diff --git a/common/content/about.xul b/common/content/about.xul
index 433402c8..aba640b3 100644
--- a/common/content/about.xul
+++ b/common/content/about.xul
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 <page id="about-&dactyl.name;" orient="vertical" title="About &dactyl.appName;"
       xmlns="&xmlns.xul;" xmlns:html="&xmlns.html;">
 
-  <html:link rel="icon" href="chrome://&dactyl.name;/skin/icon.png"
+  <html:link rel="icon" href="resource://dactyl-local-skin/icon.png"
              type="image/png" style="display: none;"/>
 
   <spring flex="1"/>
diff --git a/common/content/commandline.js b/common/content/commandline.js
index 46d22cbb..0a556dbd 100644
--- a/common/content/commandline.js
+++ b/common/content/commandline.js
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ var CommandMode = Class("CommandMode", {
             this.onChange(commandline.command);
         },
         keyup: function CM_onKeyUp(event) {
-            let key = events.toString(event);
+            let key = DOM.Event.stringify(event);
             if (/-?Tab>$/.test(key) && this.completions)
                 this.completions.tabTimer.flush();
         }
diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index cc60c721..560bd9d6 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
         if (count == null)
             count = 1;
 
-        let code = events.fromString(key)[0].charCode;
+        let code = DOM.Event.parse(key)[0].charCode;
         util.assert(code);
         let char = String.fromCharCode(code);
 
diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index 2693b9a9..b2a2ab6d 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -115,67 +115,6 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
             if (isString(m))
                 m = { keys: m, timeRecorded: Date.now() };
 
-        // NOTE: the order of ["Esc", "Escape"] or ["Escape", "Esc"]
-        //       matters, so use that string as the first item, that you
-        //       want to refer to within dactyl's source code for
-        //       comparisons like if (key == "<Esc>") { ... }
-        this._keyTable = {
-            add: ["Plus", "Add"],
-            back_space: ["BS"],
-            count: ["count"],
-            delete: ["Del"],
-            escape: ["Esc", "Escape"],
-            insert: ["Insert", "Ins"],
-            leader: ["Leader"],
-            left_shift: ["LT", "<"],
-            nop: ["Nop"],
-            pass: ["Pass"],
-            return: ["Return", "CR", "Enter"],
-            right_shift: [">"],
-            space: ["Space", " "],
-            subtract: ["Minus", "Subtract"]
-        };
-
-        this._pseudoKeys = Set(["count", "leader", "nop", "pass"]);
-
-        this._key_key = {};
-        this._code_key = {};
-        this._key_code = {};
-        this._code_nativeKey = {};
-
-        for (let list in values(this._keyTable))
-            for (let v in values(list)) {
-                if (v.length == 1)
-                    v = v.toLowerCase();
-                this._key_key[v.toLowerCase()] = v;
-            }
-
-        for (let [k, v] in Iterator(KeyEvent)) {
-            this._code_nativeKey[v] = k.substr(4);
-
-            k = k.substr(7).toLowerCase();
-            let names = [k.replace(/(^|_)(.)/g, function (m, n1, n2) n2.toUpperCase())
-                          .replace(/^NUMPAD/, "k")];
-
-            if (names[0].length == 1)
-                names[0] = names[0].toLowerCase();
-
-            if (k in this._keyTable)
-                names = this._keyTable[k];
-            this._code_key[v] = names[0];
-            for (let [, name] in Iterator(names)) {
-                this._key_key[name.toLowerCase()] = name;
-                this._key_code[name.toLowerCase()] = v;
-            }
-        }
-
-        // HACK: as Gecko does not include an event for <, we must add this in manually.
-        if (!("<" in this._key_code)) {
-            this._key_code["<"] = 60;
-            this._key_code["lt"] = 60;
-            this._code_key[60] = "lt";
-        }
-
         this.popups = {
             active: [],
 
@@ -298,8 +237,8 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
 
         if (/[A-Z]/.test(macro)) { // uppercase (append)
             macro = macro.toLowerCase();
-            this._macroKeys = events.fromString((this._macros.get(macro) || { keys: "" }).keys, true)
-                                    .map(events.closure.toString);
+            this._macroKeys = DOM.Event.stringify((this._macros.get(macro) || { keys: "" }).keys, true)
+                                 .map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify);
         }
         else if (macro) {
             this._macroKeys = [];
@@ -421,9 +360,9 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
 
             keys = mappings.expandLeader(keys);
 
-            for (let [, evt_obj] in Iterator(events.fromString(keys))) {
+            for (let [, evt_obj] in Iterator(DOM.Event.parse(keys))) {
                 let now = Date.now();
-                let key = events.toString(evt_obj);
+                let key = DOM.Event.stringify(evt_obj);
                 for (let type in values(["keydown", "keypress", "keyup"])) {
                     let evt = update({}, evt_obj, { type: type });
                     if (type !== "keypress" && !evt.keyCode)
@@ -472,267 +411,21 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
         return true;
     },
 
-    create: deprecated("DOM.Event", function create() DOM.Event.apply(null, arguments)),
-    dispatch: deprecated("DOM.Event.dispatch", function dispatch() DOM.Event.dispatch.apply(DOM.Event, arguments)),
+    canonicalKeys: deprecated("DOM.Event.canonicalKeys", { get: function canonicalKeys() DOM.Event.closure.canonicalKeys }),
+    create:        deprecated("DOM.Event", function create() DOM.Event.apply(null, arguments)),
+    dispatch:      deprecated("DOM.Event.dispatch", function dispatch() DOM.Event.dispatch.apply(DOM.Event, arguments)),
+    fromString:    deprecated("DOM.Event.parse", { get: function fromString() DOM.Event.closure.parse }),
+    iterKeys:      deprecated("DOM.Event.iterKeys", { get: function iterKeys() DOM.Event.closure.iterKeys }),
 
