diff --git a/src/mami.css/input.css b/src/mami.css/input.css
index a16d8da..6e54496 100644
--- a/src/mami.css/input.css
+++ b/src/mami.css/input.css
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     height: 40px;
     max-height: 140px;
     resize: none;
+    width: 0;
 }
 
 .input__text,
@@ -32,9 +33,6 @@
     cursor: pointer
 }
 
-.input__menus {
-}
-
 .input__menu {
     display: flex;
     flex-wrap: wrap;
diff --git a/src/mami.css/main.css b/src/mami.css/main.css
index b211d3e..30206bc 100644
--- a/src/mami.css/main.css
+++ b/src/mami.css/main.css
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ a:hover {
     visibility: none !important;
 }
 
+.invisible {
+    visibility: none !important;
+}
+
 .sjis {
     font-family: IPAMonaPGothic, 'IPA モナー Pゴシック', Monapo, Mona, 'MS PGothic', 'ＭＳ Ｐゴシック', monospace;
     font-size: 16px;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/avatar.js b/src/mami.js/avatar.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5dfe2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/avatar.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+const MamiFormatUserAvatarUrl = (userId, res = 0, changeTime = null) => {
+    const template = futami.get('avatar') ?? '';
+    if(template.length < 1)
+        return '';
+
+    changeTime ??= Date.now();
+
+    return template.replace('{user:id}', userId)
+        .replace('{resolution}', res)
+        .replace('{user:avatar_change}', changeTime);
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/form.jsx
similarity index 70%
rename from src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx
rename to src/mami.js/chat/form.jsx
index 7660ece..7260307 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/chatform/form.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/form.jsx
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#include chatform/input.jsx
-#include chatform/markup.jsx
+#include chat/input.jsx
+#include chat/markup.jsx
 
-const MamiChatForm = function(eventTarget) {
-    const input = new MamiChatFormInput(eventTarget);
+const MamiChatForm = function(findUserInfosByName, findEmoteByName, eventTarget) {
+    const input = new MamiChatFormInput(findUserInfosByName, findEmoteByName, eventTarget);
     const markup = new MamiChatFormMarkup;
 
     const html = <form class="input" onsubmit={ev => {
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chat/garbparse.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/garbparse.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b995a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/garbparse.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include parsing.js
+#include url.js
+#include weeb.js
+#include ui/emotes.js
+
+// replace this with better parsing, read the fucking book already
+const MamiMolestMessageContents = (info, textElem, userNameElem) => {
+    const hasTextElem = textElem instanceof Element;
+
+    if(hasTextElem) {
+        Umi.UI.Emoticons.Parse(textElem, info.sender);
+        Umi.Parsing.Parse(textElem, info);
+
+        const textSplit = textElem.innerText.split(' ');
+        for(const textPart of textSplit) {
+            const uri = Umi.URI.Parse(textPart);
+
+            if(uri !== null && uri.Slashes !== null) {
+                const anchorElem = <a class="markup__link" href={textPart} target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{textPart}</a>;
+                textElem.innerHTML = textElem.innerHTML.replace(textPart.replace(/&/g, '&amp;'), anchorElem.outerHTML);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    if(mami.settings.get('weeaboo')) {
+        if(userNameElem instanceof Element)
+            userNameElem.appendChild($t(Weeaboo.getNameSuffix(info.sender)));
+
+        if(hasTextElem) {
+            textElem.appendChild($t(Weeaboo.getTextSuffix(info.sender)));
+
+            const kaomoji = Weeaboo.getRandomKaomoji(true, info);
+            if(kaomoji)
+                textElem.append(` ${kaomoji}`);
+        }
+    }
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/input.jsx
similarity index 86%
rename from src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx
rename to src/mami.js/chat/input.jsx
index f2fdf86..a26f9af 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/chatform/input.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/input.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-#include emotes.js
-#include users.js
-
-const MamiChatFormInput = function(eventTarget) {
+const MamiChatFormInput = function(findUserInfosByName, findEmoteByName, eventTarget) {
     const textElem = <textarea class="input__text" name="text" autofocus="autofocus"/>;
     let submitButton;
 
@@ -74,25 +71,24 @@ const MamiChatFormInput = function(eventTarget) {
                 snippet = text.charAt(position) + snippet;
             }
 
-            let insertText;
+            const insertText = portion => {
+                const nextPos = start - snippet.length + portion.length;
+                textElem.value = text.slice(0, start - snippet.length) + portion + text.slice(start);
+                textElem.selectionEnd = textElem.selectionStart = nextPos;
+            };
 
             if(snippet.indexOf(':') === 0) {
-                let emoteRank = 0;
-                if(Umi.User.hasCurrentUser())
-                    emoteRank = Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank;
-                const emotes = MamiEmotes.findByName(emoteRank, snippet.substring(1), true);
-                if(emotes.length > 0)
-                    insertText = `:${emotes[0]}:`;
+                findEmoteByName(snippet.substring(1))
+                    .then(emotes => {
+                        if(emotes.length > 0)
+                            insertText(`:${emotes[0]}:`);
+                    });
             } else {
-                const users = Umi.Users.Find(snippet);
-                if(users.length === 1)
-                    insertText = users[0].name;
-            }
-
-            if(insertText !== undefined) {
-                const nextPos = start - snippet.length + insertText.length;
-                textElem.value = text.slice(0, start - snippet.length) + insertText + text.slice(start);
-                textElem.selectionEnd = textElem.selectionStart = nextPos;
+                findUserInfosByName(snippet)
+                    .then(userInfos => {
+                        if(userInfos.length === 1)
+                            insertText(userInfos[0].name);
+                    });
             }
 
             return;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chatform/markup.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/markup.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/mami.js/chatform/markup.jsx
rename to src/mami.js/chat/markup.jsx
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chat/messages.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/messages.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d031025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/messages.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#include uniqstr.js
+#include chat/msg-act.jsx
+#include chat/msg-text.jsx
+
+const MamiChatMessages = function(globalEvents) {
+    const html = <div class="chat"/>;
+    const broadcasts = [];
+    const channels = new Map;
+
+    let msgs = [];
+    let autoScroll = false;
+    let autoEmbed = false;
+
+    // so like how the fuck am i going to do this wtf
+    // some msgs may not have an id, just gen a rando for those then?
+
+    const doAutoScroll = () => {
+        if(autoScroll)
+            html.lastElementChild?.scrollIntoView({ block: 'start', inline: 'end' });
+    };
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+
+        get autoScroll() { return autoScroll; },
+        set autoScroll(value) {
+            autoScroll = !!value;
+        },
+
+        get autoEmbed() { return autoEmbed; },
+        set autoEmbed(value) {
+            autoEmbed = !!value;
+        },
+
+        addMessage: info => {
+            console.info('addMessage()', info);
+
+            const msgId = info.id ?? `internal-${MamiUniqueStr(8)}`;
+
+            let msg;
+            if('element' in info) {
+                msg = info;
+            } else {
+                if(info.type === 'msg:text' || info.type.startsWith('legacy:'))
+                    msg = new MamiChatMessageText(info);
+                else
+                    msg = new MamiChatMessageAction(info);
+            }
+
+            if('first' in msg) {
+                const prev = msgs[msgs.length - 1];
+                msg.first = prev === undefined || !('first' in prev) || !('info' in prev) || info.sender.id !== prev.info.sender.id;
+            }
+
+            msgs.push(msg);
+
+            html.appendChild(msg.element);
+
+            // only run when not hidden/current channel
+            if(autoEmbed) {
+                const callEmbedOn = msg.element.querySelectorAll('a[onclick^="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.Embed"]');
+                for(const embedElem of callEmbedOn)
+                    if(embedElem.dataset.embed !== '1')
+                        embedElem.click();
+            }
+
+            // ^^ if(!eBase.classList.contains('hidden'))
+            doAutoScroll();
+
+            if(globalEvents)
+                globalEvents.dispatch('umi:ui:message_add', { element: msg.element });
+        },
+        removeMessage: msgId => {
+            console.info('removeMessage()', msgId);
+
+            for(const i in msgs) {
+                const msg = msgs[i];
+                if(msg.matches(msgId)) {
+                    // TODO: i want login, logout, etc. actions to be collapsed as a single messages
+                    // some kinda flow to allow for that should exists (probably just check if the msg obj has certain functions and then handle deletion differently)
+                    if(html.contains(msg.element))
+                        html.removeChild(msg.element);
+                    msgs.splice(i, 1);
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            doAutoScroll();
+        },
+        clearMessages: keepAmount => {
+            console.info('clearMessages()', keepAmount);
+
+            msgs = [];
+            html.replaceChildren();
+        },
+
+        scrollIfNeeded: offsetOrForce => {
+            console.info('scrollIfNeeded()', offsetOrForce);
+
+            if(typeof offsetOrForce === 'boolean' && offsetOrForce !== true)
+                return;
+
+            if(typeof offsetOrForce === 'number' && html.scrollTop < (html.scrollHeight - html.offsetHeight - offsetOrForce))
+                return;
+
+            doAutoScroll();
+        },
+
+        // probably not the way i want this to work going forward
+        switchChannel: channelName => {
+            console.info('switchChannel()', channelName);
+            //
+
+            doAutoScroll();
+        },
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chat/msg-act.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/msg-act.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab5b272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/msg-act.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#include avatar.js
+#include chat/garbparse.jsx
+
+const MamiChatMessageAction = function(info) {
+    const avatarClasses = ['message__avatar'];
+
+    // TODO: make this not hardcoded probably (should be in its own object for the thing mentioned in messages.jsx)
+    let text;
+    let senderId = info.sender?.id ?? '-1';
+    let senderName = info.sender?.name ?? '';
+    let senderColour = info.sender?.colour ?? 'inherit';
+    if(info.type === 'msg:action') {
+        text = info.text;
+    } else if(info.type === 'user:add') {
+        text = 'has joined';
+    } else if(info.type === 'user:remove') {
+        if(info.detail.reason === 'kick') {
+            avatarClasses.push('avatar-filter-invert');
+            text = 'got bludgeoned to death';
+        } else if(info.detail.reason === 'flood') {
+            avatarClasses.push('avatar-filter-invert');
+            text = 'got kicked for flood protection';
+        } else if(info.detail.reason === 'timeout') {
+            avatarClasses.push('avatar-filter-greyscale');
+            text = 'exploded';
+        } else {
+            avatarClasses.push('avatar-filter-greyscale');
+            text = 'has disconnected';
+        }
+    } else if(info.type === 'chan:join') {
+        text = 'has joined the channel';
+    } else if(info.type === 'chan:leave') {
+        avatarClasses.push('avatar-filter-greyscale');
+        text = 'has left the channel';
+    } else if(info.type === 'user:nick') {
+        if(senderId === '-1') {
+            senderId = '0';
+            senderName = info.detail.previousName;
+            senderColour = 'inherit';
+        }
+
+        text = `changed their name to ${info.detail.name}`;
+    } else {
+        text = `unknown action type: ${info.type}!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!`;
+    }
+
+    if(text.indexOf("'") !== 0 || (text.match(/\'/g).length % 2) === 0)
+        text = "\xA0" + text;
+
+    let textElem, userNameElem;
+    const html = <div class={`message message-tiny message--user-${senderId} message--first`}>
+        <div class={avatarClasses} style={`background-image: url('${MamiFormatUserAvatarUrl(senderId, 80)}');`} />
+        <div class="message__container">
+            <div class="message__meta">
+                {userNameElem = <div class="message__user" style={`color: ${senderColour}`}>
+                    {senderName}
+                </div>}
+                {textElem = <div class="message-tiny-text">
+                    {text}
+                </div>}
+                <div class="message__time">
+                    {info.time.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0')}:{info.time.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')}:{info.time.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0')}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>;
+
+    MamiMolestMessageContents(info, info.type === 'msg:action' ? textElem : undefined, userNameElem);
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+
+        matches: other => {
+            if(typeof other === 'object' && other !== null && 'id' in other)
+                other = other.id;
+            if(typeof other !== 'string')
+                return false;
+
+            return other === info.id;
+        },
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/chat/msg-text.jsx b/src/mami.js/chat/msg-text.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb3306c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mami.js/chat/msg-text.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+#include avatar.js
+#include chat/garbparse.jsx
+
+const MamiChatMessageText = function(info) {
+    let text;
+    if(info.type === 'msg:text') {
+        text = info.text;
+    } else if(info.type.startsWith('legacy:')) {
+        const bi = info.botInfo;
+        if(bi.type === 'banlist') {
+            const bans = bi.args[0].split(', ');
+            for(const i in bans)
+                bans[i] = bans[i].slice(92, -4);
+
+            text = `Banned: ${bans.join(', ')}`;
+        } else if(bi.type === 'who') {
+            const users = bi.args[0].split(', ');
+            for(const i in users) {
+                const isSelf = users[i].includes(' style="font-weight: bold;"');
+                users[i] = users[i].slice(isSelf ? 102 : 75, -4);
+                if(isSelf) users[i] += ' (You)';
+            }
+
+            text = `Online: ${users.join(', ')}`;
+        } else if(bi.type === 'whochan') {
+            const users = bi.args[1].split(', ');
+            for(const i in users) {
+                const isSelf = users[i].includes(' style="font-weight: bold;"');
+                users[i] = users[i].slice(isSelf ? 102 : 75, -4);
+                if(isSelf) users[i] += ' (You)';
+            }
+
+            text = `Online in ${bi.args[0]}: ${users.join(', ')}`;
+        } else if(bi.type === 'say') {
+            text = bi.args[0];
+        } else if(bi.type === 'ipaddr') {
+            text = `IP address of ${bi.args[0]}: ${bi.args[1]}.`;
+        } else {
+            text = `unknown legacy text type: ${bi.type}!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!`;
+        }
+    } else {
+        text = `unknown text type: ${info.type}!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!`;
+    }
+
+    let textElem, userNameElem;
+    const html = <div class={`message message--user-${info.sender.id}`}>
+        <div class="message__avatar" style={`background-image: url('${MamiFormatUserAvatarUrl(info.sender.id, 80)}');`} />
+        <div class="message__container">
+            <div class="message__meta">
+                {userNameElem = <div class="message__user" style={`color: ${info.sender.colour}`}>
+                    {info.sender.name}
+                </div>}
+                <div class="message__time">
+                    {info.time.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0')}:{info.time.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')}:{info.time.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0')}
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            {textElem = <div class="message__text">
+                {text}
+            </div>}
+        </div>
+    </div>;
+
+    if(info.type === 'msg:text') {
+        if(info.sender.id === '136')
+            html.style.transform = 'scaleY(' + (0.76 + (0.01 * Math.max(0, Math.ceil(Date.now() / (7 * 24 * 60 * 60000)) - 2813))).toString() + ')';
+
+        MamiMolestMessageContents(info, textElem, userNameElem);
+    }
+
+    return {
+        get element() { return html; },
+
+        get info() { return info; },
+
+        get first() { return html.classList.contains('message--first'); },
+        set first(value) {
+            html.classList.toggle('message--first', value);
+        },
+
+        matches: other => {
+            if(typeof other === 'object' && other !== null && 'id' in other)
+                other = other.id;
+            if(typeof other !== 'string')
+                return false;
+
+            return other === info.id;
+        },
+    };
+};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx b/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
index 1da2d23..418d2dc 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/colpick/picker.jsx
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ const MamiColourPicker = function(options) {
         setPosition: setPosition,
         close: runReject,
         dialog: pos => {
+            html.classList.add('invisible');
             html.classList.remove('hidden');
 
