diff --git a/4chan_x.user.js b/4chan_x.user.js
index f4f3a10cf..fb61d5c4b 100644
--- a/4chan_x.user.js
+++ b/4chan_x.user.js
@@ -311,14 +311,17 @@
       script = $.el('script', {
         textContent: "(" + code + ")()"
       });
-      $.append(d.head, script);
+      $.add(d.head, script);
       return $.rm(script);
     },
-    xhr: function(url, cb) {
+    ajax: function(url, cb, type) {
       var r;
+      if (type == null) {
+        type = 'get';
+      }
       r = new XMLHttpRequest();
       r.onload = cb;
-      r.open('get', url, true);
+      r.open(type, url, true);
       r.send();
       return r;
     },
@@ -331,7 +334,7 @@
           return req.callbacks.push(cb);
         }
       } else {
-        req = $.xhr(url, (function() {
+        req = $.ajax(url, (function() {
           var cb, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
           _ref = this.callbacks;
           _results = [];
@@ -360,7 +363,7 @@
       style = $.el('style', {
         textContent: css
       });
-      $.append(d.head, style);
+      $.add(d.head, style);
       return style;
     },
     x: function(path, root) {
@@ -375,12 +378,6 @@
     replace: function(root, el) {
       return root.parentNode.replaceChild(el, root);
     },
-    hide: function(el) {
-      return el.hidden = true;
-    },
-    show: function(el) {
-      return el.hidden = false;
-    },
     addClass: function(el, className) {
       return el.classList.add(className);
     },
@@ -390,7 +387,7 @@
     rm: function(el) {
       return el.parentNode.removeChild(el);
     },
-    append: function() {
+    add: function() {
       var child, children, parent, _i, _len, _results;
       parent = arguments[0], children = 2 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 1) : [];
       _results = [];
@@ -728,7 +725,7 @@
     hide: function(reply) {
       var a, div, id, name, table, trip, _ref;
       table = reply.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode;
-      $.hide(table);
+      table.hidden = true;
       if (conf['Show Stubs']) {
         name = $('span.commentpostername', reply).textContent;
         trip = ((_ref = $('span.postertrip', reply)) != null ? _ref.textContent : void 0) || '';
@@ -739,7 +736,7 @@
         div = $.el('div', {
           className: 'stub'
         });
-        $.append(div, a);
+        $.add(div, a);
         $.before(table, div);
       }
       id = reply.id;
@@ -748,7 +745,7 @@
     },
     show: function(table) {
       var id;
-      $.show(table);
+      table.hidden = false;
       id = $('td[id]', table).id;
       delete g.hiddenReplies[id];
       return $.set("hiddenReplies/" + g.BOARD + "/", g.hiddenReplies);
@@ -997,8 +994,8 @@
       });
       $.bind(prev, 'click', nav.prev);
       $.bind(next, 'click', nav.next);
-      $.append(span, prev, $.tn(' '), next);
-      return $.append(d.body, span);
+      $.add(span, prev, $.tn(' '), next);
+      return $.add(d.body, span);
     },
     prev: function() {
       return nav.scroll(-1);
@@ -1099,15 +1096,15 @@
             innerHTML: "<label><input type=checkbox name='" + key + "' " + checked + ">" + key + "</label><span class=description>: " + description + "</span>"
           });
           $.bind($('input', li), 'click', $.cb.checked);
-          $.append(ul, li);
+          $.add(ul, li);
         }
-        $.append(main, ul);
+        $.add(main, ul);
       }
       li = $.el('li', {
         innerHTML: "<button>hidden: " + hiddenNum + "</button> <span class=description>: Forget all hidden posts. Useful if you accidentally hide a post and have `show stubs` disabled."
       });
       $.bind($('button', li), 'click', options.clearHidden);
-      $.append($('ul:nth-child(2)', dialog), li);
+      $.add($('ul:nth-child(2)', dialog), li);
       $.bind($('#flavors', dialog), 'change', $.cb.value);
       $.bind($('input[name=time]', dialog), 'keyup', options.time);
       $.bind($('input[name=backlink]', dialog), 'keyup', options.backlink);
@@ -1126,8 +1123,8 @@
       overlay = $.el('div', {
         id: 'overlay'
       });
-      $.append(overlay, dialog);
-      $.append(d.body, overlay);
+      $.add(overlay, dialog);
+      $.add(d.body, overlay);
       options.time.call($('input[name=time]', dialog));
       options.backlink.call($('input[name=backlink]', dialog));
       $.bind(overlay, 'click', function() {
@@ -1606,7 +1603,7 @@
         name: 'iframe',
