diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b5d30041..608c48ac 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ Xterm.js is used in several world-class applications to provide great terminal e
 - [**Microsoft Visual Studio Code**](http://code.visualstudio.com/): Modern, versatile and powerful open source code editor that provides an integrated terminal based on xterm.js
 - [**ttyd**](https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd): A command-line tool for sharing terminal over the web, with fully-featured terminal emulation based on xterm.js
 - [**Katacoda**](https://www.katacoda.com/): Katacoda is an Interactive Learning Platform for software developers, covering the latest Cloud Native technologies.
+- [**Eclipse Che**](http://www.eclipse.org/che): Developer workspace server, cloud IDE, and Eclipse next-generation IDE
 
 
 Do you use xterm.js in your application as well? Please [open a Pull Request](https://github.com/sourcelair/xterm.js/pulls) to include it here. We would love to have it in our list.
@@ -117,6 +118,10 @@ Visit https://lair.io/sourcelair/xterm and follow the instructions. All developm
 
 [Download Visual Studio Code](http://code.visualstudio.com/Download), clone xterm.js and you are all set.
 
+#### [Eclipse Che](http://www.eclipse.org/che)
+
+You can start Eclipse Che with `docker run eclipse/che start`
+
 ## License Agreement
 
 If you contribute code to this project, you are implicitly allowing your code to be distributed under the MIT license. You are also implicitly verifying that all code is your original work.
diff --git a/src/Viewport.test.ts b/src/Viewport.test.ts
index 4fa77ec0..77f27aff 100644
--- a/src/Viewport.test.ts
+++ b/src/Viewport.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { Viewport } from './Viewport';
 
+class MockWindow {
+  // Disable refreshLoop in test
+  public requestAnimationFrame() { }
+}
+
 describe('Viewport', () => {
   let terminal;
   let viewportElement;
@@ -11,6 +16,7 @@ describe('Viewport', () => {
   const CHARACTER_HEIGHT = 10;
 
   beforeEach(() => {
+    (<any>global).window = new MockWindow();
     terminal = {
       lines: [],
       rows: 0,
@@ -67,10 +73,14 @@ describe('Viewport', () => {
       terminal.rows = 1;
       assert.equal(scrollAreaElement.style.height, 0 * CHARACTER_HEIGHT + 'px');
       viewport.syncScrollArea();
+      assert.ok(viewport.isRefreshQueued);
+      viewport.refresh();
       assert.equal(viewportElement.style.height, 1 * CHARACTER_HEIGHT + 'px');
       assert.equal(scrollAreaElement.style.height, 1 * CHARACTER_HEIGHT + 'px');
       terminal.lines.push('');
       viewport.syncScrollArea();
+      assert.ok(viewport.isRefreshQueued);
+      viewport.refresh();
       assert.equal(viewportElement.style.height, 1 * CHARACTER_HEIGHT + 'px');
       assert.equal(scrollAreaElement.style.height, 2 * CHARACTER_HEIGHT + 'px');
     });
diff --git a/src/Viewport.ts b/src/Viewport.ts
index 013ae65a..8be36cef 100644
--- a/src/Viewport.ts
+++ b/src/Viewport.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export class Viewport {
   private currentRowHeight: number;
   private lastRecordedBufferLength: number;
   private lastRecordedViewportHeight: number;
+  private isRefreshQueued: boolean;
 
   /**
    * Creates a new Viewport.
@@ -30,12 +31,25 @@ export class Viewport {
     this.currentRowHeight = 0;
     this.lastRecordedBufferLength = 0;
     this.lastRecordedViewportHeight = 0;
+    this.isRefreshQueued = false;
 
     this.terminal.on('scroll', this.syncScrollArea.bind(this));
     this.terminal.on('resize', this.syncScrollArea.bind(this));
     this.viewportElement.addEventListener('scroll', this.onScroll.bind(this));
 