-    /**
-     * Converts a user-input string of keys into a canonical
-     * representation.
-     *
-     * <C-A> maps to <C-a>, <C-S-a> maps to <C-S-A>
-     * <C- > maps to <C-Space>, <S-a> maps to A
-     * << maps to <lt><lt>
-     *
-     * <S-@> is preserved, as in Vim, to allow untypeable key-combinations
-     * in macros.
-     *
-     * canonicalKeys(canonicalKeys(x)) == canonicalKeys(x) for all values
-     * of x.
-     *
-     * @param {string} keys Messy form.
-     * @param {boolean} unknownOk Whether unknown keys are passed
-     *     through rather than being converted to <lt>keyname>.
-     *     @default false
-     * @returns {string} Canonical form.
-     */
-    canonicalKeys: function (keys, unknownOk) {
-        if (arguments.length === 1)
-            unknownOk = true;
-        return events.fromString(keys, unknownOk).map(events.closure.toString).join("");
+    toString: function toString() {
+        if (!arguments.length)
+            return toString.supercall(this);
+        deprecated.warn(toString, "toString", "DOM.Event.stringify");
+        return DOM.Event.stringify.apply(DOM.Event, arguments);
     },
 
-    iterKeys: function (keys) iter(function () {
-        let match, re = /<.*?>?>|[^<]/g;
-        while (match = re.exec(keys))
-            yield match[0];
-    }()),
-
     get defaultTarget() dactyl.focusedElement || content.document.body || document.documentElement,
 
