diff --git a/client/dcwebui.js b/client/dcwebui.js
index b85b116..6b27a30 100644
--- a/client/dcwebui.js
+++ b/client/dcwebui.js
@@ -7,23 +7,22 @@ var SENTINEL_PASSWORD = "************";
 var CHAT_SCROLLBACK_LIMIT = 50; // Once over 2x $limit, the first $limit will be trimmed off the list
 var EXTERN_ROOT = window.location.protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/";
 
-var $ = (document.querySelectorAll ? 
-	function(s) {
-		var r = document.querySelectorAll(s);
-		return (s[0] === '#' && r.length === 1) ? r[0] : r;
-	} : 
-	function(s) {
-		// i'm not writing a selector engine...
-		if (! s.length) return [];
-		if (s[0] === '#') {
-			return document.getElementById(s.slice(1));
-		} else if (s[0] === '.') {
-			return document.getElementsByClassName(s.slice(1));
-		} else {
-			return document.getElementsByTagName(s);
-		}
+var $ = function(s) {
+	// There used to be a querySelectorAll implementation, but, better that we don't have
+	//  potentially-incompatible implementations if this one does actually work.
+	// i'm not writing a selector engine...
+	if (! s.length) {
+		return [];
 	}
-);
+	
+	if (s[0] === '#') {
+		return document.getElementById(s.slice(1)); // single element
+	} else if (s[0] === '.') {
+		return document.getElementsByClassName(s.slice(1)); // multiple elements
+	} else {
+		return document.getElementsByTagName(s); // multiple elements
+	}
+};
 
 var nmdc_escape = function(str) {
 	return (