diff --git a/css/jQuery.mobile.core.css b/css/jQuery.mobile.core.css
index a4e5967f..d459ea3a 100644
--- a/css/jQuery.mobile.core.css
+++ b/css/jQuery.mobile.core.css
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
 
 /* loading screen */
 .ui-loading, .ui-loading body { overflow: hidden !important; }
-.ui-loading .ui-content { visibility: hidden; }
 .ui-loading .ui-loader { display: block; }
-.ui-loader { display: none;  position: absolute; z-index: 0; top: 100px; left: 50%; width: 100px; margin-left: -80px; padding: 20px 30px; border: 0; }
-.ui-loader h1 { font-size: 15px; text-align: center; opacity: .8; }
-.ui-loader .ui-icon { position: static; display: block; opacity: .7; margin: 0 auto; width: 35px; height: 35px; background-color: transparent; }
+.ui-loader { display: none; position: absolute; opacity: .7; z-index: 10; top: 75px; left: 50%; width: 200px; margin-left: -130px; padding: 20px 30px; }
+.ui-loader h1 { font-size: 15px; text-align: center; }
+.ui-loader .ui-icon { position: static; display: block; opacity: .9; margin: 0 auto; width: 35px; height: 35px; background-color: transparent; }
 
 /*headers, content panels*/
 .ui-bar, .ui-body { position: relative; padding: .4em 15px;  overflow: hidden; display: block;  clear:both;  }
diff --git a/js/jQuery.mobile.js b/js/jQuery.mobile.js
index 5dd7906b..6cd7a60e 100644
--- a/js/jQuery.mobile.js
+++ b/js/jQuery.mobile.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		$html = jQuery('html'),
 		$head = jQuery('head'),
 		$body,
-		$loader = jQuery('<div class="ui-loader ui-body-c ui-corner-all fade in"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-loading spin"></span><h1>loading.</h1></div>'),
+		$loader = jQuery('<div class="ui-loader ui-body-a ui-corner-all"><span class="ui-icon ui-icon-loading spin"></span><h1>loading.</h1></div>'),
 		startPage,
 		startPageId = 'ui-page-start',
 		activePageClass = 'ui-page-active',
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@
 	function hideBrowserChrome() {
 		// prevent scrollstart and scrollstop events
 		jQuery.event.special.scrollstart.enabled = false;
-		window.scrollTo( 0, 0 );
+		setTimeout(function() {
+			window.scrollTo( 0, 0 );
+		},0);	
 		setTimeout(function() {
 			jQuery.event.special.scrollstart.enabled = true;
 		}, 150 );
@@ -104,22 +106,18 @@
 		return false;
 	});
 	
-	// turn on/off page loading message.. also hides the ui-content div
+	// turn on/off page loading message.
 	function pageLoading( done ) {
 		if ( done ) {
 			$html.removeClass( "ui-loading" );
-			//fade in page content, remove loading msg
-			jQuery('.ui-page-active .ui-content').addClass('dissolve in');
 		} else {
+			$loader.appendTo('body');
 			$html.addClass( "ui-loading" );
-			$loader.appendTo( $body ).addClass( "dissolve in" );
 		}
 	};
 	
 	// transition between pages - based on transitions from jQtouch
 	function changePage( from, to, transition, back ) {
-		hideBrowserChrome();
-		
 		// kill keyboard (thx jQtouch :) )
 		jQuery( document.activeElement ).blur();
 		
@@ -223,8 +221,6 @@
 				}
 			}
 		});
-		
-		hideBrowserChrome();
 	});	
 	
 	//add orientation class on flip/resize.
@@ -374,4 +370,7 @@
 			jQuery('#eventlogger').prepend('<div>Event fired: '+ e.type +'</div>');
 		});
 	});
+	
+	$window.load(hideBrowserChrome);
+	
 })( jQuery, this );