diff --git a/build/build.py b/build/build.py
index 9ac625411d..d268663504 100755
--- a/build/build.py
+++ b/build/build.py
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ if len(sys.argv) > 1:
 if len(sys.argv) > 2:
     outputFilename = sys.argv[2]
 
-print "Adding license file."
-merged = file("license.txt").read()
 print "Merging libraries."
-merged += mergejs.run(sourceDirectory, None, configFilename)
+merged = mergejs.run(sourceDirectory, None, configFilename)
 print "Compressing."
 minimized = jsmin.jsmin(merged)
+print "Adding license file."
+minimized = file("license.txt").read() + minimized
 
 print "Writing to %s." % outputFilename
 file(outputFilename, "w").write(minimized)
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
index 0097ae87a7..be413614e0 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Control/OverviewMap.js
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap.prototype =
             OpenLayers.Event.stop(e);
         });
         this.rectEvents = new OpenLayers.Events(this, this.extentRectangle);
-        this.rectEvents.register('mouseover', this, this.rectMouseOver);
         this.rectEvents.register('mouseout', this, this.rectMouseOut);
         this.rectEvents.register('mousedown', this, this.rectMouseDown);
         this.rectEvents.register('mousemove', this, this.rectMouseMove);
@@ -147,8 +146,7 @@ OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap.prototype =
 
         // Optionally add min/max buttons if the control will go in the
         // map viewport.
-        if(!this.div.parentNode  ||
-           (this.div.parentNode.className == 'olMapViewport')) {
+        if(!this.outsideViewport) {
             this.div.className = 'olControlOverviewMapContainer';
             var imgLocation = OpenLayers.Util.getImagesLocation();
             // maximize button div
@@ -187,7 +185,9 @@ OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap.prototype =
             // show the overview map
             this.element.style.display = '';
         }
-
+        if(this.map.getExtent()) {
+            this.update();
+        }
         return this.div;
     },
     
@@ -196,22 +196,24 @@ OpenLayers.Control.OverviewMap.prototype =
         this.map.events.unregister("changebaselayer", this, this.baseLayerDraw);
     },
 
-    /**
-    * @param {OpenLayers.Event} evt
-    */
-    rectMouseOver: function (evt) {
-        this.extentRectangle.style.cursor = 'move';
-    },
-
     /**
     * @param {OpenLayers.Event} evt
     */
     rectMouseOut: function (evt) {
-        this.extentRectangle.style.cursor = 'default';
         if(this.rectDragStart != null) {
             if(this.performedRectDrag) {
-                this.updateMapToRect();
-            }        
+                this.rectMouseMove(evt);
+                var rectPxBounds = this.getRectPxBounds(); 
+                // if we're off of the overview map, update the main map
+                // otherwise, keep moving the rect
+                if((rectPxBounds.top <= 0) || (rectPxBounds.left <= 0) || 
+                   (rectPxBounds.bottom >= this.size.h - this.hComp) || 
+                   (rectPxBounds.right >= this.size.w - this.wComp)) {
+                    this.updateMapToRect();
+                } else {
+                    return; 
+                }
+            }
             document.onselectstart = null;
             this.rectDragStart = null;
         }
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
index ac6151139e..17afdfff3b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Events.js
@@ -272,7 +272,10 @@ OpenLayers.Events.prototype = {
         evt.element = this.element;
 
         // execute all callbacks registered for specified type
-        var listeners = this.listeners[type];
+        // get a clone of the listeners array to
+        // allow for splicing during callbacks
+        var listeners = (this.listeners[type]) ?
+                            this.listeners[type].slice() : null;
         if ((listeners != null) && (listeners.length > 0)) {
             for (var i = 0; i < listeners.length; i++) {
                 var callback = listeners[i];
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
index 68b4ccfd28..6e2dbf809b 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Map.js
@@ -431,16 +431,19 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
      * @param {Boolean} noEvent
      */
     setBaseLayer: function(newBaseLayer, noEvent) {
-        var oldBaseLayer = this.baseLayer;
+        var oldExtent = null;
+        if(this.baseLayer) {
+            oldExtent = this.baseLayer.getExtent();
+        }
 
-        if (newBaseLayer != oldBaseLayer) {
+        if (newBaseLayer != this.baseLayer) {
           
             // is newBaseLayer an already loaded layer?
             if (OpenLayers.Util.indexOf(this.layers, newBaseLayer) != -1) {
 