             if(pos instanceof MouseEvent)
@@ -191,6 +192,8 @@ const MamiColourPicker = function(options) {
             if(pos !== undefined)
                 setPosition(pos);
 
+            html.classList.remove('invisible');
+
             return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                 promiseResolve = resolve;
                 promiseReject = reject;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx b/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
index 2b1ffac..1851437 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/emotes/picker.jsx
@@ -111,38 +111,55 @@ const MamiEmotePicker = function(args) {
         setPosition: setPosition,
         close: close,
         dialog: pos => {
-            emotes = args.getEmotes();
-            buildList();
+            const dialogBody = () => {
+                buildList();
 
-            html.classList.remove('hidden');
+                html.classList.add('invisible');
+                html.classList.remove('hidden');
 
-            if(pos instanceof MouseEvent)
-                pos = pos.target;
-            if(pos instanceof Element)
-                pos = pos.getBoundingClientRect();
-            if(pos instanceof DOMRect) {
-                const bbb = pos;
-                pos = {};
+                if(pos instanceof MouseEvent)
+                    pos = pos.target;
+                if(pos instanceof Element)
+                    pos = pos.getBoundingClientRect();
+                if(pos instanceof DOMRect) {
+                    const bbb = pos;
+                    pos = {};
 
-                const mbb = html.getBoundingClientRect();
-                const pbb = html.parentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
+                    const mbb = html.getBoundingClientRect();
+                    const pbb = html.parentNode.getBoundingClientRect();
 
-                pos.right = pbb.width - bbb.left;
-                pos.bottom = pbb.height - bbb.top;
+                    pos.right = pbb.width - bbb.left;
+                    pos.bottom = pbb.height - bbb.top;
 
-                if(pos.right + mbb.width > pbb.width)
-                    pos.right = 0;
-                else if(pos.right > mbb.width)
-                    pos.right -= mbb.width;
-                else
-                    pos.right -= bbb.width;
+                    if(pos.right + mbb.width > pbb.width)
+                        pos.right = 0;
+                    else if(pos.right > mbb.width)
+                        pos.right -= mbb.width;
+                    else
+                        pos.right -= bbb.width;
+                }
+
+                if(pos !== undefined)
+                    setPosition(pos);
+
+                html.classList.remove('invisible');
+                searchElem.focus();
+            };
+
+            const result = args.getEmotes();
+            if(result instanceof Promise)
+                result.then(list => {
+                    emotes = list;
+                }).catch(() => {
+                    // uhhh just use the last version of the list LOL
+                }).finally(() => {
+                    dialogBody();
+                });
+            else {
+                emotes = result;
+                dialogBody();
             }
 
-            if(pos !== undefined)
-                setPosition(pos);
-
-            searchElem.focus();
-
             return new Promise(resolve => { promiseResolve = resolve; });
         },
     };
diff --git a/src/mami.js/main.js b/src/mami.js/main.js
index 9633087..a91e958 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/main.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/main.js
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ window.Umi = { UI: {} };
 #include themes.js
 #include txtrigs.js
 #include uniqstr.js
-#include users.js
 #include utility.js
 #include weeb.js
 #include worker.js
 #include audio/autoplay.js
-#include chatform/form.jsx
+#include chat/form.jsx
+#include chat/messages.jsx
 #include colpick/picker.jsx
 #include controls/msgbox.jsx
 #include controls/ping.jsx
@@ -288,7 +288,15 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     });
 
 
-    const chatForm = new MamiChatForm(ctx.events.scopeTo('form'));
+    const messages = new MamiChatMessages(ctx.globalEvents);
+    settings.watch('autoScroll', ev => { messages.autoScroll = ev.detail.value; });
+    settings.watch('autoEmbedV1', ev => { messages.autoEmbed = ev.detail.value; });
+
+    const chatForm = new MamiChatForm(
+        async snippet => await sockChatClient.getUserInfosByName(snippet),
+        async snippet => MamiEmotes.findByName((await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo()).perms.rank, snippet, true),
+        ctx.events.scopeTo('form')
+    );
 
     window.addEventListener('keydown', ev => {
         if((ev.ctrlKey && ev.key !== 'v') || ev.altKey)
@@ -300,6 +308,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
 
     settings.watch('showMarkupSelector', ev => {
         chatForm.markup.visible = ev.detail.value !== 'never';
+        messages.scrollIfNeeded(chatForm.markup.height);
         Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded(chatForm.markup.height);
     });
 
@@ -331,10 +340,11 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
             });
 
 
-    const layout = new Umi.UI.ChatLayout(chatForm, sidebar);
+    const layout = new Umi.UI.ChatLayout(messages, chatForm, sidebar);
     await ctx.views.unshift(layout);
 
     ctx.events.watch('form:resize', ev => {
+        messages.scrollIfNeeded(ev.detail.diffHeight);
         Umi.UI.Messages.ScrollIfNeeded(ev.detail.diffHeight);
     });
 
@@ -410,39 +420,50 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
 
     loadingOverlay.message = 'Building menus...';
 
-    MamiCompat('Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedStub', { value: () => {} }); // intentionally a no-op
+    MamiCompat('Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.EmbedStub', { value: () => {} });
     MamiCompat('Umi.UI.View.SetText', { value: text => { chatForm.input.setText(text); } });
 
+    let sockChatClient;
+
     const sbUsers = new MamiSidebarPanelUsers;
     sidebar.createPanel(sbUsers);
 
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'profile',
         text: 'View profile',
         onclick: entry => window.open(futami.get('profile').replace('{user:id}', entry.id), '_blank'),
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'action',
         text: 'Describe action',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id,
+        condition: async entry => await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserId() === entry.id,
         onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText('/me '); },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'nick',
         text: 'Set nickname',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canSetNick,
+        condition: async entry => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            return userInfo.id === entry.id && userInfo.perms.nick;
+        },
         onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText('/nick '); },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'bans',
         text: 'View bans',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canKick,
+        condition: async entry => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            return userInfo.id === entry.id && userInfo.perms.kick;
+        },
         onclick: entry => { Umi.Server.sendMessage('/bans'); },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'kfe',
         text: 'Kick Fucking Everyone',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id === entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canKick,
+        condition: async entry => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            return userInfo.id === entry.id && userInfo.perms.kick;
+        },
         onclick: async entry => {
             try {
                 await ctx.msgbox.show({
@@ -451,30 +472,36 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
                     no: { text: 'nah' },
                 });
 
-                const names = sbUsers.getAllUserNames();
-                for(const name of names)
-                    if(Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.name !== name)
-                        // this shouldn't call it like this but will have to leave it for now
-                        Umi.Server.sendMessage(`/kick ${name}`);
+                const myInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+                const userInfos = await sockChatClient.getUserInfos();
+                for(const userInfo of userInfos)
+                    if(myInfo.id !== userInfo.id)
+                        sockChatClient.sendMessage(`/kick ${userInfo.name}`);
             } catch(ex) {}
         },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'dm',
         text: 'Send direct message',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.getCurrentUser()?.id !== entry.id,
+        condition: async entry => await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserId() !== entry.id,
         onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText(`/msg ${entry.name} `); },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'kick',
         text: 'Kick from chat',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.hasCurrentUser() && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().id !== entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canKick,
+        condition: async entry => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            return userInfo.id !== entry.id && userInfo.perms.kick;
+        },
         onclick: entry => { chatForm.input.setText(`/kick ${entry.name} `); },
     });
-    sbUsers.addOption({
+    await sbUsers.addOption({
         name: 'ipaddr',
         text: 'View IP address',
-        condition: entry => Umi.User.hasCurrentUser() && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().id !== entry.id && Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.canKick,
+        condition: async entry => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
+            return userInfo.id !== entry.id && userInfo.perms.kick;
+        },
         onclick: entry => { Umi.Server.sendMessage(`/ip ${entry.name}`); },
     });
 
@@ -643,11 +670,11 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         category.button('Import settings', () => {
             (new MamiSettingsBackup(settings)).importUpload(args.parent);
         }, ['Your current settings will be replaced with the ones in the export.', 'Are you sure you want to continue?']);
-        category.button('Export settings', () => {
-            const user = Umi.User.getCurrentUser();
+        category.button('Export settings', async () => {
+            const userInfo = await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo();
             let fileName;
-            if(user !== null)
-                fileName = `${user.name}'s settings.mami`;
+            if(userInfo !== undefined)
+                fileName = `${userInfo.name}'s settings.mami`;
 
