diff --git a/core/PApplet.java b/core/PApplet.java
index 9a55e8429..0b0bcee80 100644
--- a/core/PApplet.java
+++ b/core/PApplet.java
@@ -673,28 +673,12 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   // ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-  /**
-   * Is the applet online or not? This can be used to test how the 
-   * applet should behave since online situations are different.
-   */
-  /*
-  public boolean online() {
-    try {
-      getAppletContext();
-    } catch (NullPointerException e) { 
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
-  }
-  */
-
-
   /**
    * Get a param from the web page, or (eventually) 
    * from a properties file.
    */
   public String param(String what) {
-    if (online()) {
+    if (online) {
       return getParameter(what);
 
     } else {
@@ -710,7 +694,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    * p5 environment itself, rather than relying on the console.
    */
   public void status(String what) {
-    if (online()) {
+    if (online) {
       showStatus(what);
 
     } else {
@@ -725,7 +709,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    * for applications as well, using code from PdeBase.
    */
   void link(String here) {
-    if (!online()) {
+    if (!online) {
       System.err.println("Can't open " + here);
       System.err.println("link() only works inside a web browser");
       return;
@@ -741,7 +725,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
   }
 
   void link(String here, String there) {
-    if (!online()) {
+    if (!online) {
       System.err.println("Can't open " + here);
       System.err.println("link() only works inside a web browser");
       return;
@@ -758,7 +742,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
 
 
   public void die(String what) {
-    if (online()) {
+    if (online) {
       System.err.println("i'm dead.. " + what);
 
     } else {
@@ -787,7 +771,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    * it defaults to writing a tiff.
    */
   public void saveFrame() {
-    if (online()) {
+    if (online) {
       System.err.println("Can't use saveFrame() when running in a browser.");
       return;
     }
@@ -807,7 +791,7 @@ public class PApplet extends Applet
    *      // # signs with zeros and the frame number 
    */
   public void saveFrame(String what) {
-    if (online()) {
+    if (online) {
       System.err.println("Can't use saveFrame() when running in a browser.");
       return;
     }
diff --git a/core/PGraphics.java b/core/PGraphics.java
index 86f086fc4..dadd980ff 100644
--- a/core/PGraphics.java
+++ b/core/PGraphics.java
@@ -5951,6 +5951,7 @@ public class PGraphics extends PImage implements PConstants {
 
   public final float red(int what) {
     float c = (what >> 16) & 0xff;
+    System.out.println((color_mode == RGB) + " " + color_scale);
     if ((color_mode == RGB) && (!color_scale)) return c;
     return (c / 255.0f) * colorMaxX;
   }