     this.syncScrollArea();
+    this.refreshLoop();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Queues a refresh to be done on next animation frame.
+   */
+  private refreshLoop(): void {
+    if (this.isRefreshQueued) {
+      this.refresh();
+      this.isRefreshQueued = false;
+    }
+    window.requestAnimationFrame(this.refreshLoop.bind(this));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -68,14 +82,14 @@ export class Viewport {
     if (this.lastRecordedBufferLength !== this.terminal.lines.length) {
       // If buffer height changed
       this.lastRecordedBufferLength = this.terminal.lines.length;
-      this.refresh();
+      this.isRefreshQueued = true;
     } else if (this.lastRecordedViewportHeight !== this.terminal.rows) {
       // If viewport height changed
-      this.refresh();
+      this.isRefreshQueued = true;
     } else {
       // If size has changed, refresh viewport
       if (this.charMeasure.height !== this.currentRowHeight) {
-        this.refresh();
+        this.isRefreshQueued = true;
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/utils/Browser.js b/src/utils/Browser.js
deleted file mode 100644
index cd13e027..00000000
--- a/src/utils/Browser.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Attributes and methods to help with identifying the current browser and platform.
- * @module xterm/utils/Browser
- * @license MIT
- */
-
-import { contains } from './Generic.js';
-
-let isNode = (typeof navigator == 'undefined') ? true : false;
-let userAgent = (isNode) ? 'node' : navigator.userAgent;
-let platform = (isNode) ? 'node' : navigator.platform;
-
-export let isFirefox = !!~userAgent.indexOf('Firefox');
-export let isMSIE = !!~userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') || !!~userAgent.indexOf('Trident');
-
-// Find the users platform. We use this to interpret the meta key
-// and ISO third level shifts.
-// http://stackoverflow.com/q/19877924/577598
-export let isMac = contains(['Macintosh', 'MacIntel', 'MacPPC', 'Mac68K'], platform);
-export let isIpad = platform === 'iPad';
-export let isIphone = platform === 'iPhone';
-export let isMSWindows = contains(['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE'], platform);
diff --git a/src/utils/Browser.ts b/src/utils/Browser.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04da698e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/Browser.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * Attributes and methods to help with identifying the current browser and platform.
+ * @module xterm/utils/Browser
+ * @license MIT
+ */
+
+import { contains } from './Generic';
+
+const isNode = (typeof navigator === 'undefined') ? true : false;
+const userAgent = (isNode) ? 'node' : navigator.userAgent;
+const platform = (isNode) ? 'node' : navigator.platform;
+
+export const isFirefox = !!~userAgent.indexOf('Firefox');
+export const isMSIE = !!~userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') || !!~userAgent.indexOf('Trident');
+
+// Find the users platform. We use this to interpret the meta key
+// and ISO third level shifts.
+// http://stackoverflow.com/q/19877924/577598
+export const isMac = contains(['Macintosh', 'MacIntel', 'MacPPC', 'Mac68K'], platform);
+export const isIpad = platform === 'iPad';
+export const isIphone = platform === 'iPhone';
+export const isMSWindows = contains(['Windows', 'Win16', 'Win32', 'WinCE'], platform);
diff --git a/src/utils/Generic.js b/src/utils/Generic.ts
similarity index 88%
rename from src/utils/Generic.js
rename to src/utils/Generic.ts
index 42f876f3..ce09c1be 100644
--- a/src/utils/Generic.js
+++ b/src/utils/Generic.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
  * @param {Array} array The array to search for the given element.
  * @param {Object} el The element to look for into the array
  */
-export let contains = function(arr, el) {
+export function contains(arr: any[], el: any) {
   return arr.indexOf(el) >= 0;
 };
diff --git a/src/xterm.js b/src/xterm.js
index 999dc08b..9ac656b5 100644
--- a/src/xterm.js
+++ b/src/xterm.js
@@ -138,14 +138,8 @@ function Terminal(options) {
    */
   this.y = 0;
 
-  /**
-   * Used to debounce the refresh function
-   */
-  this.isRefreshing = false;
-
-  /**
-   * Whether there is a full terminal refresh queued
-   */
+  /** A queue of the rows to be refreshed */
+  this.refreshRowsQueue = [];
 
   this.cursorState = 0;
   this.cursorHidden = false;
@@ -408,7 +402,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.blur = function() {
  */
 Terminal.bindBlur = function (term) {
   on(term.textarea, 'blur', function (ev) {
-    term.refresh(term.y, term.y);
+    term.queueRefresh(term.y, term.y);
     if (term.sendFocus) {
       term.send('\x1b[O');
     }
@@ -590,8 +584,9 @@ Terminal.prototype.open = function(parent) {
 
   this.viewport = new Viewport(this, this.viewportElement, this.viewportScrollArea, this.charMeasure);
 
-  // Draw the screen.
-  this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  // Setup loop that draws to screen
+  this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  this.refreshLoop();
 
   // Initialize global actions that
   // need to be taken on the document.
@@ -1009,6 +1004,48 @@ Terminal.flags = {
   INVISIBLE: 16
 }
 
