diff --git a/backend.php b/backend.php
index 5cef094d6..c19c3b9e3 100644
--- a/backend.php
+++ b/backend.php
@@ -208,8 +208,6 @@
 
 			}
 
-			$_SESSION["viewfeed:counters_stamp"] = time();
-
 			outputFeedList($link, $tags);
 		break; // feeds
 
@@ -220,8 +218,6 @@
 			$mode = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["mode"]);
 			$omode = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["omode"]);
 
-			$csync = $_REQUEST["csync"];
-
 			print "<reply>";
 
 			// in prefetch mode we only output requested cids, main article 
@@ -243,14 +239,11 @@
 				}
 			}
 
-//			if (get_pref($link, "SYNC_COUNTERS") || ($mode == "prefetch" && $csync)) {
-
-			if (time() - $_SESSION["view:counters_stamp"] > 5 && $mode == "prefetch") {
+			/* if ($mode == "prefetch") {
 				print "<counters><![CDATA[";
 				print json_encode(getAllCounters($link, $omode));
 				print "]]></counters>";
-				$_SESSION["view:counters_stamp"] = time();
-			}
+			} */
 
 			print "</reply>";
 		break; // view
@@ -274,7 +267,6 @@
 			@$next_unread_feed = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["nuf"]);
 			@$offset = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["skip"]);
 			@$vgroup_last_feed = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["vgrlf"]);
-			$csync = $_REQUEST["csync"];
 			$order_by = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["order_by"]);
 
 			/* Feed -5 is a special case: it is used to display auxiliary information
@@ -289,12 +281,9 @@
 			/* Updating a label ccache means recalculating all of the caches
 			 * so for performance reasons we don't do that here */
 
-//			if (time() - $_SESSION["viewfeed:ccache_update_stamp"] > 120) {
-				if ($feed >= 0) {
-					ccache_update($link, $feed, $_SESSION["uid"], $cat_view);
-				}
-				$_SESSION["viewfeed:ccache_update_stamp"] = time();
-//			}
+			if ($feed >= 0) {
+				ccache_update($link, $feed, $_SESSION["uid"], $cat_view);
+			}
 
 			set_pref($link, "_DEFAULT_VIEW_MODE", $view_mode);
 			set_pref($link, "_DEFAULT_VIEW_LIMIT", $limit);
@@ -394,15 +383,11 @@
 
 			if ($_REQUEST["debug"]) $timing_info = print_checkpoint("20", $timing_info);
 
-			if (get_pref($link, 'COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE') || $subop || 
-				time() - $_SESSION["viewfeed:counters_stamp"] > 5) {
-				if (!$offset) {
-					print "<counters><![CDATA[";
-					print json_encode(getAllCounters($link, $omode, $feed));
-					print "]]></counters>";
-					$_SESSION["viewfeed:counters_stamp"] = time();
-				}
-			}
+			/* if (get_pref($link, 'COMBINED_DISPLAY_MODE') || $subop || !$offset) {
+				print "<counters><![CDATA[";
+				print json_encode(getAllCounters($link, $omode, $feed));
+				print "]]></counters>";
+			} */
 
 			if ($_REQUEST["debug"]) $timing_info = print_checkpoint("30", $timing_info);
 
diff --git a/feedlist.js b/feedlist.js
index 3c6e881a0..b7d47b4a5 100644
--- a/feedlist.js
+++ b/feedlist.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ var mouse_is_down = false;
 var mouse_y = 0;
 var mouse_x = 0;
 
+var counter_timeout_id = false;
+
 var resize_enabled = false;
 var selection_disabled = false;
 var counters_last_request = 0;
@@ -214,10 +216,6 @@ function viewfeed(feed, subop, is_cat, subop_param, skip_history, offset) {
 			query = query + "&omode=flc";
 		}
 
