diff --git a/dashboard-ui/channelitems.html b/dashboard-ui/channelitems.html
index 30d54ed73f..3b3da2de50 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/channelitems.html
+++ b/dashboard-ui/channelitems.html
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
             </div>
             <div id="items" class="itemsContainer paddedItemsContainer" style="text-align:center;"></div>
         </div>
-        <div data-role="popup" id="popupDialog" data-overlay-theme="b" data-theme="b" data-dismissible="false" style="max-width: 250px;" data-history="false">
-            <div style="padding: .5em 1.5em;">
-                <p style="color: #eee;">${MessageLoadingChannels}</p>
-            </div>
-        </div>
 
         <div data-role="panel" class="viewPanel" data-theme="a" data-position="right" data-display="overlay" data-position-fixed="true">
             <form>
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/channelitems.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/channelitems.js
index 9a37b1e93a..5b5a4f5c6a 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/channelitems.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/channelitems.js
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 
     function showLoadingMessage(page) {
 
-        $('#popupDialog', page).popup('open');
+        Dashboard.showModalLoadingMsg();
     }
 
     function hideLoadingMessage(page) {
-        $('#popupDialog', page).popup('close');
+        Dashboard.hideModalLoadingMsg();
     }
 
     function reloadFeatures(page) {
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
index 0c7eb6855f..4418b9be66 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/editorsidebar.js
@@ -486,10 +486,10 @@
             var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
 
             require([
-                'thirdparty/jstree3.0.8/jstree.min',
-                'css!thirdparty/jstree3.0.8/themes/default/style.min'
+                'thirdparty/jstree3.0.8/jstree.min'
             ], function () {
 
+                Dashboard.importCss('thirdparty/jstree3.0.8/themes/default/style.min.css');
                 deferred.resolve();
             });
             return deferred.promise();
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/search.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/search.js
index 397bff80ec..16591f4013 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/search.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/search.js
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@
             Velocity.animate(elem, { "left": "0px" },
             {
                 complete: function () {
+                    $('.headerSearchInput').focus();
                     $('.btnCloseSearch').show();
                 }
             });
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
index e5a4d51cb7..4db7a38d10 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/site.js
@@ -214,6 +214,17 @@ var Dashboard = {
     },
 
     importCss: function (url) {
+
+        if (!Dashboard.importedCss) {
+            Dashboard.importedCss = [];
+        }
+
+        if (Dashboard.importedCss.indexOf(url) != -1) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Dashboard.importedCss.push(url);
+
         if (document.createStyleSheet) {
             document.createStyleSheet(url);
         }
@@ -470,7 +481,7 @@ var Dashboard = {
 
             setTimeout(function () {
                 elem.active = false;
-            }, 500);
+            }, 300);
         }
     },
 
@@ -1545,10 +1556,10 @@ var Dashboard = {
         var deferred = DeferredBuilder.Deferred();
 
         require([
-            'thirdparty/swipebox-master/js/jquery.swipebox.min',
-            'css!thirdparty/swipebox-master/css/swipebox.min'
+            'thirdparty/swipebox-master/js/jquery.swipebox.min'
         ], function () {
 
+            Dashboard.importCss('thirdparty/swipebox-master/css/swipebox.min.css');
             deferred.resolve();
         });
         return deferred.promise();
@@ -1564,10 +1575,17 @@ var Dashboard = {
         Dashboard.initPromise.done(fn);
     },
 
-    firePageEvent: function (page, name) {
+    firePageEvent: function (page, name, dependencies) {
 
         Dashboard.ready(function () {
-            $(page).trigger(name);
+
+            if (dependencies && dependencies.length) {
+                require(dependencies, function () {
+                    $(page).trigger(name);
+                });
+            } else {
+                $(page).trigger(name);
+            }
         });
     },
 
@@ -1949,11 +1967,6 @@ var AppInfo = {};
     function init(deferred, capabilities, appName, deviceId, deviceName) {
 
         requirejs.config({
-            map: {
-                '*': {
-                    'css': 'thirdparty/requirecss' // or whatever the path to require-css is
-                }
-            },
             urlArgs: "v=" + window.dashboardVersion,
 
             paths: {
@@ -2012,7 +2025,10 @@ var AppInfo = {};
         }
 
         define("connectservice", ["thirdparty/apiclient/connectservice"]);
-        define("paperbuttonstyle", ["css!thirdparty/paper-button/paper-button-style"]);
+        define("paperbuttonstyle", [], function () {
+            Dashboard.importCss('thirdparty/paper-button/paper-button-style.css');
+            return {};
+        });
 
         //requirejs(['http://viblast.com/player/free-version/qy2fdwajo1/viblast.js']);
 
@@ -2022,7 +2038,7 @@ var AppInfo = {};
 
         // Do these now to prevent a flash of content
         if (AppInfo.isNativeApp && $.browser.safari) {
-            require(['css!themes/ios']);
+            Dashboard.importCss('themes/ios.css');
         }
 
         if (AppInfo.enableBottomTabs) {
@@ -2129,15 +2145,8 @@ $(document).on('pagecreate', ".page", function () {
     var page = this;
 
     var dependencies = this.getAttribute('data-require');
-
-    if (dependencies) {
-        require(dependencies.split(','), function () {
-
-            Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageinitdepends');
-        });
-    } else {
-        Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageinitdepends');
-    }
+    dependencies = dependencies ? dependencies.split(',') : null;
+    Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageinitdepends', dependencies);
 
