diff --git a/common/content/editor.js b/common/content/editor.js
index 27794ee9..2b4aaafc 100644
--- a/common/content/editor.js
+++ b/common/content/editor.js
@@ -570,9 +570,10 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
         }
 
         function clear(forward, re)
-            function _clear(editor) {
+            function _clear(editor, elem) {
                 updateRange(editor, forward, re, function (range) {});
                 editor.selection.deleteFromDocument();
+                DOM(elem).input();
             }
 
         function move(forward, re)
@@ -680,7 +681,7 @@ var Editor = Module("editor", {
         bind(["<C-w>"], "Delete previous word",
              function () {
                  if (DOM(dactyl.focusedElement).isInput)
-                     clear(false, /\w/)(Editor.getEditor(null));
+                     clear(false, /\w/)(Editor.getEditor(null), dactyl.focusedElement);
                  else
                      editor.executeCommand("cmd_deleteWordBackward", 1);
              });
diff --git a/common/modules/completion.jsm b/common/modules/completion.jsm
index 436bfb95..f890e2e3 100644
--- a/common/modules/completion.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/completion.jsm
@@ -553,11 +553,11 @@ var CompletionContext = Class("CompletionContext", {
                 // of the given string which also matches the current
                 // item's text.
                 let len = substring.length;
-                let i = 0, n = len;
-                let result = item.result;
+                let i = 0, n = len + 1;
+                let result = n && fixCase(item.result);
                 while (n) {
                     let m = Math.floor(n / 2);
-                    let keep = i + m && compare(fixCase(result), substring.substring(0, i + m));
+                    let keep = compare(result, substring.substring(0, i + m));
                     if (!keep)
                         len = i + m - 1;
                     if (!keep || m == 0)
diff --git a/common/modules/util.jsm b/common/modules/util.jsm
index ae40dd21..ab14517b 100644
--- a/common/modules/util.jsm
+++ b/common/modules/util.jsm
@@ -740,18 +740,18 @@ var Util = Module("Util", XPCOM([Ci.nsIObserver, Ci.nsISupportsWeakReference]),
             if (params.mimeType)
                 xmlhttp.overrideMimeType(params.mimeType);
 
-            if (params.responseType)
-                xmlhttp.responseType = params.responseType;
-
             xmlhttp.open(params.method || "GET", url, async,
                          params.user, params.pass);
 
+            if (params.responseType)
+                xmlhttp.responseType = params.responseType;
+
             xmlhttp.send(params.data);
             return xmlhttp;
         }
         catch (e) {
             if (!params.quiet)
-                util.dactyl.log(_("error.cantOpen", String.quote(url), e), 1);
+                util.reportError(e);
             return null;
         }
     },