-    /**
-     * Converts an event string into an array of pseudo-event objects.
-     *
-     * These objects can be used as arguments to events.toString or
-     * events.create, though they are unlikely to be much use for other
-     * purposes. They have many of the properties you'd expect to find on a
-     * real event, but none of the methods.
-     *
-     * Also may contain two "special" parameters, .dactylString and
-     * .dactylShift these are set for characters that can never by
-     * typed, but may appear in mappings, for example <Nop> is passed as
-     * dactylString, and dactylShift is set when a user specifies
-     * <S-@> where @ is a non-case-changeable, non-space character.
-     *
-     * @param {string} keys The string to parse.
-     * @param {boolean} unknownOk Whether unknown keys are passed
-     *     through rather than being converted to <lt>keyname>.
-     *     @default false
-     * @returns {Array[Object]}
-     */
-    fromString: function (input, unknownOk) {
-
-        if (arguments.length === 1)
-            unknownOk = true;
-
-        let out = [];
-        for (let match in util.regexp.iterate(/<.*?>?>|[^<]|<(?!.*>)/g, input)) {
-            let evt_str = match[0];
-
-            let evt_obj = { ctrlKey: false, shiftKey: false, altKey: false, metaKey: false,
-                            keyCode: 0, charCode: 0, type: "keypress" };
-
-            if (evt_str.length == 1) {
-                evt_obj.charCode = evt_str.charCodeAt(0);
-                evt_obj._keyCode = this._key_code[evt_str[0].toLowerCase()];
-                evt_obj.shiftKey = evt_str !== evt_str.toLowerCase();
-            }
-            else {
-                let [match, modifier, keyname] = evt_str.match(/^<((?:[*12CASM⌘]-)*)(.+?)>$/i) || [false, '', ''];
-                modifier = Set(modifier.toUpperCase());
-                keyname = keyname.toLowerCase();
-                evt_obj.dactylKeyname = keyname;
-                if (/^u[0-9a-f]+$/.test(keyname))
-                    keyname = String.fromCharCode(parseInt(keyname.substr(1), 16));
-
-                if (keyname && (unknownOk || keyname.length == 1 || /mouse$/.test(keyname) ||
-                                this._key_code[keyname] || Set.has(this._pseudoKeys, keyname))) {
-                    evt_obj.globKey  ="*" in modifier;
-                    evt_obj.ctrlKey  ="C" in modifier;
-                    evt_obj.altKey   ="A" in modifier;
-                    evt_obj.shiftKey ="S" in modifier;
-                    evt_obj.metaKey  ="M" in modifier || "⌘" in modifier;
-                    evt_obj.dactylShift = evt_obj.shiftKey;
-
-                    if (keyname.length == 1) { // normal characters
-                        if (evt_obj.shiftKey)
-                            keyname = keyname.toUpperCase();
-
-                        evt_obj.dactylShift = evt_obj.shiftKey && keyname.toUpperCase() == keyname.toLowerCase();
-                        evt_obj.charCode = keyname.charCodeAt(0);
-                        evt_obj._keyCode = this._key_code[keyname.toLowerCase()];
-                    }
-                    else if (Set.has(this._pseudoKeys, keyname)) {
-                        evt_obj.dactylString = "<" + this._key_key[keyname] + ">";
-                    }
-                    else if (/mouse$/.test(keyname)) { // mouse events
-                        evt_obj.type = (/2-/.test(modifier) ? "dblclick" : "click");
-                        evt_obj.button = ["leftmouse", "middlemouse", "rightmouse"].indexOf(keyname);
-                        delete evt_obj.keyCode;
-                        delete evt_obj.charCode;
-                    }
-                    else { // spaces, control characters, and <
-                        evt_obj.keyCode = this._key_code[keyname];
-                        evt_obj.charCode = 0;
-                    }
-                }
-                else { // an invalid sequence starting with <, treat as a literal
-                    out = out.concat(events.fromString("<lt>" + evt_str.substr(1)));
-                    continue;
-                }
-            }
-
-            // TODO: make a list of characters that need keyCode and charCode somewhere
-            if (evt_obj.keyCode == 32 || evt_obj.charCode == 32)
-                evt_obj.charCode = evt_obj.keyCode = 32; // <Space>
-            if (evt_obj.keyCode == 60 || evt_obj.charCode == 60)
-                evt_obj.charCode = evt_obj.keyCode = 60; // <lt>
-
-            evt_obj.modifiers = (evt_obj.ctrlKey  && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.CONTROL_MASK)
-                              | (evt_obj.altKey   && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.ALT_MASK)
-                              | (evt_obj.shiftKey && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.SHIFT_MASK)
-                              | (evt_obj.metaKey  && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.META_MASK);
-
-            out.push(evt_obj);
-        }
-        return out;
-    },
-
-    /**
-     * Converts the specified event to a string in dactyl key-code
-     * notation. Returns null for an unknown event.
-     *
-     * @param {Event} event
-     * @returns {string}
-     */
-    toString: function toString(event) {
-        if (!event)
-            return toString.supercall(this);
-
-        if (event.dactylString)
-            return event.dactylString;
-
-        let key = null;
-        let modifier = "";
-
-        if (event.globKey)
-            modifier += "*-";
-        if (event.ctrlKey)
-            modifier += "C-";
-        if (event.altKey)
-            modifier += "A-";
-        if (event.metaKey)
-            modifier += "M-";
-
-        if (/^key/.test(event.type)) {
-            let charCode = event.type == "keyup" ? 0 : event.charCode; // Why? --Kris
-            if (charCode == 0) {
-                if (event.keyCode in this._code_key) {
-                    key = this._code_key[event.keyCode];
-
-                    if (event.shiftKey && (key.length > 1 || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey) || event.dactylShift)
-                        modifier += "S-";
-                    else if (!modifier && key.length === 1)
-                        if (event.shiftKey)
-                            key = key.toUpperCase();
-                        else
-                            key = key.toLowerCase();
-
-                    if (!modifier && /^[a-z0-9]$/i.test(key))
-                        return key;
-                }
-            }
-            // [Ctrl-Bug] special handling of mysterious <C-[>, <C-\\>, <C-]>, <C-^>, <C-_> bugs (OS/X)
-            //            (i.e., cntrl codes 27--31)
-            // ---
-            // For more information, see:
-            //     [*] Referenced mailing list msg: http://www.mozdev.org/pipermail/pentadactyl/2008-May/001548.html
-            //     [*] Mozilla bug 416227: event.charCode in keypress handler has unexpected values on Mac for Ctrl with chars in "[ ] _ \"
-            //         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416227
-            //     [*] Mozilla bug 432951: Ctrl+'foo' doesn't seem same charCode as Meta+'foo' on Cocoa
-            //         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432951
-            // ---
-            //
-            // The following fixes are only activated if config.OS.isMacOSX.
-            // Technically, they prevent mappings from <C-Esc> (and
-            // <C-C-]> if your fancy keyboard permits such things<?>), but
-            // these <C-control> mappings are probably pathological (<C-Esc>
-            // certainly is on Windows), and so it is probably
-            // harmless to remove the config.OS.isMacOSX if desired.
-            //
-            else if (config.OS.isMacOSX && event.ctrlKey && charCode >= 27 && charCode <= 31) {
-                if (charCode == 27) { // [Ctrl-Bug 1/5] the <C-[> bug
-                    key = "Esc";
-                    modifier = modifier.replace("C-", "");
-                }
-                else // [Ctrl-Bug 2,3,4,5/5] the <C-\\>, <C-]>, <C-^>, <C-_> bugs
-                    key = String.fromCharCode(charCode + 64);
-            }
-            // a normal key like a, b, c, 0, etc.
-            else if (charCode > 0) {
-                key = String.fromCharCode(charCode);
-
-                if (!/^[a-z0-9]$/i.test(key) && key in this._key_code) {
-                    // a named charCode key (<Space> and <lt>) space can be shifted, <lt> must be forced
-                    if ((key.match(/^\s$/) && event.shiftKey) || event.dactylShift)
-                        modifier += "S-";
-
-                    key = this._code_key[this._key_code[key]];
-                }
-                else {
-                    // a shift modifier is only allowed if the key is alphabetical and used in a C-A-M- mapping in the uppercase,
-                    // or if the shift has been forced for a non-alphabetical character by the user while :map-ping
-                    if (key !== key.toLowerCase() && (event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey) || event.dactylShift)
-                        modifier += "S-";
-                    if (/^\s$/.test(key))
-                        key = let (s = charCode.toString(16)) "U" + "0000".substr(4 - s.length) + s;
-                    else if (modifier.length == 0)
-                        return key;
-                }
-            }
-            if (key == null) {
-                if (event.shiftKey)
-                    modifier += "S-";
-                key = this._key_key[event.dactylKeyname] || event.dactylKeyname;
-            }
-            if (key == null)
-                return null;
-        }
-        else if (event.type == "click" || event.type == "dblclick") {
-            if (event.shiftKey)
-                modifier += "S-";
-            if (event.type == "dblclick")
-                modifier += "2-";
-            // TODO: triple and quadruple click
-
-            switch (event.button) {
-            case 0:
-                key = "LeftMouse";
-                break;
-            case 1:
-                key = "MiddleMouse";
-                break;
-            case 2:
-                key = "RightMouse";
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (key == null)
-            return null;
-
-        return "<" + modifier + key + ">";
-    },
-
     /**
      * Returns true if there's a known native key handler for the given
      * event in the given mode.
@@ -957,7 +650,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                             event[k] = v;
                 DOM.Event.feedingEvent = null;
 
-                let key = events.toString(event);
+                let key = DOM.Event.stringify(event);
 
                 // Hack to deal with <BS> and so forth not dispatching input
                 // events
@@ -1079,7 +772,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                     !modes.passThrough && this.shouldPass(event) ||
                     !this.processor && event.type === "keydown"
                         && options.get("passunknown").getKey(modes.main.allBases)
-                        && let (key = events.toString(event))
+                        && let (key = DOM.Event.stringify(event))
                             !modes.main.allBases.some(
                                 function (mode) mappings.hives.some(
                                     function (hive) hive.get(mode, key) || hive.getCandidates(mode, key)));
@@ -1087,7 +780,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
             if (event.type === "keydown")
                 this.passing = pass;
 