                 // make the old base layer invisible 
-                if (oldBaseLayer != null) {
-                    oldBaseLayer.setVisibility(false, noEvent);
+                if (this.baseLayer != null) {
+                    this.baseLayer.setVisibility(false, noEvent);
                 }
 
                 // set new baselayer and make it visible
@@ -450,10 +453,10 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
                 //redraw all layers
                 var center = this.getCenter();
                 if (center != null) {
-                    if (oldBaseLayer == null) {
+                    if (oldExtent == null) {
                         this.setCenter(center);            
                     } else {
-                        this.zoomToExtent(oldBaseLayer.getExtent());
+                        this.zoomToExtent(oldExtent);
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -480,11 +483,13 @@ OpenLayers.Map.prototype = {
      * @param {OpenLayers.Pixel} px
      */    
     addControlToMap: function (control, px) {
+        // If a control doesn't have a div at this point, it belongs in the
+        // viewport.
+        control.outsideViewport = (control.div != null);
         control.setMap(this);
         var div = control.draw(px);
         if (div) {
-            // only elements without parents should be appended to the viewport
-            if(!div.parentNode) {
+            if(!control.outsideViewport) {
                 div.style.zIndex = this.Z_INDEX_BASE['Control'] +
                                     this.controls.length;
                 this.viewPortDiv.appendChild( div );
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
index c370e828cc..3192096c59 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Marker.js
@@ -126,7 +126,11 @@ OpenLayers.Marker.prototype = {
 OpenLayers.Marker.defaultIcon = function() {
     var url = OpenLayers.Util.getImagesLocation() + "marker.png";
     var size = new OpenLayers.Size(21, 25);
-    return new OpenLayers.Icon(url, size);        
+    var calculateOffset = function(size) {
+                    return new OpenLayers.Pixel(-(size.w/2), -size.h);
+                 };
+
+    return new OpenLayers.Icon(url, size, null, calculateOffset);        
 };
     
 
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
index 113e5add5c..6539e933ed 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Tile/Image.js
@@ -117,12 +117,14 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.Image.prototype =
         
         this.imgDiv.className = 'olTileImage';
 
-        /* checkImgURL *should* pretty predictably get called after the
-             createImage / createAlphaImageDiv onLoad handler */
+        /* checkImgURL used to be used to called as a work around, but it
+           ended up hiding problems instead of solving them and broke things
+           like relative URLs. See discussion on the dev list:
+           http://openlayers.org/pipermail/dev/2007-January/000205.html
 
         OpenLayers.Event.observe( this.imgDiv, "load",
                         this.checkImgURL.bindAsEventListener(this) );
-
+        */
         this.layer.div.appendChild(this.imgDiv);
         if(this.layer.opacity != null) {
             
@@ -139,6 +141,14 @@ OpenLayers.Tile.Image.prototype =
      * the imgDiv display to 'none', as either (a) it will be reset to visible
      * when the new URL loads in the image, or (b) we don't want to display
      * this tile after all because its new bounds are outside our maxExtent.
+     * 
+     * This function should no longer  be neccesary with the improvements to
+     * Grid.js in OpenLayers 2.3. The lack of a good isEquivilantURL function
+     * caused problems in 2.2, but it's possible that with the improved 
+     * isEquivilant URL function, this might be neccesary at some point.
+     * 
+     * See discussion in the thread at 
+     * http://openlayers.org/pipermail/dev/2007-January/000205.html
      *
      * @private
      */
diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
index 84f1a538ab..e58a096869 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Util.js
@@ -568,11 +568,10 @@ OpenLayers.Util.distVincenty=function(p1, p2) {
  */
 OpenLayers.Util.getArgs = function(url) {
     if(url == null) {
-        var query = window.location.search.substring(1);
-    } else {
-        var query = (url.indexOf('?') == -1) ?
-                        '' : url.substring(url.indexOf('?') + 1);
+        url = window.location.href;
     }
+    var query = (url.indexOf('?') != -1) ? url.substring(url.indexOf('?') + 1) : '';
+    
     var args = new Object();
     pairs = query.split(/[&;]/);
     for(var i = 0; i < pairs.length; ++i) {
@@ -747,11 +746,36 @@ OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl = function(url1, url2, options) {
     urlObj1 = OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject(url1, options);
     urlObj2 = OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject(url2, options);
 
