diff --git a/include/input.js b/include/input.js
index 03f1d7e..8f0c650 100644
--- a/include/input.js
+++ b/include/input.js
@@ -645,9 +645,9 @@ function onMouseDisable(e) {
     evt = (e ? e : window.event);
     pos = Util.getEventPosition(e, conf.target, conf.scale);
     /* Stop propagation if inside canvas area */
-    if ((pos.x >= 0) && (pos.y >= 0) &&
-        (pos.x < conf.target.offsetWidth) &&
-        (pos.y < conf.target.offsetHeight)) {
+    if ((pos.realx >= 0) && (pos.realy >= 0) &&
+        (pos.realx < conf.target.offsetWidth) &&
+        (pos.realy < conf.target.offsetHeight)) {
         //Util.Debug("mouse event disabled");
         Util.stopEvent(e);
         return false;
diff --git a/include/rfb.js b/include/rfb.js
index 16ae76d..9832877 100644
--- a/include/rfb.js
+++ b/include/rfb.js
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ var that           = {},  // Public API methods
     fb_height      = 0,
     fb_name        = "",
 
-    last_req_time  = 0,
     rre_chunk_sz   = 100,
 
     timing         = {
@@ -148,9 +147,6 @@ Util.conf_defaults(conf, that, defaults, [
 
     ['viewportDrag',       'rw', 'bool', false, 'Move the viewport on mouse drags'],
 
-    ['check_rate',         'rw', 'int', 217,  'Timing (ms) of send/receive check'],
-    ['fbu_req_rate',       'rw', 'int', 1413, 'Timing (ms) of frameBufferUpdate requests'],
-
     // Callback functions
     ['onUpdateState',      'rw', 'func', function() { },
         'onUpdateState(rfb, state, oldstate, statusMsg): RFB state update/change '],
@@ -403,7 +399,7 @@ updateState = function(state, statusMsg) {
         }
 
         if (msgTimer) {
-            clearInterval(msgTimer);
+            clearTimeout(msgTimer);
             msgTimer = null;
         }
 
@@ -444,13 +440,13 @@ updateState = function(state, statusMsg) {
 
     if (connTimer && (rfb_state !== 'connect')) {
         Util.Debug("Clearing connect timer");
-        clearInterval(connTimer);
+        clearTimeout(connTimer);
         connTimer = null;
     }
 
     if (disconnTimer && (rfb_state !== 'disconnect')) {
         Util.Debug("Clearing disconnect timer");
-        clearInterval(disconnTimer);
+        clearTimeout(disconnTimer);
         disconnTimer = null;
     }
 
@@ -569,44 +565,18 @@ function genDES(password, challenge) {
     return (new DES(passwd)).encrypt(challenge);
 }
 
-function flushClient() {
-    if (mouse_arr.length > 0) {
-        //send(mouse_arr.concat(fbUpdateRequests()));
-        ws.send(mouse_arr);
-        setTimeout(function() {
-                ws.send(fbUpdateRequests());
-            }, 50);
-
-        mouse_arr = [];
-        return true;
-    } else {
-        return false;
-    }
-}
-
 // overridable for testing
 checkEvents = function() {
-    var now;
-    if (rfb_state === 'normal' && !viewportDragging) {
-        if (! flushClient()) {
-            now = new Date().getTime();
-            if (now > last_req_time + conf.fbu_req_rate) {
-                last_req_time = now;
-                ws.send(fbUpdateRequests());
-            }
-        }
+    if (rfb_state === 'normal' && !viewportDragging && mouse_arr.length > 0) {
+        ws.send(mouse_arr);
+        mouse_arr = [];
     }
-    setTimeout(checkEvents, conf.check_rate);
 };
 
 keyPress = function(keysym, down) {
-    var arr;
-
     if (conf.view_only) { return; } // View only, skip keyboard events
 