-            events.dbg("ON " + event.type.toUpperCase() + " " + this.toString(event) + " pass: " + pass + " replay: " + event.isReplay + " macro: " + event.isMacro);
+            events.dbg("ON " + event.type.toUpperCase() + " " + DOM.Event.stringify(event) + " pass: " + pass + " replay: " + event.isReplay + " macro: " + event.isMacro);
 
             // Prevents certain sites from transferring focus to an input box
             // before we get a chance to process our key bindings on the
@@ -1220,7 +913,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
 
     shouldPass: function shouldPass(event)
         !event.noremap && (!dactyl.focusedElement || events.isContentNode(dactyl.focusedElement)) &&
-        options.get("passkeys").has(events.toString(event))
+        options.get("passkeys").has(DOM.Event.stringify(event))
 }, {
     ABORT: {},
     KILL: true,
@@ -1229,7 +922,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
     WAIT: null,
 
     isEscape: function isEscape(event)
-        let (key = isString(event) ? event : events.toString(event))
+        let (key = isString(event) ? event : DOM.Event.stringify(event))
             key === "<Esc>" || key === "<C-[>",
 
     isHidden: function isHidden(elem, aggressive) {
@@ -1405,9 +1098,9 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
                     let value = parse.superapply(this, arguments);
                     value.forEach(function (filter) {
                         let vals = Option.splitList(filter.result);
-                        filter.keys = events.fromString(vals[0]).map(events.closure.toString);
+                        filter.keys = DOM.Event.parse(vals[0]).map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify);
 
-                        filter.commandKeys = vals.slice(1).map(events.closure.canonicalKeys);
+                        filter.commandKeys = vals.slice(1).map(DOM.Event.closure.canonicalKeys);
                         filter.inputKeys = filter.commandKeys.filter(bind("test", /^<[ACM]-/));
                     });
                     return value;
diff --git a/common/content/hints.js b/common/content/hints.js
index 2bdd7552..4bd50348 100644
--- a/common/content/hints.js
+++ b/common/content/hints.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var HintSession = Class("HintSession", CommandMode, {
         this.activeTimeout = null; // needed for hinttimeout > 0
         this.continue = Boolean(opts.continue);
         this.docs = [];
-        this.hintKeys = events.fromString(options["hintkeys"]).map(events.closure.toString);
+        this.hintKeys = DOM.Event.parse(options["hintkeys"]).map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify);
         this.hintNumber = 0;
         this.hintString = opts.filter || "";
         this.pageHints = [];
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ var HintSession = Class("HintSession", CommandMode, {
      */
     onKeyPress: function onKeyPress(eventList) {
         const KILL = false, PASS = true;
-        let key = events.toString(eventList[0]);
+        let key = DOM.Event.stringify(eventList[0]);
 
         this.clearTimeout();
 
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ var Hints = Module("hints", {
                     "asdfg;lkjh": "Home Row"
                 },
                 validator: function (value) {
-                    let values = events.fromString(value).map(events.closure.toString);
+                    let values = DOM.Event.parse(value).map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify);
                     return Option.validIf(array.uniq(values).length === values.length && values.length > 1,
                                           _("option.hintkeys.duplicate"));
                 }
diff --git a/common/content/key-processors.js b/common/content/key-processors.js
index 966f300a..c90d1528 100644
--- a/common/content/key-processors.js
+++ b/common/content/key-processors.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var ProcessorStack = Class("ProcessorStack", {
             events.passing = true;
 
         if (result === Events.PASS_THROUGH && this.keyEvents.length)
-            events.dbg("PASS_THROUGH:\n\t" + this.keyEvents.map(function (e) [e.type, events.toString(e)]).join("\n\t"));
+            events.dbg("PASS_THROUGH:\n\t" + this.keyEvents.map(function (e) [e.type, DOM.Event.stringify(e)]).join("\n\t"));
 
         if (result === Events.PASS_THROUGH)
             events.feedevents(null, this.keyEvents, { skipmap: true, isMacro: true, isReplay: true });
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ var ProcessorStack = Class("ProcessorStack", {
             let list = this.events.filter(function (e) e.getPreventDefault() && !e.dactylDefaultPrevented);
 
             if (result === Events.PASS)
-                events.dbg("PASS THROUGH: " + list.slice(0, length).filter(function (e) e.type === "keypress").map(events.closure.toString));
+                events.dbg("PASS THROUGH: " + list.slice(0, length).filter(function (e) e.type === "keypress").map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify));
             if (list.length > length)
-                events.dbg("REFEED: " + list.slice(length).filter(function (e) e.type === "keypress").map(events.closure.toString));
+                events.dbg("REFEED: " + list.slice(length).filter(function (e) e.type === "keypress").map(DOM.Event.closure.stringify));
 
             if (result === Events.PASS)
                 events.feedevents(null, list.slice(0, length), { skipmap: true, isMacro: true, isReplay: true });
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ var ProcessorStack = Class("ProcessorStack", {
         if (this.timer)
             this.timer.cancel();
 
-        let key = events.toString(event);
+        let key = DOM.Event.stringify(event);
         this.events.push(event);
         if (this.keyEvents)
             this.keyEvents.push(event);
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ var KeyProcessor = Class("KeyProcessor", {
 
     append: function append(event) {
         this.events.push(event);
-        let key = events.toString(event);
+        let key = DOM.Event.stringify(event);
 
         if (this.wantCount && !this.command &&
                 (this.countStr ? /^[0-9]$/ : /^[1-9]$/).test(key))
diff --git a/common/content/mappings.js b/common/content/mappings.js
index 1275d40c..548d7b0a 100644
--- a/common/content/mappings.js
+++ b/common/content/mappings.js
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var Map = Class("Map", {
     name: Class.Memoize(function () this.names[0]),
 