-    //compare keys (host, port, etc)
+    //compare all keys (host, port, etc)
     for(var key in urlObj1) {
-        if ( (key != "args") && (urlObj1[key] != urlObj2[key]) ) {
-            return false;
+        if (options.test) {
+            alert(key + "\n1:" + urlObj1[key] + "\n2:" + urlObj2[key]);
         }
+        var val1 = urlObj1[key];
+        var val2 = urlObj2[key];
+        
+        switch(key) {
+            case "args":
+                //do nothing, they'll be treated below
+                break;
+            case "host":
+            case "port":
+            case "protocol":
+                if ((val1 == "") || (val2 == "")) {
+                    //these will be blank for relative urls, so no need to 
+                    // compare them here -- call break. 
+                    // 
+                    break;
+                } 
+                // otherwise continue with default compare
+                //
+            default: 
+                if ( (key != "args") && (urlObj1[key] != urlObj2[key]) ) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                break;
+        }
+        
     }
 
     // compare search args - irrespective of order
@@ -789,18 +813,8 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject = function(url, options) {
     }
 
     var a = document.createElement('a');
-
     a.href = url;
     
-  //protocol
-    urlObject.protocol = a.protocol;  
-  
-  //pathname (this part allows for relative <-> absolute comparison)
-    urlObject.pathname = a.pathname;  
-    
-  //hash
-    urlObject.hash = (options.ignoreHash) ? "" : a.hash;  
-    
   //host (without port)
     urlObject.host = a.host;
     var port = a.port;
@@ -808,13 +822,104 @@ OpenLayers.Util.createUrlObject = function(url, options) {
         var newHostLength = urlObject.host.length - (port.length);
         urlObject.host = urlObject.host.substring(0, newHostLength); 
     }
-    
+
+  //protocol
+    urlObject.protocol = a.protocol;  
+
   //port
     urlObject.port = ((port == "80") && (options.ignorePort80)) ? "" : port;
                                                                      
+  //hash
+    urlObject.hash = (options.ignoreHash) ? "" : a.hash;  
+    
   //args
-    urlObject.args = OpenLayers.Util.getArgs(a.search);
+    var queryString = a.search;
+    if (!queryString) {
+        var qMark = url.indexOf("?");
+        queryString = (qMark != -1) ? url.substr(qMark) : "";
+    }
+    urlObject.args = OpenLayers.Util.getArgs(queryString);
+
+
+  //pathname (this part allows for relative <-> absolute comparison)
+    if ( ((urlObject.protocol == "file:") && (url.indexOf("file:") != -1)) || 
+         ((urlObject.protocol != "file:") && (urlObject.host != "")) ) {
+
+        urlObject.pathname = a.pathname;  
+
+        //Test to see if the pathname includes the arguments (Opera)
+        var qIndex = urlObject.pathname.indexOf("?");
+        if (qIndex != -1) {
+            urlObject.pathname = urlObject.pathname.substring(0, qIndex);
+        }
+
+    } else {
+        var relStr = OpenLayers.Util.removeTail(url);
+
+        var backs = 0;
+        do {
+            var index = relStr.indexOf("../");
+
+            if (index == 0) {
+                backs++
+                relStr = relStr.substr(3);
+            } else if (index >= 0) {
+                var prevChunk = relStr.substr(0,index - 1);
+                
+                var slash = prevChunk.indexOf("/");
+                prevChunk = (slash != -1) ? prevChunk.substr(0, slash +1)
+                                          : "";
+                
+                var postChunk = relStr.substr(index + 3);                
+                relStr = prevChunk + postChunk;
+            }
+        } while(index != -1)
+
+        var windowAnchor = document.createElement("a");
+        var windowUrl = window.location.href;
+        if (options.ignoreCase) {
+            windowUrl = windowUrl.toLowerCase();
+        }
+        windowAnchor.href = windowUrl;
+
+      //set protocol of window
+        urlObject.protocol = windowAnchor.protocol;
+
+        var splitter = (windowAnchor.pathname.indexOf("/") != -1) ? "/" : "\\";
+        var dirs = windowAnchor.pathname.split(splitter);
+        dirs.pop(); //remove filename
+        while ((backs > 0) && (dirs.length > 0)) {
+            dirs.pop();
+            backs--;
+        }
+        relStr = dirs.join("/") + "/"+ relStr;
+        urlObject.pathname = relStr;
+    }
+    
+    if ((urlObject.protocol == "file:") || (urlObject.protocol == "")) {
+        urlObject.host = "localhost";
+    }
 