             (new MamiSettingsBackup(settings)).exportDownload(args.parent, fileName);
         });
@@ -703,7 +730,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     sidebar.createAction(new MamiSidebarActionScroll(settings));
     sidebar.createAction(new MamiSidebarActionSound(settings));
     sidebar.createAction(new MamiSidebarActionCollapseAll);
-    sidebar.createAction(new MamiSidebarActionClearBacklog(settings, soundCtx.library, ctx.msgbox));
+    sidebar.createAction(new MamiSidebarActionClearBacklog(settings, soundCtx.library, ctx.msgbox, messages));
 
     const pingIndicator = new MamiPingIndicator;
     const sbActPing = new MamiSidebarActionPing(pingIndicator, ctx.msgbox);
@@ -721,7 +748,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
                     onPick: emote => {
                         chatForm.input.insertAtCursor(`:${emote.strings[0]}:`);
                     },
-                    getEmotes: () => MamiEmotes.all(Umi.User.getCurrentUser().perms.rank),
+                    getEmotes: async () => MamiEmotes.all((await sockChatClient.getCurrentUserInfo()).perms.rank),
                     setKeepOpenOnPick: value => { settings.set('keepEmotePickerOpen', value); },
                 });
                 layout.getElement().appendChild(emotePicker.element);
@@ -742,14 +769,14 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
     ctx.eeprom = new MamiEEPROM(futami.get('eeprom2'), MamiMisuzuAuth.getLine);
     ctx.eeprom.init()
         .catch(ex => { console.error('Failed to initialise EEPROM.', ex); })
-        .then(() => {
-            sbUploads.addOption({
+        .then(async () => {
+            await sbUploads.addOption({
                 name: 'view',
                 text: 'View upload',
                 condition: entry => entry.uploadInfo !== undefined,
                 onclick: entry => window.open(entry.uploadInfo.url),
             });
-            sbUploads.addOption({
+            await sbUploads.addOption({
                 name: 'insert',
                 text: 'Insert into message',
                 condition: entry => entry.uploadInfo !== undefined,
@@ -769,7 +796,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
                     chatForm.input.insertAtCursor(text);
                 },
             });
-            sbUploads.addOption({
+            await sbUploads.addOption({
                 name: 'delete',
                 text: 'Delete upload',
                 condition: entry => entry.uploadInfo !== undefined,
@@ -791,20 +818,20 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
                 task.onProgress(prog => {
                     entry.progress = prog.progress;
                 });
-                entry.addOption({
+                await entry.addOption({
                     name: 'cancel',
                     text: 'Cancel upload',
                     onclick: () => { task.abort(); },
                 });
+                await entry.setOptionsVisible(true);
 
                 try {
                     const fileInfo = await task.start();
 
-                    entry.optionsVisible = false;
+                    await entry.setOptionsVisible(false);
                     entry.uploadInfo = fileInfo;
-                    entry.removeOption('cancel');
+                    await entry.removeOption('cancel');
                     entry.nukeProgress();
-                    sbUploads.reloadOptionsFor(entry);
 
                     if(settings.get('eepromAutoInsert'))
                         entry.clickOption('insert');
@@ -839,7 +866,6 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
             });
 
             ctx.events.watch('form:upload', ev => {
-                console.info(ev);
                 for(const file of ev.detail.files)
                     doUpload(file);
             });
@@ -922,6 +948,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
         // hack for DM channels
         if(info.isUserChannel) {
             sbChannels.setActiveEntry(info.name);
+            messages.switchChannel(info.name);
             Umi.UI.Messages.SwitchChannel(info);
         }
     };
@@ -959,7 +986,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
 
     const sockChatHandlers = new MamiSockChatHandlers(
         ctx, sockChat, setLoadingOverlay, sockChatReconnect, pingIndicator,
-        sbActPing, sbChannels, sbUsers
+        sbActPing, sbChannels, sbUsers, messages
     );
     settings.watch('dumpEvents', ev => sockChatHandlers.setDumpEvents(ev.detail.value));
     settings.watch('dumpPackets', ev => sockChat.setDumpPackets(ev.detail.value));
@@ -995,6 +1022,7 @@ const MamiInit = async args => {
             await protoWorker.connect();
             await sockChat.create();
             conMan.client = sockChat;
+            sockChatClient = sockChat.client;
             await conMan.start();
         } finally {
             workerStarting = false;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/messages.js b/src/mami.js/messages.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d03cee8..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/messages.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-#include users.js
-
-const MamiMessageAuthorInfo = function(self = false, user = null, id = null, name = null, colour = null, rank = null, avatar = null) {
-    if(typeof self !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'self must be a boolean';
-
-    if(user === null) {
-        id ??= '';
-        name ??= '';
-        colour ??= 'inherit';
-        rank ??= 0;
-        avatar ??= new MamiUserAvatarInfo(id);
-    } else {
-        if(typeof user !== 'object')
-            throw 'user must be an object or null';
-
-        id ??= user.id;
-        name ??= user.name;
-        colour ??= user.colour;
-        rank ??= user.perms.rank;
-        avatar ??= user.avatar;
-    }
-
-    if(typeof id !== 'string')
-        throw 'id must be a string';
-    if(typeof name !== 'string')
-        throw 'name must be a string';
-    if(typeof colour !== 'string')
-        throw 'colour must be a string';
-    if(typeof rank !== 'number')
-        throw 'rank must be a number';
-    if(typeof avatar !== 'object')
-        throw 'avatar must be an object';
-
-    return {
-        get self() { return self; },
-
-        get user() { return user; },
-        get hasUser() { return user !== null; },
-
-        get id() { return id; },
-        get name() { return name; },
-        get colour() { return colour; },
-        get rank() { return rank; },
-        get avatar() { return avatar; },
-    };
-};
-
-const MamiMessageInfo = function(type, created = null, detail = null, id = '', author = null, channel = '', silent = false) {
-    if(typeof type !== 'string')
-        throw 'type must be a string';
-    if(created === null)
-        created = new Date;
-    else if(!(created instanceof Date))
-        throw 'created must be an instance of window.Date or null';
-    if(typeof id !== 'string')
-        throw 'id must be a string';
-    if(typeof author !== 'object')
-        throw 'author must be an object';
-    if(typeof channel !== 'string')
-        throw 'channel must be a string';
-    if(typeof silent !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'silent must be a boolean';
-
-    return {
-        get type() { return type; },
-        get created() { return created; },
-        get detail() { return detail; },
-        get id() { return id; },
-        get author() { return author; },
-        get channel() { return channel; },
-        get silent() { return silent; },
-    };
-};
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sidebar/act-clear-backlog.jsx b/src/mami.js/sidebar/act-clear-backlog.jsx
index 3f2c824..eb463ff 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sidebar/act-clear-backlog.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/sidebar/act-clear-backlog.jsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #include awaitable.js
 #include ui/messages.jsx
 
-const MamiSidebarActionClearBacklog = function(settings, sndLib, msgBox) {
+const MamiSidebarActionClearBacklog = function(settings, sndLib, msgBox, messages) {
     return {
         get name() { return 'act:clear-backlog'; },
         get text() { return 'Clear backlog'; },
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const MamiSidebarActionClearBacklog = function(settings, sndLib, msgBox) {
 
                 sndLib.play('misc:explode');
 
+                messages.clearMessages(settings.get('explosionRadius'));
                 Umi.UI.Messages.Clear(settings.get('explosionRadius'));
 
                 await MamiSleep(1700);
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-uploads.jsx b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-uploads.jsx
index e61114d..6e1ccfd 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-uploads.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-uploads.jsx
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include animate.js
 #include utility.js
 
 const MamiSidebarPanelUploadsEntry = function(fileInfo) {
@@ -5,8 +6,8 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploadsEntry = function(fileInfo) {
     let uploadInfo;
     let detailsElem, thumbElem, nameElem, progElem, optsElem;
 
-    const html = <div class="sidebar__user" style="background: linear-gradient(270deg, transparent 0, #111 40%) #222; margin-bottom: 1px;">
-        {detailsElem = <div class="sidebar__user-details" title={fileInfo.name} style="transition: height .2s" onclick={() => { optsElem.classList.toggle('hidden'); }}>
+    const html = <div class="sidebar__user" style="background: linear-gradient(270deg, transparent 0, var(--theme-colour-sidebar-background) 40%) var(--theme-colour-sidebar-background-highlight)">
+        {detailsElem = <div class="sidebar__user-details" title={fileInfo.name} style="transition: height .2s" onclick={() => { toggleOptions(); }}>
             {thumbElem = <div class="sidebar__user-avatar hidden" style="transition: width .2s, height .2s" onmouseover={() => {
                 thumbElem.style.width = '100px';
                 detailsElem.style.height = thumbElem.style.height = '100px';
@@ -17,9 +18,98 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploadsEntry = function(fileInfo) {
             {nameElem = <div class="sidebar__user-name" style="white-space: nowrap; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis">{fileInfo.name}</div>}
         </div>}
         {progElem = <progress class="eeprom-item-progress" max="100" value="0"/>}
-        {optsElem = <div class="sidebar__user-options"/>}
+        {optsElem = <div class="sidebar__user-options hidden"/>}
     </div>;
 
+    let optionsVisible = false, optionsAnim, optionsTimeout;
+    const toggleOptions = async state => {
+        if(state === undefined)
+            state = !optionsVisible;
+        else if(state === optionsVisible)
+            return;
+
+        if(optionsTimeout !== undefined) {
+            clearTimeout(optionsTimeout);
+            optionsTimeout = undefined;
+        }
+
+        if(optionsAnim !== undefined) {
+            optionsAnim.cancel();
+            optionsAnim = undefined;
+        }
+
+        let start, update, end, height;
+
+        if(state) {
+            await reloadOptions();
+            start = () => {
+                optsElem.classList.remove('hidden');
+                const curHeight = optsElem.style.height;
+                optsElem.style.height = null;
+                height = optsElem.clientHeight;
+                optsElem.style.height = curHeight;
+            };
+            update = function(t) {
+                optsElem.style.height = `${height * t}px`;
+            };
+            end = () => {
+                optsElem.style.height = null;
+            };
+        } else {
+            start = () => {
+                height = optsElem.clientHeight;
+            };
+            update = t => {
+                optsElem.style.height = `${height - (height * t)}px`;
+            };
+            end = () => {
+                optsElem.style.height = '0';
+                optsElem.classList.add('hidden');
+                $rc(optsElem);
+            };
+        }
+
+        optionsAnim = MamiAnimate({
+            async: true,
+            delayed: true,
+            duration: 500,
+            easing: 'outExpo',
+            start: start,
+            update: update,
+            end: end,
+        });
+
+        optionsVisible = state;
+
+        return optionsAnim.start();
+    };
+
+    const reloadOptions = async () => {
+        for(const option of options.values()) {
+            if(typeof option.info.condition === 'function' && !await option.info.condition(public)) {
+                if(optsElem.contains(option.element))
+                    optsElem.removeChild(option.element);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if(option.element === undefined) {
+                let text;
+                if(typeof option.info.formatText === 'function')
+                    text = option.info.formatText(public);
+                else
+                    text = option.info.text ?? option.info.name;
+
+                option.element = <div class="sidebar__user-option" onclick={ev => {
+                    if(typeof option.info.onclick === 'function')
+                        option.info.onclick(public, option.element, ev);
+                }}>{text}</div>;
+            }
+
+            if(!optsElem.contains(option.element))
+                optsElem.appendChild(option.element);
+        }
+    };
+
     const public = {
         get element() { return html; },
 
@@ -56,10 +146,8 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploadsEntry = function(fileInfo) {
             progElem.value = Math.ceil(value * progElem.max);
         },
 
-        get optionsVisible() { return !optsElem.classList.contains('hidden'); },
-        set optionsVisible(value) {
-            optsElem.classList.toggle('hidden', !value);
-        },
+        get optionsVisible() { return optionsVisible; },
+        setOptionsVisible: toggleOptions,
 
         nukeProgress: () => {
             if(progElem === undefined)
@@ -71,42 +159,41 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploadsEntry = function(fileInfo) {
 
         hasOption: name => options.has(name),
         getOptionNames: () => Array.from(options.keys()),
-        addOption: option => {
+        addOption: async option => {
             if(options.has(option.name))
                 throw 'option has already been defined';
 