+/**
+ * Queues a refresh between two rows (inclusive), to be done on next animation
+ * frame.
+ * @param {number} start The start row.
+ * @param {number} end The end row.
+ */
+Terminal.prototype.queueRefresh = function(start, end) {
+  this.refreshRowsQueue.push({ start: start, end: end });
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs the refresh loop callback, calling refresh only if a refresh is
+ * necessary before queueing up the next one.
+ */
+Terminal.prototype.refreshLoop = function() {
+  // Don't refresh if there were no row changes
+  if (this.refreshRowsQueue.length > 0) {
+    var start;
+    var end;
+    if (this.refreshRowsQueue.length > 4) {
+      // Just do a full refresh when 5+ refreshes are queued
+      start = 0;
+      end = this.rows - 1;
+    } else {
+      // Get start and end rows that need refreshing
+      start = this.refreshRowsQueue[0].start;
+      end = this.refreshRowsQueue[0].end;
+      for (var i = 1; i < this.refreshRowsQueue.length; i++) {
+        if (this.refreshRowsQueue[i].start < start) {
+          start = this.refreshRowsQueue[i].start;
+        }
+        if (this.refreshRowsQueue[i].end > end) {
+          end = this.refreshRowsQueue[i].end;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    this.refreshRowsQueue = [];
+    this.refresh(start, end);
+  }
+  window.requestAnimationFrame(this.refreshLoop.bind(this));
+}
+
 /**
  * Refreshes (re-renders) terminal content within two rows (inclusive)
  *
@@ -1029,47 +1066,10 @@ Terminal.flags = {
  *
  * @param {number} start The row to start from (between 0 and terminal's height terminal - 1)
  * @param {number} end The row to end at (between fromRow and terminal's height terminal - 1)
- * @param {boolean} queue Whether the refresh should ran right now or be queued
  */
-Terminal.prototype.refresh = function(start, end, queue) {
+Terminal.prototype.refresh = function(start, end) {
   var self = this;
 
-  // queue defaults to true
-  queue = (typeof queue == 'undefined') ? true : queue;
-
-  /**
-   * The refresh queue allows refresh to execute only approximately 30 times a second. For
-   * commands that pass a significant amount of output to the write function, this prevents the
-   * terminal from maxing out the CPU and making the UI unresponsive. While commands can still
-   * run beyond what they do on the terminal, it is far better with a debounce in place as
-   * every single terminal manipulation does not need to be constructed in the DOM.
-   *
-   * A side-effect of this is that it makes ^C to interrupt a process seem more responsive.
-   */
-  if (queue) {
-    // If refresh should be queued, order the refresh and return.
-    if (this._refreshIsQueued) {
-      // If a refresh has already been queued, just order a full refresh next
-      this._fullRefreshNext = true;
-    } else {
-      setTimeout(function () {
-        self.refresh(start, end, false);
-      }, 34)
-      this._refreshIsQueued = true;
-    }
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // If refresh should be run right now (not be queued), release the lock
-  this._refreshIsQueued = false;
-
-  // If multiple refreshes were requested, make a full refresh.
-  if (this._fullRefreshNext) {
-    start = 0;
-    end = this.rows - 1;
-    this._fullRefreshNext = false // reset lock
-  }
-
   var x, y, i, line, out, ch, ch_width, width, data, attr, bg, fg, flags, row, parent, focused = document.activeElement;
 
   // If this is a big refresh, remove the terminal rows from the DOM for faster calculations
@@ -1242,7 +1242,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.refresh = function(start, end, queue) {
 Terminal.prototype.showCursor = function() {
   if (!this.cursorState) {
     this.cursorState = 1;
-    this.refresh(this.y, this.y);
+    this.queueRefresh(this.y, this.y);
   }
 };
 
@@ -1329,7 +1329,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.scrollDisp = function(disp, suppressScrollEvent) {
     this.emit('scroll', this.ydisp);
   }
 
-  this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2397,7 +2397,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.write = function(data) {
   }
 
   this.updateRange(this.y);
-  this.refresh(this.refreshStart, this.refreshEnd);
+  this.queueRefresh(this.refreshStart, this.refreshEnd);
 };
 
 /**
@@ -2965,7 +2965,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.resize = function(x, y) {
 
   this.charMeasure.measure();
 
-  this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
 
   this.normal = null;
 
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.clear = function() {
   for (var i = 1; i < this.rows; i++) {
     this.lines.push(this.blankLine());
   }
-  this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
   this.emit('scroll', this.ydisp);
 };
 
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.reset = function() {
   var customKeydownHandler = this.customKeydownHandler;
   Terminal.call(this, this.options);
   this.customKeydownHandler = customKeydownHandler;
-  this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+  this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
   this.viewport.syncScrollArea();
 };
 
@@ -4344,7 +4344,7 @@ Terminal.prototype.resetMode = function(params) {
           //   this.x = this.savedX;
           //   this.y = this.savedY;
           // }
-          this.refresh(0, this.rows - 1);
+          this.queueRefresh(0, this.rows - 1);
           this.viewport.syncScrollArea();
           this.showCursor();
         }