     return urlObject; 
 };
- 
\ No newline at end of file
+ 
+/**
+ * @param {String} url
+ * 
+ * @returns The string with all queryString and Hash removed
+ * @type String
+ */
+OpenLayers.Util.removeTail = function(url) {
+    var head = null;
+    
+    var qMark = url.indexOf("?");
+    var hashMark = url.indexOf("#");
+
+    if (qMark == -1) {
+        head = (hashMark != -1) ? url.substr(0,hashMark) : url;
+    } else {
+        head = (hashMark != -1) ? url.substr(0,Math.min(qMark, hashMark)) 
+                                  : url.substr(0, qMark);
+    }
+    return head;
+};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_Icon.html b/tests/test_Icon.html
index c93d3e31db..5aaba8cd8f 100644
--- a/tests/test_Icon.html
+++ b/tests/test_Icon.html
@@ -24,16 +24,14 @@
         t.eq( cloned.url, "b", "cloned.url does change when edited" );
     }
 
-    function test_02_Marker_setOpacity(t) {
+    function test_03_Marker_setOpacity(t) {
         t.plan( 2 );
         
         icon = new OpenLayers.Icon("a",new OpenLayers.Size(5,6));
-
         t.ok(!icon.imageDiv.style.opacity, "default icon has no opacity");
         
         icon.setOpacity(0.5);
-
-        t.eq(icon.imageDiv.style.opacity + "", "0.5", "icon.setOpacity() works");
+        t.eq(parseFloat(icon.imageDiv.style.opacity), 0.5, "icon.setOpacity() works");
     }
 
   // -->
diff --git a/tests/test_Layer_EventPane.html b/tests/test_Layer_EventPane.html
index fc100d63fd..6e6efb21cf 100644
--- a/tests/test_Layer_EventPane.html
+++ b/tests/test_Layer_EventPane.html
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <script src="../lib/OpenLayers.js"></script>
   <script type="text/javascript"><!--
     var isMozilla = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("compatible") == -1);
+    var isOpera = (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") != -1);
     var layer; 
 
     function test_01_Layer_EventPane_constructor (t) {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@
 // MOUSEMOVE test does not seem to work... 
 //         t.plan( 2 );    
 
-        if (document.createEventObject) {
+        if (!isMozilla || isOpera) {
           t.plan(4);
         } else {
           t.plan(3);
diff --git a/tests/test_Layer_WMS.html b/tests/test_Layer_WMS.html
index d864b8e6c3..0cefe1558b 100644
--- a/tests/test_Layer_WMS.html
+++ b/tests/test_Layer_WMS.html
@@ -181,14 +181,14 @@
         map.addLayer(tLayer);
         map.zoomToMaxExtent();
         t.eq(tLayer.opacity, "0.5", "Opacity is set correctly");
-        t.eq(tLayer.div.firstChild.style.opacity, "0.5", "Opacity on tile is correct");
+        t.eq(parseFloat(tLayer.div.firstChild.style.opacity), 0.5, "Opacity on tile is correct");
         tLayer.setOpacity("0.6");
         t.eq(tLayer.opacity, "0.6", "setOpacity works properly");
-        t.eq(tLayer.div.firstChild.style.opacity, "0.6", "Opacity on tile is changed correctly");
+        t.eq(parseFloat(tLayer.div.firstChild.style.opacity), 0.6, "Opacity on tile is changed correctly");
         var pixel = new OpenLayers.Pixel(5,6);
         var tile = tLayer.addTile(new OpenLayers.Bounds(1,2,3,4), pixel);
         tile.draw();
-        t.eq(tile.imgDiv.style.opacity, "0.6", "Tile opacity is set correctly");
+        t.eq(parseFloat(tile.imgDiv.style.opacity), 0.6, "Tile opacity is set correctly");
 
     }    
     
diff --git a/tests/test_Marker.html b/tests/test_Marker.html
index 1a2bcc805b..c9b8f0badc 100644
--- a/tests/test_Marker.html
+++ b/tests/test_Marker.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         
     }
 
-    function test_02_Marker_setOpacity(t) {
+    function test_03_Marker_setOpacity(t) {
         t.plan( 2 );
         
         var map = new OpenLayers.Map("map");
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         
         marker.setOpacity(0.5);
 
-        t.eq(marker.icon.imageDiv.style.opacity + "", "0.5", "marker.setOpacity() works");
+        t.eq(parseFloat(marker.icon.imageDiv.style.opacity), 0.5, "marker.setOpacity() works");
     }
 
   // -->
diff --git a/tests/test_Popup.html b/tests/test_Popup.html
index 95b7ce5279..ab31a4b319 100644
--- a/tests/test_Popup.html
+++ b/tests/test_Popup.html
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
         var h = 400;
         var content = "charlie";
         var color = "red";
+        var hexColor = "#ff0000";
         var opacity = 0.5;
         var border = "1px solid";
 
