diff --git a/classes/api.php b/classes/api.php
index 9b9a5bbe..a4294e02 100644
--- a/classes/api.php
+++ b/classes/api.php
@@ -104,11 +104,7 @@ class API extends Handler {
 
 	/* Method added for ttrss-reader for Android */
 	function getCounters() {
-
-		/* flct (flc is the default) FIXME: document */
-		$output_mode = db_escape_string($_REQUEST["output_mode"]);
-
-		print $this->wrap(self::STATUS_OK, getAllCounters($this->link, $output_mode));
+		print $this->wrap(self::STATUS_OK, getAllCounters($this->link));
 	}
 
 	function getFeeds() {
diff --git a/classes/rpc.php b/classes/rpc.php
index d529e496..5cc2235e 100644
--- a/classes/rpc.php
+++ b/classes/rpc.php
@@ -243,20 +243,15 @@ class RPC extends Handler_Protected {
 
 		$reply = array();
 
-		 if ($seq) $reply['seq'] = $seq;
+		if ($seq) $reply['seq'] = $seq;
 
-		 if ($last_article_id != getLastArticleId($this->link)) {
-				$omode = $_REQUEST["omode"];
+		if ($last_article_id != getLastArticleId($this->link)) {
+			$reply['counters'] = getAllCounters($this->link);
+		}
 
-			if ($omode != "T")
-				$reply['counters'] = getAllCounters($this->link, $omode);
-			else
-				$reply['counters'] = getGlobalCounters($this->link);
-		 }
+		$reply['runtime-info'] = make_runtime_info($this->link);
 
-		 $reply['runtime-info'] = make_runtime_info($this->link);
-
-		 print json_encode($reply);
+		print json_encode($reply);
 	}
 
 	/* GET["cmode"] = 0 - mark as read, 1 - as unread, 2 - toggle */
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index 060a8a3a..c32d31f6 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -1075,18 +1075,13 @@
 			}
 	}
 
-	function getAllCounters($link, $omode = "flc", $active_feed = false) {
-
-		if (!$omode) $omode = "flc";
-
+	function getAllCounters($link) {
 		$data = getGlobalCounters($link);
 
 		$data = array_merge($data, getVirtCounters($link));
-
-		if (strchr($omode, "l")) $data = array_merge($data, getLabelCounters($link));
-		if (strchr($omode, "f")) $data = array_merge($data, getFeedCounters($link, $active_feed));
-		if (strchr($omode, "t")) $data = array_merge($data, getTagCounters($link));
-		if (strchr($omode, "c")) $data = array_merge($data, getCategoryCounters($link));
+		$data = array_merge($data, getLabelCounters($link));
+		$data = array_merge($data, getFeedCounters($link, $active_feed));
+		$data = array_merge($data, getCategoryCounters($link));
 
 		return $data;
 	}
@@ -1374,36 +1369,6 @@
 		return $ret_arr;
 	}
 
-	function getTagCounters($link) {
-
-		$ret_arr = array();
-
-		$result = db_query($link, "SELECT tag_name,SUM((SELECT COUNT(int_id)
-			FROM ttrss_user_entries,ttrss_entries WHERE int_id = post_int_id
-				AND ref_id = id AND unread = true)) AS count FROM ttrss_tags
-				WHERE owner_uid = ".$_SESSION['uid']." GROUP BY tag_name
-				ORDER BY count DESC LIMIT 55");
-
-		$tags = array();
-
-		while ($line = db_fetch_assoc($result)) {
-			$tags[$line["tag_name"]] += $line["count"];
-		}
-
-		foreach (array_keys($tags) as $tag) {
-			$unread = $tags[$tag];
-			$tag = htmlspecialchars($tag);
-
-			$cv = array("id" => $tag,
-				"kind" => "tag",
-				"counter" => $unread);
-
-			array_push($ret_arr, $cv);
-		}
-
-		return $ret_arr;
-	}
-
 	function getVirtCounters($link) {
 
 		$ret_arr = array();
diff --git a/js/feedlist.js b/js/feedlist.js
index e66fcb45..f4196a72 100644
--- a/js/feedlist.js
+++ b/js/feedlist.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ var _infscroll_request_sent = 0;
 var _search_query = false;
 var _viewfeed_last = 0;
 
-var counter_timeout_id = false;
-
 var counters_last_request = 0;
 
 function viewCategory(cat) {
@@ -218,7 +216,8 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 
 		hideOrShowFeeds(getInitParam("hide_read_feeds") == 1);
 
-		setTimeout("timeout()", 5000);
+		request_counters(true);
+		timeout();
 		setTimeout("precache_headlines_idle()", 15000);
 
 	} catch (e) {
@@ -226,46 +225,34 @@ function feedlist_init() {
 	}
 }
 
-function request_counters_real() {
+
+function request_counters(force) {
 	try {
-		console.log("requesting counters...");
-
-		var query = "?op=rpc&method=getAllCounters&seq=" + next_seq();
-
-		query = query + "&omode=flc";
-
-		new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
-			parameters: query,
-			onComplete: function(transport) {
-				try {
-					handle_rpc_json(transport);
-				} catch (e) {
-					exception_error("viewfeed/getcounters", e);
-				}
-			} });
-
-	} catch (e) {
-		exception_error("request_counters_real", e);
-	}
-}
-
-
-function request_counters() {
-
-	try {
-
-		//if (getInitParam("bw_limit") == "1") return;
-
 		var date = new Date();
 		var timestamp = Math.round(date.getTime() / 1000);
 
