diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfJs.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfJs.coffee
index 57a7b37981..3db6825739 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfJs.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfJs.coffee
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ define [
 				scope.$watch "pdfSrc", (url) ->
 					if url
 						scope.loading = true
-						console.log 'pdfSrc =', url
+						# console.log 'pdfSrc =', url
 						initializePosition()
 						flashControls()
 						scope.$broadcast 'layout-ready'
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ define [
 						#				initializePosition()
 						#				flashControls()
 
-				scope.$watch "highlights", (areas) ->
-					console.log 'got HIGHLIGHTS in pdfJS', areas
+				#scope.$watch "highlights", (areas) ->
+					# console.log 'got HIGHLIGHTS in pdfJS', areas
 					
 					# return if !areas?
 					# highlights = for area in areas or []
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ define [
 				if attrs.resizeOn?
 					for event in attrs.resizeOn.split(",")
 						scope.$on event, (e) ->
-							console.log 'got a resize event', event, e
+							#console.log 'got a resize event', event, e
 
 			template: """
 				<div data-pdf-viewer class="pdfjs-viewer" pdf-src='pdfSrc' position='position' scale='scale' highlights='highlights' dbl-click-callback='dblClickCallback' please-jump-to='pleaseJumpTo'></div>
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfPage.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfPage.coffee
index 36cd6a4a5e..0319422b8b 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfPage.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfPage.coffee
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ define [
 					updatePageSize scope.defaultPageSize
 
 				if scope.page.current
-						console.log 'we must scroll to this page', scope.page.pageNum,
-							'at position', scope.page.position
+						# console.log 'we must scroll to this page', scope.page.pageNum, 'at position', scope.page.position
 						renderPage()
 						# this is the current page, we want to scroll it into view
 						scope.document.getPdfViewport(scope.page.pageNum).then (viewport) ->
@@ -92,12 +91,12 @@ define [
 				scope.$watch 'highlights', (highlights, oldVal) ->
 					return unless highlights?
 					return unless highlights.length > 0
-					console.log 'got highlight watch in pdfPage', scope.page
+					# console.log 'got highlight watch in pdfPage', scope.page
 					pageHighlights = (h for h in highlights when h.page == scope.page.pageNum)
 					return unless pageHighlights.length
 					scope.document.getPdfViewport(scope.page.pageNum).then (viewport) ->
 						for hl in pageHighlights
-							console.log 'adding highlight', h, viewport
+							# console.log 'adding highlight', h, viewport
 							top = viewport.viewBox[3] - hl.v
 							highlightsLayer.addHighlight viewport, hl.h, top, hl.width, hl.height
 					$timeout () ->
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfRenderer.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfRenderer.coffee
index ccf30ee300..1419a877a5 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfRenderer.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfRenderer.coffee
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ define [
 ], (App) ->
 	# App = angular.module 'PDFRenderer', ['pdfAnnotations', 'pdfTextLayer']
 
-	console.log 'hello from Renderer'
-
 	App.factory 'PDFRenderer', ['$q', '$timeout', 'pdfAnnotations', 'pdfTextLayer', ($q, $timeout, pdfAnnotations, pdfTextLayer) ->
 
 		class PDFRenderer
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ define [
 				@resetState()
 
 			resetState: () ->
-				console.log 'reseting renderer state'
 				@page = []
 				@complete = []
 				@timeout = []
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ define [
 				scale = @scale
 
 				if (not scale?)
-					console.log 'scale is undefined, returning'
+					# console.log 'scale is undefined, returning'
 					return
 
 				canvas = $('<canvas class="pdf-canvas-new"></canvas>')
@@ -167,10 +164,8 @@ define [
 				}
 				.then () ->
 					page.getTextContent().then (textContent) ->
-						console.log 'text content is', textContent
 						textLayer.setTextContent textContent
 					page.getAnnotations().then (annotations) ->
-						console.log 'annotations are', annotations
 						annotationsLayer.setAnnotations annotations
 
 			addSpinner: (element) ->
diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfViewer.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfViewer.coffee
index 64341ea175..2aff9af1b8 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfViewer.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/pdfng/directives/pdfViewer.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ define [
 						result.pdfViewport.width
 					]
 					$scope.destinations = result.destinations
-					console.log 'resolved q.all, page size is', result
+					# console.log 'resolved q.all, page size is', result
 					$scope.numPages = result.numPages
 
 		@setScale = (scale, containerHeight, containerWidth) ->
@@ -68,45 +68,45 @@ define [
 					numScale * $scope.pdfPageSize[0],
 					numScale * $scope.pdfPageSize[1]
 				]
-				console.log 'in setScale result', $scope.scale.scale, $scope.defaultPageSize
+				# console.log 'in setScale result', $scope.scale.scale, $scope.defaultPageSize
 