         hidden: true
       });
-      $.append(d.body, iframe);
+      $.add(d.body, iframe);
       return $('#recaptcha_response_field').id = '';
     },
     attach: function() {
@@ -1618,7 +1615,7 @@
       $.bind(fileDiv.lastChild, 'click', (function() {
         return $.rm(this.parentNode);
       }));
-      return $.append($('#files', qr.el), fileDiv);
+      return $.add($('#files', qr.el), fileDiv);
     },
     attachNext: function() {
       var file, fileDiv, oldFile;
@@ -1689,7 +1686,7 @@
       $.bind($('img', qr.el), 'click', Recaptcha.reload);
       $.bind($('#dummy', qr.el), 'keydown', Recaptcha.listener);
       $.bind($('#dummy', qr.el), 'keydown', qr.captchaKeydown);
-      return $.append(d.body, qr.el);
+      return $.add(d.body, qr.el);
     },
     message: function(e) {
       var data, duration, fileCount;
@@ -1922,10 +1919,10 @@
       });
       $.before(node, op);
       while (node.nodeName !== 'BLOCKQUOTE') {
-        $.append(op, node);
+        $.add(op, node);
         node = op.nextSibling;
       }
-      $.append(op, node);
+      $.add(op, node);
       op.id = $('input[name]', op).name;
       return op;
     },
@@ -1940,7 +1937,7 @@
       });
       $.before(node, div);
       while (node.nodeName !== 'HR') {
-        $.append(div, node);
+        $.add(div, node);
         node = div.nextSibling;
       }
       node = node.nextElementSibling;
@@ -2013,20 +2010,20 @@
         div = $.el('div', {
           className: 'block'
         });
-        $.append(div, a);
-        $.append(thread, div);
+        $.add(div, a);
+        $.add(thread, div);
         return $.addClass(thread, 'stub');
       } else {
-        $.hide(thread);
-        return $.hide(thread.nextSibling);
+        thread.hidden = true;
+        return thread.nextSibling.hidden = true;
       }
     },
     show: function(thread) {
       var hiddenThreads, id;
       $.rm($('div.block', thread));
       $.removeClass(thread, 'stub');
-      $.show(thread);
-      $.show(thread.nextSibling);
+      thread.hidden = false;
+      thread.nextSibling.hidden = false;
       id = thread.firstChild.id;
       hiddenThreads = $.get("hiddenThreads/" + g.BOARD + "/", {});
       delete hiddenThreads[id];
@@ -2088,19 +2085,19 @@
           $.bind(input, 'click', updater.updateNow);
         }
       }
-      return $.append(d.body, dialog);
+      return $.add(d.body, dialog);
     },
     cb: {
       verbose: function() {
         if (conf['Verbose']) {
           updater.count.textContent = '+0';
-          return $.show(updater.timer);
+          return updater.timer.hidden = false;
         } else {
           $.extend(updater.count, {
             className: '',
             textContent: 'Thread Updater'
           });
-          return $.hide(updater.timer);
+          return updater.timer.hidden = true;
         }
       },
       autoUpdate: function() {
@@ -2181,7 +2178,7 @@
       }
       url = location.pathname + '?' + Date.now();
       cb = updater.cb.update;
-      return updater.request = $.xhr(url, cb);
+      return updater.request = $.ajax(url, cb);
     }
   };
   watcher = {
@@ -2192,7 +2189,7 @@
         top: '50px',
         left: '0px'
       }, html);
-      $.append(d.body, watcher.dialog);
+      $.add(d.body, watcher.dialog);
       inputs = $$('.op input');
       for (_i = 0, _len = inputs.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
         input = inputs[_i];
@@ -2234,8 +2231,8 @@
           });
           $.bind(x, 'click', watcher.cb.x);
           link = $.el('a', props);
-          $.append(div, x, $.tn(' '), link);
-          $.append(watcher.dialog, div);
+          $.add(div, x, $.tn(' '), link);
+          $.add(watcher.dialog, div);
         }
       }
       watchedBoard = watched[g.BOARD] || {};
@@ -2345,7 +2342,7 @@
               href: prefix + suffix,
               target: '_blank'
             });
-            _results.push($.append(span, $.tn(' '), link));
+            _results.push($.add(span, $.tn(' '), link));
           }
           return _results;
         }
@@ -2530,7 +2527,7 @@
             root = $('.reportbutton', el) || $('span[id^=no]', el);
             $.after(root, container);
           }
-          _results.push($.append(container, $.tn(' '), link));
+          _results.push($.add(container, $.tn(' '), link));
         }
         return _results;
       });
@@ -2567,7 +2564,7 @@