-    arr = keyEvent(keysym, down);
-    arr = arr.concat(fbUpdateRequests());
-    ws.send(arr);
+    ws.send(keyEvent(keysym, down));
 };
 
 mouseButton = function(x, y, down, bmask) {
@@ -625,7 +595,6 @@ mouseButton = function(x, y, down, bmask) {
             return;
         } else {
             viewportDragging = false;
-            ws.send(fbUpdateRequests()); // Force immediate redraw
         }
     }
 
@@ -633,7 +602,8 @@ mouseButton = function(x, y, down, bmask) {
 
     mouse_arr = mouse_arr.concat(
             pointerEvent(display.absX(x), display.absY(y)) );
-    flushClient();
+    ws.send(mouse_arr);
+    mouse_arr = [];
 };
 
 mouseMove = function(x, y) {
@@ -656,7 +626,9 @@ mouseMove = function(x, y) {
     if (conf.view_only) { return; } // View only, skip mouse events
 
     mouse_arr = mouse_arr.concat(
-            pointerEvent(display.absX(x), display.absY(y)) );
+            pointerEvent(display.absX(x), display.absY(y)));
+    
+    checkEvents();
 };
 
 
@@ -900,13 +872,12 @@ init_msg = function() {
 
         response = pixelFormat();
         response = response.concat(clientEncodings());
-        response = response.concat(fbUpdateRequests());
+        response = response.concat(fbUpdateRequests()); // initial fbu-request
         timing.fbu_rt_start = (new Date()).getTime();
         timing.pixels = 0;
         ws.send(response);
         
-        /* Start pushing/polling */
-        setTimeout(checkEvents, conf.check_rate);
+        checkEvents();
 
         if (conf.encrypt) {
             updateState('normal', "Connected (encrypted) to: " + fb_name);
@@ -934,6 +905,10 @@ normal_msg = function() {
     switch (msg_type) {
     case 0:  // FramebufferUpdate
         ret = framebufferUpdate(); // false means need more data
+        if (ret) {
+            // only allow one outstanding fbu-request at a time
+            ws.send(fbUpdateRequests());
+        }
         break;
     case 1:  // SetColourMapEntries
         Util.Debug("SetColourMapEntries");
@@ -1596,8 +1571,6 @@ encHandlers.DesktopSize = function set_desktopsize() {
     conf.onFBResize(that, fb_width, fb_height);
     display.resize(fb_width, fb_height);
     timing.fbu_rt_start = (new Date()).getTime();
-    // Send a new non-incremental request
-    ws.send(fbUpdateRequests());
 
     FBU.bytes = 0;
     FBU.rects -= 1;
@@ -1823,7 +1796,6 @@ that.sendCtrlAltDel = function() {
     arr = arr.concat(keyEvent(0xFFFF, 0)); // Delete
     arr = arr.concat(keyEvent(0xFFE9, 0)); // Alt
     arr = arr.concat(keyEvent(0xFFE3, 0)); // Control
-    arr = arr.concat(fbUpdateRequests());
     ws.send(arr);
 };
 
@@ -1840,7 +1812,6 @@ that.sendKey = function(code, down) {
         arr = arr.concat(keyEvent(code, 1));
         arr = arr.concat(keyEvent(code, 0));
     }
-    arr = arr.concat(fbUpdateRequests());
     ws.send(arr);
 };
 
diff --git a/include/ui.js b/include/ui.js
index 45a6beb..40972cc 100644
--- a/include/ui.js
+++ b/include/ui.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ hideKeyboardTimeout: null,
 extraKeysVisible: false,
 ctrlOn: false,
 altOn: false,
+isTouchDevice: false,
 
 // Setup rfb object, load settings from browser storage, then call
 // UI.init to setup the UI/menus
@@ -38,7 +39,9 @@ load: function (callback) {
 
 // Render default UI and initialize settings menu
 start: function(callback) {
-    var html = '', i, sheet, sheets, llevels, port;
+    var html = '', i, sheet, sheets, llevels, port, autoconnect;
+
+    UI.isTouchDevice = 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement;
 
