diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8f4f9a18..0912dc22 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #### configuration
 
-VERSION       = 1.0pre
+VERSION       = 1.0
 NAME          = vimperator
 
 include Makefile.common
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a5444f52..077c8499 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <pre>
-2008-xx-xx:
-    * version 0.6
-    * THIS VERSION ONLY WORKS WITH FIREFOX 3.0 beta1 or newer
+2008-05-14:
+    * version 1.0
+    * THIS VERSION ONLY WORKS WITH FIREFOX 3.0 beta3 or newer
     * IMPORTANT: Major hints rewrite
       read up the new help for the f, F and ; commands for details
       removed the following hint options: 'hintchars' 'maxhints'
-      added the following hint options: 'hinttimeout'
+      added the following hint options: 'hinttimeout', 'hintmatching', 'wordseperators'
     * IMPORTANT: changed 'I' key to Ctrl-Q to also work in textboxes
     * IMPORTANT: :bmarks! and :history! open the matching items now in a tab, instead
       of bringing up the bookmarks/history window
@@ -55,8 +55,8 @@
     * support for * and # mappings to search for the text selection or the text under the cursor
     * Escape finally clears any selection made in the document
     * initial start of caret mode. Start with 'i', stop with Escape;
+    * new "newtab" option for opening the command output in a new tab and better :tab support
     * many small bug fixes and enhancements
-    * new "newtab" option for opening the command output in a new tab
 
 2007-12-21:
     * version 0.5.3
diff --git a/content/hints.js b/content/hints.js
index 2f9b1326..2851f7c0 100644
--- a/content/hints.js
+++ b/content/hints.js
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
 
     function generate(win)
     {
-        var startDate = Date.now();
-
         if (!win)
             win = window.content;
 
@@ -94,7 +92,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
 
         var elem, tagname, text, span, rect;
         var res = liberator.buffer.evaluateXPath(liberator.options["hinttags"], doc, null, true);
-        liberator.log("evaluated XPath after: " + (Date.now() - startDate) + "ms");
 
         var fragment = doc.createDocumentFragment();
         var start = hints.length;
@@ -138,7 +135,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
         for (var i = 0; i < win.frames.length; i++)
             generate(win.frames[i]);
 
-        liberator.log("hints.generate() completed after: " + (Date.now() - startDate) + "ms for " + hints.length + " hints.");
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -156,13 +152,10 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
 
     function showHints()
     {
-        var startDate = Date.now();
         var win = window.content;
         var height = win.innerHeight;
         var width  = win.innerWidth;
 
-        liberator.log("Show hints matching: \"" + hintString + "\"", 7);
-
         var linkfgcolor       = liberator.options["linkfgcolor"];
         var linkbgcolor       = liberator.options["linkbgcolor"];
         var activelinkfgcolor = liberator.options["activelinkfgcolor"];
@@ -235,7 +228,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
             }
         }
 
-        liberator.log("showHints() completed after: " + (Date.now() - startDate) + "ms");
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -305,7 +297,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
             }
         }
 
-        liberator.log("removeHints() done");
         reset();
     }
 
@@ -335,7 +326,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
         var loc = elem.href || "";
         switch (submode)
         {
-            // TODO: move/rename those helper functions to a better place
             case ";": liberator.buffer.focusElement(elem); break;
             case "?": liberator.buffer.showElementInfo(elem); break;
             case "a": liberator.buffer.saveLink(elem, false); break;
@@ -579,7 +569,6 @@ liberator.Hints = function () //{{{
 
     return {
 
-        // TODO: implement framesets
         show: function (mode, minor, filter)
         {
             if (mode == liberator.modes.EXTENDED_HINT && !/^[;?asoOtTvVwWyY]$/.test(minor))
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index fe8d9784..46a95e87 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                     return !(new RegExp(regex + "]").test(value));
                 }
             });
+
         liberator.options.add(["titlestring"], // TODO: broken for Thunderbird
             "Change the title of the window",
             "string", "Vimperator",
@@ -85,12 +86,14 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                     }
                 },
             });
+
         liberator.options.add(["verbose", "vbs"], 
             "Define which type of messages are logged",
             "number", 0,
             {
                 validator: function (value) { return (value >= 0 && value <= 9); }
             });
+
         liberator.options.add(["visualbell", "vb"], 
             "Use visual bell instead of beeping on errors",
             "boolean", false,
@@ -384,9 +387,6 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                 catch (e) { }
             });
         }
-
-//        if (liberator.has("tabs"))
-
     }
 
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////}}}
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                         window.content.scrollTo(0, elem.getBoundingClientRect().top - 10); // 10px context
                     else
                         dump('no element: ' + '@class="tag" and text()="' + tag + '"\n' );
-                }, 200);
+                }, 500);
             }
 
             if (!topic)
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                 .quit(nsIAppStartup.eRestart | nsIAppStartup.eAttemptQuit);
         },
 
+        // TODO: probably move to {muttator,vimperator,...}.js
         // this function is called, when the chrome is ready
         startup: function ()
         {
diff --git a/locale/en-US/various.txt b/locale/en-US/various.txt
index 8f9d6842..1943e3eb 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/various.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/various.txt
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ When browsing a local directory, it goes to the root directory.
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 
 
-|f| +
+|f| |hints| +
 ||f\\{hint\\}||
 ________________________________________________________________________________
 Start QuickHint mode. In QuickHint mode, every hintable item (according to the