 		@redraw = (position) ->
-			console.log 'in redraw'
-			console.log 'reseting pages array for', $scope.numPages
+			# console.log 'in redraw'
+			# console.log 'reseting pages array for', $scope.numPages
 			$scope.pages = ({
 				pageNum: i + 1
 			} for i in [0 .. $scope.numPages-1])
 			if position? && position.page?
-				console.log 'position is', position.page, position.offset
-				console.log 'setting current page', position.page
+				# console.log 'position is', position.page, position.offset
+				# console.log 'setting current page', position.page
 				pagenum = position.page
 				$scope.pages[pagenum].current = true
 				$scope.pages[pagenum].position = position
 
 		@zoomIn = () ->
-			console.log 'zoom in'
+			# console.log 'zoom in'
 			newScale = $scope.scale.scale * 1.2
 			$scope.forceScale = { scaleMode: 'scale_mode_value', scale: newScale }
 
 		@zoomOut = () ->
-			console.log 'zoom out'
+			# console.log 'zoom out'
 			newScale = $scope.scale.scale / 1.2
 			$scope.forceScale = { scaleMode: 'scale_mode_value', scale: newScale }
 
 		@fitWidth = () ->
-			console.log 'fit width'
+			# console.log 'fit width'
 			$scope.forceScale = { scaleMode: 'scale_mode_fit_width' }
 
 		@fitHeight = () ->
-			console.log 'fit height'
+			# console.log 'fit height'
 			$scope.forceScale = { scaleMode: 'scale_mode_fit_height' }
 
 		@checkPosition = () ->
-			console.log 'check position'
+			# console.log 'check position'
 			$scope.forceCheck = ($scope.forceCheck || 0) + 1
 
 		@showRandomHighlights = () ->
-			console.log 'show highlights'
+			# console.log 'show highlights'
 			$scope.highlights = [
 				{
 					page: 3
@@ -122,44 +122,44 @@ define [
 		# bottom measured in pts)
 
 		@getPdfPosition = () ->
-			console.log 'in getPdfPosition'
+			# console.log 'in getPdfPosition'
 			topPageIdx = 0
 			topPage = $scope.pages[0]
 			# find first visible page
 			visible = $scope.pages.some (page, i) ->
 				[topPageIdx, topPage] = [i, page] if page.visible
 			if visible
-				console.log 'found it', topPageIdx
+				# console.log 'found it', topPageIdx
 			else
 				console.log 'CANNOT FIND TOP PAGE'
 
-			console.log 'top page is', topPage.pageNum, topPage.elemTop, topPage.elemBottom, topPage
+			# console.log 'top page is', topPage.pageNum, topPage.elemTop, topPage.elemBottom, topPage
 			top = topPage.elemTop
 			bottom = topPage.elemBottom
 			viewportTop = 0
 			viewportHeight = $element.height()
 			topVisible = (top >= viewportTop && top < viewportTop + viewportHeight)
 			someContentVisible = (top < viewportTop && bottom > viewportTop)
-			console.log 'in PdfListView', top, topVisible, someContentVisible, viewportTop
+			# console.log 'in PdfListView', top, topVisible, someContentVisible, viewportTop
 			if topVisible
 				canvasOffset = 0
 			else if someContentVisible
 				canvasOffset = viewportTop - top
 			else
 				canvasOffset = null
-			console.log 'pdfListview position = ', canvasOffset
+			# console.log 'pdfListview position = ', canvasOffset
 			# instead of using promise, check if size is known and revert to
 			# default otherwise
-			console.log 'looking up viewport', topPage.viewport, $scope.pdfViewport
+			# console.log 'looking up viewport', topPage.viewport, $scope.pdfViewport
 			if topPage.viewport
 				viewport = topPage.viewport
 				pdfOffset = viewport.convertToPdfPoint(0, canvasOffset);
 			else
-				console.log 'WARNING: had to default to global page size'
+				# console.log 'WARNING: had to default to global page size'
 				viewport = $scope.pdfViewport
 				scaledOffset = canvasOffset / $scope.scale.scale
 				pdfOffset = viewport.convertToPdfPoint(0, scaledOffset);
-			console.log 'converted to offset = ', pdfOffset
+			# console.log 'converted to offset = ', pdfOffset
 			newPosition = {
 				"page": topPageIdx,
 				"offset" : { "top" : pdfOffset[1], "left": 0	}
@@ -167,23 +167,23 @@ define [
 			return newPosition
 
