diff --git a/isso/css/isso.scss b/isso/css/isso.scss
index 94dd227..d610d71 100644
--- a/isso/css/isso.scss
+++ b/isso/css/isso.scss
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ a {
     font-weight: bold;
     font-family: "Helvetica", Arial, sans-serif;
   }
+
+  .textarea {
+    white-space: pre;
+    outline: 0px solid transparent;
+  }
+
+  .textarea.placeholder {
+    color: #AAA;
+  }
+
 }
 
 .parent-highlight {
@@ -82,6 +92,10 @@ a {
       }
     }
 
+    > .textarea-wrapper .textarea {
+      margin-top: 0.2em;
+    }
+
     > div.text {
 
       p {
@@ -98,9 +112,10 @@ a {
 
     }
 
-    > div.textarea-wrapper textarea {
+    > div.textarea-wrapper .textarea {
       @include fill-parent;
       @include isso-shadow;
+      min-height: 48px;
       font: inherit;
     }
 
@@ -155,12 +170,9 @@ a {
   > .form-wrapper {
     @include span-columns(10 of 11);
 
-    textarea {
+    .textarea {
       @include fill-parent;
       @include isso-shadow;
-      @include placeholder {
-        color: #AAA;
-      }
 
       min-height: 48px;
       font: inherit;
diff --git a/isso/js/app/isso.js b/isso/js/app/isso.js
index ea4895c..580cceb 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/isso.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/isso.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
         $(".avatar > svg", el).replace(lib.identicons.blank(4, 48));
 
         // on text area focus, generate identicon from IP address
-        $(".textarea-wrapper > textarea", el).on("focus", function() {
+        $(".textarea-wrapper > .textarea", el).on("focus", function() {
             if ($(".avatar svg", el).getAttribute("className") === "blank") {
                 $(".avatar svg", el).replace(
                     lib.identicons.generate(lib.pbkdf2(api.remote_addr(), api.salt, 1000, 6), 4, 48));
@@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
         el.onsuccess = function() {};
 
         el.validate = function() {
-            if ($("textarea", this).value.length < 3) {
-                $("textarea", this).focus();
+            if (utils.text($(".textarea", this).innerHTML).length < 3 ||
+                $(".textarea", this).classList.contains("placeholder"))
+            {
+                $(".textarea", this).focus();
                 return false;
             }
             return true;
@@ -62,14 +64,13 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
             api.create($("#isso-thread").getAttribute("data-isso-id"), {
                 author: $("[name=author]", el).value || null,
                 email: $("[name=email]", el).value || null,
-                text: $("textarea", el).value,
+                text: utils.text($(".textarea", el).innerHTML),
                 parent: parent || null
             }).then(function(comment) {
                 $("[name=author]", el).value = "";
                 $("[name=email]", el).value = "";
-                $("textarea", el).value = "";
-                $("textarea", el).rows = 2;
-                $("textarea", el).blur();
+                $(".textarea", el).innerHTML = "";
+                $(".textarea", el).blur();
                 insert(comment, true);
 
                 if (parent !== null) {
@@ -79,8 +80,7 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
             });
         });
 
-        // copy'n'paste sluggy automagically dynamic textarea resize
-        lib.fancy.autoresize($("textarea", el), 48);
+        lib.editorify($(".textarea", el));
 
         return el;
     };
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
             function(toggler) {
                 form = footer.insertAfter(new Postbox(comment.id));
                 form.onsuccess = function() { toggler.next(); };
-                $("textarea", form).focus();
+                $(".textarea", form).focus();
                 $("a.reply", footer).textContent = msgs["comment-close"];
             },
             function() {
@@ -186,35 +186,45 @@ define(["app/text/html", "app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/m
 
                 edit.textContent = msgs["comment-save"];
                 edit.insertAfter($.new("a.cancel", msgs["comment-cancel"])).on("click", function() {
-                    text.textContent = "";
-                    text.className = "text";
-                    text.append(comment.text);
+                    toggler.canceled = true;
                     toggler.next();
                 });
 