     /** @property {[string]} All of this mapping's names (key sequences). */
-    names: Class.Memoize(function () this._keys.map(function (k) events.canonicalKeys(k))),
+    names: Class.Memoize(function () this._keys.map(function (k) DOM.Event.canonicalKeys(k))),
 
     get toStringParams() [this.modes.map(function (m) m.name), this.names.map(String.quote)],
 
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ var MapHive = Class("MapHive", Contexts.Hive, {
                 for (let name in values(map.keys)) {
                     states.mappings[name] = map;
                     let state = "";
-                    for (let key in events.iterKeys(name)) {
+                    for (let key in DOM.Event.iterKeys(name)) {
                         state += key;
                         if (state !== name)
                             states.candidates[state] = (states.candidates[state] || 0) + 1;
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@ var Mappings = Module("mappings", {
         if (!/<\*-/.test(keys))
             return keys;
 
-        return util.debrace(events.iterKeys(keys).map(function (key) {
+        return util.debrace(DOM.Event.iterKeys(keys).map(function (key) {
             if (/^<\*-/.test(key))
                 return ["<", this.prefixes, key.slice(3)];
             return key;
-        }, this).flatten().array).map(function (k) events.canonicalKeys(k));
+        }, this).flatten().array).map(function (k) DOM.Event.canonicalKeys(k));
     },
 
     iterate: function (mode) {
diff --git a/common/content/modes.js b/common/content/modes.js
index c5ddb74c..a29b36b1 100644
--- a/common/content/modes.js
+++ b/common/content/modes.js
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ var Modes = Module("modes", {
                 const KILL = false, PASS = true;
 
                 // Hack, really.
-                if (eventList[0].charCode || /^<(?:.-)*(?:BS|Del|C-h|C-w|C-u|C-k)>$/.test(events.toString(eventList[0]))) {
+                if (eventList[0].charCode || /^<(?:.-)*(?:BS|Del|C-h|C-w|C-u|C-k)>$/.test(DOM.Event.stringify(eventList[0]))) {
                     dactyl.beep();
                     return KILL;
                 }
diff --git a/common/content/mow.js b/common/content/mow.js
index d2c769be..80359e65 100644
--- a/common/content/mow.js
+++ b/common/content/mow.js
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
             };
 
             if (event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement)
-                switch (events.toString(event)) {
+                switch (DOM.Event.stringify(event)) {
                 case "<LeftMouse>":
                     openLink(dactyl.CURRENT_TAB);
                     break;
diff --git a/common/modules/base.jsm b/common/modules/base.jsm
index 09bd47ac..9622aa8d 100644
--- a/common/modules/base.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/base.jsm
@@ -768,6 +768,7 @@ function Class() {
     }
 
     Class.extend(Constructor, superclass, args[0]);
+    memoize(Constructor, "closure", Class.makeClosure);
     update(Constructor, args[1]);
 