 		@computeOffset = (page, position) ->
-			console.log 'computing offset for', page, position
+			# console.log 'computing offset for', page, position
 			element = page.element
 			pageTop = $(element).offset().top - $(element).parent().offset().top
-			console.log('top of page scroll is', pageTop, 'vs', page.elemTop)
-			console.log('inner height is', $(element).innerHeight())
+			# console.log('top of page scroll is', pageTop, 'vs', page.elemTop)
+			# console.log('inner height is', $(element).innerHeight())
 			currentScroll = $(element).parent().scrollTop()
 			offset = position.offset
 			# convert offset to pixels
 			return $scope.document.getPdfViewport(page.pageNum).then (viewport) ->
 				page.viewport = viewport
 				pageOffset = viewport.convertToViewportPoint(offset.left, offset.top)
-				console.log 'addition offset =', pageOffset
-				console.log 'total', pageTop + pageOffset[1]
+				# console.log 'addition offset =', pageOffset
+				# console.log 'total', pageTop + pageOffset[1]
 				Math.round(pageTop + pageOffset[1] + currentScroll) ## 10 is margin
 
 		@setPdfPosition = (page, position) ->
-			console.log 'required pdf Position is', position
+			# console.log 'required pdf Position is', position
 			@computeOffset(page, position).then (offset) ->
 				$scope.pleaseScrollTo =  offset
 				$scope.position = position
@@ -208,12 +208,12 @@ define [
 			<div data-pdf-page class='pdf-page-container page-container' ng-repeat='page in pages'></div>
 			"""
 			link: (scope, element, attrs, ctrl) ->
-				console.log 'in pdfViewer element is', element
-				console.log 'attrs', attrs
+				# console.log 'in pdfViewer element is', element
+				# console.log 'attrs', attrs
 				layoutReady = $q.defer()
 				layoutReady.notify 'waiting for layout'
 				layoutReady.promise.then () ->
-					console.log 'layoutReady was resolved'
+					# console.log 'layoutReady was resolved'
 
 				# TODO can we combine this with scope.parentSize, need to finalize boxes
 				updateContainer = () ->
@@ -224,18 +224,18 @@ define [
 					]
 
 				doRescale = (scale) ->
-					console.log 'doRescale', scale
+					# console.log 'doRescale', scale
 					origposition = angular.copy scope.position
-					console.log 'origposition', origposition
+					# console.log 'origposition', origposition
 					layoutReady.promise.then () ->
 						[h, w] = [element.innerHeight(), element.width()]
-						console.log 'in promise', h, w
+						# console.log 'in promise', h, w
 						ctrl.setScale(scale, h, w).then () ->
 							ctrl.redraw(origposition)
 
 				scope.$on 'layout-ready', () ->
-					console.log 'GOT LAYOUT READY EVENT'
-					console.log 'calling refresh'
+					# console.log 'GOT LAYOUT READY EVENT'
+					# console.log 'calling refresh'
 					updateContainer()
 					layoutReady.resolve 'layout is ready'
 					scope.parentSize = [
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ define [
 					#scope.$apply()
 
 				scope.$on 'layout:pdf:resize', () ->
-					console.log 'GOT LAYOUT-RESIZE EVENT'
+					# console.log 'GOT LAYOUT-RESIZE EVENT'
 					scope.parentSize = [
 						element.innerHeight(),
 						element.innerWidth()
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ define [
 					#scope.$apply()
 
 				element.on 'scroll', () ->
-					console.log 'scroll detected', scope.adjustingScroll
+					# console.log 'scroll detected', scope.adjustingScroll
 					updateContainer()
 					scope.$apply()
 					#console.log 'pdfposition', element.parent().scrollTop()
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ define [
 						return
 					#console.log 'not from auto scroll'
 					scope.position = ctrl.getPdfPosition()
-					console.log 'position is', scope.position.page, scope.position.offset
+					# console.log 'position is', scope.position.page, scope.position.offset
 					scope.$apply()
 
 				scope.$watch 'pdfSrc', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'loading pdf', newVal, oldVal
+					# console.log 'loading pdf', newVal, oldVal
 					return unless newVal?
 					ctrl.load()
 					# trigger a redraw
@@ -275,38 +275,38 @@ define [
 				scope.$watch 'scale', (newVal, oldVal) ->
 					# no need to set scale when initialising, done in pdfSrc
 					return if newVal == oldVal
-					console.log 'XXX calling Setscale in scale watch'
+					# console.log 'XXX calling Setscale in scale watch'
 					doRescale newVal
 
 				scope.$watch 'forceScale', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'got change in numscale watcher', newVal, oldVal
+					# console.log 'got change in numscale watcher', newVal, oldVal
 					return unless newVal?
 					doRescale newVal
 
