diff --git a/www/common/realtime-input.js b/www/common/realtime-input.js
index 9c9e36a7c..6807879fb 100644
--- a/www/common/realtime-input.js
+++ b/www/common/realtime-input.js
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ define([
 
     var bindAllEvents = function (textarea, docBody, onEvent, unbind)
     {
-        // FIXME why docBody?
-
+        /*
+            we use docBody for the purposes of CKEditor.
+            because otherwise special keybindings like ctrl-b and ctrl-i
+            would open bookmarks and info instead of applying bold/italic styles
+        */
         docBody && bindEvents(docBody,
                    ['textInput', 'keydown', 'keyup', 'select', 'cut', 'paste'],
                    onEvent,
@@ -133,17 +136,20 @@ define([
     };
 
     var start = module.exports.start =
-        function (textarea, websocketUrl, userName, channel, cryptKey, doc, onRemote)
+        function (textarea, websocketUrl, userName, channel, cryptKey, config)
     {
+
         var passwd = 'y';
 
-        console.log({
-            textarea: textarea,
-            websocketUrl: websocketUrl,
-            userName: userName,
-            channel: channel,
-            cryptKey: cryptKey
-        });
+        // make sure configuration is defined
+        config = config || {};
+
+        var doc = config.doc || null;
+
+        // trying to deprecate onRemote, prefer loading it via the conf
+        onRemote = config.onRemote || onRemote;
+
+        transformFunction = config.transformFunction || null;
 
         var socket = makeWebsocket(websocketUrl);
         // define this in case it gets called before the rest of our stuff is ready.
@@ -156,12 +162,6 @@ define([
 
         var $textarea = $(textarea);
 
-        var inputDisabled = function (cond) {
-            $textarea.attr("disabled", cond||false);
-        };
-
-        inputDisabled(false);
-
         var bump = function () {};
 
         socket.onOpen.push(function (evt) {
@@ -176,24 +176,11 @@ define([
                                 channel,
                                 $(textarea).val(),
                                 {
-                                    transformFunction: function (text, toTransform, transformBy) {
-                                        console.log({
-                                            text: text,
-                                            toTransform: toTransform,
-                                            transformBy: transformBy
-                                        });
-
-                                        // returning **null** breaks out of the loop
-                                        // which transforms conflicting operations
-                                        // in theory this should prevent us from producing bad JSON
-                                        return null;
-                                    }
+                                    transformFunction: config.transformFunction
                                 });
 
             onEvent = function () {
                 if (isErrorState || initializing) { return; }
-/*                var currentDoc = $textarea.val();
-                if (currentDoc !== realtime.getUserDoc()) { warn("currentDoc !== realtime.getUserDoc()"); } */
             };
 
             realtime.onUserListChange(function (userList) {
@@ -202,14 +189,13 @@ define([
                 }
                 // if we spot ourselves being added to the document, we'll switch
                 // 'initializing' off because it means we're fully synced.
-
-                // we should only see this happen once
                 initializing = false;
-                debug("Done initializing:");
-                debug("Userlist: ["+userList.join(",")+"]");
-                /* TODO execute a callback here */
 
-                inputDisabled(true);
+                // execute an onReady callback if one was supplied
+                // pass an object so we can extend this later
+                config.onReady && config.onReady({
+                    userList: userList
+                });
             });
 
             var whoami = new RegExp(userName.replace(/\/\+/g, function (c) {
@@ -274,7 +260,6 @@ define([
             var socketChecker = setInterval(function () {
                 if (checkSocket(socket)) {
                     warn("Socket disconnected!");
-                    inputDisabled(true);
 
                     recoverableErrorCount += 1;
 
@@ -284,7 +269,7 @@ define([
                         socketChecker && clearInterval(socketChecker);
                     }
                 } else {
-                    inputDisabled(false);
+                    // TODO
                 }
             },200);
 
@@ -296,7 +281,6 @@ define([
             realtime.start();
             debug('started');
 
-            // this has three names :|
             bump = realtime.bumpSharejs;
         });
         return {
diff --git a/www/render/index.html b/www/render/index.html
index 7b1794dd1..b463a5dac 100644
--- a/www/render/index.html
+++ b/www/render/index.html
@@ -34,9 +34,18 @@
         code {
             font-family: monospace;
         }
-        /* TODO
-            bump up text size on mobile
-        */
+
+        /* bigger text size for difficult to read elements */
+        blockquote, p, pre, code, li {
+            font-size: 20px;
+        }
+
+        /* tables */
+        table, thead, tbody, th, tr, td{
+            border: 1pt solid #586e75;
+            background-color: #002b36;
+            padding: 15px;
+        }
     </style>
 </head>
 <body>
@@ -46,4 +55,3 @@
     <textarea></textarea>
 </body>
 </html>
-
diff --git a/www/render/main.js b/www/render/main.js
index 6f1825262..ba19b32ea 100644
--- a/www/render/main.js
+++ b/www/render/main.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ define([
 
     var key = Crypto.parseKey(window.location.hash.substring(1));
 