-            let text;
-            if(typeof option.formatText === 'function')
-                text = option.formatText(public);
-            else
-                text = option.text ?? option.name;
-
-            const elem = <div class="sidebar__user-option" onclick={ev => {
-                if(typeof option.onclick === 'function')
-                    option.onclick(public, elem, ev);
-            }}>{text}</div>;
-
             options.set(option.name, {
-                option: option,
-                element: elem,
+                info: option,
+                element: undefined,
             });
-            optsElem.appendChild(elem);
+
+            if(!optionsVisible)
+                await reloadOptions();
         },
-        removeOption: name => {
+        removeOption: async name => {
             const info = options.get(name);
             if(info === undefined)
                 return;
 
-            optsElem.removeChild(info.element);
+            if(optsElem.contains(info.element))
+                optsElem.removeChild(info.element);
             options.delete(name);
+
+            if(!optionsVisible)
+                await reloadOptions();
         },
         clickOption: name => {
-            const info = options.get(name) ?? options.get(`:${name}`);
-            if(info === undefined)
+            const option = options.get(name) ?? options.get(`:${name}`);
+            if(option === undefined)
                 return;
 
-            info.element.click();
+            if(option.element !== undefined)
+                option.element.click();
+            else if(typeof option.info.onclick === 'function')
+                option.info.onclick(public);
         },
+        reloadOptions: reloadOptions,
     };
 
     return public;
@@ -117,27 +204,24 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploads = function() {
     const options = new Map;
     const entries = [];
 
-    const reloadOptionsFor = entry => {
+    const reloadOptionsFor = async entry => {
         const names = entry.getOptionNames();
 
         for(const name of names)
             if(name.startsWith(':') && !options.has(name))
-                entry.removeOption(name);
+                await entry.removeOption(name);
 
-        for(const [name, option] of options) {
-            if(typeof option.condition !== 'function' || option.condition(entry)) {
-                if(!names.includes(name))
-                    entry.addOption(option);
-            } else {
-                if(names.includes(name))
-                    entry.removeOption(name);
-            }
-        }
+        for(const [name, option] of options)
+            if(!names.includes(name))
+                await entry.addOption(option);
+
+        if(entry.optionsVisible)
+            await entry.reloadOptions();
     };
 
-    const reloadOptions = () => {
+    const reloadOptions = async () => {
         for(const entry of entries)
-            reloadOptionsFor(entry);
+            await reloadOptionsFor(entry);
     };
 
     return {
@@ -163,20 +247,21 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploads = function() {
             if(!entries.includes(entry))
                 return;
 
-            html.removeChild(entry.element);
+            if(html.contains(entry.element))
+                html.removeChild(entry.element);
             $ari(entries, entry);
         },
 
-        addOption: option => {
+        addOption: async option => {
             if(!option.name.startsWith(':'))
                 option.name = `:${option.name}`;
             if(options.has(option.name))
                 throw 'option has already been defined';
 
             options.set(option.name, option);
-            reloadOptions();
+            await reloadOptions();
         },
-        removeOption: name => {
+        removeOption: async name => {
             if(!name.startsWith(':'))
                 name = `:${name}`;
 
@@ -184,7 +269,7 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUploads = function() {
                 return;
 
             options.delete(name);
-            reloadOptions();
+            await reloadOptions();
         },
         reloadOptions: reloadOptions,
         reloadOptionsFor: reloadOptionsFor,
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-users.jsx b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-users.jsx
index b42f5da..617267a 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-users.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/sidebar/pan-users.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #include animate.js
-#include users.js
+#include avatar.js
 #include utility.js
 
 const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
     const options = new Map;
     let avatarElem, nameElem, nameWrapperElem, statusElem, optsElem;
     const html = <div class="sidebar__user">
-        <div class="sidebar__user-details" onclick={() => { setOptionsVisible(); }}>
+        <div class="sidebar__user-details" onclick={() => { toggleOptions(); }}>
             {avatarElem = <div class="sidebar__user-avatar" />}
             {nameElem = <div class="sidebar__user-name"/>}
         </div>
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
     setStatusMessage(statusMessage);
 
     let optionsVisible = false, optionsAnim, optionsTimeout;
-    const setOptionsVisible = state => {
+    const toggleOptions = async state => {
         if(state === undefined)
             state = !optionsVisible;
         else if(state === optionsVisible)
@@ -85,9 +85,11 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
             if(mami.settings.get('autoCloseUserContext'))
                 optionsTimeout = setTimeout(() => {
                     if(mami.settings.get('autoCloseUserContext'))
-                        setOptionsVisible(false);
+                        toggleOptions(false);
                 }, 300000);
 
+            await reloadOptions();
+
             start = () => {
                 optsElem.classList.remove('hidden');
                 const curHeight = optsElem.style.height;
@@ -111,6 +113,7 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
             end = () => {
                 optsElem.style.height = '0';
                 optsElem.classList.add('hidden');
+                $rc(optsElem);
             };
         }
 
@@ -129,10 +132,34 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
         return optionsAnim.start();
     };
 
-    let avatar;
+    const reloadOptions = async () => {
+        for(const option of options.values()) {
+            if(typeof option.info.condition === 'function' && !await option.info.condition(public)) {
+                if(optsElem.contains(option.element))
+                    optsElem.removeChild(option.element);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if(option.element === undefined) {
+                let text;
+                if(typeof option.info.formatText === 'function')
+                    text = option.info.formatText(public);
+                else
+                    text = option.info.text ?? option.info.name;
+
+                option.element = <div class="sidebar__user-option" onclick={ev => {
+                    if(typeof option.info.onclick === 'function')
+                        option.info.onclick(public, option.element, ev);
+                }}>{text}</div>;
+            }
+
+            if(!optsElem.contains(option.element))
+                optsElem.appendChild(option.element);
+        }
+    };
+
     const updateAvatar = url => {
-        avatar = new MamiUserAvatarInfo(id);
-        avatarElem.style.backgroundImage = `url('${avatar.x60}')`;
+        avatarElem.style.backgroundImage = `url('${MamiFormatUserAvatarUrl(id, 60)}')`;
     };
     updateAvatar();
 
@@ -160,48 +187,47 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsersEntry = function(info) {
         set statusMessage(value) { setStatusMessage(value); },
 
         get optionsVisible() { return optionsVisible; },
-        setOptionsVisible: setOptionsVisible,
+        setOptionsVisible: toggleOptions,
 
         updateAvatar: updateAvatar,
 
         hasOption: name => options.has(name),
         getOptionNames: () => Array.from(options.keys()),
-        addOption: option => {
+        addOption: async option => {
             if(options.has(option.name))
                 throw 'option has already been defined';
 
-            let text;
-            if(typeof option.formatText === 'function')
-                text = option.formatText(public);
-            else
-                text = option.text ?? option.name;
-
-            const elem = <div class="sidebar__user-option" onclick={ev => {
-                if(typeof option.onclick === 'function')
-                    option.onclick(public, elem, ev);
-            }}>{text}</div>;
-
             options.set(option.name, {
-                option: option,
-                element: elem,
+                info: option,
+                element: undefined,
             });
-            optsElem.appendChild(elem);
+
+            if(!optionsVisible)
+                await reloadOptions();
         },
-        removeOption: name => {
+        removeOption: async name => {
             const info = options.get(name);
             if(info === undefined)
                 return;
 
-            optsElem.removeChild(info.element);
+            if(optsElem.contains(info.element))
+                optsElem.removeChild(info.element);
             options.delete(name);
+
+            if(!optionsVisible)
+                await reloadOptions();
         },
         clickOption: name => {
-            const info = options.get(name);
-            if(info === undefined)
+            const option = options.get(name) ?? options.get(`:${name}`);
+            if(option === undefined)
                 return;
 
-            info.element.click();
+            if(option.element !== undefined)
+                option.element.click();
+            else if(typeof option.info.onclick === 'function')
+                option.info.onclick(public);
         },
+        reloadOptions: reloadOptions,
     };
 
     return public;
@@ -212,27 +238,24 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsers = function() {
     const options = new Map;
     const entries = new Map;
 
-    const reloadOptionsFor = entry => {
+    const reloadOptionsFor = async entry => {
         const names = entry.getOptionNames();
 
         for(const name of names)
             if(name.startsWith(':') && !options.has(name))
-                entry.removeOption(name);
+                await entry.removeOption(name);
 
-        for(const [name, option] of options) {
-            if(typeof option.condition !== 'function' || option.condition(entry)) {
-                if(!names.includes(name))
-                    entry.addOption(option);
-            } else {
-                if(names.includes(name))
-                    entry.removeOption(name);
-            }
-        }
+        for(const [name, option] of options)
+            if(!names.includes(name))
+                await entry.addOption(option);
+
+        if(entry.optionsVisible)
+            await entry.reloadOptions();
     };
 
-    const reloadOptions = () => {
+    const reloadOptions = async () => {
         for(const entry of entries)
-            reloadOptionsFor(entry);
+            await reloadOptionsFor(entry);
     };
 
     return {
@@ -245,14 +268,6 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsers = function() {
             button.element.append(<i class="fas fa-users sidebar-gutter-font-icon"/>);
         },
 
-        // this method is cope (used for KFE exclusive please don't use it elsewhere cuz it will get nuked)
-        getAllUserNames: () => {
-            const names = [];
-            for(const [id, entry] of entries)
-                names.push(entry.name);
-            return names;
-        },
-
         createEntry: info => {
             if(entries.has(info.id))
                 throw 'this user has already been inserted';
@@ -301,16 +316,16 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsers = function() {
             }
         },
 
-        addOption: option => {
+        addOption: async option => {
             if(!option.name.startsWith(':'))
                 option.name = `:${option.name}`;
             if(options.has(option.name))
                 throw 'option has already been defined';
 
             options.set(option.name, option);
-            reloadOptions();
+            await reloadOptions();
         },
-        removeOption: name => {
+        removeOption: async name => {
             if(!name.startsWith(':'))
                 name = `:${name}`;
 
@@ -318,7 +333,7 @@ const MamiSidebarPanelUsers = function() {
                 return;
 
             options.delete(name);
-            reloadOptions();
+            await reloadOptions();
         },
         reloadOptions: reloadOptions,
         reloadOptionsFor: reloadOptionsFor,
diff --git a/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js b/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
index 6cfb060..bb86d82 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/sockchat/handlers.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include animate.js
-#include messages.js
 #include parsing.js
-#include users.js
 #include notices/baka.jsx
 #include sockchat/modal.js
 #include ui/emotes.js
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@
 
 const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
     ctx, client, setLoadingOverlay, sockChatReconnect, pingIndicator,
-    sbActPing, sbChannels, sbUsers
+    sbActPing, sbChannels, sbUsers, messages
 ) {
     if(typeof ctx !== 'object' || ctx === null)
         throw 'ctx must be an non-null object';
@@ -86,20 +84,6 @@ const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('session:start', ev.detail);
 
         sockChatRestarting = false;
-
-        const userInfo = new MamiUserInfo(
-            ev.detail.user.id,
-            ev.detail.user.name,
-            ev.detail.user.colour,
-            new MamiUserStatusInfo(ev.detail.user.status.isAway, ev.detail.user.status.message),
-            new MamiUserPermsInfo(
-                ev.detail.user.perms.rank, ev.detail.user.perms.kick,
-                ev.detail.user.perms.nick, ev.detail.user.perms.chan,
-            ),
-        );
-        Umi.User.setCurrentUser(userInfo);
-        Umi.Users.Add(userInfo);
-
         sbUsers.createEntry(ev.detail.user);
 
         if(ctx.views.count > 1)
@@ -133,76 +117,32 @@ const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
         if(ev.detail.user.self)
             return;
 
-        const userInfo = new MamiUserInfo(
-            ev.detail.user.id,
-            ev.detail.user.name,
-            ev.detail.user.colour,
-            new MamiUserStatusInfo(ev.detail.user.status.isAway, ev.detail.user.status.message),
-            new MamiUserPermsInfo(
-                ev.detail.user.perms.rank, ev.detail.user.perms.kick,
-                ev.detail.user.perms.nick, ev.detail.user.perms.chan,
-            ),
-        );
-        Umi.Users.Add(userInfo);
-
         sbUsers.createEntry(ev.detail.user);
 