     // Stylesheet selection dropdown
     sheet = WebUtil.selectStylesheet();
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ start: function(callback) {
     UI.initSetting('password', '');
     UI.initSetting('encrypt', (window.location.protocol === "https:"));
     UI.initSetting('true_color', true);
-    UI.initSetting('cursor', false);
+    UI.initSetting('cursor', !UI.isTouchDevice);
     UI.initSetting('shared', true);
     UI.initSetting('view_only', false);
     UI.initSetting('connectTimeout', 2);
@@ -91,6 +94,15 @@ start: function(callback) {
                   'onUpdateState': UI.updateState,
                   'onClipboard': UI.clipReceive,
                   'onDesktopName': UI.updateDocumentTitle});
+
+    autoconnect = WebUtil.getQueryVar('autoconnect', false);
+    if (autoconnect === 'true' || autoconnect == '1') {
+        autoconnect = true;
+        UI.connect();
+    } else {
+        autoconnect = false;
+    }
+
     UI.updateVisualState();
 
     // Unfocus clipboard when over the VNC area
@@ -102,7 +114,7 @@ start: function(callback) {
     //    };
 
     // Show mouse selector buttons on touch screen devices
-    if ('ontouchstart' in document.documentElement) {
+    if (UI.isTouchDevice) {
         // Show mobile buttons
         $D('noVNC_mobile_buttons').style.display = "inline";
         UI.setMouseButton();
@@ -140,8 +152,10 @@ start: function(callback) {
         // Open the description dialog
         $D('noVNC_description').style.display = "block";
     } else {
-        // Open the connect panel on first load
-        UI.toggleConnectPanel();
+        // Show the connect panel on first load unless autoconnecting
+        if (autoconnect === UI.connSettingsOpen) {
+            UI.toggleConnectPanel();
+        }
     }
 
     // Add mouse event click/focus/blur event handlers to the UI
@@ -160,7 +174,8 @@ addMouseHandlers: function() {
     $D("noVNC_mouse_button2").onclick = function () { UI.setMouseButton(4); };
     $D("noVNC_mouse_button4").onclick = function () { UI.setMouseButton(0); };
     $D("showKeyboard").onclick = UI.showKeyboard;
-    //$D("keyboardinput").onkeydown = function (event) { onKeyDown(event); };
+
+    $D("keyboardinput").oninput = UI.keyInput;
     $D("keyboardinput").onblur = UI.keyInputBlur;
 
     $D("showExtraKeysButton").onclick = UI.showExtraKeys;
@@ -367,7 +382,7 @@ toggleSettingsPanel: function() {
         if (UI.rfb.get_display().get_cursor_uri()) {
             UI.updateSetting('cursor');
         } else {
-            UI.updateSetting('cursor', false);
+            UI.updateSetting('cursor', !UI.isTouchDevice);
             $D('noVNC_cursor').disabled = true;
         }
         UI.updateSetting('clip');
@@ -529,7 +544,7 @@ updateVisualState: function() {
         UI.rfb.get_display().get_cursor_uri()) {
         $D('noVNC_cursor').disabled = connected;
     } else {
-        UI.updateSetting('cursor', false);
+        UI.updateSetting('cursor', !UI.isTouchDevice);
         $D('noVNC_cursor').disabled = true;
     }
     $D('noVNC_shared').disabled = connected;
@@ -715,13 +730,18 @@ setViewDrag: function(drag) {
 
 // On touch devices, show the OS keyboard
 showKeyboard: function() {
+    var kbi, skb, l;
+    kbi = $D('keyboardinput');
+    skb = $D('showKeyboard');
+    l = kbi.value.length;
     if(UI.keyboardVisible === false) {
-        $D('keyboardinput').focus();
+        kbi.focus();
+        kbi.setSelectionRange(l, l); // Move the caret to the end
         UI.keyboardVisible = true;
-        $D('showKeyboard').className = "noVNC_status_button_selected";
+        skb.className = "noVNC_status_button_selected";
     } else if(UI.keyboardVisible === true) {
-        $D('keyboardinput').blur();
-        $D('showKeyboard').className = "noVNC_status_button";
+        kbi.blur();
+        skb.className = "noVNC_status_button";
         UI.keyboardVisible = false;
     }
 },
@@ -737,6 +757,35 @@ keepKeyboard: function() {
     }
 },
 
