diff --git a/build/js/ox.js b/build/js/ox.js
index bc9732dd..ba78b30f 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.js
@@ -1,29 +1,8 @@
 // todo: check http://ejohn.org/blog/ecmascript-5-strict-mode-json-and-more/
 
-/*
-(function() {
-    var methods = {
-            'array': ['pop', 'push', 'shift', 'unshift'],
-            'string': [
-                'charAt', 'charCodeAt', 'concat', 'indexOf', 'lastIndexOf',
-                'match', 'replace', 'search', 'slice', 'split',
-                'substr', 'substring', 'toLocaleLowerCase', 'toLocaleUpperCase', 'toLowerCase',
-                'toString', 'toUpperCase', 'trim', 'trimLeft, 'trimRight',
-                'valueOf'
-            ]
-        },
-        global = this;
-    return function Ox(val) {
-        var ret,
-            type = Ox.typeof(val);
-        if (type == 'array') {
-            
-        }
-    }
-})();
-*/
-
-Ox = {};
+Ox = function(val) {
+    return Ox.wrap(val);
+};
 
 /*
 ================================================================================
@@ -180,6 +159,36 @@ Ox.uid = (function() {
     };
 }());
 
+Ox.wrap = function(val, chained) {
+    /***
+    >>> Ox.wrap('foobar').reverse()
+    'raboof'
+    >>> Ox.wrap('foobar').chain().reverse().reverse().value()
+    'foobar'
+    ***/
+    var wrapper = {
+        chain: function() {
+            wrapper.chained = true;
+            return wrapper;
+        },
+        chained: chained || false,
+        value: function() {
+            return val;
+        }
+    };
+    Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Ox).forEach(function(name) {
+        if (name[0] == name[0].toLowerCase() && Ox.isFunction(Ox[name])) {
+            wrapper[name] = function() {
+                var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments), ret;
+                args.unshift(val);
+                ret = Ox[name].apply(Ox, args);
+                return wrapper.chained ? Ox.wrap(ret, true) : ret;
+            }
+        }
+    });
+    return wrapper;
+};
+
 /*
 ================================================================================
 Array and Object functions
@@ -194,7 +203,7 @@ Ox.avg = function(obj) {
     >>> Ox.avg({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})
     2
     ***/
-    return Ox.sum(obj) / Ox.length(obj);
+    return Ox.sum(obj) / Ox.len(obj);
 };
 
 Ox.clone = function(obj) {
@@ -269,7 +278,7 @@ Ox.every = function(obj, fn) {
     */
     return Ox.filter(Ox.values(obj), fn || function(v) {
         return v;
-    }).length == Ox.length(obj);
+    }).length == Ox.len(obj);
 };
 
 Ox.extend = function() {
@@ -395,7 +404,7 @@ Ox.getPositionById = function(arr, id) {
 };
 
 Ox.isEmpty = function(val) {
-    return Ox.length(val) == 0;
+    return Ox.len(val) == 0;
 };
 
 Ox.isEqual = function(obj0, obj1) {
@@ -441,12 +450,13 @@ Ox.isEqual = function(obj0, obj1) {
 
 Ox.keys = function(obj) {
     /*
-    >>> Ox.keys('123')
-    [0, 1, 2]
+    works for arrays, objects and strings, unlike Object.keys()
     >>> Ox.keys([1, 2, 3])
     [0, 1, 2]
     >>> Ox.keys({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})
     ["a", "b", "c"]
+    >>> Ox.keys('abc')
+    [0, 1, 2]
     >>> Ox.keys([,])
     [0]
     */
@@ -457,16 +467,18 @@ Ox.keys = function(obj) {
     return keys.sort();
 };
 
-Ox.length = function(obj) {
+Ox.len = function(obj) {
     /*
-    >>> Ox.length([1, 2, 3])
+    >>> Ox.len([1, 2, 3])
     3
-    >>> Ox.length({"a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3})
+    >>> Ox.len({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})
     3
-    >>> Ox.length([,])
+    >>> Ox.len('abc')
+    3
+    >>> Ox.len([,])
     1
     */
-    return Ox.isArray(obj) ? obj.length : Ox.values(obj).length;
+    return Ox.isObject(obj) ? Ox.values(obj).length : obj.length;
 };
 
 Ox.makeArray = function(arg) {
@@ -734,12 +746,12 @@ Ox.unserialize = function(str) {
 
 Ox.values = function(obj) {
     /*
-    >>> Ox.values('123')
-    ['1', '2', '3']
     >>> Ox.values([1, 2, 3])
     [1, 2, 3]
     >>> Ox.values({a: 1, b: 2, c: 3})
     [1, 2, 3]
+    >>> Ox.values('abc')
+    ['a', 'b', 'c']
     >>> Ox.values([1,])
     [1]
     */
@@ -1843,10 +1855,11 @@ Geo functions
     };
 
     Ox.getDegreesPerMeter = function(lat) {
-        /*
-        >>> Ox.EARTH_CIRCUMFERENCE = 360 / Ox.getDegreesPerMeter(0)
+        /***
+        return degrees per meter at a given latitude
+        >>> Ox.EARTH_CIRCUMFERENCE == 360 / Ox.getDegreesPerMeter(0)
         true
-        */
+        ***/
         return 360 / Ox.EARTH_CIRCUMFERENCE / Math.cos(lat * Math.PI / 180);
     };
 
@@ -1879,10 +1892,11 @@ Geo functions
     };
 
     Ox.getMetersPerDegree = function(lat) {
-        /*
+        /***
+        returns meters per degree at a given latitude
         >>> Ox.EARTH_CIRCUMFERENCE == Ox.getMetersPerDegree(0) * 360
         true
-        */
+        ***/
         return Math.cos(lat * Math.PI / 180) * Ox.EARTH_CIRCUMFERENCE / 360;
     };
 
diff --git a/build/js/ox.ui.js b/build/js/ox.ui.js
index 7a76dca5..39cefdb3 100644
--- a/build/js/ox.ui.js
+++ b/build/js/ox.ui.js
@@ -561,7 +561,6 @@ requires
                 event[k] && keys.push(v);
             });
             // avoid pushing modifier twice
-            //Ox.print('keys', keys)
             if (keyNames[event.keyCode] && keys.indexOf(keyNames[event.keyCode]) == -1) {
                 keys.push(keyNames[event.keyCode]);
             }
@@ -606,6 +605,7 @@ requires
         ***/
 
         var cache = {},
+            //dfd = $.Deferred(),
             pending = {},
             requests = {},
             self = {
@@ -644,7 +644,7 @@ requires
             },
 
             requests: function() {
-                return Ox.length(requests);
+                return Ox.len(requests);
             },
 
             send: function(options) {
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ requires
 
                 function callback(data) {
                     delete requests[options.id];
-                    //Ox.length(requests) == 0 && $body.trigger('requestStop');
+                    //Ox.len(requests) == 0 && $body.trigger('requestStop');
                     options.callback && options.callback(data);
                 }
 
@@ -801,6 +801,8 @@ requires
                     callback(data);
                 }
 
+                // return dfd.promise();
+
                 return options.id;
 
             }
@@ -6579,7 +6581,7 @@ requires
         });
         */
 
-        // fixme: without this, horizontal lists don't get their full width ... weird
+        // fixme: without this, horizontal lists don't get their full width
         self.options.orientation == 'horizontal' && that.$content.css({height: '1px'});
 
         $.extend(self, {