-        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined)
-            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(new MamiMessageInfo(
-                'user:join',
-                ev.detail.msg.time,
-                null,
-                ev.detail.msg.id,
-                new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(ev.detail.user.self, userInfo),
-                ev.detail.msg.channel
-            ));
+        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined) {
+            messages.addMessage(ev.detail.msg);
+            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(ev.detail.msg);
+        }
     };
     handlers['user:remove'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('user:remove', ev.detail);
 
         sbUsers.deleteEntry(ev.detail.user.id);
 
-        const userInfo = Umi.Users.Get(ev.detail.user.id);
-        if(userInfo === null)
-            return;
-
-        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined)
-            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(new MamiMessageInfo(
-                'user:leave',
-                ev.detail.msg.time,
-                { reason: ev.detail.leave.type },
-                ev.detail.msg.id,
-                new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(ev.detail.user.self, userInfo),
-                ev.detail.msg.channel
-            ));
-
-        Umi.Users.Remove(userInfo);
+        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined) {
+            messages.addMessage(ev.detail.msg);
+            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(ev.detail.msg);
+        }
     };
     handlers['user:update'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('user:update', ev.detail);
 
         sbUsers.updateEntry(ev.detail.user.id, ev.detail.user);
-
-        const userInfo = Umi.Users.Get(ev.detail.user.id);
-        userInfo.name = ev.detail.user.name;
-        userInfo.colour = ev.detail.user.colour;
-        userInfo.avatar = new MamiUserAvatarInfo(ev.detail.user.id);
-        userInfo.status = new MamiUserStatusInfo(ev.detail.user.status.isAway, ev.detail.user.status.message);
-        userInfo.perms = new MamiUserPermsInfo(
-            ev.detail.user.perms.rank, ev.detail.user.perms.kick,
-            ev.detail.user.perms.nick, ev.detail.user.perms.chan,
-        );
-        Umi.Users.Update(userInfo.id, userInfo);
     };
     handlers['user:clear'] = () => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('user:clear');
 
         sbUsers.clearEntries();
-
-        const self = Umi.User.getCurrentUser();
-        Umi.Users.Clear();
-        if(self !== undefined)
-            Umi.Users.Add(self);
     };
 
 
@@ -230,33 +170,18 @@ const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('chan:focus', ev.detail);
 
         sbChannels.setActiveEntry(ev.detail.channel.name);
+        messages.switchChannel(ev.detail.channel.name);
         Umi.UI.Messages.SwitchChannel(ev.detail.channel);
     };
     handlers['chan:join'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('chan:join', ev.detail);
 
-        const userInfo = new MamiUserInfo(
-            ev.detail.user.id,
-            ev.detail.user.name,
-            ev.detail.user.colour,
-            new MamiUserStatusInfo(ev.detail.user.status.isAway, ev.detail.user.status.message),
-            new MamiUserPermsInfo(
-                ev.detail.user.perms.rank, ev.detail.user.perms.kick,
-                ev.detail.user.perms.nick, ev.detail.user.perms.chan,
-            )
-        );
-        Umi.Users.Add(userInfo);
-
         sbUsers.createEntry(ev.detail.user);
 
-        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined)
-            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(new MamiMessageInfo(
-                'channel:join',
-                null, null,
-                ev.detail.msg.id,
-                new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(ev.detail.user.self, userInfo),
-                ev.detail.msg.channel
-            ));
+        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined) {
+            messages.addMessage(ev.detail.msg);
+            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(ev.detail.msg);
+        }
     };
     handlers['chan:leave'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('chan:leave', ev.detail);
@@ -264,135 +189,29 @@ const MamiSockChatHandlers = function(
         if(ev.detail.user.self)
             return;
 
-        const userInfo = Umi.Users.Get(ev.detail.user.id);
-        if(userInfo === null)
-            return;
-
-        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined)
-            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(new MamiMessageInfo(
-                'channel:leave',
-                null, null,
-                ev.detail.msg.id,
-                new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(ev.detail.user.self, userInfo),
-                ev.detail.msg.channel
-            ));
-
-        Umi.Users.Remove(userInfo);
+        if(ev.detail.msg !== undefined) {
+            messages.addMessage(ev.detail.msg);
+            Umi.UI.Messages.Add(ev.detail.msg);
+        }
     };
 
 
     handlers['msg:add'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('msg:add', ev.detail);
 
-        const senderInfo = ev.detail.msg.sender;
-        const rawUserInfo = Umi.Users.Get(senderInfo.id);
-        const userInfo = senderInfo.name === undefined
-            ? rawUserInfo
-            : new MamiUserInfo(
-                senderInfo.id,
-                senderInfo.name,
-                senderInfo.colour,
-                new MamiUserStatusInfo(senderInfo.status.isAway, senderInfo.status.message),
-                new MamiUserPermsInfo(
-                    senderInfo.perms.rank, senderInfo.perms.kick,
-                    senderInfo.perms.nick, senderInfo.perms.chan,
-                )
-            );
-
-        // hack
-        let channelName = ev.detail.msg.channel;
-        if(channelName !== undefined && channelName.startsWith('@~')) {
-            const chanUserInfo = Umi.Users.Get(channelName.substring(2));
-            if(chanUserInfo !== null)
-                channelName = `@${chanUserInfo.name}`;
+        if(ev.detail.msg.type.startsWith('legacy:') && modals.handled(ev.detail.msg.botInfo.type)) {
+            modals.show(ev.detail.msg.botInfo.type, ev.detail.msg.botInfo.args);
+            return;
         }
 
-        // also hack
-        if(ev.detail.msg.flags.isPM && !sbChannels.hasEntry(channelName))
-            sbChannels.createEntry({
-                name: channelName,
-                hasPassword: false,
-                isTemporary: true,
-                isUserChannel: true,
-            });
-
-        let type, detail, author;
-        if(ev.detail.msg.isBot) {
-            const botInfo = ev.detail.msg.botInfo;
-            let authorMethod;
-
-            if(botInfo.type === 'join') {
-                type = 'user:join';
-                authorMethod = 'nameArg';
-            } else if(['leave', 'kick', 'flood', 'timeout'].includes(botInfo.type)) {
-                type = 'user:leave';
-                authorMethod = 'nameArg';
-                detail = { reason: botInfo.type };
-            } else if(botInfo.type === 'jchan') {
-                type = 'channel:join';
-                authorMethod = 'nameArg';
-            } else if(botInfo.type === 'lchan') {
-                type = 'channel:leave';
-                authorMethod = 'nameArg';
-            }
-
-            if(authorMethod === 'nameArg') {
-                author = botInfo.args[0];
-                authorMethod = 'name';
-            }
-
-            if(authorMethod === 'name') {
-                const botUserInfo = Umi.Users.FindExact(author);
-                author = new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(
-                    Umi.User.isCurrentUser(botUserInfo),
-                    botUserInfo,
-                    null,
-                    author
-                );
-            }
-
-            if(typeof type !== 'string') {
-                if(modals.handled(botInfo.type)) {
-                    modals.show(botInfo.type, botInfo.args);
-                    return;
-                }
-
-                type = `legacy:${botInfo.type}`;
-                detail = {
-                    error: botInfo.isError,
-                    args: botInfo.args,
-                };
-            }
-        } else {
-            author = new MamiMessageAuthorInfo(
-                senderInfo.self,
-                rawUserInfo,
-                senderInfo.id ?? rawUserInfo?.id,
-                senderInfo.name ?? rawUserInfo?.name,
-                senderInfo.colour ?? rawUserInfo?.colour,
-                senderInfo.perms?.rank ?? rawUserInfo?.perms?.rank ?? 0,
-                senderInfo.avatar ?? rawUserInfo?.avatar ?? new MamiUserAvatarInfo(senderInfo.id ?? rawUserInfo?.id ?? '0'),
-            );
-
-            type = `message:${ev.detail.msg.flags.isAction ? 'action' : 'text'}`;
-            detail = { body: ev.detail.msg.text };
-        }
-
-        sbChannels.setUnreadEntry(channelName);
-
-        Umi.UI.Messages.Add(new MamiMessageInfo(
-            type,
-            ev.detail.msg.time,
-            detail,
-            ev.detail.msg.id,
-            author,
-            channelName,
-            ev.detail.msg.silent,
-        ));
+        sbChannels.setUnreadEntry(ev.detail.msg.channel);
+        messages.addMessage(ev.detail.msg);
+        Umi.UI.Messages.Add(ev.detail.msg);
     };
     handlers['msg:remove'] = ev => {
         if(dumpEvents) console.log('msg:remove', ev.detail);
 
+        messages.removeMessage(ev.detail.msg.id);
         Umi.UI.Messages.Remove(ev.detail.msg.id);
     };
 
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
index a4606be..575e132 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-interface.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #include utility.js
 #include ui/chat-message-list.js
 
-Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function(chatForm) {
-    const messages = new Umi.UI.ChatMessageList;
+Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function(messages, chatForm) {
+    const messagesOld = new Umi.UI.ChatMessageList;
 
     const html = $e({
         attrs: {
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ Umi.UI.ChatInterface = function(chatForm) {
         },
         child: [
             messages,
+            messagesOld,
             chatForm,
         ],
     });
 
     return {
         getMessageList: function() {
-            return messages;
+            return messagesOld;
         },
         getElement: function() {
             return html;
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
index c4dc51c..a136d7f 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/chat-layout.js
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #include ui/chat-interface.js
 
 // this needs revising at some point but will suffice for now
-Umi.UI.ChatLayout = function(chatForm, sideBar) {
-    const main = new Umi.UI.ChatInterface(chatForm);
+Umi.UI.ChatLayout = function(messages, chatForm, sideBar) {
+    const main = new Umi.UI.ChatInterface(messages, chatForm);
 
     const html = $e({
         attrs: {
diff --git a/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx b/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
index af97f73..32417cc 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
+++ b/src/mami.js/ui/messages.jsx
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
+#include avatar.js
 #include common.js
-#include parsing.js
 #include title.js
 #include txtrigs.js
-#include url.js
-#include users.js
 #include utility.js
-#include weeb.js
 #include sound/umisound.js
-#include ui/emotes.js
 
 Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
     let focusChannelName = '';
@@ -29,113 +25,35 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
     };
 
     const botMsgs = {
-        'say': { text: '%0' },
-        'join': { text: '%0 has joined.', action: 'has joined', sound: 'join' },
-        'leave': { text: '%0 has disconnected.', action: 'has disconnected', avatar: 'greyscale', sound: 'leave' },
-        'jchan': { text: '%0 has joined the channel.', action: 'has joined the channel', sound: 'join' },
-        'lchan': { text: '%0 has left the channel.', action: 'has left the channel', avatar: 'greyscale', sound: 'leave' },
-        'kick': { text: '%0 got bludgeoned to death.', action: 'got bludgeoned to death', avatar: 'invert', sound: 'kick' },
-        'flood': { text: '%0 got kicked for flood protection.', action: 'got kicked for flood protection', avatar: 'invert', sound: 'flood' },
-        'timeout': { text: '%0 exploded.', action: 'exploded', avatar: 'greyscale', sound: 'timeout' },
-        'nick': { text: '%0 changed their name to %1.', action: 'changed their name to %1' },
-        'ipaddr': { text: 'IP address of %0 is %1.' },
-        'banlist': {
-            text: 'Banned: %0',
-            filter: args => {
-                const bans = args[0].split(', ');
-                for(const i in bans)
-                    bans[i] = bans[i].slice(92, -4);
-
-                args[0] = bans.join(', ');
-                return args;
-            },
-        },
-        'who': {
-            text: 'Online: %0',
-            filter: args => {
-                const users = args[0].split(', ');
-                for(const i in users) {
-                    const isSelf = users[i].includes(' style="font-weight: bold;"');
-                    users[i] = users[i].slice(isSelf ? 102 : 75, -4);
-                    if(isSelf) users[i] += ' (You)';
-                }
-
-                args[0] = users.join(', ');
-                return args;
-            },
-        },
-        'whochan': {
-            text: 'Online in %0: %1',
-            filter: args => {
-                const users = args[1].split(', ');
-                for(const i in users) {
-                    const isSelf = users[i].includes(' style="font-weight: bold;"');
-                    users[i] = users[i].slice(isSelf ? 102 : 75, -4);
-                    if(isSelf) users[i] += ' (You)';
-                }
-
-                args[1] = users.join(', ');
-                return args;
-            },
-        },
-    };
-
-    const formatTemplate = (template, args) => {
-        if(typeof template !== 'string')
-            template = '';
-
-        if(Array.isArray(args))
-            for(let i = 0; i < args.length; ++i) {
-                const arg = args[i] === undefined || args[i] === null ? '' : args[i].toString();
-                template = template.replace(new RegExp(`%${i}`, 'g'), arg);
-            }
-
-        return template;
+        'join': { sound: 'join' },
+        'leave': { sound: 'leave' },
+        'jchan': { sound: 'join' },
+        'lchan': { sound: 'leave' },
+        'kick': { sound: 'kick' },
+        'flood': { sound: 'flood' },
+        'timeout': { sound: 'timeout' },
     };
 
     return {
-        Add: function(msg) {
+        Add: async function(msg) {
             const elementId = `message-${msg.id}`;
 
             if(msg.id !== '' && $i(elementId))
                 return;
 
