and finally, the modules folder. Now I can publish and take a break

code/modules/goonchat/browserOutput.dm

@@ -208,7 +208,18 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(iconCache, /savefile, new("data/iconCache.sav")) //Cache of ic
 
 	for(var/I in targets)
 		//Grab us a client if possible
-		var/client/C = grab_client(I)
+		var/client/C
+		if (ismob(I))
+			var/mob/M = I
+			if(M.client)
+				C = M.client
+		else if(istype(I, /client))
+			C = I
+		else if(istype(I, /datum/mind))
+			var/datum/mind/M = I
+			if(M.current && M.current.client)
+				C = M.current.client
+			
 
 		if (!C)
 			continue
@@ -226,15 +237,3 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(iconCache, /savefile, new("data/iconCache.sav")) //Cache of ic
 
 		// url_encode it TWICE, this way any UTF-8 characters are able to be decoded by the Javascript.
 		C << output(url_encode(url_encode(message)), "browseroutput:output")
-
-/proc/grab_client(target)
-	if(istype(target, /client))
-		return target
-	else if(ismob(target))
-		var/mob/M = target
-		if(M.client)
-			return M.client
-	else if(istype(target, /datum/mind))
-		var/datum/mind/M = target
-		if(M.current && M.current.client)
-			return M.current.client

code/modules/goonchat/browserassets/js/browserOutput.js

@@ -95,8 +95,53 @@ if (typeof String.prototype.trim !== 'function') {
 	};
 }
 
+// Linkify the contents of a node, within its parent.
+function linkify(parent, insertBefore, text) {
+	var start = 0;
+	var match;
+	var regex = /(?:(?:https?:\/\/)|(?:www\.))(?:[^ ]*?\.[^ ]*?)+[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;()]+/ig;
+	while ((match = regex.exec(text)) !== null) {
+		// add the unmatched text
+		parent.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(text.substring(start, match.index)), insertBefore);
+
+		var href = match[0];
+		if (!/^https?:\/\//i.test(match[0])) {
+			href = "http://" + match[0];
+		}
+
+		// add the link
+		var link = document.createElement("a");
+		link.href = href;
+		link.textContent = match[0];
+		parent.insertBefore(link, insertBefore);
+
+		start = regex.lastIndex;
+	}
+	if (start !== 0) {
+		// add the remaining text and remove the original text node
+		parent.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(text.substring(start)), insertBefore);
+		parent.removeChild(insertBefore);
+	}
+}
+
+// Recursively linkify the children of a given node.
+function linkify_node(node) {
+	var children = node.childNodes;
+	// work backwards to avoid the risk of looping forever on our own output
+	for (var i = children.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+		var child = children[i];
+		if (child.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE) {
+			// text is to be linkified
+			linkify(node, child, child.textContent);
+		} else if (child.nodeName != "A" && child.nodeName != "a") {
+			// do not linkify existing links
+			linkify_node(child);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 //Shit fucking piece of crap that doesn't work god fuckin damn it
-function linkify(text) {
+function linkify_fallback(text) {
 	var rex = /((?:<a|<iframe|<img)(?:.*?(?:src="|href=").*?))?(?:(?:https?:\/\/)|(?:www\.))+(?:[^ ]*?\.[^ ]*?)+[-A-Za-z0-9+&@#\/%?=~_|$!:,.;]+/ig;
 	return text.replace(rex, function ($0, $1) {
 		if(/^https?:\/\/.+/i.test($0)) {
@@ -283,11 +328,6 @@ function output(message, flag) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	//Url stuff
-	if (message.length && flag != 'preventLink') {
-		message = linkify(message);
-	}
-
 	opts.messageCount++;
 
 	//Pop the top message off if history limit reached
@@ -340,6 +380,20 @@ function output(message, flag) {
 		$last_message = trimmed_message;
 		$messages[0].appendChild(entry);
 		$(entry).find("img.icon").error(iconError);
+
+		var to_linkify = $(entry).find(".linkify");
+		if (typeof Node === 'undefined') {
+			// Linkify fallback for old IE
+			for(var i = 0; i < to_linkify.length; ++i) {
+				to_linkify[i].innerHTML = linkify_fallback(to_linkify[i].innerHTML);
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Linkify for modern IE versions
+			for(var i = 0; i < to_linkify.length; ++i) {
+				linkify_node(to_linkify[i]);
+			}
+		}
+
 		//Actually do the snap
 		//Stuff we can do after the message shows can go here, in the interests of responsiveness
 		if (opts.highlightTerms && opts.highlightTerms.length > 0) {