diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js
index f3dd6a8b..2f3b8c99 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ module.Base = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 	suggested: [
 		'tags',
 		'sort',
+		'tasks',
 	],
 	*/
 
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js
index 7100846f..1916df99 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/core.js	
@@ -48,10 +48,15 @@ function(attr, states, a, b){
 
 /*********************************************************************/
 
+// Root ImageGrid.viewer object...
+//
 var ImageGridFeatures =
 module.ImageGridFeatures = Object.create(features.FeatureSet)
 
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Setup runtime info...
+
 // nw or node...
 if(typeof(process) != 'undefined'){
 
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ if(typeof(process) != 'undefined'){
 
 
 /*********************************************************************/
+// System life-cycle...
 
 // XXX should this be a generic library thing???
 // XXX should his have state???
@@ -213,6 +219,7 @@ module.LifeCycle = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Workspace...
 //
 // Basic protocol:
 // 	A participating feature should:
@@ -368,6 +375,63 @@ module.Workspace = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 
 
 
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Tasks...
+// XXX should this be a separate module???
+
+var tasks = require('lib/tasks')
+
+// XXX see if a protocol can be practical here to:
+// 		- serialize/restore jobs
+// 		- ...
+var TaskActions = actions.Actions({
+	config: {
+	},
+
+	get jobs(){
+		return this.__jobs
+	},
+
+	getJob: ['- Jobs/',
+		function(name){
+			name = name || this.data.newGid()
+
+			// get/init task dict...
+			var t = this.__jobs = this.__jobs || {}
+			// get/init task...
+			var job = t[name] = t[name] || tasks.Queue()
+			job.name = name
+
+			return job
+		}],
+
+	// XXX stop
+})
+
+
+var Tasks = 
+module.Tasks = ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
+	title: '',
+
+	tag: 'tasks',
+
+	depends: [ ],
+
+	actions: TaskActions,
+
+	handlers: [
+		['start', 
+			function(){ 
+				// XXX prepare for recovery and recover...
+			}],
+		['stop', 
+			function(){ 
+				// XXX stop tasks and prepare for recovery...
+			}],
+	],
+})
+
+
 
 /**********************************************************************
 * vim:set ts=4 sw=4 :                                                */
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js
index 6c5bdbf3..fd0e5ee9 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ module.FileSystemLoader = core.ImageGridFeatures.Feature({
 	tag: 'fs-loader',
 	depends: [
 		'location',
+		'tasks',
 	],
 	suggested: [
 		'ui-fs-loader',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js
index 3554358c..2cc553f2 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/actions.js	
@@ -478,7 +478,8 @@ module.MetaActions = {
 		var handler = typeof(c) == 'function' ? c : b
 		var tag = typeof(c) == 'function' ? b : c
 
-		actions = typeof(actions) == 'string' ? actions.split(' ') : actions
+		// XXX make this split by whitespace...
+		actions = typeof(actions) == 'string' ? actions.split(/ +/) : actions
 
 		var that = this
 		actions.forEach(function(action){
@@ -498,7 +499,7 @@ module.MetaActions = {
 				// 		via. .off(..)
 				a_handler.orig_handler = old_handler.orig_handler || old_handler
 
-			// mot pre mode...
+			// not pre mode...
 			} else if(mode != 'pre') {
 				// XXX
 				throw 'Unknown action mode: '+action+'.'+mode
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse-walk.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse-walk.js
index ce10c607..f6fae1ae 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse-walk.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/widget/browse-walk.js	
@@ -152,7 +152,9 @@ function(path, make){
 				var res = []
 
 				if(that.options.dotDirs){
-					//files.splice(0, 0, '.', '..')
+					// NOTE: this sometimes gets reordered so we aren't 
+					// 		using it... (BUG?)
+					//			files.splice(0, 0, '.', '..')
 					// NOTE: we are counting these here so as to ensure 
 					// 		they are always first and not delayed by some
 					// 		odd delay on a stat...