-            let isTiny = false;
-            let skipTextParsing = false;
-            let msgText = '';
-            let msgTextLong = '';
-            let msgAuthor = msg.author;
-
             let soundIsLegacy = true;
             let soundName;
             let soundVolume;
             let soundRate;
 
-            const eText = <div/>;
-            const eAvatar = <div class="message__avatar"/>;
-            const eUser = <div class="message__user"/>;
-            const eMeta = <div class="message__meta">{eUser}</div>;
-            const eTime = <div class="message__time">
-                {msg.created.getHours().toString().padStart(2, '0')}
-                :{msg.created.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')}
-                :{msg.created.getSeconds().toString().padStart(2, '0')}
-            </div>;
-            const eContainer = <div class="message__container">{eMeta}</div>;
-            const eBase = <div class="message">
-                {eAvatar}
-                {eContainer}
-            </div>;
+            const eBase = <div class="message">{msg.id ?? 'no id'}</div>;
 
-            if(msg.type.startsWith('message:')) {
-                msgText = msgTextLong = msg.detail.body;
+            if(msg.type.startsWith('msg:')) {
                 soundName = msg.author?.self === true ? 'outgoing' : 'incoming';
 
-                if(msg.type === 'message:action')
-                    isTiny = true;
-
                 if(mami.settings.get('playJokeSounds'))
                     try {
-                        const trigger = mami.textTriggers.getTrigger(msgText);
+                        const trigger = mami.textTriggers.getTrigger(msg.text);
                         if(trigger.isSoundType) {
                             soundIsLegacy = false;
                             soundName = trigger.getRandomSoundName();
@@ -146,128 +64,43 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
             } else {
                 let bIsError = false;
                 let bType;
-                let bArgs;
 
-                if(msg.type === 'user:join') {
+                if(msg.type === 'user:add') {
                     bType = 'join';
-                    bArgs = [msgAuthor.name];
-                } else if(msg.type === 'user:leave') {
+                } else if(msg.type === 'user:remove') {
                     bType = msg.detail.reason;
-                    bArgs = [msgAuthor.name];
-                } else if(msg.type === 'channel:join') {
+                } else if(msg.type === 'chan:join') {
                     bType = 'jchan';
-                    bArgs = [msgAuthor.name];
-                } else if(msg.type === 'channel:leave') {
+                } else if(msg.type === 'chan:leave') {
                     bType = 'lchan';
-                    bArgs = [msgAuthor.name];
                 } else if(msg.type.startsWith('legacy:')) {
-                    bType = msg.type.substring(7);
-                    bIsError = msg.detail.error;
-                    bArgs = msg.detail.args;
+                    bType = msg.botInfo.type;
+                    bIsError = msg.botInfo.isError;
                 }
 
                 soundName = bIsError ? 'error' : 'server';
 
                 if(botMsgs.hasOwnProperty(bType)) {
                     const bmInfo = botMsgs[bType];
-
-                    if(typeof bmInfo.filter === 'function')
-                        bArgs = bmInfo.filter(bArgs);
-
                     if(typeof bmInfo.sound === 'string')
                         soundName = bmInfo.sound;
-
-                    let actionSuccess = false;
-                    if(typeof bmInfo.action === 'string')
-                        if(msgAuthor) {
-                            actionSuccess = true;
-                            isTiny = true;
-                            skipTextParsing = true;
-
-                            msgText = formatTemplate(bmInfo.action, bArgs);
-                            if(typeof bmInfo.avatar === 'string')
-                                eAvatar.classList.add(`avatar-filter-${bmInfo.avatar}`);
-                        }
-
-                    msgTextLong = formatTemplate(bmInfo.text, bArgs);
-
-                    if(!actionSuccess)
-                        msgText = msgTextLong;
-                } else
-                    msgText = msgTextLong = `!!! Received unsupported message type: ${msg.type} !!!`;
+                }
             }
 
-            if(msgAuthor !== null) {
-                eUser.style.color = msgAuthor.colour;
-                eUser.textContent = msgAuthor.name;
-            }
-
-            if(isTiny) {
-                eText.classList.add('message-tiny-text');
-                eBase.classList.add('message-tiny');
-
-                if(msgText.indexOf("'") !== 0 || (msgText.match(/\'/g).length % 2) === 0)
-                    msgText = "\xA0" + msgText;
-
-                eMeta.append(eText, eTime);
-            } else {
-                eText.classList.add('message__text');
-                eMeta.append(eTime);
-                eContainer.append(eText);
-
-                if(msgAuthor?.id === '136')
-                    eBase.style.transform = 'scaleY(' + (0.76 + (0.01 * Math.max(0, Math.ceil(Date.now() / (7 * 24 * 60 * 60000)) - 2813))).toString() + ')';
-            }
-
-            eBase.classList.add(`message--user-${msgAuthor?.id ?? '-1'}`);
-
-            if(focusChannelName !== '' && msg.channel !== '' && msg.channel !== focusChannelName)
+            if(focusChannelName !== '' && msg.channel && msg.channel !== focusChannelName)
                 eBase.classList.add('hidden');
 
-            if(msg.id !== '') {
+            if(msg.id) {
                 eBase.id = elementId;
                 eBase.dataset.id = msg.id;
             }
-            if(msgAuthor)
-                eBase.dataset.author = msgAuthor.id;
-            if(msg.channel !== '')
+            if(msg.sender)
+                eBase.dataset.author = msg.sender.id;
+            if(msg.channel)
                 eBase.dataset.channel = msg.channel;
-            if(isTiny)
-                eBase.dataset.tiny = '1';
-            eBase.dataset.created = msg.created.toISOString();
+            eBase.dataset.created = msg.time.toISOString();
 
-            eBase.dataset.body = msgText;
-            eText.innerText = msgText;
-
-            if(!skipTextParsing) {
-                Umi.UI.Emoticons.Parse(eText, msgAuthor);
-                Umi.Parsing.Parse(eText, msg);
-
-                const textSplit = eText.innerText.split(' ');
-                for(const textPart of textSplit) {
-                    const uri = Umi.URI.Parse(textPart);
-
-                    if(uri !== null && uri.Slashes !== null) {
-                        const anchorElem = <a class="markup__link" href={textPart} target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener">{textPart}</a>;
-                        eText.innerHTML = eText.innerHTML.replace(textPart.replace(/&/g, '&amp;'), anchorElem.outerHTML);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                if(mami.settings.get('weeaboo')) {
-                    eUser.appendChild($t(Weeaboo.getNameSuffix(msgAuthor)));
-                    eText.appendChild($t(Weeaboo.getTextSuffix(msgAuthor)));
-
-                    const kaomoji = Weeaboo.getRandomKaomoji(true, msg);
-                    if(kaomoji)
-                        eText.append(` ${kaomoji}`);
-                }
-            }
-
-            const avatarUrl = msgAuthor?.avatar?.[isTiny ? 'x40' : 'x80'] ?? '';
-            if(avatarUrl.length > 0)
-                eAvatar.style.backgroundImage = `url('${avatarUrl}')`;
-            else
-                eAvatar.classList.add('message__avatar--disabled');
+            eBase.dataset.body = msg.text;
 
             const msgsList = $i('umi-messages');
 
@@ -282,38 +115,22 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
 
                 eBase.classList.toggle('message--first', shouldDisplayAuthorInfo(eBase, insertAfter));
 
-                if(eBase.dataset.tiny !== insertAfter.dataset.tiny)
-                    eBase.classList.add(isTiny ? 'message-tiny-fix' : 'message-big-fix');
-
                 insertAfter.after(eBase);
 
                 if(eBase.nextElementSibling instanceof Element)
                     eBase.nextElementSibling.classList.toggle('message--first', shouldDisplayAuthorInfo(eBase.nextElementSibling, eBase));
             } else {
                 eBase.classList.add('message--first');
-                if(isTiny) eBase.classList.add('message-tiny-fix');
                 msgsList.append(eBase);
             }
 
-            if(!eBase.classList.contains('hidden')) {
-                if(mami.settings.get('autoEmbedV1')) {
-                    const callEmbedOn = eBase.querySelectorAll('a[onclick^="Umi.Parser.SockChatBBcode.Embed"]');
-                    for(const embedElem of callEmbedOn)
-                        if(embedElem.dataset.embed !== '1')
-                            embedElem.click();
-                }
-
-                if(mami.settings.get('autoScroll'))
-                    eBase.scrollIntoView({ inline: 'end' });
-            }
-
             let isMentioned = false;
             const mentionTriggers = mami.settings.get('notificationTriggers').toLowerCase().split(' ');
-            const currentUser = Umi.User.getCurrentUser();
+            const currentUser = await Umi.Server.getCurrentUserInfo();
             if(typeof currentUser === 'object' && typeof currentUser.name === 'string')
                 mentionTriggers.push(currentUser.name.toLowerCase());
 
-            const mentionText = ` ${msgTextLong} `.toLowerCase();
+            const mentionText = ` ${msg.text} `.toLowerCase();
             for(const trigger of mentionTriggers) {
                 if(trigger.trim() === '')
                     continue;
@@ -329,7 +146,7 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
 
             if(document.hidden) {
                 if(mami.settings.get('flashTitle')) {
-                    let titleText = msgAuthor?.name ?? msgTextLong;
+                    let titleText = msg.sender?.name ?? msg.text;
                     if(focusChannelName !== '' && focusChannelName !== msg.channel)
                         titleText += ` @ ${msg.channel}`;
 
@@ -343,14 +160,12 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
                     if(mami.settings.get('enableNotifications') && isMentioned) {
                         const options = {};
 
+                        options.icon = MamiFormatUserAvatarUrl(msg.sender.id, 100);
                         options.body = 'Click here to see what they said.';
                         if(mami.settings.get('notificationShowMessage'))
-                            options.body += "\n" + msgTextLong;
+                            options.body += `\n${msg.text}`;
 
