diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 88a0559..32afb8d 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ var keyboard_config = {
 
 
 $(document).ready(function(){
+
+	// this is to fix some sort of bug baking things align in a wrong 
+	// way at startup...
+	// XXX make this fix in the CSS -- most likely stray transition somewhere...
+	setTransitionDuration($('.magazine, .page'), 0)
+
 	// general window behavior...
 	$(window)
 		.resize(updateView)
diff --git a/layout.js b/layout.js
index 9247a64..f4165e3 100755
--- a/layout.js
+++ b/layout.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ function handleClick(evt, data){
 }
 
 // Click on caption...
+// XXX add inline captions...
 function handleCaption(evt, data){
 	elem = $(data.orig_event.target)
 	if(elem.is('.image-fit-height, .image-fit') 
diff --git a/magazine-editor.css b/magazine-editor.css
index 473c87b..ddbac67 100755
--- a/magazine-editor.css
+++ b/magazine-editor.css
@@ -196,11 +196,10 @@
 
 /* allways show captions in editor's full page mode */
 .full-page-view-mode.editor .current.page.image-fit .caption,
-.full-page-view-mode.editor .current.page.horizontal-image-fit .caption,
-.full-page-view-mode.editor .current.page.vertical-image-fit .caption {
-	opacity: 0.8;
+.full-page-view-mode.editor .current.page.image-fit-height .caption {
+	opacity: 1;
 	height: auto;
-	min-height: 100px;
+	min-height: 30px;
 }