc: {
+			default: 'uncrop',
+			ctrl: 'uncropAll',
+		},
+
+		// marking...
+		M: {
+			default: 'toggleMark',
+			alt: 'browseActions: "/Mark/"',
+		},
+		A: {
+			alt: 'browseActions',
+			'alt+shift': 'listActions',
+
+			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon" "on"',
+		},
+		D: {
+			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon" "off"',
+		},
+		I: {
+			default: 'showMetadata',
+			shift: 'toggleStatusBar',
+
+			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon"',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'showMetadata: "current" "full"',
+
+			'meta+alt': 'showDevTools',
+		},
+		
+		B: {
+			default: 'toggleBookmark',
+			ctrl: 'toggleTheme!',
+			alt: 'browseActions: "/Bookmark/"',
+		},
+		E: {
+			default: 'openInExtenalEditor',
+			shift: 'openInExtenalEditor: 1',
+			alt: 'listExtenalEditors',
+		},
+		C: 'browseActions: "/Crop/"',
+		O: 'browsePath',
+		S: {
+			//default: 'browseActions: "/Slideshow/"',
+			default: 'slideshowDialog',
+			// XXX need to make this save to base_path if it exists and
+			// 		ask the user if it does not... now it always asks.
+			ctrl: 'saveIndexHere',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'browseSaveIndex',
+		},
+
+		// XXX still experimental...
+		U: {
+			default: 'undoLast',
+			shift: 'redoLast',
+		},
+		Z: {
+			ctrl: 'undoLast',
+			'ctrl+shift': 'redoLast',
+		},
+
+		G: {
+			default: 'editStatusBarIndex!',
+			shift: 'toggleStatusBarIndexMode!',
+
+			// XXX for debug...
+			ctrl: function(){ $('.viewer').toggleClass('visible-gid') },
+		},
+	},
+}	
+
+
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+var KeyboardActions = actions.Actions({
+	config: {
+		// limit key repeat to one per N milliseconds.
+		//
+		// Set this to -1 or null to run keys without any limitations.
+		'max-key-repeat-rate': 0,
+	},
+
+	get keyboard(){
+		return this.__keyboard_config
+	},
+
+	toggleKeyboardHandling: ['- Interface/Toggle keyboard handling',
+		toggler.Toggler(null, function(_, state){ 
+			if(state == null){
+				return this.__keyboard_handler ? 'on' : 'off'
+			}
+
+			// XXX this does not work yet...
+			//var target = this.ribbons.viewer
+			var target = $(document)
+
+			// start/reset keyboard handling...
+			if(state == 'on'){
+				var that = this
+
+				// need to reset...
+				if(this.__keyboard_handler != null){
+					target.off('keydown', this.__keyboard_handler)
+				}
+
+				// setup base keyboard for devel, in case something breaks...
+				// This branch does not drop keys...
+				if(this.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] < 0 
+						|| this.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] == null){
+					//this.ribbons.viewer
+					var handler = 
+					this.__keyboard_handler =
+						keyboard.makeKeyboardHandler(
+							function(){ return that.__keyboard_config },
+							function(k){ window.DEBUG && console.log(k) }, 
+							this)
+
+				// drop keys if repeating too fast...
+				// NOTE: this is done for smoother animations...
+				} else {
+					var handler = 
+					this.__keyboard_handler =
+						keyboard.dropRepeatingkeys(
+							keyboard.makeKeyboardHandler(
+								function(){ return that.__keyboard_config },
+								function(k){ window.DEBUG && console.log(k) },
+								this), 
+							function(){ 
+								return that.config['max-key-repeat-rate']
+							})
+				}
+
+				target.keydown(handler)
+
+			// stop keyboard handling...
+			} else {
+				target.off('keydown', this.__keyboard_handler)
+				delete this.__keyboard_handler
+			}
+		},
+		['on', 'off'])]
+})
+
+var Keyboard = 
+module.Keyboard = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
+	title: '',
+	doc: '',
+
+	tag: 'keyboard',
+	depends: [
+		'ui'
+	],
+
+	actions: KeyboardActions, 
+
+	handlers: [
+		['start',
+			function(){
+				var that = this
+				this.__keyboard_config = this.keyboard || GLOBAL_KEYBOARD
+
+				this.toggleKeyboardHandling('on')
+			}]
+	],
+})
+
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */
+return module })
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js b/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js
index e47b38a4..34f089c3 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/meta.js	
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature('viewer-testing', [
 