     //$('.localnav a, .libraryViewNav a').attr('data-transition', 'none');
 
@@ -2147,29 +2156,15 @@ $(document).on('pagecreate', ".page", function () {
     var dependencies = this.getAttribute('data-require');
 
     Dashboard.ensurePageTitle($(page));
-
-    if (dependencies) {
-        require(dependencies.split(','), function () {
-
-            Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pagebeforeshowready');
-        });
-    } else {
-        Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pagebeforeshowready');
-    }
+    dependencies = dependencies ? dependencies.split(',') : null;
+    Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pagebeforeshowready', dependencies);
 
 }).on('pageshow', ".page", function () {
 
     var page = this;
     var dependencies = this.getAttribute('data-require');
-
-    if (dependencies) {
-        require(dependencies.split(','), function () {
-
-            Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageshowbeginready');
-        });
-    } else {
-        Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageshowbeginready');
-    }
+    dependencies = dependencies ? dependencies.split(',') : null;
+    Dashboard.firePageEvent(page, 'pageshowbeginready', dependencies);
 
 }).on('pageshowbeginready', ".page", function () {
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvrecommended.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvrecommended.js
index 0e95746211..f369068af9 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvrecommended.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvrecommended.js
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
     function reload(page) {
 
+        Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
+
         var context = '';
 
         if (LibraryMenu.getTopParentId()) {
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@
             }
 
             $('#nextUpItems', page).html(html).lazyChildren();
-
+            Dashboard.hideLoadingMsg();
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvupcoming.js b/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvupcoming.js
index b4346fd0e9..f11927f5ec 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvupcoming.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/scripts/tvupcoming.js
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
     }).on('pagebeforeshowready', "#tvUpcomingPage", function () {
 
+        Dashboard.showLoadingMsg();
+
         var page = this;
 
         var limit = AppInfo.hasLowImageBandwidth ?
@@ -69,6 +71,9 @@
                 showDetailsMenu: true
 
             })).lazyChildren();
+
+            Dashboard.hideLoadingMsg();
+
         });
     });
 
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/themes/ios.css b/dashboard-ui/themes/ios.css
index 4c9df99e11..852bd06290 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/themes/ios.css
+++ b/dashboard-ui/themes/ios.css
@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ h1, h1 a {
     .visualCardBox .outerCardFooter {
         padding: 0;
     }
+
+
+.viewMenuSearch {
+    background: #1c1c1c;
+}
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/requirecss.js b/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/requirecss.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e1d1202fc..0000000000
--- a/dashboard-ui/thirdparty/requirecss.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-define(function(){if("undefined"==typeof window)return{load:function(e,t,n){n()}};var e=document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0],t=window.navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident\/([^ ;]*)|AppleWebKit\/([^ ;]*)|Opera\/([^ ;]*)|rv\:([^ ;]*)(.*?)Gecko\/([^ ;]*)|MSIE\s([^ ;]*)|AndroidWebKit\/([^ ;]*)/)||0,n=!1,r=!0;t[1]||t[7]?n=parseInt(t[1])<6||parseInt(t[7])<=9:t[2]||t[8]?r=!1:t[4]&&(n=parseInt(t[4])<18);var o={};o.pluginBuilder="./css-builder";var a,i,s,l=function(){a=document.createElement("style"),e.appendChild(a),i=a.styleSheet||a.sheet},u=0,d=[],c=function(e){u++,32==u&&(l(),u=0),i.addImport(e),a.onload=function(){f()}},f=function(){s();var e=d.shift();return e?(s=e[1],void c(e[0])):void(s=null)},h=function(e,t){if(i&&i.addImport||l(),i&&i.addImport)s?d.push([e,t]):(c(e),s=t);else{a.textContent='@import "'+e+'";';var n=setInterval(function(){try{a.sheet.cssRules,clearInterval(n),t()}catch(e){}},10)}},p=function(t,n){var o=document.createElement("link");if(o.type="text/css",o.rel="stylesheet",r)o.onload=function(){o.onload=function(){},setTimeout(n,7)};else var a=setInterval(function(){for(var e=0;e<document.styleSheets.length;e++){var t=document.styleSheets[e];if(t.href==o.href)return clearInterval(a),n()}},10);o.href=t,e.appendChild(o)};return o.normalize=function(e,t){return".css"==e.substr(e.length-4,4)&&(e=e.substr(0,e.length-4)),t(e)},o.load=function(e,t,r){(n?h:p)(t.toUrl(e+".css"),r)},o});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dashboard-ui/voice/voice.js b/dashboard-ui/voice/voice.js
index c1516df547..e51464a099 100644
--- a/dashboard-ui/voice/voice.js
+++ b/dashboard-ui/voice/voice.js
@@ -450,12 +450,8 @@
 
         destroyCurrentRecognition();
 
-        require([
-       'css!voice/voice'
-        ], function () {
-
-            startListeningInternal();
-        });
+        Dashboard.importCss('voice/voice.css');
+        startListeningInternal();
     }
 
     function startListeningInternal() {