diff --git a/dom.d b/dom.d
index ccfc60a..26f2f76 100644
--- a/dom.d
+++ b/dom.d
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ class Element {
 		selfClosed = _selfClosed;
 	}
 
+	/// Removes all inner content from the tag; all child text and elements are gone.
+	void removeAllChildren() {
+		children = null;
+	}
+
 	///.
 	@property Element previousSibling(string tagName = null) {
 		if(this.parentNode is null)
@@ -712,6 +717,8 @@ class Element {
 
 	///.
 	Element[] getElementsBySelector(string selector) {
+		// POSSIBLE FIXME: this also sends attribute things to lower in the selector,
+		// but the actual get selector check is still case sensitive...
 		if(parentDocument && parentDocument.loose)
 			selector = selector.toLower;
 
@@ -1001,6 +1008,13 @@ class Element {
 		if(html.length)
 			selfClosed = false;
 
+		if(html.length == 0) {
+			// I often say innerHTML = ""; as a shortcut to clear it out,
+			// so let's optimize that slightly.
+			removeAllChildren();
+			return;
+		}
+
 		auto doc = new Document();
 		doc.parse("<innerhtml>" ~ html ~ "</innerhtml>"); // FIXME: this should preserve the strictness of the parent document
 
@@ -1632,6 +1646,8 @@ class TextNode : Element {
 		tagName = "#text";
 	}
 
+	string opDispatch(string name)(string v = null) if(0) { return null; } // text nodes don't have attributes
+
 	///.
 	static TextNode fromUndecodedString(Document _parentDocument, string html) {
 		auto e = new TextNode(_parentDocument, "");
@@ -3630,6 +3646,7 @@ int intFromHex(string hex) {
 					state = State.ReadingAttributeComparison;
 				break;
 				case State.ReadingAttributeComparison:
+					// FIXME: these things really should be quotable in the proper lexer...
 					if(token != "]") {
 						if(token.indexOf("=") == -1) {
 							// not a comparison; consider it
@@ -3652,6 +3669,12 @@ int intFromHex(string hex) {
 						break;
 					}
 
+					// FIXME: HACK this chops off quotes from the outside for the comparison
+					// for compatibility with real CSS. The lexer should be properly fixed, though.
+					// FIXME: when the lexer is fixed, remove this lest you break it moar.
+					if(attributeValue.length > 2 && attributeValue[0] == '"' && attributeValue[$-1] == '"')
+						attributeValue = attributeValue[1 .. $-1];
+
 					// Selector operators
 					switch(attributeComparison) {
 						default: assert(0);