@@ -89,7 +90,9 @@
         t.eq(contentDiv.style.overflow, "hidden", "correct content div overflow");
         t.eq(contentDiv.innerHTML, content, "correct content div content");				 
 
-        t.eq(popup.div.style.backgroundColor, color, "good default popup.backgroundColor");
+        var bColor = popup.div.style.backgroundColor;
+        var goodColor = ( (bColor == color) || (bColor == hexColor));
+        t.ok(goodColor, "good default popup.backgroundColor");
 
         if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") == -1) {
             t.eq(parseFloat(popup.div.style.opacity), opacity, "good default popup.opacity");
diff --git a/tests/test_Util.html b/tests/test_Util.html
index f5188b2963..e4f0c8225d 100644
--- a/tests/test_Util.html
+++ b/tests/test_Util.html
@@ -67,12 +67,15 @@
         t.eq( div.style.width, sz.w + "px", "div.style.width set correctly");    
         t.eq( div.style.height, sz.h + "px", "div.style.height set correctly");    
 
-        t.eq( div.style.backgroundImage, "url(" + img + ")", "div.style.backgroundImage correctly");    
+        bImg = div.style.backgroundImage;
+        imgCorrect = ( (bImg == "url(" + img + ")") ||  
+                       (bImg == "url(\"" + img + "\")") );
+        t.ok(imgCorrect, "div.style.backgroundImage correctly");    
 
         t.eq( div.style.position, position, "div.style.positionset correctly");    
         t.ok( (div.style.border.indexOf(border) != -1), "div.style.border set correctly");    
         t.eq( div.style.overflow, overflow, "div.style.overflow set correctly");    
-        t.eq( div.style.opacity + "", opacity + "", "elemnt.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.eq( parseFloat(div.style.opacity), opacity, "element.style.opacity set correctly");    
         var filterString = 'alpha(opacity=' + (opacity * 100) + ')';
         t.eq( div.style.filter, filterString, "element.style.filter set correctly");
 
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@
         t.eq( div.style.position, "absolute", "div.style.positionset correctly");    
         t.eq( div.style.border, "", "div.style.border set correctly");    
         t.eq(div.style.overflow, "", "div.style.overflow set correctly");    
-        t.ok( !div.style.opacity, "elemnt.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.ok( !div.style.opacity, "element.style.opacity set correctly");    
         t.ok( !div.style.filter, "element.style.filter set correctly");
 
     }
@@ -116,7 +119,7 @@
         if (!isMozilla)
             t.ok( true, "skipping element test outside of Mozilla");
         else
-            t.ok( image instanceof HTMLImageElement, "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
+            t.ok( image.nodeName == "IMG", "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
         t.eq( image.id, id, "image.id set correctly");    
         t.eq( image.style.left, xy.x + "px", "image.style.left set correctly");    
         t.eq( image.style.top, xy.y + "px", "image.style.top set correctly");    
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@
         t.ok( (image.style.border.indexOf(border) != -1), "image.style.border set correctly");    
         t.eq( image.src, img, "image.style.backgroundImage correctly");    
         t.eq( image.style.position, position, "image.style.position set correctly");    
-        t.eq( image.style.opacity+"", opacity + "", "image.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.eq( parseFloat(image.style.opacity), opacity, "image.style.opacity set correctly");    
         var filterString = 'alpha(opacity=' + (opacity * 100) + ')';
         t.eq( image.style.filter, filterString, "element.style.filter set correctly");
 
@@ -137,7 +140,7 @@
         if (!isMozilla)
             t.ok( true, "skipping element test outside of Mozilla");
         else
-            t.ok( image instanceof HTMLImageElement, "createDiv creates a valid HTMLDivElement" );
+            t.ok( image.nodeName == "IMG", "createDiv creates a valid HTMLDivElement" );
         t.ok( (image.id != ""), "image.id set to something");    
         t.eq( image.style.left, "", "image.style.left set correctly");    
         t.eq( image.style.top, "", "image.style.top set correctly");    
@@ -148,7 +151,7 @@
         t.ok((image.style.border == ""), "image.style.border set correctly");    
         t.eq(image.src, "", "image.style.backgroundImage correctly");    
         t.eq( image.style.position, "relative", "image.style.positionset correctly");    
-        t.ok( !image.style.opacity, "elemnt.style.opacity default unset");    
+        t.ok( !image.style.opacity, "element.style.opacity default unset");    
         t.ok( !image.style.filter, "element.style.filter default unset");
 