-                        if(avatarUrl.length > 0)
-                            options.icon = avatarUrl;
-
-                        const notif = new Notification(`${msgAuthor.name} mentioned you!`, options);
+                        const notif = new Notification(`${msg.sender.name} mentioned you!`, options);
                         notif.addEventListener('click', () => {
                             window.focus();
                         });
@@ -368,12 +183,6 @@ Umi.UI.Messages = (function() {
 
                 mami.sound.library.play(soundName, soundVolume, soundRate);
             }
-
-            mami.globalEvents.dispatch('umi:ui:message_add', { element: eBase });
-        },
-        IsScrolledToBottom: () => {
-            const msgsList = $i('umi-messages');
-            return msgsList.scrollTop === (msgsList.scrollHeight - msgsList.offsetHeight);
         },
         ScrollIfNeeded: (offsetOrForce = 0) => {
             const msgsList = $i('umi-messages');
diff --git a/src/mami.js/users.js b/src/mami.js/users.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 61a33f7..0000000
--- a/src/mami.js/users.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,183 +0,0 @@
-const MamiUserPermsInfo = function(rank = 0, canKick = false, canSetNick = false, canCreateChannels = false) {
-    if(typeof rank !== 'number')
-        throw 'rank must be a number';
-    if(typeof canKick !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'canKick must be a boolean';
-    if(typeof canSetNick !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'canSetNick must be a boolean';
-    if(typeof canCreateChannels !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'canCreateChannels must be a boolean';
-
-    return {
-        get rank() { return rank; },
-        get canKick() { return canKick; },
-        get canSetNick() { return canSetNick; },
-        get canCreateChannels() { return canCreateChannels; },
-    };
-};
-
-const MamiUserStatusInfo = function(isAway = false, message = '') {
-    if(typeof isAway !== 'boolean')
-        throw 'isAway must be a boolean';
-    if(typeof message !== 'string')
-        throw 'message must be a string';
-
-    return {
-        get isAway() { return isAway; },
-        get message() { return message; },
-    };
-};
-
-const MamiUserAvatarInfo = function(userId = null) {
-    userId ??= '';
-    if(typeof userId !== 'string')
-        throw 'userId must be a string or null';
-
-    const template = futami.get('avatar') ?? '';
-    const changeTime = Date.now();
-
-    const getAvatar = res => {
-        return template.replace('{user:id}', userId)
-            .replace('{resolution}', res)
-            .replace('{user:avatar_change}', changeTime);
-    };
-
-    return {
-        get original() { return getAvatar('0'); },
-        get x80() { return getAvatar('80'); },
-        get x60() { return getAvatar('60'); },
-        get x40() { return getAvatar('40'); },
-    };
-};
-
-const MamiUserInfo = function(id, name, colour = 'inherit', status = null, perms = null, avatar = null) {
-    if(typeof id !== 'string')
-        throw 'id must be a string';
-    if(typeof name !== 'string')
-        throw 'name must be a string';
-    if(typeof colour !== 'string') // should be like, object or something maybe
-        throw 'colour must be a string';
-    if(status === null)
-        status = new MamiUserStatusInfo;
-    else if(typeof status !== 'object')
-        throw 'status must be an object';
-    if(perms === null)
-        perms = new MamiUserPermsInfo;
-    else if(typeof perms !== 'object')
-        throw 'perms must be an object';
-    if(avatar === null)
-        avatar = new MamiUserAvatarInfo(id);
-    else if(typeof avatar !== 'object')
-        throw 'avatar must be an object';
-
-    return {
-        get id() { return id; },
-
-        get name() { return name; },
-        set name(value) {
-            if(typeof value !== 'string')
-                throw 'value must be a string';
-            name = value;
-        },
-
-        get colour() { return colour; },
-        set colour(value) {
-            if(typeof value !== 'string') // ^
-                throw 'value must be a string';
-            colour = value;
-        },
-
-        get status() { return status; },
-        set status(value) {
-            if(typeof value !== 'object' || value === null)
-                throw 'value must be an object';
-            status = value;
-        },
-
-        get perms() { return perms; },
-        set perms(value) {
-            if(typeof value !== 'object' || value === null)
-                throw 'value must be an object';
-            perms = value;
-        },
-
-        get avatar() { return avatar; },
-        set avatar(value) {
-            if(typeof value !== 'object' || value === null)
-                throw 'value must be an object';
-            avatar = value;
-        },
-    };
-};
-
-Umi.User = (() => {
-    let userInfo;
-
-    return {
-        hasCurrentUser: () => userInfo !== undefined,
-        getCurrentUser: () => userInfo,
-        setCurrentUser: value => { userInfo = value; },
-        isCurrentUser: otherInfo => otherInfo !== null && typeof otherInfo === 'object' && typeof otherInfo.id === 'string'
-            && userInfo !== null && typeof userInfo === 'object'
-            && typeof userInfo.id === 'string'
-            && (userInfo === otherInfo || userInfo.id === otherInfo.id),
-    };
-})();
-
-Umi.Users = (function() {
-    const users = new Map;
-
-    return {
-        Add: function(user) {
-            const userId = user.id;
-            if(!users.has(userId)) {
-                users.set(userId, user);
-            }
-        },
-        Remove: function(user) {
-            const userId = user.id;
-            if(users.has(userId)) {
-                users.delete(userId);
-            }
-        },
-        Clear: function() {
-            users.clear();
-        },
-        All: function() {
-            return Array.from(users.values());
-        },
-        Get: function(userId) {
-            userId = userId.toString();
-            if(users.has(userId))
-                return users.get(userId);
-            return null;
-        },
-        Find: function(userName) {
-            const found = [];
-            userName = userName.toLowerCase();
-
-            users.forEach(function(user) {
-                if(user.name.toLowerCase().includes(userName))
-                    found.push(user);
-            });
-
-            return found;
-        },
-        FindExact: function(userName) {
-            if(typeof userName !== 'string')
-                return null;
-
-            userName = userName.toLowerCase();
-
-            for(const user of users.values())
-                if(user.name.toLowerCase() === userName)
-                    return user;
-
-            return null;
-        },
-        Update: function(userId, user) {
-            userId = userId.toString();
-            users.set(userId, user);
-        },
-    };
-})();
diff --git a/src/mami.js/weeb.js b/src/mami.js/weeb.js
index d27b6c9..6860348 100644
--- a/src/mami.js/weeb.js
+++ b/src/mami.js/weeb.js
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ const Weeaboo = (function() {
     };
 
     pub.getNameSuffix = function(user) {
-        if(typeof user !== 'object' || user === null)
+        if(typeof user !== 'object' || user === null || user === undefined)
             return '';
 
-        if(user.rank >= 10)
+        if(user.perms.rank >= 10)
             return '-sama';
-        if(user.rank >= 5)
+        if(user.perms.rank >= 5)
             return '-sensei';
         if(user.colour.toLowerCase() === '#f02d7d')
             return '-san';
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const Weeaboo = (function() {
     };
 
     pub.getTextSuffix = function(user) {
-        if(typeof user !== 'object' || user === null)
+        if(typeof user !== 'object' || user === null || user === undefined)
             return '';
 
         const userId = user.id;
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/authed.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/authed.js
index 2d53a95..4d19861 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/authed.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/authed.js
@@ -37,11 +37,15 @@ const SockChatS2CContextClear = (ctx, mode) => {
     if(mode === '0' || mode === '3' || mode === '4')
         ctx.dispatch('msg:clear');
 
-    if(mode === '1' || mode === '3' || mode === '4')
+    if(mode === '1' || mode === '3' || mode === '4') {
+        ctx.users.clear();
         ctx.dispatch('user:clear');
+    }
 
-    if(mode === '2' || mode === '4')
+    if(mode === '2' || mode === '4') {
+        ctx.channels.clear();
         ctx.dispatch('chan:clear');
+    }
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CChannelPopulate = (ctx, count, ...args) => {
@@ -50,13 +54,19 @@ const SockChatS2CChannelPopulate = (ctx, count, ...args) => {
 
     for(let i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         const offset = 3 * i;
+        const chanInfo = {
+            name: args[offset],
+            hasPassword: args[offset + 1] !== '0',
+            isTemporary: args[offset + 2] !== '0',
+        };
 
+        ctx.channels.set(chanInfo.name, chanInfo);
         ctx.dispatch('chan:add', {
             channel: {
-                name: args[offset],
-                hasPassword: args[offset + 1] !== '0',
-                isTemporary: args[offset + 2] !== '0',
-                isCurrent: args[offset] === ctx.channelName,
+                name: chanInfo.name,
+                hasPassword: chanInfo.hasPassword,
+                isTemporary: chanInfo.name.isTemporary,
+                isCurrent: chanInfo.name === ctx.channelName,
             },
         });
     }
@@ -67,27 +77,42 @@ const SockChatS2CChannelPopulate = (ctx, count, ...args) => {
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CChannelAdd = (ctx, name, hasPass, isTemp) => {
+    const chanInfo = {
+        name: name,
+        hasPassword: hasPass !== '0',
+        isTemporary: isTemp !== '0',
+    };
+
+    ctx.channels.set(chanInfo.name, chanInfo);
     ctx.dispatch('chan:add', {
-        channel: {
-            name: name,
-            hasPassword: hasPass !== '0',
-            isTemporary: isTemp !== '0',
-        },
+        channel: chanInfo,
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CChannelUpdate = (ctx, prevName, name, hasPass, isTemp) => {
+    const chanInfo = ctx.channels.get(prevName);
+
+    if(prevName !== name) {
+        chanInfo.name = name;
+        ctx.channels.delete(prevName);
+        ctx.channels.set(name, chanInfo);
+    }
+
+    chanInfo.hasPassword = hasPass !== '0';
+    chanInfo.isTemporary = isTemp !== '0';
+
     ctx.dispatch('chan:update', {
         channel: {
             previousName: prevName,
-            name: name,
-            hasPassword: hasPass !== '0',
-            isTemporary: isTemp !== '0',
+            name: chanInfo.name,
+            hasPassword: chanInfo.hasPassword,
+            isTemporary: chanInfo.isTemporary,
         },
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CChannelRemove = (ctx, name) => {
+    ctx.channels.delete(name);
     ctx.dispatch('chan:remove', {
         channel: { name: name },
     });
@@ -100,103 +125,120 @@ const SockChatS2CUserPopulate = (ctx, count, ...args) => {
     for(let i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
         const offset = 5 * i;
         const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(args[offset + 1]);
+        const userInfo = {
+            id: args[offset],
+            self: args[offset] === ctx.userId,
+            name: statusInfo.name,
+            status: statusInfo.status,
+            colour: SockChatParseUserColour(args[offset + 2]),
+            perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(args[offset + 3]),
+            hidden: args[offset + 4] !== '0',
+        };
 
+        ctx.users.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
         ctx.dispatch('user:add', {
-            user: {
-                id: args[offset],
-                self: args[offset] === ctx.userId,
-                name: statusInfo.name,
-                status: statusInfo.status,
-                colour: SockChatParseUserColour(args[offset + 2]),
-                perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(args[offset + 3]),
-                hidden: args[offset + 4] !== '0',
-            },
+            user: userInfo,
         });
     }
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CUserAdd = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, userName, userColour, userPerms, msgId) => {
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
+    const userInfo = {
+        id: userId,
+        self: userId === ctx.userId,
+        name: statusInfo.name,
+        status: statusInfo.status,
+        colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
+        perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
+    };
 
+    ctx.users.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
     ctx.dispatch('user:add', {
         msg: {
+            type: 'user:add',
             id: msgId,
             time: new Date(parseInt(timeStamp) * 1000),
             channel: ctx.channelName,
+            sender: userInfo,
         },
-        user: {
-            id: userId,
-            self: userId === ctx.userId,
-            name: statusInfo.name,
-            status: statusInfo.status,
-            colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
-            perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CUserUpdate = (ctx, userId, userName, userColour, userPerms) => {
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
+    const userInfo = ctx.users.get(userId);
 
+    userInfo.self = userId === ctx.userId;
+    userInfo.name = statusInfo.name;
+    userInfo.status = statusInfo.status;
+    userInfo.colour = SockChatParseUserColour(userColour);
+    userInfo.perms = SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms);
+
+    ctx.users.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
     ctx.dispatch('user:update', {
-        user: {
-            id: userId,
-            self: userId === ctx.userId,
-            name: statusInfo.name,
-            status: statusInfo.status,
-            colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
-            perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CUserRemove = (ctx, userId, userName, reason, timeStamp, msgId) => {
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
+    const userInfo = ctx.users.get(userId);
+    userInfo.name = statusInfo.name;
+    userInfo.status = statusInfo.status;
+    ctx.users.delete(userId);
 
     ctx.dispatch('user:remove', {
         leave: { type: reason },
         msg: {
+            type: 'user:remove',
             id: msgId,
             time: new Date(parseInt(timeStamp) * 1000),
             channel: ctx.channelName,
+            sender: userInfo,
+            detail: { reason: reason },
         },
-        user: {
-            id: userId,
-            self: userId === ctx.userId,
-            name: statusInfo.name,
-            status: statusInfo.status,
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CUserChannelJoin = (ctx, userId, userName, userColour, userPerms, msgId) => {
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
+    const userInfo = {
+        id: userId,
+        self: userId === ctx.userId,
+        name: statusInfo.name,
+        status: statusInfo.status,
+        colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
+        perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
+    };
 
