diff --git a/src/ghtml-gtkhtml.c b/src/ghtml-gtkhtml.c
index bbf82c1..73a8474 100644
--- a/src/ghtml-gtkhtml.c
+++ b/src/ghtml-gtkhtml.c
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "ghtml.h"
 #include "../config.h"
 
+#define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
+
 
 /* GHtml */
 /* private */
@@ -415,6 +417,13 @@ static void _ghtmlconn_delete(GHtmlConn * ghtmlconn)
 	if(ghtmlconn->stream != NULL)
 		html_stream_close(ghtmlconn->stream);
 	free(ghtmlconn);
+	/* free the connections array if possible */
+	for(i = 0; i < ghtml->conns_cnt; i++)
+		if(ghtml->conns[i] != NULL)
+			return;
+	free(ghtml->conns);
+	ghtml->conns = NULL;
+	ghtml->conns_cnt = 0;
 }
 
 static void _ghtmlconn_delete_file(GHtmlConn * ghtmlconn)
@@ -471,9 +480,13 @@ static gchar * _ghtml_make_url(gchar const * base, gchar const * url)
 	if(url == NULL)
 		return NULL;
 	/* XXX use a more generic protocol finder (strchr(':')) */
+	if(strncmp("ftp://", url, 6) == 0)
+		return g_strdup(url);
 	if(strncmp("http://", url, 7) == 0)
 		return g_strdup(url);
-	if(strncmp("ftp://", url, 6) == 0)
+	if(strncmp("https://", url, 8) == 0)
+		return g_strdup(url);
+	if(strncmp("mailto:", url, 7) == 0)
 		return g_strdup(url);
 	if(base != NULL)
 	{
@@ -739,6 +752,7 @@ static void _http_data_complete(GConnHttpEventData * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
 {
 	gchar * buf;
 	gsize size;
+	GHtml * ghtml;
 
 	if(gnet_conn_http_steal_buffer(conn->http, &buf, &size) != TRUE)
 	{
@@ -751,8 +765,10 @@ static void _http_data_complete(GConnHttpEventData * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
 			html_stream_write(conn->stream, buf, size);
 		_http_data_progress(event, conn);
 	}
-	surfer_set_status(conn->ghtml->surfer, NULL);
+	ghtml = conn->ghtml;
 	_ghtmlconn_delete(conn);
+	if(ghtml->conns_cnt == 0)
+		surfer_set_status(ghtml->surfer, NULL);
 }
 
 static void _http_data_partial(GConnHttpEventData * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
@@ -775,8 +791,8 @@ static void _http_data_progress(GConnHttpEventData * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
 {
 	size_t i;
 	GHtmlConn * p;
-	guint64 len = 0;
-	guint64 rec = 0;
+	guint64 len = 1; /* don't divide by zero */
+	guint64 rec = 1;
 	gdouble fraction;
 
 	conn->data_received = event->data_received;
@@ -786,14 +802,12 @@ static void _http_data_progress(GConnHttpEventData * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
 		if((p = conn->ghtml->conns[i]) == NULL
 				|| p->content_length == 0)
 			continue;
-		len += p->content_length;
+		len += (p->content_length != 0) ? p->content_length
+			: p->data_received + 1;
 		rec += p->data_received;
 	}
-	if(len > 0)
-	{
-		fraction = rec;
-		surfer_set_progress(conn->ghtml->surfer, fraction / len);
-	}
+	fraction = rec;
+	surfer_set_progress(conn->ghtml->surfer, fraction / len);
 }
 
 static void _http_error(GConnHttpEventError * event, GHtmlConn * conn)
diff --git a/src/surfer.c b/src/surfer.c
index ae42204..d36d333 100644
--- a/src/surfer.c
+++ b/src/surfer.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ Surfer * surfer_new(char const * url)
 	GtkWidget * toolbar;
 	GtkToolItem * toolitem;
 	GtkWidget * widget;
-	GtkWidget * hbox;
 
 	if((surfer = malloc(sizeof(*surfer))) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -217,19 +216,21 @@ Surfer * surfer_new(char const * url)
 		ghtml_load_url(surfer->view, url);
 	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), surfer->view, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
 	/* statusbar */
-	hbox = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0);
+	surfer->statusbox = gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0);
 	surfer->progress = gtk_progress_bar_new();
-	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), surfer->progress, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(surfer->statusbox), surfer->progress, FALSE,
+			FALSE, 0);
 	surfer->statusbar = gtk_statusbar_new();
-	surfer->statusbar_id = gtk_statusbar_push(GTK_STATUSBAR(
-				surfer->statusbar),
-			gtk_statusbar_get_context_id(GTK_STATUSBAR(
-					surfer->statusbar), ""), "Ready");
-	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(hbox), surfer->statusbar, TRUE, TRUE, 0);
-	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), hbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	surfer->statusbar_id = 0;
+	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(surfer->statusbox), surfer->statusbar, TRUE,
+			TRUE, 0);
+	gtk_widget_show_all(surfer->statusbox);
 	gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(surfer->window), vbox);
 	gtk_widget_grab_focus(GTK_WIDGET(surfer->tb_path));
 	gtk_widget_show_all(surfer->window);
+	/* hack to display the statusbar only if necessary */
+	gtk_box_pack_start(GTK_BOX(vbox), surfer->statusbox, FALSE, FALSE, 0);
+	surfer_set_status(surfer, NULL);
 	surfer_cnt++;
 	return surfer;
 }
@@ -354,6 +355,20 @@ void surfer_set_status(Surfer * surfer, char const * status)
 	surfer->statusbar_id = gtk_statusbar_push(sb,
 			gtk_statusbar_get_context_id(sb, ""), (status != NULL)
 			? status : "Ready");
+	if(status == NULL)
+	{
+		gtk_progress_bar_set_text(GTK_PROGRESS_BAR(surfer->progress),
+				"");
+		gtk_progress_bar_set_fraction(GTK_PROGRESS_BAR(
+					surfer->progress), 0.0);
+#ifdef FOR_EMBEDDED
+		gtk_widget_hide(surfer->statusbox);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		gtk_widget_show(surfer->statusbox);
+#endif
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/surfer.h b/src/surfer.h
index 1547a0e..870b647 100644
--- a/src/surfer.h
+++ b/src/surfer.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ typedef struct _Surfer
 	GtkWidget * tb_path;
 	GtkWidget * view;
 	GtkWidget * progress;
+	GtkWidget * statusbox;
 	GtkWidget * statusbar;
 	guint statusbar_id;
 } Surfer;