diff --git a/common/content/events.js b/common/content/events.js
index bdef70e8..aaa81b63 100644
--- a/common/content/events.js
+++ b/common/content/events.js
@@ -274,11 +274,20 @@ var EventHive = Class("EventHive", Group.Hive, {
      *      phase, otherwise during the bubbling phase.
      */
     listen: function (target, event, callback, capture) {
-        let args = Array.slice(arguments, 0);
-        args[2] = this.wrapListener(callback);
-        args[0].addEventListener.apply(args[0], args.slice(1));
-        args[0] = Cu.getWeakReference(args[0]);
-        this.sessionListeners.push(args);
+        if (isObject(event))
+            var [self, events] = [event, event[callback]];
+        else
+            [self, events] = [null, array.toObject([[event, callback]])];
+
+        for (let [event, callback] in Iterator(events)) {
+            let args = [Cu.getWeakReference(target),
+                        event,
+                        this.wrapListener(callback, self),
+                        capture];
+
+            target.addEventListener.apply(target, args.slice(1));
+            this.sessionListeners.push(args);
+        }
     },
 
     /**
@@ -393,8 +402,7 @@ var Events = Module("events", {
         }
 
         this._activeMenubar = false;
-        for (let [event, callback] in Iterator(this.events))
-            this.listen(window, event, callback, true);
+        this.listen(window, this, "events");
 
         dactyl.registerObserver("modeChange", function () {
             delete self.processor;
diff --git a/common/content/mow.js b/common/content/mow.js
index 5cb6709e..06a93d94 100644
--- a/common/content/mow.js
+++ b/common/content/mow.js
@@ -9,7 +9,30 @@
 var MOW = Module("mow", {
     init: function () {
 
-        this._resize = Timer(20, 400, function (force) { this.resize(force) }, this);
+        this._resize = Timer(20, 400, function () {
+            if (this.visible) {
+                this.resize(false);
+                this.updateMorePrompt();
+            }
+        }, this);
+
+        this._timer = Timer(20, 400, function () {
+            util.dump("RESIZE " + this.window.document.body.textContent);
+            this.resize(true);
+
+            if (options["more"] && this.isScrollable(1)) {
+                // start the last executed command's output at the top of the screen
+                let elements = this.document.getElementsByClassName("ex-command-output");
+                elements[elements.length - 1].scrollIntoView(true);
+            }
+            else
+                this.body.scrollTop = this.body.scrollHeight;
+
+            dactyl.focus(this.window);
+            this.updateMorePrompt();
+        }, this);
+
+        events.listen(window, this, "windowEvents");
 
         let fontSize = util.computedStyle(document.documentElement).fontSize;
         styles.system.add("font-size", "dactyl://content/buffer.xhtml",
@@ -112,7 +135,7 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
 
         // FIXME: need to make sure an open MOW is closed when commands
         //        that don't generate output are executed
-        if (this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed) {
+        if (!this.visible) {
             this.body.scrollTop = 0;
             body.textContent = "";
         }
@@ -123,18 +146,9 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
         if (!silent)
             dactyl.triggerObserver("echoMultiline", data, highlightGroup, output);
 
-        this._resize.tell(true);
-
-        if (options["more"] && this.isScrollable(1)) {
-            // start the last executed command's output at the top of the screen
-            let elements = this.document.getElementsByClassName("ex-command-output");
-            elements[elements.length - 1].scrollIntoView(true);
-        }
-        else
-            this.body.scrollTop = this.body.scrollHeight;
-
-        dactyl.focus(this.window);
-        this.updateMorePrompt();
+        this._timer.tell();
+        if (!this.visible)
+            this._timer.flush();
     },
 
     events: {
@@ -172,6 +186,12 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
         }
     },
 
+    windowEvents: {
+        resize: function onResize(event) {
+            this._resize.tell();
+        }
+    },
+
     contextEvents: {
         popupshowing: function (event) {
             let menu = commandline.widgets.contextMenu;
@@ -208,14 +228,14 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
      *     already so.
      */
     resize: function updateOutputHeight(open, extra) {
-        if (!open && this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed)
+        if (!(open || this.visible))
             return;
 
         let doc = this.widget.contentDocument;
 
         let availableHeight = config.outputHeight;
-        if (!this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed)
-            availableHeight += parseFloat(this.widgets.mowContainer.height);
+        if (this.visible)
+            availableHeight += parseFloat(this.widgets.mowContainer.height || 0);
         availableHeight -= extra || 0;
 
         doc.body.style.minWidth = this.widgets.commandbar.commandline.scrollWidth + "px";
@@ -225,6 +245,7 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
             0);
 
         doc.body.style.minWidth = "";
+
         this.visible = true;
     },
 
@@ -243,7 +264,7 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
      *     and what they do.
      */
     updateMorePrompt: function updateMorePrompt(force, showHelp) {
-        if (this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed)
+        if (!this.visible)
             return this.widgets.message = null;
         let elem = this.widget.contentDocument.documentElement;
 
@@ -256,6 +277,7 @@ var MOW = Module("mow", {
     },
 
     visible: Modes.boundProperty({
+        get: function get_mowVisible() !this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed,
         set: function set_mowVisible(value) {
             this.widgets.mowContainer.collapsed = !value;