-				scope.$watch 'position', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'got change in position watcher', newVal, oldVal
+#				scope.$watch 'position', (newVal, oldVal) ->
+#					console.log 'got change in position watcher', newVal, oldVal
 
 				scope.$watch 'forceCheck', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'forceCheck', newVal, oldVal
+					# console.log 'forceCheck', newVal, oldVal
 					return unless newVal?
 					scope.adjustingScroll = true  # temporarily disable scroll
 					doRescale scope.scale
 
 				scope.$watch('parentSize', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'XXX in parentSize watch', newVal, oldVal
+					# console.log 'XXX in parentSize watch', newVal, oldVal
 					if newVal == oldVal
-						console.log 'returning because old and new are the same'
+						# console.log 'returning because old and new are the same'
 						return
 					return unless oldVal?
-					console.log 'XXX calling setScale in parentSize watcher'
+					# console.log 'XXX calling setScale in parentSize watcher'
 					doRescale scope.scale
 				, true)
 
-				scope.$watch 'elementWidth', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log '*** watch INTERVAL element width is', newVal, oldVal
+				# scope.$watch 'elementWidth', (newVal, oldVal) ->
+				# 	console.log '*** watch INTERVAL element width is', newVal, oldVal
 
 				scope.$watch 'pleaseScrollTo', (newVal, oldVal) ->
-					console.log 'got request to ScrollTo', newVal, 'oldVal', oldVal
+					# console.log 'got request to ScrollTo', newVal, 'oldVal', oldVal
 					return unless newVal?
 					scope.adjustingScroll = true  # temporarily disable scroll
 																				# handler while we reposition
@@ -314,38 +314,38 @@ define [
 					scope.pleaseScrollTo = undefined
 
 				scope.$watch 'pleaseJumpTo', (newPosition, oldPosition) ->
-					console.log 'in pleaseJumpTo', newPosition, oldPosition
+					# console.log 'in pleaseJumpTo', newPosition, oldPosition
 					return unless newPosition?
 					ctrl.setPdfPosition scope.pages[newPosition.page-1], newPosition
 
 				scope.$watch 'navigateTo', (newVal, oldVal) ->
 					return unless newVal?
-					console.log 'got request to navigate to', newVal, 'oldVal', oldVal
+					# console.log 'got request to navigate to', newVal, 'oldVal', oldVal
 					scope.navigateTo = undefined
-					console.log 'navigate to', newVal
-					console.log 'look up page num'
+					# console.log 'navigate to', newVal
+					# console.log 'look up page num'
 					scope.loaded.then () ->
-						console.log 'destinations are', scope.destinations
+						# console.log 'destinations are', scope.destinations
 						r = scope.destinations[newVal.dest]
-						console.log 'need to go to', r
-						console.log 'page ref is', r[0]
+						# console.log 'need to go to', r
+						# console.log 'page ref is', r[0]
 						scope.document.getPageIndex(r[0]).then (pidx) ->
-							console.log 'page num is', pidx
+							# console.log 'page num is', pidx
 							page = scope.pages[pidx]
 							scope.document.getPdfViewport(page.pageNum).then (viewport) ->
-								console.log 'got viewport', viewport
+								#console.log 'got viewport', viewport
 								coords = viewport.convertToViewportPoint r[2], r[3]
-								console.log	'viewport position', coords
-								console.log 'r is', r, 'r[1]', r[1], 'r[1].name', r[1].name
+								#console.log	'viewport position', coords
+								#console.log 'r is', r, 'r[1]', r[1], 'r[1].name', r[1].name
 								if r[1].name == 'XYZ'
-									console.log 'XYZ:', r[2], r[3]
+									#console.log 'XYZ:', r[2], r[3]
 									newPosition = {page: pidx, offset: {top: r[3], left: r[2]}}
 									ctrl.setPdfPosition scope.pages[pidx], newPosition # XXX?
 
 				scope.$watch "highlights", (areas) ->
-					console.log 'got HIGHLIGHTS in pdfViewer', areas
+					# console.log 'got HIGHLIGHTS in pdfViewer', areas
 					return if !areas?
-					console.log 'areas are', areas
+					#console.log 'areas are', areas
 					highlights = for area in areas or []
 						{
 							page: area.page - 1
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ define [
 								height: area.height
 								width: area.width
 						}
-					console.log 'highlights', highlights
+					#console.log 'highlights', highlights
 
 					return if !highlights.length