     Constructor.__proto__ = superclass;
diff --git a/common/modules/contexts.jsm b/common/modules/contexts.jsm
index 85525269..6f8eb7e4 100644
--- a/common/modules/contexts.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/contexts.jsm
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ var Contexts = Module("contexts", {
             /* fallthrough */
         case "-keys":
             let silent = args["-silent"];
-            rhs = events.canonicalKeys(rhs, true);
+            rhs = DOM.Event.canonicalKeys(rhs, true);
             var action = function action() {
                 events.feedkeys(action.macro(makeParams(this, arguments)),
                                 noremap, silent);
diff --git a/common/modules/dom.jsm b/common/modules/dom.jsm
index 70f0048e..ee1cc1a6 100644
--- a/common/modules/dom.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/dom.jsm
@@ -787,8 +787,9 @@ var DOM = Class("DOM", {
     /**
      * Creates an actual event from a pseudo-event object.
      *
-     * The pseudo-event object (such as may be retrieved from events.fromString)
-     * should have any properties you want the event to have.
+     * The pseudo-event object (such as may be retrieved from
+     * DOM.Event.parse) should have any properties you want the event to
+     * have.
      *
      * @param {Document} doc The DOM document to associate this event with
      * @param {Type} type The type of event (keypress, click, etc.)
@@ -834,6 +835,337 @@ var DOM = Class("DOM", {
             return evt;
         }
     }, {
+        init: function init() {
+            // NOTE: the order of ["Esc", "Escape"] or ["Escape", "Esc"]
+            //       matters, so use that string as the first item, that you
+            //       want to refer to within dactyl's source code for
+            //       comparisons like if (key == "<Esc>") { ... }
+            this.keyTable = {
+                add: ["Plus", "Add"],
+                back_space: ["BS"],
+                count: ["count"],
+                delete: ["Del"],
+                escape: ["Esc", "Escape"],
+                insert: ["Insert", "Ins"],
+                leader: ["Leader"],
+                left_shift: ["LT", "<"],
+                nop: ["Nop"],
+                pass: ["Pass"],
+                return: ["Return", "CR", "Enter"],
+                right_shift: [">"],
+                space: ["Space", " "],
+                subtract: ["Minus", "Subtract"]
+            };
+
+            this.key_key = {};
+            this.code_key = {};
+            this.key_code = {};
+            this.code_nativeKey = {};
+
+            for (let list in values(this.keyTable))
+                for (let v in values(list)) {
+                    if (v.length == 1)
+                        v = v.toLowerCase();
+                    this.key_key[v.toLowerCase()] = v;
+                }
+
+            for (let [k, v] in Iterator(Ci.nsIDOMKeyEvent)) {
+                this.code_nativeKey[v] = k.substr(4);
+
+                k = k.substr(7).toLowerCase();
+                let names = [k.replace(/(^|_)(.)/g, function (m, n1, n2) n2.toUpperCase())
+                              .replace(/^NUMPAD/, "k")];
+
+                if (names[0].length == 1)
+                    names[0] = names[0].toLowerCase();
+
+                if (k in this.keyTable)
+                    names = this.keyTable[k];
+
+                this.code_key[v] = names[0];
+                for (let [, name] in Iterator(names)) {
+                    this.key_key[name.toLowerCase()] = name;
+                    this.key_code[name.toLowerCase()] = v;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // HACK: as Gecko does not include an event for <, we must add this in manually.
+            if (!("<" in this.key_code)) {
+                this.key_code["<"] = 60;
+                this.key_code["lt"] = 60;
+                this.code_key[60] = "lt";
+            }
+
+            return this;
+        },
+
+
+        code_key:       Class.Memoize(function (prop) this.init()[prop]),
+        code_nativeKey: Class.Memoize(function (prop) this.init()[prop]),
+        keyTable:       Class.Memoize(function (prop) this.init()[prop]),
+        key_code:       Class.Memoize(function (prop) this.init()[prop]),
+        key_key:        Class.Memoize(function (prop) this.init()[prop]),
+        pseudoKeys:     Set(["count", "leader", "nop", "pass"]),
+
+        /**
+         * Converts a user-input string of keys into a canonical
+         * representation.
+         *
+         * <C-A> maps to <C-a>, <C-S-a> maps to <C-S-A>
+         * <C- > maps to <C-Space>, <S-a> maps to A
+         * << maps to <lt><lt>
+         *
+         * <S-@> is preserved, as in Vim, to allow untypeable key-combinations
+         * in macros.
+         *
+         * canonicalKeys(canonicalKeys(x)) == canonicalKeys(x) for all values
+         * of x.
+         *
+         * @param {string} keys Messy form.
+         * @param {boolean} unknownOk Whether unknown keys are passed
+         *     through rather than being converted to <lt>keyname>.
+         *     @default false
+         * @returns {string} Canonical form.
+         */
+        canonicalKeys: function canonicalKeys(keys, unknownOk) {
+            if (arguments.length === 1)
+                unknownOk = true;
+            return this.parse(keys, unknownOk).map(this.closure.stringify).join("");
+        },
+
+        iterKeys: function iterKeys(keys) iter(function () {
+            let match, re = /<.*?>?>|[^<]/g;
+            while (match = re.exec(keys))
+                yield match[0];
+        }()),
+
+        /**
+         * Converts an event string into an array of pseudo-event objects.
+         *
+         * These objects can be used as arguments to {@link #stringify} or
+         * {@link DOM.Event}, though they are unlikely to be much use for other
+         * purposes. They have many of the properties you'd expect to find on a
+         * real event, but none of the methods.
+         *
+         * Also may contain two "special" parameters, .dactylString and
+         * .dactylShift these are set for characters that can never by
+         * typed, but may appear in mappings, for example <Nop> is passed as
+         * dactylString, and dactylShift is set when a user specifies
+         * <S-@> where @ is a non-case-changeable, non-space character.
+         *
+         * @param {string} keys The string to parse.
+         * @param {boolean} unknownOk Whether unknown keys are passed
+         *     through rather than being converted to <lt>keyname>.
+         *     @default false
+         * @returns {Array[Object]}
+         */
+        parse: function parse(input, unknownOk) {
+            if (isArray(input))
+                return array.flatten(input.map(function (k) this.parse(k, unknownOk), this));
+
+            if (arguments.length === 1)
+                unknownOk = true;
+
+            let out = [];
+            for (let match in util.regexp.iterate(/<.*?>?>|[^<]|<(?!.*>)/g, input)) {
+                let evt_str = match[0];
+
+                let evt_obj = { ctrlKey: false, shiftKey: false, altKey: false, metaKey: false,
+                                keyCode: 0, charCode: 0, type: "keypress" };
+
+                if (evt_str.length == 1) {
+                    evt_obj.charCode = evt_str.charCodeAt(0);
+                    evt_obj._keyCode = this.key_code[evt_str[0].toLowerCase()];
+                    evt_obj.shiftKey = evt_str !== evt_str.toLowerCase();
+                }