 	'workspace',
 	'ui',
+	'keyboard',
 
 	'ui-ribbons-placement',
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 4494056b..1da7663f 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -180,16 +180,16 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			// global index...
 			if(cls == 'global'){
 				item.find('.position:not(:focus)')
-					.text(this.data.getImageOrder(gid)+1)
+					.text(this.data ? this.data.getImageOrder(gid)+1 : 0)
 				item.find('.length')
-					.text('/'+ this.data.length)
+					.text('/'+ (this.data ? this.data.length : 0))
 
 			// ribbon index...
 			} else {
 				item.find('.position:not(:focus)')
-					.text(this.data.getImageOrder('ribbon', gid)+1)
+					.text(this.data ? this.data.getImageOrder('ribbon', gid)+1 : 0)
 				item.find('.length')
-					.text('/'+ this.data.getImages(gid).len)
+					.text('/'+ (this.data ? this.data.getImages(gid).len : 0))
 			}
 
 			return item
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 			// 		them here...
 			// 		...this also simpler than handling '?' and other
 			// 		special toggler args in the handler...
-			var tags = this.data.getTags(gid)
+			var tags = this.data ? this.data.getTags(gid) : []
 			var tag = type == 'mark' ? 'selected' : 'bookmark'
 			item[tags.indexOf(tag) < 0 ?
 					'removeClass' 
@@ -287,8 +287,14 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 	// 		reconstruct all the items.
 	toggleStatusBar: ['Interface/Toggle status bar modes',
 		toggler.CSSClassToggler(
+			// get/construct status bar...
 			// XXX change class...
 			function(){ 
+				// no viewer yet...
+				if(!this.ribbons || !this.ribbons.viewer){
+					return $()
+				}
+
 				var bar = this.ribbons.viewer.find('.state-indicator-container.global-info') 
 				if(bar.length == 0){
 					bar = makeStateIndicator('global-info overlay-info') 
@@ -466,7 +472,7 @@ module.StatusBar = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 			function(){
 				this.toggleStatusBar(this.config['status-bar-mode'])
 			}],
-		['focusImage',
+		['focusImage clear',
 			function(){
 				this.updateStatusBar()
 			}],
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js
index ef62e217..85cd7cce 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
@@ -135,13 +135,6 @@ module.ViewerActions = actions.Actions({
 		'fit-overflow': 0.2,
 
 		
-		// limit key repeat to one per N milliseconds.
-		//
-		// Set this to -1 or null to run keys without any limitations.
-		// XXX at this point the keyboard is setup in ui.js, need to 
-		// 		move to a more logical spot...
-		'max-key-repeat-rate': 0,
-
 		// Theme to set on startup...
 		'theme': null,
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/_module.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/_module.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..4d34f52d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/_module.js	
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**********************************************************************
+* 
+*
+*
+**********************************************************************/
+
+define(function(require){ var module = {}
+console.log('>>> viewer')
+
+//var DEBUG = DEBUG != null ? DEBUG : true
+
+
+/*********************************************************************/
+
+
+
+
+/**********************************************************************
+* vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */
+return module })
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js
index 2ef38551..991b3c14 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/keyboard.js	
@@ -669,6 +669,10 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keybindings, unhandled, actions){
 		var did_handling = false
 		var res = null
 
+		var _keybindings = typeof(keybindings) == typeof(function(){}) ? 
+				keybindings.call(this) 
+			: keybindings
+
 		// key data...
 		var key = evt.keyCode
 
@@ -677,7 +681,7 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keybindings, unhandled, actions){
 
 		//window.DEBUG && console.log('KEY:', key, chr, modifiers)
 