         for (_i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
           inlined = _ref[_i];
           if (hidden = $.id(inlined.name)) {
-            $.show($.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden));
+            $.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden).hidden = false;
           }
         }
         return;
@@ -2580,7 +2577,7 @@
             return;
           }
           $.after(this.parentNode, inline);
-          $.hide($.x('ancestor::table[1]', el));
+          $.x('ancestor::table[1]', el).hidden = true;
         } else {
           $.after(root, inline);
         }
@@ -2670,7 +2667,7 @@
         id: 'qp',
         className: 'replyhl'
       });
-      $.append(d.body, qp);
+      $.add(d.body, qp);
       id = this.hash.slice(1);
       if (el = $.id(id)) {
         qp.innerHTML = el.innerHTML;
@@ -2787,7 +2784,7 @@
       dialog.className = 'dialog';
       threadStats.postcountEl = $('#postcount', dialog);
       threadStats.imagecountEl = $('#imagecount', dialog);
-      $.append(d.body, dialog);
+      $.add(d.body, dialog);
       return g.callbacks.push(threadStats.node);
     },
     node: function(root) {
@@ -2966,7 +2963,7 @@
         id: 'iHover',
         src: this.parentNode.href
       });
-      return $.append(d.body, ui.el);
+      return $.add(d.body, ui.el);
     }
   };
   imgPreloading = {
@@ -3072,12 +3069,12 @@
       }
     },
     contract: function(thumb) {
-      $.show(thumb);
+      thumb.hidden = false;
       return $.rm(thumb.nextSibling);
     },
     expand: function(thumb) {
       var a, filesize, img, max, _, _ref2;
-      $.hide(thumb);
+      thumb.hidden = true;
       a = thumb.parentNode;
       img = $.el('img', {
         src: a.href
@@ -3087,7 +3084,7 @@
         _ref2 = filesize.textContent.match(/(\d+)x/), _ = _ref2[0], max = _ref2[1];
         img.style.maxWidth = "-moz-calc(" + max + "px)";
       }
-      return $.append(a, img);
+      return $.add(a, img);
     },
     dialog: function() {
       var controls, delform, imageType, option, select, _i, _len, _ref2;
@@ -3126,7 +3123,7 @@
         className: 'firstrun',
         innerHTML: "        <div id=options>          <div class='reply dialog'>            <p>Click the <strong>4chan X</strong> buttons for options; they are at the top and bottom of the page.</p>            <p>Updater options are in the updater dialog in replies at the bottom-right corner of the window.</p>            <p>If you don't see the buttons, try disabling your userstyles.</p>          </div>        </div>"
       });
-      $.append(d.body, dialog);
+      $.add(d.body, dialog);
       return $.bind(window, 'click', firstRun.close);
     },
     close: function() {
diff --git a/script.coffee b/script.coffee
index 839db2b32..3473b3329 100644
--- a/script.coffee
+++ b/script.coffee
@@ -217,12 +217,12 @@ $.extend $,
   globalEval: (code) ->
     script = $.el 'script',
       textContent: "(#{code})()"
-    $.append d.head, script
+    $.add d.head, script
     $.rm script
-  xhr: (url, cb) ->
+  ajax: (url, cb, type='get') ->
     r = new XMLHttpRequest()
     r.onload = cb
-    r.open 'get', url, true
+    r.open type, url, true
     r.send()
     r
   cache: (url, cb) ->
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ $.extend $,
       else
         req.callbacks.push cb
     else
-      req = $.xhr url, (-> cb.call @ for cb in @callbacks)
+      req = $.ajax url, (-> cb.call @ for cb in @callbacks)
       req.callbacks = [cb]
       $.cache.requests[url] = req
   cb:
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ $.extend $,
   addStyle: (css) ->
     style = $.el 'style',
       textContent: css
-    $.append d.head, style
+    $.add d.head, style
     style
   x: (path, root=d.body) ->
     d.evaluate(path, root, null, XPathResult.ANY_UNORDERED_NODE_TYPE, null).
@@ -254,17 +254,13 @@ $.extend $,
     d.createTextNode s
   replace: (root, el) ->
     root.parentNode.replaceChild el, root
-  hide: (el) ->
-    el.hidden = true
-  show: (el) ->
-    el.hidden = false
   addClass: (el, className) ->
     el.classList.add className
   removeClass: (el, className) ->
     el.classList.remove className
   rm: (el) ->
     el.parentNode.removeChild el
-  append: (parent, children...) ->
+  add: (parent, children...) ->
     for child in children
       parent.appendChild child
   prepend: (parent, child) ->
@@ -517,7 +513,7 @@ replyHiding =
 
