diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
index 24c237bf21..44c95e1c2b 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/evennia.js
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
         debug: true,
         initialized: false,
 
-        // Initialize.
-        // startup Evennia emitter and connection.
+        // Initialize the Evennia object with emitter and connection.
         //
         // Args:
         //   opts (obj):
@@ -82,24 +81,21 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
             opts = opts || {};
             this.emitter = opts.emitter || new DefaultEmitter();
 
-            if (opts.connection) {
+            if (opts.ckonnection) {
                this.connection = opts.connection;
             }
             else if (window.WebSocket && wsactive) {
                 this.connection = new WebsocketConnection();
-                if (!this.connection) {
-                    this.connection = new AjaxCometConnection();
-                }
             } else {
                 this.connection = new AjaxCometConnection();
             }
             log('Evennia initialized.')
         },
 
-        // Client -> Evennia.
-        // Called by the frontend to send a command to Evennia.
+        // client -> Evennia.
+        // called by the frontend to send a command to Evennia.
         //
-        // Args:
+        // args:
         //   cmdname (str): String identifier to call
         //   kwargs (obj): Data argument for calling as cmdname(kwargs)
         //   callback (func): If given, will be given an eventual return
@@ -191,7 +187,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
         var off = function (cmdname) {
             delete listeners[cmdname]
         };
-        return {emit:emit, on:on, off:off}
+        return {emit:emit, on:on, off:off};
     };
 
     // Websocket Connector
@@ -201,15 +197,15 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
         var websocket = new WebSocket(wsurl);
         // Handle Websocket open event
         websocket.onopen = function (event) {
-            Evennia.emit('connection.open', ["websocket"], event);
+            Evennia.emit('connection_open', ["websocket"], event);
         };
         // Handle Websocket close event
         websocket.onclose = function (event) {
-            Evennia.emit('connection.close', ["websocket"], event);
+            Evennia.emit('connection_close', ["websocket"], event);
         };
         // Handle websocket errors
         websocket.onerror = function (event) {
-            Evennia.emit('connection.error', ["websocket"], event);
+            Evennia.emit('connection_error', ["websocket"], event);
             if (websocket.readyState === websocket.CLOSED) {
                 log("Websocket failed. Falling back to Ajax...");
                 Evennia.connection = AjaxCometConnection();
@@ -254,12 +250,12 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
 
                     success: function(data) {
                         data = JSON.parse(data);
-                        log ("connection.open", ["AJAX/COMET"], data);
+                        log ("connection_open", ["AJAX/COMET"], data);
                         client_hash = data.suid;
                         poll();
                     },
                     error: function(req, stat, err) {
-                        Evennia.emit("connection.error", ["AJAX/COMET init error"], err);
+                        Evennia.emit("connection_error", ["AJAX/COMET init error"], err);
                         log("AJAX/COMET: Connection error: " + err);
                     }
             });
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
                    data: {mode:'input', data: JSON.stringify(data), 'suid': client_hash},
                    success: function(req, stat, err) {},
                    error: function(req, stat, err) {
-                       Evennia.emit("connection.error", ["AJAX/COMET send error"], err);
+                       Evennia.emit("connection_error", ["AJAX/COMET send error"], err);
                        log("AJAX/COMET: Server returned error.",req,stat,err);
                    }
            });
@@ -315,11 +311,11 @@ An "emitter" object must have a function
 
                 success: function(data){
                     client_hash = '0';
-                    Evennia.emit("connection.close", ["AJAX/COMET"], {});
+                    Evennia.emit("connection_close", ["AJAX/COMET"], {});
                     log("AJAX/COMET connection closed cleanly.")
                 },
                 error: function(req, stat, err){
-                    Evennia.emit("connection.err", ["AJAX/COMET close error"], err);
+                    Evennia.emit("connection_err", ["AJAX/COMET close error"], err);
                     client_hash = '0';
                 }
             });
diff --git a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/webclient_gui.js b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/webclient_gui.js
index b78fa11aa8..12db6b2f49 100644
--- a/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/webclient_gui.js
+++ b/evennia/web/webclient/static/webclient/js/webclient_gui.js
@@ -106,12 +106,15 @@ function onPrompt(args, kwargs) {
            "<div id='prompt' class='msg out'>" + args[0] + "</div>");
 }
 
+// Handler silencing events we don't do anything with.
+function onSilence(cmdname, args, kwargs) {}
+
 // Handler unrecognized commands from server
 function onDefault(cmdname, args, kwargs) {
     mwin = $("#messagewindow");
     mwin.append(
             "<div class='msg err'>"
-            + "Unhandled event:<br>"
+            + "Error or Unhandled event:<br>"
             + cmdname + ", "
             + JSON.stringify(args) + ", "
             + JSON.stringify(kwargs) + "<p></div>");
@@ -138,14 +141,17 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
     Evennia.emitter.on("text", onText);
     Evennia.emitter.on("prompt", onPrompt);
     Evennia.emitter.on("default", onDefault);
+    // silence currently unused events
+    Evennia.emitter.on("connection_open", onSilence);
+    Evennia.emitter.on("connection_close", onSilence);
+
     // Event when closing window (have to have Evennia initialized)
     $(window).bind("beforeunload", Evennia.connection.close);
 
-    doWindowResize();
-
     // set an idle timer to send idle every 3 minutes,
     // to avoid proxy servers timing out on us
     setInterval(function() {
+        // Connect to server
         Evennia.msg("text", ["idle"], {});
     },
     60000*3