diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index e3edd85..6553809 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -1193,20 +1193,20 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
         self.nointerruptbtn = QtGui.QCheckBox(self)
         self.nointerruptbtn.setChecked(False)
         self.nointerruptbtn.stateChanged.connect(self.icchat_focus)
-        self.nointerruptbtn.setText('No Interrupt')
+        self.nointerruptbtn.setText('&No interrupt')
         self.nointerruptbtn.setToolTip("Show the next message immediately, ignoring animations")
         
         # AO 2.8
         self.additivebtn = QtGui.QCheckBox(self)
         self.additivebtn.setChecked(False)
-        self.additivebtn.setText('Additive')
+        self.additivebtn.setText('Additi&ve')
         self.additivebtn.resize(self.additivebtn.sizeHint())
         self.additivebtn.clicked.connect(self.onAdditiveCheck)
         self.additivebtn.setToolTip('Append the next message to the previous one, without a new textbox')
 
         self.deskbtn = QtGui.QCheckBox(self)
         self.deskbtn.setChecked(True)
-        self.deskbtn.setText('Desk')
+        self.deskbtn.setText('&Desk')
         self.deskbtn.stateChanged.connect(self.icchat_focus)
         self.deskbtn.resize(self.nointerruptbtn.sizeHint())
         self.deskbtn.setToolTip('Show or hide the desk in front of your character')
@@ -1402,10 +1402,10 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.screenshake.stop()
 
     def onAdditiveCheck(self):
-        if self.additivebtn.isChecked():
-            self.icchatinput.home(False)
-            self.icchatinput.insert(" ")
-            self.icchatinput.end(False)
+        # if self.additivebtn.isChecked():
+            # self.icchatinput.home(False)
+            # self.icchatinput.insert(" ")
+            # self.icchatinput.end(False)
         self.icchat_focus()
     
     def icchat_focus(self):
@@ -1923,14 +1923,14 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.changeEvidence(0, 0)
 
     def onClick_callMod(self):
-        # self.do_slide()
+        self.do_slide()
 
-        if "modcall_reason" in self.features:
-            reason, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(self, "Call a moderator", "Enter your reason.")
-            if ok and reason:
-                self.tcp.send("ZZ#"+reason.toUtf8()+"#%")
-        else:
-            self.tcp.send("ZZ#%")
+        # if "modcall_reason" in self.features:
+            # reason, ok = QtGui.QInputDialog.getText(self, "Call a moderator", "Enter your reason.")
+            # if ok and reason:
+                # self.tcp.send("ZZ#"+reason.toUtf8()+"#%")
+        # else:
+            # self.tcp.send("ZZ#%")
 
     def onClick_changeChar(self):
         #self.tcp.send('RD#%')
@@ -2139,22 +2139,26 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
         self.oocinput.clear()
 
     def onICreturn(self):
-        text = str(self.icchatinput.text().toUtf8()).replace('#', '<num>').replace('%', '<percent>').replace('&', '<and>').replace('$', '<dollar>')#.replace('/n', '\n')
+        text = unicode(self.icchatinput.text()).replace('#', '<num>').replace('%', '<percent>').replace('&', '<and>').replace('$', '<dollar>')#.replace('/n', '\n')
         
-        if self.mocktext.isChecked():
-            text = mockStr(text)
-        if self.autocaps.isChecked():
-            l = list(text)
-            l[0] = l[0].upper()
-            last = [".", "?", "!", "<", ">", ")", "]"]
-            if not l[-1] in last:
-                l.append(".")
-            text = "".join(l).replace(" i ", " I ").replace("i'm", "I'm").replace("it's", "It's")
-        if self.spacebartext.isChecked():
-            l = list(text)
-            for i in range(1, len(l)+len(l)-1, 2):
-                l.insert(i, " ")
-                text = "".join(l)
+        if text:
+            if self.mocktext.isChecked():
+                text = mockStr(text)
+            if self.autocaps.isChecked():
+                l = list(text)
+                if l[0] == " " and len(l) > 1:
+                    l[1] = l[1].upper()
+                else:
+                    l[0] = l[0].upper()
+                last = [".", "?", "!", "<", ">", ")", "]"]
+                if not l[-1] in last:
+                    l.append(".")
+                text = "".join(l).replace(" i ", " I ").replace("i'm", "I'm").replace("it's", "It's")
+            if self.spacebartext.isChecked():
+                l = list(text)
+                for i in range(1, len(l)+len(l)-1, 2):
+                    l.insert(i, " ")
+                    text = "".join(l)
         
         emote = self.charemotes[self.selectedemote]
 
@@ -2189,14 +2193,14 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
             else:
                 modifier = 2
         
-        msg = "MS#"
+        msg = u"MS#"
         
         # Visible desk modifier
         if "deskmod" in self.features:
             if emote[3] == '5': # Zoom forcibly hides the desk
                 msg += "0#"
             elif emote[7]: # Respect deskmod if found
-                msg += "%s#" % emote[7]
+                msg += "%s#" % str(emote[7])
             else:
                 msg += "%d#" % self.deskbtn.isChecked()
         else:
@@ -2205,7 +2209,7 @@ class gui(QtGui.QWidget):
         msg += emote[1]+"#" #pre-anim
         msg += self.charname.title()+"#"
         msg += emote[2]+"#" #anim
-        msg += text.decode('utf-8')+"#"
+        msg += text+"#"
         msg += self.charside+"#"
         msg += emote[4]+"#" #sfx
         msg += str(modifier)+"#" #emote modifier