     }
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.height, sz.h + "px", "image.style.height set correctly");    
 
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.position, position, "image.style.positionset correctly");    
-        t.eq( imageDiv.style.opacity+"", opacity + "", "elemnt.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.eq( parseFloat(imageDiv.style.opacity), opacity, "element.style.opacity set correctly");    
         
         var filterString;
         if (OpenLayers.Util.alphaHack()) {
@@ -223,11 +226,10 @@
 
 
         image = imageDiv.firstChild;
-
         if (!isMozilla)
             t.ok( true, "skipping element test outside of Mozilla");
         else
-            t.ok( image instanceof HTMLImageElement, "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
+            t.ok( image.nodeName == "IMG", "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
         t.eq( image.id, id + "_innerImage", "image.id set correctly");    
 
         t.eq( image.style.width, sz.w + "px", "image.style.width set correctly");    
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@
         t.eq( element.style.position, position, "element.style.position set correctly");    
         t.ok( (element.style.border.indexOf(border) != -1), "element.style.border set correctly");    
         t.eq( element.style.overflow, overflow, "element.style.overflow set correctly");    
-        t.eq( element.style.opacity+"", opacity + "", "elemnt.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.eq( parseFloat(element.style.opacity), opacity, "element.style.opacity set correctly");    
         var filterString = 'alpha(opacity=' + (opacity * 100) + ')';
         t.eq( element.style.filter, filterString, "element.style.filter set correctly");
     }
@@ -313,11 +315,10 @@
         var opacity = 0.5;
 
         OpenLayers.Util.modifyAlphaImageDiv(imageDiv, id, xy, sz, img, position, border, sizing, opacity);
-
         if (OpenLayers.Util.alphaHack())
             t.ok( true, "skipping element test outside of Mozilla");
         else
-            t.ok( imageDiv instanceof HTMLDivElement, "createDiv creates a valid HTMLDivElement" );
+            t.ok( imageDiv.nodeName == "DIV", "createDiv creates a valid HTMLDivElement" );
 
         t.eq( imageDiv.id, id, "image.id set correctly");    
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.left, xy.x + "px", "image.style.left set correctly");    
@@ -327,7 +328,7 @@
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.height, sz.h + "px", "image.style.height set correctly");    
 
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.position, position, "image.style.position set correctly");    
-        t.eq( imageDiv.style.opacity+"", opacity + "", "elemnt.style.opacity set correctly");    
+        t.eq( parseFloat(imageDiv.style.opacity), opacity, "element.style.opacity set correctly");    
 
         
 
@@ -339,7 +340,7 @@
             t.ok( true, "skipping element test outside of Mozilla");
         } else {
             var filterString = 'alpha(opacity=' + (opacity * 100) + ')';
-            t.ok( image instanceof HTMLImageElement, "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
+            t.ok( image.nodeName == "IMG", "createImage creates a valid HTMLImageElement" );
         }
         t.eq( imageDiv.style.filter, filterString, "element.style.filter set correctly");
         t.eq( image.id, id + "_innerImage", "image.id set correctly");    
@@ -516,14 +517,14 @@
         url2 = "http://www.openlayers.org";
 
         t.ok(OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl(url1, url2), "default ignorePort80 works"); 
+
         options = {
             'ignorePort80': false
         }        
-
         url1 = "http://www.openlayers.org:80";
         url2 = "http://www.openlayers.org:50";
 
-        t.ok(!OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl(url1, url2), "port check works"); 
+        t.ok(!OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl(url1, url2, options), "port check works"); 
 
 
   //HASH
@@ -546,8 +547,8 @@
 
 
   //PATHNAME
-        url1 = "foo.html";
-        url2 = "../tests/foo.html";
+        url1 = "foo.html?bar=now#go";
+        url2 = "../tests/../tests/foo.html?bar=now#go";
 
         t.ok(OpenLayers.Util.isEquivalentUrl(url1, url2), "relative vs. absolute paths works"); 
         
diff --git a/theme/default/style.css b/theme/default/style.css
index 89deaa2cde..61663ba9d0 100644
--- a/theme/default/style.css
+++ b/theme/default/style.css
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ div.olControlMousePosition {
 }
 
 .olControlOverviewMapExtentRectangle {
+   cursor: move;
     border: 2px dotted red;
 }
 .olLayerGeoRSSDescription {