   hide: (reply) ->
     table = reply.parentNode.parentNode.parentNode
-    $.hide table
+    table.hidden = true
 
     if conf['Show Stubs']
       name = $('span.commentpostername', reply).textContent
@@ -528,7 +524,7 @@ replyHiding =
 
       div = $.el 'div',
         className: 'stub'
-      $.append div, a
+      $.add div, a
       $.before table, div
 
     id = reply.id
@@ -536,7 +532,7 @@ replyHiding =
     $.set "hiddenReplies/#{g.BOARD}/", g.hiddenReplies
 
   show: (table) ->
-    $.show table
+    table.hidden = false
 
     id = $('td[id]', table).id
     delete g.hiddenReplies[id]
@@ -719,8 +715,8 @@ nav =
     $.bind prev, 'click', nav.prev
     $.bind next, 'click', nav.next
 
-    $.append span, prev, $.tn(' '), next
-    $.append d.body, span
+    $.add span, prev, $.tn(' '), next
+    $.add d.body, span
 
   prev: ->
     nav.scroll -1
@@ -872,13 +868,13 @@ options =
         li = $.el 'li',
           innerHTML: "<label><input type=checkbox name='#{key}' #{checked}>#{key}</label><span class=description>: #{description}</span>"
         $.bind $('input', li), 'click', $.cb.checked
-        $.append ul, li
-      $.append main, ul
+        $.add ul, li
+      $.add main, ul
 
     li = $.el 'li',
       innerHTML: "<button>hidden: #{hiddenNum}</button> <span class=description>: Forget all hidden posts. Useful if you accidentally hide a post and have `show stubs` disabled."
     $.bind $('button', li), 'click', options.clearHidden
-    $.append $('ul:nth-child(2)', dialog), li
+    $.add $('ul:nth-child(2)', dialog), li
 