-    var $textarea = $('textarea'),
+    var $textarea = $('textarea').first(),
         $target = $('#target');
 
     window.$textarea = $textarea;
@@ -107,18 +107,23 @@ define([
         }, 450);
     };
 
-    var rts = $textarea.toArray().map(function (e, i) {
-        var rt = Realtime.start(e, // window
+    var rts = Realtime.start($textarea[0], // window
             Config.websocketURL, // websocketUrl
             Crypto.rand64(8), // userName
             key.channel, // channel
             key.cryptKey, // cryptkey
-            null, // docBody
-            function (){ // onChange received
-                lazyDraw($textarea.val());
+            {
+                // when remote editors do things...
+                onRemote: function () {
+                    lazyDraw($textarea.val());
+                },
+                // when your editor is ready
+                onReady: function (info) {
+                    info.userList && console.log("Userlist: [%s]", info.userList.join(','));
+                    console.log("Realtime is ready!");
+                    $textarea.trigger('keyup');
+                }
             });
-        return rt;
-    })[0];
 
     $textarea.on('change keyup keydown', function () {
         redrawTimeout && clearTimeout(redrawTimeout);
diff --git a/www/vdom/main.js b/www/vdom/main.js
index 7d4670b9a..e74f0cf32 100644
--- a/www/vdom/main.js
+++ b/www/vdom/main.js
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ define([
 
             var vdom1 = Convert.dom.to.vdom(inner);
 
-            var onChange = function (shjson) {
+            var applyHjson = function (shjson) {
+                // where is your cursor?
+                // TODO optimize this if it works
+                /*
+                var sel = editor.getSelection(); // { rev, document, root, isLocked, _ }
+                var element = sel.getStartElement();
+                var ranges = sel.getRanges(); // [0] // {startContainer, startOffset, endContainer, endOffset, collapsed, document, root}
+                */
                 var authDoc = JSON.parse(shjson);
                 var vdom2 = Convert.hjson.to.vdom(authDoc);
                 var patches = Vdom.diff(vdom1, vdom2);
@@ -57,15 +64,57 @@ define([
                 // try resyncing the dom?
                 vdom1 = Convert.dom.to.vdom(inner);
                 // vdom1 = vdom2;
+
+/*
+                // correct the cursor after doing dom stuff
+                sel.selectElement(element);
+                ranges[0].setStart(element.getFirst(), ranges[0].startOffset); // 
+                ranges[0].setEnd(element.getFirst(), ranges[0].endOffset);
+                sel.selectRanges([ranges[0]]);
+*/
+
             };
 
-            window.rti = realtimeInput.start($textarea[0],
-                                    Config.websocketURL,
-                                    Crypto.rand64(8),
-                                    key.channel,
-                                    key.cryptKey,
-                                    inner,
-                                    onChange);
+            window.rti = realtimeInput.start($textarea[0], // synced element
+                                    Config.websocketURL, // websocketURL, ofc
+                                    Crypto.rand64(8), // userName
+                                    key.channel, // channelName
+                                    key.cryptKey, // key
+                                    { // configuration :D
+                                        doc: inner,
+
+                                        onReady: function (info) {
+                                            applyHjson($textarea.val());
+                                            $textarea.trigger('keyup');
+                                        },
+
+                                        onRemote: applyHjson,
+
+                                        transformFunction : function (text, toTransform, transformBy) {
+                                            /* FIXME 
+                                                operational transform on json shouldn't be in all editors
+                                                just those transmitting/expecting JSON
+                                            */
+                                            false && console.log({
+                                                text: text,
+                                                toTransform: toTransform,
+                                                transformBy: transformBy
+                                            });
+
+                                            // returning **null** breaks out of the loop
+                                            // which transforms conflicting operations
+                                            // in theory this should prevent us from producing bad JSON
+                                            return null;
+                                        }
+                                        /*
+                                            FIXME NOT A REAL FUNCTION WONT WORK
+                                            transformFunction: function (state0str, toTransform, transformBy) {
+                                                var state1A = JSON.parse(Operation.apply(state0str, transformBy));
+                                                var state1B = JSON.parse(Operation.apply(state0str, toTransform));
+                                                var state0  = JSON.parse(state0str);
+                                            }
+                                        */
+                                    });
 
             $textarea.val(JSON.stringify(Convert.dom.to.hjson(inner)));