diff --git a/ui/layout.css b/ui/layout.css
index 75bc9def..e3037b88 100644
--- a/ui/layout.css
+++ b/ui/layout.css
@@ -116,14 +116,25 @@ button:hover {
   -ms-transform-origin: top left;
   transform-origin: top left;
 }
-.ribbon-set:empty:after {
-  display: block;
-  top: 0px;
-  left: 0px;
+/* empty ribbon set... */
+.ribbon-set:empty {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
-  content: "Empty";
+}
+.ribbon-set:empty:after {
+  display: block;
+  position: absolute;
+  content: "No files loaded, press 'O' to load.";
+  top: 50%;
+  left: 0px;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 20px;
+  margin-top: -10px;
   text-align: center;
+  vertical-align: center;
+  font-size: 20px;
+  color: silver;
+  opacity: 0.9;
 }
 /********************************************************** Ribbon ***/
 .ribbon {
@@ -851,6 +862,9 @@ button:hover {
 .light.viewer .overlay-block:hover .background:after {
   color: black;
 }
+.light.viewer .ribbon-set:empty:after {
+  color: gray;
+}
 .gray.viewer,
 .gray.viewer .overlay-block .background {
   background: #333;
diff --git a/ui/layout.less b/ui/layout.less
index ad9ea911..3cb8eba2 100755
--- a/ui/layout.less
+++ b/ui/layout.less
@@ -191,14 +191,29 @@ button:hover {
 		and aligning... */
 	.origin(top, left);
 }
-.ribbon-set:empty:after {
-	display: block;
-	top: 0px;
-	left: 0px;
+
+/* empty ribbon set... */
+.ribbon-set:empty {
 	width: 100%;
 	height: 100%;
-	content: "Empty";
+}
+.ribbon-set:empty:after {
+	display: block;
+	position: absolute;
+	content: "No files loaded, press 'O' to load.";
+
+	top: 50%;
+	left: 0px;
+	width: 100%;
+	height: 20px;
+	margin-top: -10px;
+
 	text-align: center;
+	vertical-align: center;
+
+	font-size: 20px;
+	color: silver;
+	opacity: 0.9;
 }
 
 
@@ -848,6 +863,9 @@ button:hover {
 .light.viewer .overlay-block:hover .background:after {
 	color: black;
 }
+.light.viewer .ribbon-set:empty:after {
+	color: gray;
+}
 
 .gray.viewer,
 .gray.viewer .overlay-block .background {
diff --git a/ui/modes.js b/ui/modes.js
index c3cfcf58..2671c59b 100755
--- a/ui/modes.js
+++ b/ui/modes.js
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ var toggleSlideShowMode = createCSSClassToggler(
 				// interval from user...
 				//var interval = prompt('Slideshow interval (sec):', SLIDESHOW_INTERVAL/1000)
 				formDialog($('.viewer'), 'Slideshow', {
-						'Interval:': (SLIDESHOW_INTERVAL/1000) + 'sec',
-						'Looping:': SLIDESHOW_LOOP ? true : false,
-						'Reverse direction:': SLIDESHOW_DIRECTION == 'prev' ? true : false
+						'Interval': (SLIDESHOW_INTERVAL/1000) + 'sec',
+						'Looping': SLIDESHOW_LOOP ? true : false,
+						'Reverse direction': SLIDESHOW_DIRECTION == 'prev' ? true : false
 				}, 'Start')
 					.done(function(data){
-						var interval = parseFloat(data['Interval:'])
-						var looping = data['Looping:']
-						var reverse = data['Reverse direction:']
+						var interval = parseFloat(data['Interval'])
+						var looping = data['Looping']
+						var reverse = data['Reverse direction']
 
 						SLIDESHOW_INTERVAL = isNaN(interval) ? 3000 : interval*1000
 						SLIDESHOW_LOOP = looping
diff --git a/ui/setup.js b/ui/setup.js
index b6acd621..b8828510 100755
--- a/ui/setup.js
+++ b/ui/setup.js
@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ function setupIndicators(){
 function setupDataBindings(viewer){
 	viewer = viewer == null ? $('.viewer') : viewer
 	viewer
+		.click(function(){
+			if($('.ribbon').length == 0){
+				// XXX use the real action (the same as the keyboard handler)...
+				// browser version...
+				var getter = window.listDir != null ? getDir : prompt
+				getter('Path to open', BASE_URL)
+					.done(function(path){
+						path = path.trim()
+						statusNotify(loadDir(path))
+					})
+			}
+		})
 		// XXX need to maintain the correct number of images per ribbon
 		// 		per zoom setting -- things get really odd when a ribbon 
 		// 		is smaller than it should be...
diff --git a/ui/ui.js b/ui/ui.js
index bc4b29c0..28288681 100755
--- a/ui/ui.js
+++ b/ui/ui.js
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ var FIELD_TYPES = {
 				.attr('nwworkingdir', value.ndir)
 				.change(function(){
 					var p = file[0].files
-					console.log('mooo!!!', p[0])
 					if(p.length != 0){
 						field.find('.path').val(p[0].path)
 					}