     $.bind $('#flavors', dialog), 'change', $.cb.value
     $.bind $('input[name=time]', dialog), 'keyup', options.time
@@ -894,8 +890,8 @@ options =
     https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=579776
     ###
     overlay = $.el 'div', id: 'overlay'
-    $.append overlay, dialog
-    $.append d.body, overlay
+    $.add overlay, dialog
+    $.add d.body, overlay
 
     options.time.call $('input[name=time]', dialog)
     options.backlink.call $('input[name=backlink]', dialog)
@@ -1269,7 +1265,7 @@ qr =
     iframe = $.el 'iframe',
       name: 'iframe'
       hidden: true
-    $.append d.body, iframe
+    $.add d.body, iframe
 
     #hack - nuke id so it doesn't grab focus when reloading
     $('#recaptcha_response_field').id = ''
@@ -1278,7 +1274,7 @@ qr =
     fileDiv = $.el 'div', innerHTML: "<input type=file name=upfile accept='#{qr.acceptFiles}'><a>X</a>"
     $.bind fileDiv.firstChild, 'change', qr.validateFileSize
     $.bind fileDiv.lastChild, 'click', (-> $.rm @parentNode)
-    $.append $('#files', qr.el), fileDiv
+    $.add $('#files', qr.el), fileDiv
 
   attachNext: ->
     fileDiv = $.rm $('#files div', qr.el)
@@ -1364,7 +1360,7 @@ qr =
     $.bind $('#dummy',             qr.el), 'keydown', Recaptcha.listener
     $.bind $('#dummy',             qr.el), 'keydown', qr.captchaKeydown
 
-    $.append d.body, qr.el
+    $.add d.body, qr.el
 
   message: (e) ->
     $('iframe[name=iframe]').src = 'about:blank'
@@ -1556,9 +1552,9 @@ threading =
       className: 'op'
     $.before node, op
     while node.nodeName isnt 'BLOCKQUOTE'
-      $.append op, node
+      $.add op, node
       node = op.nextSibling
-    $.append op, node #add the blockquote
+    $.add op, node #add the blockquote
     op.id = $('input[name]', op).name
     op
 
@@ -1572,7 +1568,7 @@ threading =
     $.before node, div
 
     while node.nodeName isnt 'HR'
-      $.append div, node
+      $.add div, node
       node = div.nextSibling
 
     node = node.nextElementSibling #skip text node
@@ -1634,18 +1630,18 @@ threadHiding =
       div = $.el 'div',
         className: 'block'
 
-      $.append div, a
-      $.append thread, div
+      $.add div, a
+      $.add thread, div
       $.addClass thread, 'stub'
     else
-      $.hide thread
-      $.hide thread.nextSibling
+      thread.hidden = true
+      thread.nextSibling.hidden = true
 
   show: (thread) ->
     $.rm $ 'div.block', thread
     $.removeClass thread, 'stub'
-    $.show thread
-    $.show thread.nextSibling
+    thread.hidden = false
+    thread.nextSibling.hidden = false
 
     id = thread.firstChild.id
 
@@ -1696,18 +1692,18 @@ updater =
       else if input.type is 'button'
         $.bind input, 'click', updater.updateNow
 
-    $.append d.body, dialog
+    $.add d.body, dialog
 
   cb:
     verbose: ->
       if conf['Verbose']
         updater.count.textContent = '+0'
-        $.show updater.timer
+        updater.timer.hidden = false
       else
         $.extend updater.count,
           className: ''
           textContent: 'Thread Updater'
-        $.hide updater.timer
+        updater.timer.hidden = true
     autoUpdate: ->
       if @checked
         updater.timeoutID = setTimeout updater.timeout, 1000
@@ -1777,13 +1773,13 @@ updater =
     updater.request?.abort()
     url = location.pathname + '?' + Date.now() # fool the cache
     cb = updater.cb.update
-    updater.request = $.xhr url, cb
+    updater.request = $.ajax url, cb
 
 watcher =
   init: ->
     html = '<div class=move>Thread Watcher</div>'
     watcher.dialog = ui.dialog 'watcher', top: '50px', left: '0px', html
-    $.append d.body, watcher.dialog
+    $.add d.body, watcher.dialog
 
