diff --git a/boot.php b/boot.php
index 2cbc48cde5..6a1d3a04b4 100644
--- a/boot.php
+++ b/boot.php
@@ -1978,8 +1978,9 @@ function smilies($s) {
 	$a = get_app();
 
 	return str_replace(
-	array( ':-)', ';-)', ':-(', ':(', ':-P', ':-"', ':-x', ':-X', ':-D', '8-|', '8-O'),
+	array( '<3', ':-)', ';-)', ':-(', ':(', ':-P', ':-"', ':-x', ':-X', ':-D', '8-|', '8-O'),
 	array(
+		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-heart.gif" alt="<3" />',
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-smile.gif" alt=":-)" />',
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-wink.gif" alt=";-)" />',
 		'<img src="' . $a->get_baseurl() . '/images/smiley-frown.gif" alt=":-(" />',
diff --git a/images/smiley-heart.gif b/images/smiley-heart.gif
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21c0c65308
Binary files /dev/null and b/images/smiley-heart.gif differ
diff --git a/include/acl_selectors.php b/include/acl_selectors.php
index 953243a437..94f51a9ff5 100644
--- a/include/acl_selectors.php
+++ b/include/acl_selectors.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ function group_select($selname,$selclass,$preselected = false,$size = 4) {
 
 function contact_select($selname, $selclass, $preselected = false, $size = 4, $privmail = false, $celeb = false, $privatenet = false) {
 
+	$a = get_app();
+
 	$o = '';
 
 	// When used for private messages, we limit correspondence to mutual friends and the selector
diff --git a/include/main.js b/include/main.js
index 63b34bd21a..abd097e54a 100644
--- a/include/main.js
+++ b/include/main.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 	$(document).ready(function() {
 		$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
+
 		msie = $.browser.msie ;
  		NavUpdate(); 
 		// Allow folks to stop the ajax page updates with the pause/break key
@@ -210,3 +211,23 @@
 		$('#panel').hide();
 	}
 
+	function post_comment(id) {
+		$.post(  
+             "item",  
+             $("#comment-edit-form-" + id).serialize(),
+			function(data) {
+				if(data.success) {
+					$("#comment-edit-wrapper-" + id).hide();
+					$("#comment-edit-text-" + id).val('');
+    	  			var tarea = document.getElementById("comment-edit-text-" + id);
+					if(tarea)
+						commentClose(tarea,id);
+					if(timer) clearTimeout(timer);
+					timer = setTimeout(NavUpdate,10);
+				}
+			},
+			"json"  
+         );  
+         return false;  
+	}
+
diff --git a/mod/item.php b/mod/item.php
index a83373f59a..2cc2b9eb2c 100644
--- a/mod/item.php
+++ b/mod/item.php
@@ -490,7 +490,12 @@ function item_post(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+	if((x($_POST,'return')) && strlen($_POST['return']))
+		goaway($a->get_baseurl() . "/" . $_POST['return'] );
+
+	$json = array('success' => 1);
+	echo json_encode($json);
+	killme();
 	// NOTREACHED
 }
 
diff --git a/mod/network.php b/mod/network.php
index f11db45a8b..f09b302e9b 100644
--- a/mod/network.php
+++ b/mod/network.php
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ function network_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 
 			if($item['last-child']) {
 				$comment = replace_macros($cmnt_tpl,array(
-					'$return_path' => $_SESSION['return_url'],
+					'$return_path' => '', // $_SESSION['return_url'],
 					'$type' => 'net-comment',
 					'$id' => $item['item_id'],
 					'$parent' => $item['parent'],
diff --git a/mod/profile.php b/mod/profile.php
index 8ec29d3827..57abc479d7 100644
--- a/mod/profile.php
+++ b/mod/profile.php
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ function profile_content(&$a, $update = 0) {
 				}
 				if($item['last-child']) {
 					$comment = replace_macros($cmnt_tpl,array(
-						'$return_path' => $_SESSION['return_url'],
+						'$return_path' => '', // $_SESSION['return_url'],
 						'$type' => 'wall-comment',
 						'$id' => $item['item_id'],
 						'$parent' => $item['parent'],
diff --git a/view/comment_item.tpl b/view/comment_item.tpl
index 6f63e39b7a..885d735eda 100644
--- a/view/comment_item.tpl
+++ b/view/comment_item.tpl
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 		<div class="comment-$wwedit-wrapper" id="comment-edit-wrapper-$id" style="display: block;">
-			<form class="comment-edit-form" id="comment-edit-form-$id" action="item" method="post" >
-				<input id="f-type-$id" type="hidden" name="type" value="$type" />
-				<input id="f-profile-uid-$id" type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="$profile_uid" />
-				<input id="f-parent-$id" type="hidden" name="parent" value="$parent" />
-				<input id="f-return-path-$id" type="hidden" name="return" value="$return_path" />
+			<form class="comment-edit-form" id="comment-edit-form-$id" action="item" method="post" onsubmit="post_comment($id); return false;">
+				<input type="hidden" name="type" value="$type" />
+				<input type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="$profile_uid" />
+				<input type="hidden" name="parent" value="$parent" />
+				<input type="hidden" name="return" value="$return_path" />
 
 				<div class="comment-edit-photo" id="comment-edit-photo-$id" >
 					<a class="comment-edit-photo-link" href="$mylink" title="$mytitle"><img class="my-comment-photo" src="$myphoto" alt="$mytitle" title="$mytitle" /></a>
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@
 
 				<div class="comment-edit-text-end"></div>
 				<div class="comment-edit-submit-wrapper" id="comment-edit-submit-wrapper-$id" style="display: none;" >
-					<input type="submit" id="comment-edit-submit-$id" class="comment-edit-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
+					<input type="submit" onclick="post_comment($id); return false;" id="comment-edit-submit-$id" class="comment-edit-submit" name="submit" value="Submit" />
 				</div>
 
 				<div class="comment-edit-end"></div>
 			</form>
+
 		</div>