+                else {
+                    let [match, modifier, keyname] = evt_str.match(/^<((?:[*12CASM⌘]-)*)(.+?)>$/i) || [false, '', ''];
+                    modifier = Set(modifier.toUpperCase());
+                    keyname = keyname.toLowerCase();
+                    evt_obj.dactylKeyname = keyname;
+                    if (/^u[0-9a-f]+$/.test(keyname))
+                        keyname = String.fromCharCode(parseInt(keyname.substr(1), 16));
+
+                    if (keyname && (unknownOk || keyname.length == 1 || /mouse$/.test(keyname) ||
+                                    this.key_code[keyname] || Set.has(this.pseudoKeys, keyname))) {
+                        evt_obj.globKey  ="*" in modifier;
+                        evt_obj.ctrlKey  ="C" in modifier;
+                        evt_obj.altKey   ="A" in modifier;
+                        evt_obj.shiftKey ="S" in modifier;
+                        evt_obj.metaKey  ="M" in modifier || "⌘" in modifier;
+                        evt_obj.dactylShift = evt_obj.shiftKey;
+
+                        if (keyname.length == 1) { // normal characters
+                            if (evt_obj.shiftKey)
+                                keyname = keyname.toUpperCase();
+
+                            evt_obj.dactylShift = evt_obj.shiftKey && keyname.toUpperCase() == keyname.toLowerCase();
+                            evt_obj.charCode = keyname.charCodeAt(0);
+                            evt_obj.keyCode = this.key_code[keyname.toLowerCase()];
+                        }
+                        else if (Set.has(this.pseudoKeys, keyname)) {
+                            evt_obj.dactylString = "<" + this.key_key[keyname] + ">";
+                        }
+                        else if (/mouse$/.test(keyname)) { // mouse events
+                            evt_obj.type = (/2-/.test(modifier) ? "dblclick" : "click");
+                            evt_obj.button = ["leftmouse", "middlemouse", "rightmouse"].indexOf(keyname);
+                            delete evt_obj.keyCode;
+                            delete evt_obj.charCode;
+                        }
+                        else { // spaces, control characters, and <
+                            evt_obj.keyCode = this.key_code[keyname];
+                            evt_obj.charCode = 0;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else { // an invalid sequence starting with <, treat as a literal
+                        out = out.concat(this.parse("<lt>" + evt_str.substr(1)));
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                // TODO: make a list of characters that need keyCode and charCode somewhere
+                if (evt_obj.keyCode == 32 || evt_obj.charCode == 32)
+                    evt_obj.charCode = evt_obj.keyCode = 32; // <Space>
+                if (evt_obj.keyCode == 60 || evt_obj.charCode == 60)
+                    evt_obj.charCode = evt_obj.keyCode = 60; // <lt>
+
+                evt_obj.modifiers = (evt_obj.ctrlKey  && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.CONTROL_MASK)
+                                  | (evt_obj.altKey   && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.ALT_MASK)
+                                  | (evt_obj.shiftKey && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.SHIFT_MASK)
+                                  | (evt_obj.metaKey  && Ci.nsIDOMNSEvent.META_MASK);
+
+                out.push(evt_obj);
+            }
+            return out;
+        },
+
+        /**
+         * Converts the specified event to a string in dactyl key-code
+         * notation. Returns null for an unknown event.
+         *
+         * @param {Event} event
+         * @returns {string}
+         */
+        stringify: function stringify(event) {
+            if (isArray(event))
+                return event.map(function (e) this.stringify(e), this).join("");
+
+            if (event.dactylString)
+                return event.dactylString;
+
+            let key = null;
+            let modifier = "";
+
+            if (event.globKey)
+                modifier += "*-";
+            if (event.ctrlKey)
+                modifier += "C-";
+            if (event.altKey)
+                modifier += "A-";
+            if (event.metaKey)
+                modifier += "M-";
+
+            if (/^key/.test(event.type)) {
+                let charCode = event.type == "keyup" ? 0 : event.charCode; // Why? --Kris
+                if (charCode == 0) {
+                    if (event.keyCode in this.code_key) {
+                        key = this.code_key[event.keyCode];
+
+                        if (event.shiftKey && (key.length > 1 || event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey) || event.dactylShift)
+                            modifier += "S-";
+                        else if (!modifier && key.length === 1)
+                            if (event.shiftKey)
+                                key = key.toUpperCase();
+                            else
+                                key = key.toLowerCase();
+
+                        if (!modifier && /^[a-z0-9]$/i.test(key))
+                            return key;
+                    }
+                }
+                // [Ctrl-Bug] special handling of mysterious <C-[>, <C-\\>, <C-]>, <C-^>, <C-_> bugs (OS/X)
+                //            (i.e., cntrl codes 27--31)
+                // ---
+                // For more information, see:
+                //     [*] Referenced mailing list msg: http://www.mozdev.org/pipermail/pentadactyl/2008-May/001548.html
+                //     [*] Mozilla bug 416227: event.charCode in keypress handler has unexpected values on Mac for Ctrl with chars in "[ ] _ \"
+                //         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=416227
+                //     [*] Mozilla bug 432951: Ctrl+'foo' doesn't seem same charCode as Meta+'foo' on Cocoa
+                //         https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432951
+                // ---
+                //
+                // The following fixes are only activated if config.OS.isMacOSX.
+                // Technically, they prevent mappings from <C-Esc> (and
+                // <C-C-]> if your fancy keyboard permits such things<?>), but
+                // these <C-control> mappings are probably pathological (<C-Esc>
+                // certainly is on Windows), and so it is probably
+                // harmless to remove the config.OS.isMacOSX if desired.
+                //
+                else if (config.OS.isMacOSX && event.ctrlKey && charCode >= 27 && charCode <= 31) {
+                    if (charCode == 27) { // [Ctrl-Bug 1/5] the <C-[> bug
+                        key = "Esc";
+                        modifier = modifier.replace("C-", "");
+                    }
+                    else // [Ctrl-Bug 2,3,4,5/5] the <C-\\>, <C-]>, <C-^>, <C-_> bugs
+                        key = String.fromCharCode(charCode + 64);
+                }
+                // a normal key like a, b, c, 0, etc.
+                else if (charCode > 0) {
+                    key = String.fromCharCode(charCode);
+
+                    if (!/^[a-z0-9]$/i.test(key) && key in this.key_code) {
+                        // a named charCode key (<Space> and <lt>) space can be shifted, <lt> must be forced
+                        if ((key.match(/^\s$/) && event.shiftKey) || event.dactylShift)
+                            modifier += "S-";
+
+                        key = this.code_key[this.key_code[key]];
+                    }