     #add watch buttons
     inputs = $$ '.op input'
@@ -1816,8 +1812,8 @@ watcher =
         $.bind x, 'click', watcher.cb.x
         link = $.el 'a', props
 
-        $.append div, x, $.tn(' '), link
-        $.append watcher.dialog, div
+        $.add div, x, $.tn(' '), link
+        $.add watcher.dialog, div
 
     watchedBoard = watched[g.BOARD] or {}
     for favicon in $$ 'img.favicon'
@@ -1884,7 +1880,7 @@ sauce =
             textContent: sauce.names[i]
             href: prefix + suffix
             target: '_blank'
-          $.append span, $.tn(' '), link
+          $.add span, $.tn(' '), link
 
 revealSpoilers =
   init: ->
@@ -2006,7 +2002,7 @@ quoteBacklink =
           container = $.el 'span', className: 'container'
           root = $('.reportbutton', el) or $('span[id^=no]', el)
           $.after root, container
-        $.append container, $.tn(' '), link
+        $.add container, $.tn(' '), link
 
 quoteInline =
   init: ->
@@ -2025,7 +2021,7 @@ quoteInline =
       $.removeClass @, 'inlined'
       for inlined in $$ 'input', table
         if hidden = $.id inlined.name
-          $.show $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', hidden
+          $.x('ancestor::table[1]', hidden).hidden = false
       return
     root = if @parentNode.nodeName is 'FONT' then @parentNode else if @nextSibling then @nextSibling else @
     if el = $.id id
@@ -2033,7 +2029,7 @@ quoteInline =
       if @className is 'backlink'
         return if $("a.backlink[href='##{id}']", el)
         $.after @parentNode, inline
-        $.hide $.x 'ancestor::table[1]', el
+        $.x('ancestor::table[1]', el).hidden = true
       else
         $.after root, inline
     else
@@ -2090,7 +2086,7 @@ quotePreview =
     qp = ui.el = $.el 'div',
       id: 'qp'
       className: 'replyhl'
-    $.append d.body, qp
+    $.add d.body, qp
 
     id = @hash[1..]
     if el = $.id id
@@ -2164,7 +2160,7 @@ threadStats =
     dialog.className = 'dialog'
     threadStats.postcountEl  = $ '#postcount',  dialog
     threadStats.imagecountEl = $ '#imagecount', dialog
-    $.append d.body, dialog
+    $.add d.body, dialog
     g.callbacks.push threadStats.node
   node: (root) ->
     return if root.className
@@ -2274,7 +2270,7 @@ imgHover =
     ui.el = $.el 'img'
       id: 'iHover'
       src: @parentNode.href
-    $.append d.body, ui.el
+    $.add d.body, ui.el
 
 imgPreloading =
   init: ->
@@ -2340,11 +2336,11 @@ imgExpand =
       imgExpand.expand thumb
 
   contract: (thumb) ->
-    $.show thumb
+    thumb.hidden = false
     $.rm thumb.nextSibling
 
   expand: (thumb) ->
-    $.hide thumb
+    thumb.hidden = true
     a = thumb.parentNode
     img = $.el 'img',
       src: a.href
@@ -2352,7 +2348,7 @@ imgExpand =
       filesize = $ 'span.filesize', a.parentNode
       [_, max] = filesize.textContent.match /(\d+)x/
       img.style.maxWidth = "-moz-calc(#{max}px)"
-    $.append a, img
+    $.add a, img
 
   dialog: ->
     controls = $.el 'div',
@@ -2447,7 +2443,7 @@ firstRun =
             <p>If you don't see the buttons, try disabling your userstyles.</p>
           </div>
         </div>"
-    $.append d.body, dialog
+    $.add d.body, dialog
 
     $.bind window, 'click', firstRun.close