+    ctx.users.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
     ctx.dispatch('chan:join', {
-        user: {
-            id: userId,
-            self: userId === ctx.userId,
-            name: statusInfo.name,
-            status: statusInfo.status,
-            colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
-            perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
         msg: {
+            type: 'chan:join',
             id: msgId,
+            time: new Date,
             channel: ctx.channelName,
+            sender: userInfo,
         },
     });
 };
 
 const SockChatS2CUserChannelLeave = (ctx, userId, msgId) => {
+    const userInfo = ctx.users.get(userId);
+    ctx.users.delete(userId); // should this happen? probably not!
+
     ctx.dispatch('chan:leave', {
-        user: {
-            id: userId,
-            self: userId === ctx.userId,
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
         msg: {
+            type: 'chan:leave',
             id: msgId,
+            time: new Date,
             channel: ctx.channelName,
+            sender: userInfo,
         },
     });
 };
@@ -214,6 +256,7 @@ const SockChatS2CMessagePopulate = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, userName, userColour
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
     const info = {
         msg: {
+            type: `msg:${mFlags.isAction ? 'action' : 'text'}`,
             time: new Date(parseInt(timeStamp) * 1000),
             channel: ctx.channelName,
             sender: {
@@ -227,7 +270,6 @@ const SockChatS2CMessagePopulate = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, userName, userColour
             isBot: userId === '-1',
             silent: msgNotify === '0',
             flags: mFlags,
-            flagsRaw: msgFlags,
             text: SockChatUnfuckText(msgText, mFlags.isAction),
         },
     };
@@ -243,8 +285,51 @@ const SockChatS2CMessagePopulate = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, userName, userColour
             args: botParts.slice(2),
         };
 
-        if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'say')
-            info.msg.botInfo.args[0] = SockChatUnfuckText(info.msg.botInfo.args[0]);
+        let botUserNameIndex = 2;
+        if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'say') {
+            info.msg.botInfo.args[0] = info.msg.text = SockChatUnfuckText(info.msg.botInfo.args[0], mFlags.isAction);
+        } else if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'join') {
+            info.msg.type = 'user:add';
+        } else if(['leave', 'kick', 'flood', 'timeout'].includes(info.msg.botInfo.type)) {
+            info.msg.type = 'user:remove';
+            info.msg.detail = { reason: info.msg.botInfo.type };
+        } else if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'nick') {
+            info.msg.type = 'user:nick';
+            info.msg.detail = {
+                previousName: info.msg.botInfo.args[0],
+                name: info.msg.botInfo.args[1],
+            };
+        } else if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'jchan') {
+            info.msg.type = 'chan:join';
+        } else if(info.msg.botInfo.type === 'lchan') {
+            info.msg.type = 'chan:leave';
+        } else {
+            info.msg.type = `legacy:${info.msg.botInfo.type}`;
+            info.msg.detail = {
+                error: info.msg.botInfo.isError,
+                args: info.msg.botInfo.args,
+            };
+        }
+
+        if(['join', 'leave', 'kick', 'flood', 'timeout', 'jchan', 'lchan', 'nick'].includes(botParts[1])) {
+            info.msg.sender = undefined;
+
+            const botUserTarget = botParts[botUserNameIndex].toLowerCase();
+            for(const botUserInfo of ctx.users.values())
+                if(botUserInfo.name.toLowerCase() === botUserTarget) {
+                    info.msg.sender = botUserInfo;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+            if(info.msg.sender === undefined)
+                info.msg.sender = {
+                    id: '0',
+                    self: false,
+                    name: botParts[botUserNameIndex],
+                    colour: 'inherit',
+                    perms: { rank: 0 },
+                };
+        }
     }
 
     ctx.dispatch('msg:add', info);
@@ -255,27 +340,43 @@ const SockChatS2CMessageAdd = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, msgText, msgId, msgFlags)
     let mText = SockChatUnfuckText(msgText, mFlags.isAction);
     let mChannelName = ctx.channelName;
 
+    const userInfo = userId === '-1' ? {
+        id: '-1',
+        self: false,
+        name: 'ChatBot',
+        colour: 'inherit',
+        perms: { rank: 0 },
+    } : ctx.users.get(userId);
+
     if(msgFlags[4] !== '0') {
         if(userId === ctx.userId) {
             const mTextParts = mText.split(' ');
             mChannelName = `@${mTextParts.shift()}`;
             mText = mTextParts.join(' ');
-        } else {
-            mChannelName = `@~${userId}`;
+        } else
+            mChannelName = `@${userInfo.name}`;
+
+        if(!ctx.channels.has(mChannelName)) {
+            const chanInfo = {
+                name: mChannelName,
+                hasPassword: false,
+                isTemporary: true,
+                isUserChannel: true,
+            };
+
+            ctx.channels.set(chanInfo.name, chanInfo);
+            ctx.dispatch('chan:add', { channel: chanInfo });
         }
     }
 
     const msgInfo = {
         msg: {
+            type: `msg:${mFlags.isAction ? 'action' : 'text'}`,
             id: msgId,
             time: new Date(parseInt(timeStamp) * 1000),
             channel: mChannelName,
-            sender: {
-                id: userId,
-                self: userId === ctx.userId,
-            },
+            sender: userInfo,
             flags: mFlags,
-            flagsRaw: msgFlags,
             isBot: userId === '-1',
             text: mText,
         },
@@ -288,6 +389,50 @@ const SockChatS2CMessageAdd = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, msgText, msgId, msgFlags)
             type: botParts[1],
             args: botParts.slice(2),
         };
+
+        let botUserNameIndex = 2;
+        if(msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type === 'join') {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = 'user:add';
+        } else if(['leave', 'kick', 'flood', 'timeout'].includes(msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type)) {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = 'user:remove';
+            msgInfo.msg.detail = { reason: msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type };
+        } else if(msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type === 'nick') {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = 'user:nick';
+            msgInfo.msg.detail = {
+                previousName: msgInfo.msg.botInfo.args[0],
+                name: msgInfo.msg.botInfo.args[1],
+            };
+        } else if(msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type === 'jchan') {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = 'chan:join';
+        } else if(msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type === 'lchan') {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = 'chan:leave';
+        } else {
+            msgInfo.msg.type = `legacy:${msgInfo.msg.botInfo.type}`;
+            msgInfo.msg.detail = {
+                error: msgInfo.msg.botInfo.isError,
+                args: msgInfo.msg.botInfo.args,
+            };
+        }
+
+        if(['join', 'leave', 'kick', 'flood', 'timeout', 'jchan', 'lchan', 'nick'].includes(botParts[1])) {
+            msgInfo.msg.sender = undefined;
+
+            const botUserTarget = botParts[botUserNameIndex].toLowerCase();
+            for(const botUserInfo of ctx.users.values())
+                if(botUserInfo.name.toLowerCase() === botUserTarget) {
+                    msgInfo.msg.sender = botUserInfo;
+                    break;
+                }
+
+            if(msgInfo.msg.sender === undefined)
+                msgInfo.msg.sender = {
+                    id: '0',
+                    self: false,
+                    name: botParts[botUserNameIndex],
+                    colour: 'inherit',
+                    perms: { rank: 0 },
+                };
+        }
     }
 
     ctx.dispatch('msg:add', msgInfo);
@@ -296,6 +441,7 @@ const SockChatS2CMessageAdd = (ctx, timeStamp, userId, msgText, msgId, msgFlags)
 const SockChatS2CMessageRemove = (ctx, msgId) => {
     ctx.dispatch('msg:remove', {
         msg: {
+            type: 'msg:remove',
             id: msgId,
             channel: ctx.channelName,
         },
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/ctx.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/ctx.js
index dc4f851..7681f72 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/ctx.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/ctx.js
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ const SockChatContext = function(dispatch, sendPing, pingDelay) {
 
         get isAuthed() { return userId !== undefined; },
 
+        users: new Map,
+        channels: new Map,
+
         channelName: undefined,
         pseudoChannelName: undefined,
 
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
index 9469733..69d5955 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/proto.js
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ const SockChatProtocol = function(dispatch, options) {
         ctx.userId = undefined;
         ctx.channelName = undefined;
         ctx.pseudoChannelName = undefined;
+        ctx.users.clear();
+        ctx.channels.clear();
 
         if(ev.code === 1012)
             ctx.isRestarting = true;
@@ -252,5 +254,42 @@ const SockChatProtocol = function(dispatch, options) {
                 await sendMessage(`/join ${name}`);
             }
         },
+        getCurrentUserId: () => ctx.userId,
+        getCurrentUserInfo: () => ctx.users.get(ctx.userId),
+        getUserInfos: () => Array.from(ctx.users.values()),
+        getUserInfoById: userId => {
+            if(typeof userId === 'string')
+                userId = parseInt(userId);
+            if(typeof userId !== 'number')
+                throw 'userId must be a number';
+
+            return ctx.users.get(userId);
+        },
+        getUserInfoByName: (userName, exact = true) => {
+            if(typeof userName !== 'string')
+                throw 'userName must be a string';
+
+            const compare = exact ? (a, b) => a.toLowerCase() === b : (a, b) => a.toLowerCase().includes(b);
+            userName = userName.toLowerCase();
+
+            for(const info of ctx.users.values())
+                if(compare(info.name, userName))
+                    return info;
+
+            return undefined;
+        },
+        getUserInfosByName: userName => {
+            if(typeof userName !== 'string')
+                throw 'userName must be a string';
+
+            const users = [];
+            userName = userName.toLowerCase();
+
+            for(const info of ctx.users.values())
+                if(info.name.toLowerCase().includes(userName))
+                    users.push(info);
+
+            return users;
+        },
     };
 };
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/unauthed.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/unauthed.js
index 684d6ae..c3e7fed 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/unauthed.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/unauthed.js
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ const SockChatS2CAuthSuccess = (ctx, userId, userName, userColour, userPerms, ch
     ctx.channelName = chanName;
 
     const statusInfo = SockChatParseStatusInfo(userName);
+    const userInfo = {
+        id: ctx.userId,
+        self: true,
+        name: statusInfo.name,
+        status: statusInfo.status,
+        colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
+        perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
+    };
+    ctx.users.set(userInfo.id, userInfo);
 
     const info = {
         wasConnected: ctx.wasConnected,
@@ -12,14 +21,7 @@ const SockChatS2CAuthSuccess = (ctx, userId, userName, userColour, userPerms, ch
         ctx: {
             maxMsgLength: parseInt(maxLength),
         },
-        user: {
-            id: ctx.userId,
-            self: true,
-            name: statusInfo.name,
-            status: statusInfo.status,
-            colour: SockChatParseUserColour(userColour),
-            perms: SockChatParseUserPerms(userPerms),
-        },
+        user: userInfo,
         channel: {
             name: ctx.channelName,
         },
diff --git a/src/proto.js/sockchat/utils.js b/src/proto.js/sockchat/utils.js
index 50f8019..512ab09 100644
--- a/src/proto.js/sockchat/utils.js
+++ b/src/proto.js/sockchat/utils.js
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ const SockChatParseUserColour = str => {
 
 const SockChatParseUserPerms = str => {
     const parts = str.split(str.includes("\f") ? "\f" : ' ');
+    const rank = parseInt(parts[0] ?? '0');
     return {
-        rank: parseInt(parts[0] ?? '0'),
+        rank: isNaN(rank) ? 0 : rank,
         kick: parts[1] !== undefined && parts[1] !== '0',
         nick: parts[3] !== undefined && parts[3] !== '0',
         chan: parts[4] !== undefined && parts[4] !== '0',