-		if (!async_counters_work) {
-			query = query + "&csync=true";
-		}
-
 		console.log(query);
 
 		var container = $("headlinesInnerContainer");
@@ -407,10 +405,6 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 
 		setTimeout("hotkey_prefix_timeout()", 5*1000);
 
-		if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-			correctPNG();
-		}
-
 		if (getActiveFeedId()) {
 			//console.log("some feed is open on feedlist refresh, reloading");
 			//setTimeout("viewCurrentFeed()", 100);
@@ -599,7 +593,7 @@ function request_counters_real() {
 			parameters: query,
 			onComplete: function(transport) { 
 				try {
-					all_counters_callback2(transport, true);
+					all_counters_callback2(transport);
 				} catch (e) {
 					exception_error("viewfeed/getcounters", e);
 				}
@@ -620,9 +614,12 @@ function request_counters() {
 		var date = new Date();
 		var timestamp = Math.round(date.getTime() / 1000);
 
-		if (timestamp - counters_last_request > 15) {
+		if (timestamp - counters_last_request > 10) {
 			console.log("scheduling request of counters...");
-			window.setTimeout("request_counters_real()", 1000);
+
+			window.clearTimeout(counter_timeout_id);
+			counter_timeout_id = window.setTimeout("request_counters_real()", 1000);
+
 			counters_last_request = timestamp;
 		} else {
 			console.log("request_counters: rate limit reached: " + (timestamp - counters_last_request));
diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
index a4528b78f..46716a407 100644
--- a/functions.js
+++ b/functions.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 var hotkeys_enabled = true;
 var notify_silent = false;
 var last_progress_point = 0;
-var async_counters_work = false;
 var sanity_check_done = false;
 
 /* add method to remove element from array */
@@ -578,9 +577,8 @@ function parse_counters_reply(transport, scheduled_call) {
 
 }
 
-function all_counters_callback2(transport, async_call) {
+function all_counters_callback2(transport) {
 	try {
-		if (async_call) async_counters_work = true;
 		if (offline_mode) return;
 
 		parse_counters_reply(transport);
diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 813e35145..9b6958949 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -2037,10 +2037,6 @@
 					setcookie("ttrss_lang", $_SESSION["language"], 
 						time() + SESSION_COOKIE_LIFETIME);
 				}
-
-				/* bump counters stamp since we're getting reloaded anyway */
-
-				$_SESSION["get_all_counters_stamp"] = time();
 			}
 
 		} else {
diff --git a/lib/pngfix.js b/lib/pngfix.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c8ef4b28e..000000000
--- a/lib/pngfix.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// stolen from http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/pngtestfixed.htm
-
-function correctPNG() // correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 or higher.
-   {
-   for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++)
-      {
-	  var img = document.images[i]
-	  var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase()
-	  if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG")
-	     {
-		 var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : ""
-		 var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : ""
-		 var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' "
-		 var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText 
-		 if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle
-		 if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle
-		 if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle		
-		 var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
-		 + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
-	     + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
-		 + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>" 
-		 img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
-		 i = i-1
-	     }
-      }
-   }
-window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG);
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index c590c61f8..ed8d1679c 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ function feedlist_callback2(transport) {
 
 			caller_subop = false;
 		}
-		if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-			correctPNG();
-		}
 		notify("");
 		remove_splash();
 
@@ -44,9 +41,6 @@ function feedlist_callback2(transport) {
 function filterlist_callback2(transport) {
 	var container = $('prefContent');
 	container.innerHTML=transport.responseText;
-	if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-		correctPNG();
-	}
 	notify("");
 	remove_splash();
 }
@@ -84,9 +78,6 @@ function labellist_callback2(transport) {
 
 			init_label_inline_editor();
 	