+                toggler.canceled = false;
                 api.view(comment.id, 1).then(function(rv) {
-                    var textarea = $.new("textarea", rv.text);
-                    lib.fancy.autoresize(textarea, 48);
-                    text.className = "textarea-wrapper";
+                    var textarea = lib.editorify($.new("div.textarea"));
+
+                    textarea.textContent = rv.text;
+                    textarea.focus();
+
+                    text.classList.remove("text");
+                    text.classList.add("textarea-wrapper");
+
                     text.textContent = "";
                     text.append(textarea);
-                    textarea.focus();
                 });
             },
             function(toggler) {
-                var textarea = $("textarea", text);
-                if (textarea && textarea.value.length < 3) {
-                    textarea.focus();
-                    toggler.wait();
-                    return;
-                } else if (textarea) {
-                    api.modify(comment.id, {"text": textarea.value}).then(function(rv) {
-                        text.innerHTML = rv.text;
-                        text.className = "text";
-                        comment.text = rv.text;
-                    });
+                var textarea = $(".textarea", text);
+
+                if (! toggler.canceled && textarea !== null) {
+                    if (utils.text(textarea.innerHTML).length < 3) {
+                        textarea.focus();
+                        toggler.wait();
+                        return;
+                    } else {
+                        api.modify(comment.id, {"text": utils.text(textarea.innerHTML)}).then(function(rv) {
+                            text.innerHTML = rv.text;
+                            comment.text = rv.text;
+                        });
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    text.innerHTML = comment.text;
                 }
 
+                text.classList.remove("textarea-wrapper");
+                text.classList.add("text");
+
                 $("a.cancel", footer).remove();
                 $("a.edit", footer).textContent = msgs["comment-edit"];
             }
diff --git a/isso/js/app/lib.js b/isso/js/app/lib.js
index e452048..4214131 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/lib.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/lib.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 define(function (require) {
     return {
-        fancy: require("app/lib/fancy"),
+        editorify: require("app/lib/editor"),
         identicons: require("app/lib/identicons"),
         pbkdf2: require("app/lib/pbkdf2"),
         sha1: require("app/lib/sha1")
diff --git a/isso/js/app/lib/editor.js b/isso/js/app/lib/editor.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef49e9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/isso/js/app/lib/editor.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+define(["app/dom", "app/markup"], function($, Mark) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    return function(el) {
+        el.setAttribute("contentEditable", true);
+
+        el.on("focus", function() {
+            if (el.classList.contains("placeholder")) {
+                el.innerHTML = "";
+                el.classList.remove("placeholder");
+            }
+        });
+
+        el.on("blur", function() {
+            if (el.textContent.length === 0) {
+                el.textContent = Mark.up("{{ i18n-postbox-text }}");
+                el.classList.add("placeholder");
+            }
+        });
+
+        return el;
+    };
+
+});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/isso/js/app/lib/fancy.js b/isso/js/app/lib/fancy.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a3f9a48..0000000
--- a/isso/js/app/lib/fancy.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-define(function() {
-
-    "use strict";
-
-    var autoresize = function(textarea, minheight) {
-        var offset= !window.opera ? (textarea.offsetHeight - textarea.clientHeight) : (textarea.offsetHeight + parseInt(window.getComputedStyle(textarea, null).getPropertyValue('border-top-width')));
-        ["keyup", "focus"].forEach(function(event) {
-            textarea.on(event, function() {
-                if ((textarea.scrollHeight  + offset ) > minheight) {
-                    textarea.style.height = "auto";
-                    textarea.style.height = (textarea.scrollHeight  + offset ) + 'px';
-                }
-            });
-        });
-    };
-
-    return {
-        autoresize: autoresize
-    };
-});
diff --git a/isso/js/app/text/postbox.html b/isso/js/app/text/postbox.html
index a72f71f..229a879 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/text/postbox.html
+++ b/isso/js/app/text/postbox.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="form-wrapper">
         <div class="textarea-wrapper">
-            <textarea name="text" rows="2" placeholder="{{ i18n-postbox-text }}"></textarea>
+            <div class="textarea placeholder" contenteditable="true">{{ i18n-postbox-text }}</div>
         </div>
         <section class="auth-section">
             <p class="input-wrapper">
diff --git a/isso/js/app/utils.js b/isso/js/app/utils.js
index 1427d0e..4cf56cb 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/utils.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/utils.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 define(["app/markup"], function(Mark) {
+    "use strict";
 
     // return `cookie` string if set
     var cookie = function(cookie) {
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ define(["app/markup"], function(Mark) {
 
     var ago = function(localTime, date) {
 
-        var secs = ((localTime.getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000)
+        var secs = ((localTime.getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000);
 
         if (isNaN(secs) || secs < 0 ) {
             secs = 0;
@@ -39,8 +40,17 @@ define(["app/markup"], function(Mark) {
                                i18n("date-year", Math.ceil(days / 365.25));
     };
 
+    var text = function(html) {
+        var _ = document.createElement("div");
+        _.innerHTML = html.replace(/<div><br><\/div>/gi, '<br>')
+                          .replace(/<div>/gi,'<br>')
+                          .replace(/<br>/gi, '\n');
+        return _.textContent.trim();
+    };
+
     return {
         cookie: cookie,
-        ago: ago
+        ago: ago,
+        text: text
     };
 });