+// When keypress events are left uncought, catch the input events from
+// the keyboardinput element instead and send the corresponding key events.
+keyInput: function(event) {
+    var elem, input, len;
+    elem = $D('keyboardinput');
+    input = event.target.value;
+    len = (elem.selectionStart > input.length) ? elem.selectionStart : input.length;
+
+    if (len < 1) { // something removed?
+        UI.rfb.sendKey(0xff08); // send BACKSPACE
+    } else if (len > 1) { // new input?
+        for (var i = len-1; i > 0; i -= 1) {
+            // HTML does not consider trailing whitespaces as a part of the string
+            // and they are therefore undefined.
+            if (input[len-i] !== undefined) {
+                UI.rfb.sendKey(input.charCodeAt(len-i)); // send charCode
+            } else {
+                UI.rfb.sendKey(0x0020); // send SPACE
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // In order to be able to delete text which has been written in
+    // another session there has to always be text in the
+    // keyboardinput element with which backspace can interact.
+    // We also need to reset the input field text to avoid overflow.
+    elem.value = "x";
+},
+
 keyInputBlur: function() {
     $D('showKeyboard').className = "noVNC_status_button";
     //Weird bug in iOS if you change keyboardVisible
diff --git a/include/util.js b/include/util.js
index dd1f252..8893591 100644
--- a/include/util.js
+++ b/include/util.js
@@ -298,9 +298,11 @@ Util.getEventPosition = function (e, obj, scale) {
     if (typeof scale === "undefined") {
         scale = 1;
     }
-    var x = Math.max(Math.min(docX - pos.x, obj.width-1), 0);
-	var y = Math.max(Math.min(docY - pos.y, obj.height-1), 0);
-    return {'x': x / scale, 'y': y / scale};
+    var realx = docX - pos.x;
+    var realy = docY - pos.y;
+    var x = Math.max(Math.min(realx, obj.width-1), 0);
+    var y = Math.max(Math.min(realy, obj.height-1), 0);
+    return {'x': x / scale, 'y': y / scale, 'realx': realx / scale, 'realy': realy / scale};
 };
 
 
diff --git a/vnc.html b/vnc.html
index ae95551..8b8847c 100644
--- a/vnc.html
+++ b/vnc.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
                 <input type="image" src="images/keyboard.png"
                     id="showKeyboard" class="noVNC_status_button"
                     value="Keyboard" title="Show Keyboard"/>
-                <input type="email" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off"
+                <input type="text" autocapitalize="off" autocorrect="off"
                     id="keyboardinput" class=""/>
                 <div id="noVNC_extra_keys">
                     <input type="image" src="images/showextrakeys.png"
diff --git a/vnc_auto.html b/vnc_auto.html
index 2aa2188..7704bf6 100644
--- a/vnc_auto.html
+++ b/vnc_auto.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <html>
 <head>
 
-    <!-- 
+    <!--
     noVNC example: simple example using default UI
     Copyright (C) 2012 Joel Martin
     Copyright (C) 2013 Samuel Mannehed for Cendio AB
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@
             // if port == 80 (or 443) then it won't be present and should be
             // set manually
             if (!port) {
-                if (window.location.protocol.substring(0,4) == 'http') {            
-                    port = 80;
-                }
-                else if (window.location.protocol.substring(0,5) == 'https') {            
+                if (window.location.protocol.substring(0,5) == 'https') {
                     port = 443;
                 }
+                else if (window.location.protocol.substring(0,4) == 'http') {
+                    port = 80;
+                }
             }
 
             // If a token variable is passed in, set the parameter in a cookie.