-			if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-				correctPNG();
-			}
 			notify("");
 			remove_splash();
 
diff --git a/tt-rss.js b/tt-rss.js
index 5551dc2d1..c310e267b 100644
--- a/tt-rss.js
+++ b/tt-rss.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ var total_unread = 0;
 var first_run = true;
 var display_tags = false;
 var global_unread = -1;
-var active_title_text = "";
 var current_subtitle = "";
 var daemon_enabled = false;
 //var _qfd_deleted_feed = 0;
@@ -233,10 +232,6 @@ function updateTitle(s) {
 		tmp = tmp + " - " + current_subtitle;
 	}
 
-	if (active_title_text.length > 0) {
-		tmp = tmp + " > " + active_title_text;
-	}
-
 	if (window.fluid) {
 		if (global_unread > 0) {
 			window.fluid.dockBadge = global_unread;
@@ -249,9 +244,6 @@ function updateTitle(s) {
 }
 
 function genericSanityCheck() {
-
-//	if (!Ajax.getTransport()) fatalError(1);
-
 	setCookie("ttrss_test", "TEST");
 	
 	if (getCookie("ttrss_test") != "TEST") {
@@ -370,7 +362,6 @@ function init_second_stage() {
 
 		delCookie("ttrss_test");
 
-//		document.onresize = resize_headlines;
 		window.onresize=resize_headlines;
 
 		var toolbar = document.forms["main_toolbar_form"];
@@ -381,19 +372,6 @@ function init_second_stage() {
 		daemon_enabled = getInitParam("daemon_enabled") == 1;
 		feeds_sort_by_unread = getInitParam("feeds_sort_by_unread") == 1;
 
-/*		var fl = cache_find_param("FEEDLIST", getInitParam("num_feeds"));
-
-		if (fl) {
-			render_feedlist(fl);
-			if ($("feedList")) {
-				request_counters();
-			} else {
-				setTimeout('updateFeedList(false, false)', 50);
-			}
-		} else {
-			setTimeout('updateFeedList(false, false)', 50);
-		} */
-
 		setTimeout('updateFeedList(false, false)', 50);
 
 		console.log("second stage ok");
@@ -552,11 +530,6 @@ function quickMenuGo(opid) {
 	}
 }
 
-function updateFeedTitle(t) {
-	active_title_text = t;
-	updateTitle();
-}
-
 function toggleDispRead() {
 	try {
 
diff --git a/viewfeed.js b/viewfeed.js
index 5df91c330..cb1f31b14 100644
--- a/viewfeed.js
+++ b/viewfeed.js
@@ -218,10 +218,7 @@ function headlines_callback2(transport, feed_cur_page) {
 			f.innerHTML = "<div class='whiteBox'>" + __('Could not update headlines (missing XML object)') + "</div>";
 		}
 	
-		if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-			correctPNG();
-		}
-	
+
 		if (_cdm_wd_timeout) window.clearTimeout(_cdm_wd_timeout);
 	
 		if (!$("headlinesList") && 
@@ -399,10 +396,6 @@ function article_callback2(transport, id) {
 		var date = new Date();
 		last_article_view = date.getTime() / 1000;
 
-		if (typeof correctPNG != 'undefined') {
-			correctPNG();
-		}
-
 		if (_reload_feedlist_after_view) {
 			setTimeout('updateFeedList(false, false)', 50);			
 			_reload_feedlist_after_view = false;
@@ -468,10 +461,6 @@ function view(id) {
 		var crow = $("RROW-" + id);
 		var article_is_unread = crow.className.match("Unread");
 
-		if (!async_counters_work) {
-			query = query + "&csync=true";
-		}
-
 		showArticleInHeadlines(id);
 
 		if (!cached_article) {
@@ -1836,7 +1825,13 @@ function cache_expire() {
 }
 
 function cache_flush() {
-	article_cache = new Array();
+	if (db) {
+		db.execute("DELETE FROM cache");
+	} else if (has_local_storage()) {
+		localStorage.clear();
+	} else {
+		article_cache = new Array();
+	}
 }
 
 function cache_invalidate(id) {