diff --git a/processing/app/PdeBase.java b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
index 70d915ce9..5c8be10eb 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeBase.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeBase.java
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ public class PdeBase extends Frame
 
   public PdeBase() {
     super(WINDOW_TITLE);
-    //frame = this;  // clean this up later
 
     try {
       icon = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("lib/icon.gif");
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
index f7b9921fe..fe5838016 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditor.java
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ public class PdeEditor extends JPanel {
  
     // assemble console panel, consisting of status area and the console itself
     consolePanel = new JPanel();
+    //System.out.println(consolePanel.getInsets());
     consolePanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
 
     status = new PdeEditorStatus(this);
@@ -163,6 +164,12 @@ public class PdeEditor extends JPanel {
     // if window increases in size, give all of increase to textarea (top pane)
     splitPane.setResizeWeight(1D);
 
+    // to fix ugliness.. normally macosx java 1.3 puts an 
+    // ugly white border around this object, so turn it off.
+    if (PdeBase.platform == PdeBase.MACOSX) {
+      splitPane.setBorder(null);
+    }
+
     // the default size on windows is too small and kinda ugly
     int dividerSize = PdeBase.getInteger("editor.divider.size", 0);
     if (dividerSize != 0) {
diff --git a/processing/app/PdeEditorConsole.java b/processing/app/PdeEditorConsole.java
index 7836d2b21..9e4125fbc 100644
--- a/processing/app/PdeEditorConsole.java
+++ b/processing/app/PdeEditorConsole.java
@@ -166,11 +166,11 @@ public class PdeEditorConsole extends JScrollPane {
       }
     }
 
-    //for (int i = 0; i < lines; i++) {
-      //appendText("b\r\n", false);
-    //appendText("\n", false);
-    //appendText(System.getProperty("line.separator"), false);
-    //}
+    // to fix ugliness.. normally macosx java 1.3 puts an 
+    // ugly white border around this object, so turn it off.
+    if (PdeBase.platform == PdeBase.MACOSX) {
+      setBorder(null);
+    }
   }