-		var handlers = getKeyHandlers(key, modifiers, keybindings, null, null, actions)
+		var handlers = getKeyHandlers(key, modifiers, _keybindings, null, null, actions)
 
 		for(var mode in handlers){
 			var handler = handlers[mode]
@@ -691,7 +695,7 @@ function makeKeyboardHandler(keybindings, unhandled, actions){
 
 				did_handling = true
 				//res = handler(evt)
-				res = handler.call(keybindings)
+				res = handler.call(_keybindings)
 
 				if(res === false){
 					break
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/ui.js
index a88c571d..1c67d0a6 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/ui.js	
@@ -48,243 +48,6 @@ var viewer = require('viewer')
 
 
 
-/*********************************************************************/
-
-// XXX move this to config...
-// NOTE: setting this here (and only here) to -1 or null will desable 
-// 		key dropping...
-// NOTE: keeping this disabled is recommended for development...
-// 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 = {
-	'Slideshow': {
-		pattern: '.slideshow-running',
-		ignore: [
-			'Up', 'Down', 'Enter',
-			'R', 'L',
-		],
-
-		Esc: 'toggleSlideshow: "off"',
-		Enter: 'slideshowDialog',
-
-		Left: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
-		Right: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
-		Home: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
-		End: 'resetSlideshowTimer',
-
-		R: 'toggleSlideshowDirection',
-		L: 'toggleSlideshowLooping',
-	},
-
-	'Global': {
-		doc: 'NOTE: binding priority is the same as the order of sections '+
-			'on this page.',
-		pattern: '*',
-
-		F4: {
-			alt: 'close',
-		},
-		Q: {
-			meta: 'close',
-		},
-		F5: doc('Full reload viewer', 
-			function(){ 
-				//a.stop()
-				/*
-				killAllWorkers()
-					.done(function(){
-						reload() 
-					})
-				*/
-				location.reload()
-				return false
-			}),
-		F12: 'showDevTools',
-		// NOTE: these are for systems where F** keys are not available 
-		// 		or do other stuff...
-		R: {
-			default: 'rotateCW',
-			shift: 'reverseImages',
-			ctrl: 'reload!',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'F5',
-		},
-		L: 'rotateCCW',
-		H: {
-			default: 'flipHorizontal',
-			ctrl: 'listURLHistory',
-			alt: 'browseActions: "/History/"',
-		},
-		V: 'flipVertical',
-		P: {
-			'ctrl+shift': 'F12',
-		},
-
-		// NOTE: this is handled by the wrapper at this point, so we do 
-		// 		not have to do anything here...
-		F11: 'toggleFullScreen', 
-		F: {
-			ctrl: 'F11',
-			meta: 'F11',
-		},
-
-		// XXX testing...
-
-		Enter: 'toggleSingleImage',
-
-		Home: {
-			default: 'firstImage',
-			ctrl: 'firstGlobalImage',
-			shift: 'firstRibbon',
-		},
-		End: {
-			default: 'lastImage',
-			ctrl: 'lastGlobalImage',
-			shift: 'lastRibbon',
-		},
-		Left: {
-			default: 'prevImage',
-			alt: 'shiftImageLeft!',
-			ctrl: 'prevScreen',
-			// XXX need to prevent default on mac + browser...
-			meta: 'prevScreen',
-		},
-		PgUp: 'prevScreen',
-		PgDown: 'nextScreen',
-		Right: {
-			default: 'nextImage',
-			alt: 'shiftImageRight!',
-			ctrl: 'nextScreen',
-			// XXX need to prevent default on mac + browser...
-			meta: 'nextScreen',
-		},
-		'(': 'prevImageInOrder',
-		')': 'nextImageInOrder',
-		',': 'prevMarked',
-		'.': 'nextMarked',
-		'[': 'prevBookmarked',
-		']': 'nextBookmarked',
-		Up: {
-			default: 'prevRibbon',
-			shift: 'shiftImageUp',
-			'alt+shift': 'travelImageUp',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'shiftImageUpNewRibbon',
-		},
-		Down: {
-			default: 'nextRibbon',
-			shift: 'shiftImageDown',
-			'alt+shift': 'travelImageDown',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'shiftImageDownNewRibbon',
-		},
-
-		'#0': 'fitMax',
-		'#1': {
-			default: 'fitImage',
-			shift: 'fitRibbon',
-			ctrl: 'fitOrig!',
-		},
-		'#2': 'fitImage: 2',
-		'#3': {
-			default: 'fitImage: 3',
-			shift: 'fitRibbon: 3.5',
-		},
-		'#4': 'fitImage: 4',
-		'#5': {
-			default: 'fitImage: 5',
-			shift: 'fitRibbon: 5.5',
-		},
-		'#6': 'fitImage: 6',
-		'#7': 'fitImage: 7',
-		'#8':'fitImage: 8',
-		'#9': 'fitImage: 9',
-		
-		'+': 'zoomIn',
-		'=': '+',
-		'-': 'zoomOut',
-
-		F2: {
-			default: 'cropRibbon',
-			shift: 'cropRibbonAndAbove',
-			ctrl: 'cropMarked',
-			alt: 'cropBookmarked',
-		},
-		Esc: {
-			default: 'uncrop',
-			ctrl: 'uncropAll',
-		},
-
-		// marking...
-		M: {
-			default: 'toggleMark',
-			alt: 'browseActions: "/Mark/"',
-		},
-		A: {
-			alt: 'browseActions',
-			'alt+shift': 'listActions',
-
-			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon" "on"',
-		},
-		D: {
-			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon" "off"',
-		},
-		I: {
-			default: 'showMetadata',
-			shift: 'toggleStatusBar',
-
-			ctrl: 'toggleMark!: "ribbon"',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'showMetadata: "current" "full"',
-
-			'meta+alt': 'showDevTools',
-		},
-		
-		B: {
-			default: 'toggleBookmark',
-			ctrl: 'toggleTheme!',
-			alt: 'browseActions: "/Bookmark/"',
-		},
-		E: {
-			default: 'openInExtenalEditor',
-			shift: 'openInExtenalEditor: 1',
-			alt: 'listExtenalEditors',
-		},
-		C: 'browseActions: "/Crop/"',
-		O: 'browsePath',
-		S: {
-			//default: 'browseActions: "/Slideshow/"',
-			default: 'slideshowDialog',
-			// XXX need to make this save to base_path if it exists and
-			// 		ask the user if it does not... now it always asks.
-			ctrl: 'saveIndexHere',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'browseSaveIndex',
-		},
-
-		// XXX still experimental...
-		U: {
-			default: 'undoLast',
-			shift: 'redoLast',
-		},
-		Z: {
-			ctrl: 'undoLast',
-			'ctrl+shift': 'redoLast',
-		},
-
-		G: {
-			default: 'editStatusBarIndex!',
-			shift: 'toggleStatusBarIndexMode!',
-
-			// XXX for debug...
-			ctrl: function(){ $('.viewer').toggleClass('visible-gid') },
-		},
-	},
-}	
-
-
-
 /*********************************************************************/
 
