diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js
index a1919031..c566682a 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/base.js	
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ actions.Actions({
 			'last',		// select last image
 		],
 		'ribbon-focus-mode': 'order',
+
+		'defeault-sort': 'birthtime ctime',
 	},
 
 	
@@ -512,15 +514,90 @@ actions.Actions({
 
 	// XXX align to ribbon...
 
+	// Custom sort modes...
+	//
+	// Format:
+	// 	{
+	// 		<mode-name>: function(a, b){ ... },
+	// 		...
+	// 	}
+	//
+	// NOTE: the cmp function is called in the actions context.
+	__sort_modes__: {
+	},
 	// XXX this also requires images...
 	// XXX cache order???
-	sortImages: ['Sort/',
-		function(method){ 
-			if(this.images){
-				// select method...
-				this.data.order = this.images.sortImages().reverse()
+	sortImages: ['- Edit|Sort/Sort images',
+		function(method, reverse){ 
+			var that = this
+
+			if(method == 'reverse'){
+				method = null
+				reverse = true
+			}
+
+			reverse = reverse == null 
+				|| reverse == 'reverse' 
+				|| reverse
+
+			method = method 
+				|| this.config['defeault-sort'] 
+				|| 'birthtime'
+			// handle multiple methods....
+			method = typeof(method) == typeof('str') ? method.split(/ +/g) : method
+			method = method instanceof Array ? method : [method]
+			method = method.map(function(m){
+				return BaseActions.__sort_modes__[m] 
+					|| (that.__sort_modes__ && that.__sort_modes__[m])
+					// sort by attr path...
+					|| (function(){
+						var p = m.split(/\./g)
+						var _get = function(obj){
+							for(var i=0; i<p.length; i++){
+								obj = obj[p[i]]
+								if(obj === undefined){
+									return null
+								}
+							}
+							return obj
+						}
+						return function(a, b){
+							a = _get(this.images[a])
+							b = _get(this.images[b])
+
+							if(a == b){
+								return 0
+							} else if(a < b){
+								return -1
+							} else {
+								return +1
+							}
+						}})() 
+			})
+
+			// prepare the cmp function...
+			var cmp = method.length == 1 ? 
+				method[0] 
+				// chain compare -- return first non equal (0) result...
+				: function(a, b){
+					var res = 0
+					for(var i=0; i < method.length; i++){
+						res = method[i].call(that, a, b)
+						if(res != 0){
+							return res
+						}
+					}
+					return res
+				}
+
+			// do the sort (in place)...
+			if(method && this.images){
+				this.data.order = this.data.order.slice()
+				reverse ? 
+					this.data.order.sort(cmp.bind(this)).reverse()
+					: this.data.order.sort(cmp.bind(this))
+				this.data.updateImagePositions()
 			}
-			this.data.updateImagePositions()
 		}],
 
 	// basic image editing...
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js
index 3cea05b5..67171279 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/filesystem.js	
@@ -250,6 +250,9 @@ var FileSystemLoaderActions = actions.Actions({
 							img.atime = stat.atime
 							img.mtime = stat.mtime
 							img.ctime = stat.ctime
+							img.birthtime = stat.birthtime
+
+							img.size = stat.size
 
 							// XXX do we need anything else???
 						})
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js
index 006a4320..1293207c 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/keyboard.js	
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ module.GLOBAL_KEYBOARD = {
 		O: 'browsePath',
 		S: {
 			default: 'slideshowDialog',
+			shift: 'sortImages: "birthtime ctime" -- Sort images by date',
+			alt: 'browseActions: "/Sort/"',
 			// 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',
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js
index 0a94779d..4f47c582 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui-status.js	
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ var StatusBarActions = actions.Actions({
 				text = (img && ((img.base_path || '') +'/'+ img.path) || '---')
 					// remove /./
 					.replace(/[\\\/]\.[\\\/]/, '/')
-				txt = text.split(/[\\\/]/).pop()
+				txt = img && (img.name + img.ext) || text.split(/[\\\/]/).pop()
 			}
 
 			item.find('.shown').text(txt)
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js
index d08cfb13..f2dd2d5d 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/features/ui.js	
@@ -166,6 +166,11 @@ module.ViewerActions = actions.Actions({
 			'last',		// select last image
 		],
 		'ribbon-focus-mode': 'visual',
+
+		'sort-modes': {
+			'Sort by date': 'metadata.createDate birthtime',
+			'Sort by name': 'name path',
+		},
 	},
 