-		if (timestamp - counters_last_request > 5) {
+		if (force || timestamp - counters_last_request > 15) {
 			console.log("scheduling request of counters...");
 
-			window.clearTimeout(counter_timeout_id);
-			counter_timeout_id = window.setTimeout("request_counters_real()", 1000);
-
 			counters_last_request = timestamp;
+
+			var query = "?op=rpc&method=getAllCounters&seq=" + next_seq();
+
+			if (!force)
+				query = query + "&last_article_id=" + getInitParam("last_article_id");
+
+			console.log(query);
+
+			new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
+				parameters: query,
+				onComplete: function(transport) {
+					try {
+						handle_rpc_json(transport);
+					} catch (e) {
+						exception_error("request_counters", e);
+					}
+				} });
+
 		} else {
 			console.log("request_counters: rate limit reached: " + (timestamp - counters_last_request));
 		}
@@ -567,6 +554,8 @@ function decrementFeedCounter(feed, is_cat) {
 
 		if (ctr > 0) {
 			setFeedUnread(feed, is_cat, ctr - 1);
+			global_unread = global_unread - 1;
+			updateTitle();
 
 			if (!is_cat) {
 				var cat = parseInt(getFeedCategory(feed));
diff --git a/js/tt-rss.js b/js/tt-rss.js
index bfbb4068..7cbe3cfc 100644
--- a/js/tt-rss.js
+++ b/js/tt-rss.js
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-var total_unread = 0;
 var global_unread = -1;
-var firsttime_update = true;
 var _active_feed_id = undefined;
 var _active_feed_is_cat = false;
 var hotkey_prefix = false;
 var hotkey_prefix_pressed = false;
-var _force_scheduled_update = false;
-var last_scheduled_update = false;
 var _widescreen_mode = false;
-
 var _rpc_seq = 0;
 
 function next_seq() {
@@ -105,8 +100,6 @@ function updateFeedList() {
 		id: "feedTree",
 		}, "feedTree");
 
-		_force_scheduled_update = true;
-
 /*		var menu = new dijit.Menu({id: 'feedMenu'});
 
 		menu.addChild(new dijit.MenuItem({
@@ -176,51 +169,10 @@ function viewCurrentFeed(method) {
 }
 
 function timeout() {
-	if (getInitParam("bw_limit") == "1") return;
-
-	try {
-	   var date = new Date();
-      var ts = Math.round(date.getTime() / 1000);
-
-		if (ts - last_scheduled_update > 10 || _force_scheduled_update) {
-
-			//console.log("timeout()");
-
-			window.clearTimeout(counter_timeout_id);
-
-			var query_str = "?op=rpc&method=getAllCounters&seq=" + next_seq();
-
-			var omode;
-
-			if (firsttime_update && !navigator.userAgent.match("Opera")) {
-				firsttime_update = false;
-				omode = "T";
-			} else {
-				omode = "flc";
-			}
-
-			query_str = query_str + "&omode=" + omode;
-
-			if (!_force_scheduled_update)
-				query_str = query_str + "&last_article_id=" + getInitParam("last_article_id");
-
-			//console.log("[timeout]" + query_str);
-
-			new Ajax.Request("backend.php", {
-				parameters: query_str,
-				onComplete: function(transport) {
-						handle_rpc_json(transport, !_force_scheduled_update);
-						_force_scheduled_update = false;
-					} });
-
-			last_scheduled_update = ts;
-		}
-
-	} catch (e) {
-		exception_error("timeout", e);
+	if (getInitParam("bw_limit") != "1") {
+		request_counters();
+		setTimeout("timeout()", 60*1000);
 	}
-
-	setTimeout("timeout()", 3000);
 }
 
 function search() {
@@ -960,7 +912,7 @@ function handle_rpc_json(transport, scheduled_call) {
 				if (message == "UPDATE_COUNTERS") {
 					console.log("need to refresh counters...");
 					setInitParam("last_article_id", -1);
-					_force_scheduled_update = true;
+					request_counters(true);
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/js/viewfeed.js b/js/viewfeed.js
index d6801a18..a59e28a5 100644
--- a/js/viewfeed.js
+++ b/js/viewfeed.js
@@ -1650,6 +1650,8 @@ function cdmClicked(event, id) {
 			zoomToArticle(event, id);
 		}
 
+		request_counters();
+
 	} catch (e) {
 		exception_error("cdmClicked");
 	}
@@ -2058,7 +2060,7 @@ function render_local_headlines(feed, is_cat, obj) {
 
 function precache_headlines_idle() {
 	try {
-		if (!feed_precache_timeout_id) {
+		if (getInitParam("bw_limit") != "1" && !feed_precache_timeout_id) {
 			if (get_timestamp() - _viewfeed_last > 120) {
 
 				var feeds = dijit.byId("feedTree").getVisibleUnreadFeeds();
@@ -2084,8 +2086,8 @@ function precache_headlines_idle() {
 
 function precache_headlines() {
 	try {
+		if (getInitParam("bw_limit") != "1" && !feed_precache_timeout_id) {
 
-		if (!feed_precache_timeout_id) {
 			feed_precache_timeout_id = window.setTimeout(function() {
 				var nuf = getNextUnreadFeed(getActiveFeedId(), activeFeedIsCat());
 				var nf = dijit.byId("feedTree").getNextFeed(getActiveFeedId(), activeFeedIsCat());