 $(function(){
@@ -300,13 +63,14 @@ $(function(){
 		.setup([
 			'viewer-testing',
 
+			'demo',
+
 			// XXX this is not for production...
 			'experiments',
-			'demo',
 		])
 
 
-	// used switch experimental actions on (set to true) or off (unset or false)...
+	// used to switch experimental actions on (set to true) or off (unset or false)...
 	//a.experimental = true
 
 
@@ -350,36 +114,6 @@ $(function(){
 		'Nothing loaded...',
 		'Press \'O\' to load, \'F1\' for help or \'?\' for keyboard mappings.')
 
-
-
-	// setup base keyboard for devel, in case something breaks...
-	// This branch does not drop keys...
-	if(a.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] < 0 || a.config['max-key-repeat-rate'] == null){
-		$(document)
-			.keydown(
-				keyboard.makeKeyboardHandler(
-					module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD,
-					function(k){
-						window.DEBUG && console.log(k)
-					}, 
-					a))
-
-	// drop keys if repeating too fast...
-	// NOTE: this is done for smoother animations...
-	} else {
-		$(document)
-			.keydown(
-				keyboard.dropRepeatingkeys(
-					keyboard.makeKeyboardHandler(
-						module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD,
-						function(k){
-							window.DEBUG && console.log(k)
-						},
-						a), 
-					function(){ 
-						return a.config['max-key-repeat-rate']
-					}))
-	}
 })