 	// Images...
@@ -625,7 +630,15 @@ module.ViewerActions = actions.Actions({
 
 	reverseImages: [ reloadAfter() ],
 	reverseRibbons: [ reloadAfter() ],
-	sortImages: [ reloadAfter() ],
+	sortImages: [ reloadAfter(true) ],
+
+	// XXX should this be a dialog with ability to edit modes???
+	// XXX should this store state???
+	toggleImageSort: ['Edit|Sort/Sort images by',
+		core.makeConfigToggler(
+			function(){ return Object.keys(this.config['sort-modes'])[0]},
+			function(){ return Object.keys(this.config['sort-modes']) },
+			function(mode){ this.sortImages(this.config['sort-modes'][mode]) })],
 
 
 	// basic image editing...
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/images.js b/ui (gen4)/images.js
index a080b72c..511efba5 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/images.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/images.js	
@@ -317,10 +317,20 @@ module.ImagesClassPrototype = {
 			// XXXX
 			var gid = hash('I'+i+':'+p)
 
+			var name = (p
+					// basename...
+					.split(/[\\\/]/g).pop() || '')
+					// ext...
+					.split(/(\.[^\.]*$)/)
+
 			// XXX populate the image doc better...
 			images[gid] = {
 				id: gid,
 				path: p,
+				// basename...
+				name: name[0],
+				// ext with leading '.'
+				ext: name[1],
 			}
 
 			// remove only of base path is given and in path...
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/tasks.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/tasks.js
index 622212bb..9ce543c5 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/tasks.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/tasks.js	
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 		// XXX at this point these is ignored...
 		'retry-limit': 5,
 		'default-queue-mode': 'resumable',
+
+		'clear-on-done': true,
 	},
 		
 	// NOTE: these are sparse...
@@ -211,7 +213,9 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 	// 		the pool.
 	//
 	// NOTE: there can be no more than one instance running at a time.
-	// NOTE: if .state is not 'running' this will silently exit.
+	// NOTE: if .state is not 'running' or 'ready' this will silently exit.
+	// NOTE: if .state is 'ready' this will set it to 'running' and when 
+	// 		queue is depleted the .state will get set back to 'ready'
 	//
 	// XXX need to handle retries correctly, at this point all errors just
 	// 		drop to failed and retry counter is incremented, there is no
@@ -283,6 +287,9 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 									&& that.__running && that.__running.len == 0){
 								that._state = 'ready'
 								that.done()
+
+								that.config['clear-on-done'] 
+									&& that.clear()
 							}
 						})
 						// push to done and ._run some more...
@@ -304,6 +311,9 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 									&& that.__running && that.__running.len == 0){
 								that._state = 'ready'
 								that.done()
+
+								that.config['clear-on-done']
+									&& that.clear()
 							}
 						})
 
@@ -323,6 +333,9 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 							&& that.__running && that.__running.len == 0){
 						that._state = 'ready'
 						that.done()
+
+						that.config['clear-on-done'] 
+							&& that.clear()
 					}
 				}
 			})() }
@@ -344,6 +357,7 @@ module.QueueActions = actions.Actions({
 		}],
 	clear: ['',
 		function(){
+			// XXX should this stop???
 			this.stop()
 			delete this.__ready
 			delete this.__running
diff --git a/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js b/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js
index b9eac17f..8715a769 100755
--- a/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js	
+++ b/ui (gen4)/lib/util.js	
@@ -83,6 +83,19 @@ Array.prototype.setCmp = function(other){
 }
 
 
+module.chainCmp = function(cmp_chain){
+	return function(a, b, get, data){
+		var res
+		for(var i=0; i < cmp_chain.length; i++){
+			res = cmp_chain[i](a, b, get, data)
+			if(res != 0){
+				return res
+			}
+		}
+		return res
+	}
+} 
+
 
 // like .length but for sparse arrays will return the element count...
 // XXX make this a prop...