+                    else {
+                        // a shift modifier is only allowed if the key is alphabetical and used in a C-A-M- mapping in the uppercase,
+                        // or if the shift has been forced for a non-alphabetical character by the user while :map-ping
+                        if (key !== key.toLowerCase() && (event.ctrlKey || event.altKey || event.metaKey) || event.dactylShift)
+                            modifier += "S-";
+                        if (/^\s$/.test(key))
+                            key = let (s = charCode.toString(16)) "U" + "0000".substr(4 - s.length) + s;
+                        else if (modifier.length == 0)
+                            return key;
+                    }
+                }
+                if (key == null) {
+                    if (event.shiftKey)
+                        modifier += "S-";
+                    key = this.key_key[event.dactylKeyname] || event.dactylKeyname;
+                }
+                if (key == null)
+                    return null;
+            }
+            else if (event.type == "click" || event.type == "dblclick") {
+                if (event.shiftKey)
+                    modifier += "S-";
+                if (event.type == "dblclick")
+                    modifier += "2-";
+                // TODO: triple and quadruple click
+
+                switch (event.button) {
+                case 0:
+                    key = "LeftMouse";
+                    break;
+                case 1:
+                    key = "MiddleMouse";
+                    break;
+                case 2:
+                    key = "RightMouse";
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (key == null)
+                return null;
+
+            return "<" + modifier + key + ">";
+        },
+
+
         defaults: {
             load:   { bubbles: false },
             submit: { cancelable: true }
diff --git a/teledactyl/content/compose/dactyl.xul b/teledactyl/content/compose/dactyl.xul
deleted file mode 100644
index bcdb613a..00000000
--- a/teledactyl/content/compose/dactyl.xul
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-
-<!-- ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK ***** {{{
-// Copyright (c) 2006-2009 by Martin Stubenschrott <stubenschrott@vimperator.org>
-//
-// This work is licensed for reuse under an MIT license. Details are
-// given in the LICENSE.txt file included with this file.
-}}} ***** END LICENSE BLOCK ***** -->
-
-<?xml-stylesheet href="chrome://dactyl/skin/dactyl.css" type="text/css"?>
-<!DOCTYPE overlay SYSTEM "dactyl.dtd" [
-    <!ENTITY dactyl.content "chrome://dactyl/content/">
-]>
-
-<overlay id="dactyl"
-    xmlns:dactyl="http://vimperator.org/namespaces/liberator"
-    xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
-    xmlns:nc="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
-    xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
-    xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul">
-
-    <script type="application/x-javascript;version=1.8" src="&dactyl.content;dactyl-overlay.js"/>
-
-    <window id="&dactyl.mainWindow;">
-
-        <keyset id="mainKeyset">
-            <key id="key_open_vimbar" key=":" oncommand="dactyl.modules.commandline.open(':', '', dactyl.modules.modes.EX);" modifiers=""/>
-            <key id="key_stop" keycode="VK_ESCAPE" oncommand="dactyl.modules.events.onEscape();"/>
-            <!-- other keys are handled inside the event loop in events.js -->
-        </keyset>
-
-        <popupset>
-            <panel id="dactyl-visualbell" dactyl:highlight="Bell"/>
-        </popupset>
-
-        <!--this notifies us also of focus events in the XUL
-            from: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/XUL_Tutorial:Updating_Commands !-->
-        <commandset id="onPentadactylFocus"
-            commandupdater="true"
-            events="focus"
-            oncommandupdate="if (dactyl.modules.events != undefined) dactyl.modules.events.onFocusChange(event);"/>
-        <commandset id="onPentadactylSelect"
-            commandupdater="true"
-            events="select"
-            oncommandupdate="if (dactyl.modules.events != undefined) dactyl.modules.events.onSelectionChange(event);"/>
-
-        <!-- As of Firefox 3.1pre, <iframe>.height changes do not seem to have immediate effect,
-             therefore we need to put them into a <vbox> for which that works just fine -->
-        <vbox class="dactyl-container" hidden="false" collapsed="true">
-            <iframe id="dactyl-multiline-output" src="chrome://dactyl/content/buffer.xhtml"
-                flex="1" hidden="false" collapsed="false"
-                onclick="dactyl.modules.commandline.onMultilineOutputEvent(event)"/>
-        </vbox>
-
-        <vbox class="dactyl-container" hidden="false" collapsed="true">
-            <iframe id="dactyl-completions" src="chrome://dactyl/content/buffer.xhtml"
-                flex="1" hidden="false" collapsed="false"
-                onclick="dactyl.modules.commandline.onMultilineOutputEvent(event)"/>
-        </vbox>
-
-        <stack orient="horizontal" align="stretch" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="CmdLine">
-            <textbox class="plain" id="dactyl-message" flex="1" readonly="true" dactyl:highlight="Normal"/>
-            <hbox id="dactyl-commandline" hidden="false" collapsed="true" class="dactyl-container" dactyl:highlight="Normal">
-                <label class="plain" id="dactyl-commandline-prompt"  flex="0" crop="end" value="" collapsed="true"/>
-                <textbox class="plain" id="dactyl-commandline-command" flex="1" type="timed" timeout="100"
-                    oninput="dactyl.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
-                    onkeyup="dactyl.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
-                    onfocus="dactyl.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"
-                    onblur="dactyl.modules.commandline.onEvent(event);"/>
-            </hbox>
-        </stack>
-
-        <vbox class="dactyl-container" hidden="false" collapsed="false">
-            <textbox id="dactyl-multiline-input" class="plain" flex="1" rows="1" hidden="false" collapsed="true" multiline="true"
-                onkeypress="dactyl.modules.commandline.onMultilineInputEvent(event);"
-                oninput="dactyl.modules.commandline.onMultilineInputEvent(event);"
-                onblur="dactyl.modules.commandline.onMultilineInputEvent(event);"/>
-        </vbox>
-
-    </window>
-
-    <statusbar id="status-bar" dactyl:highlight="StatusLine">
-        <hbox insertbefore="&dactyl.statusBefore;" insertafter="&dactyl.statusAfter;"
-              id="dactyl-statusline" flex="1" hidden="false" align="center">
-            <textbox class="plain" id="dactyl-statusline-field-url" readonly="false" flex="1" crop="end"/>
-            <label class="plain" id="dactyl-statusline-field-inputbuffer"    flex="0"/>
-            <label class="plain" id="dactyl-statusline-field-progress"       flex="0"/>
-            <label class="plain" id="dactyl-statusline-field-tabcount"       flex="0"/>
-            <label class="plain" id="dactyl-statusline-field-bufferposition" flex="0"/>
-        </hbox>
-        <!-- just hide them since other elements expect them -->
-        <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-display" hidden="true"/>
-        <statusbarpanel id="statusbar-progresspanel" hidden="true"/>
-    </statusbar>
-
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