diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/client/controllers/clientController.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/client/controllers/clientController.js
index cba2cc910..62707b902 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/client/controllers/clientController.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/client/controllers/clientController.js
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
     var connectionGroupDAO = $injector.get('connectionGroupDAO');
     var connectionDAO      = $injector.get('connectionDAO');
     var ClientProperties   = $injector.get('clientProperties');
-    var statusModal        = $injector.get('statusModal');
 
     // Client settings and state
     $scope.clientProperties = new ClientProperties();
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
 
         // Show new status if not yet connected
         if (status !== "connected") {
-            statusModal.showStatus({
+            $scope.showStatus({
                 title: "client.status.connectingStatusTitle",
                 text: "client.status.clientStates." + status
             });
@@ -188,7 +187,7 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
 
         // Hide status upon connecting
         else
-            statusModal.showStatus(false);
+            $scope.showStatus(false);
 
     });
 
@@ -201,8 +200,11 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
         // Determine translation name of error
         var errorName = (status in CLIENT_ERRORS) ? status.toString(16) : "DEFAULT";
 
+        // Override any existing status
+        $scope.showStatus(false);
+
         // Show error status
-        statusModal.showStatus({
+        $scope.showStatus({
             className: "error",
             title: "client.error.connectionErrorTitle",
             text: "client.error.clientErrors." + errorName,
@@ -216,7 +218,7 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
 
         // Show new status only if disconnected
         if (status === "closed") {
-            statusModal.showStatus({
+            $scope.showStatus({
                 title: "client.status.closedStatusTitle",
                 text: "client.status.tunnelStates." + status
             });
@@ -233,8 +235,11 @@ angular.module('home').controller('clientController', ['$scope', '$routeParams',
         // Determine translation name of error
         var errorName = (status in TUNNEL_ERRORS) ? status.toString(16) : "DEFAULT";
 
+        // Override any existing status
+        $scope.showStatus(false);
+
         // Show error status
-        statusModal.showStatus({
+        $scope.showStatus({
             className: "error",
             title: "client.error.connectionErrorTitle",
             text: "client.error.tunnelErrors." + errorName,
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/home/templates/home.html b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/home/templates/home.html
index 5b0789d66..e46a7327c 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/home/templates/home.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/home/templates/home.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 <script type="text/ng-template" id="nestedGroup.html">
     <div class="connection" ng-show="item.isConnection">
-        <a ng-href="#/client/c/{{item.identifier}}" target="_blank">
+        <a ng-href="#/client/c/{{item.identifier}}">
             <div class="caption">
                 <div class="protocol">
                     <div class="icon type" ng-class="item.protocol"></div>
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <div class="caption">
             <div class="icon group type" ng-click="toggleExpanded(item)" ng-class="{expanded: item.expanded, empty: !item.children.length, balancer: item.balancer && !item.children.length}"></div>
             <span class="name">
-                <a ng-show="item.balancer" ng-href="#/client/cg/{{item.identifier}}" target="_blank">{{item.name}}</a>
+                <a ng-show="item.balancer" ng-href="#/client/cg/{{item.identifier}}">{{item.name}}</a>
                 <span ng-show="!item.balancer">{{item.name}}</span>
             </span>
         </div>
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/indexController.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/indexController.js
index b7d2c8d91..ea49c6b03 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/indexController.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/indexController.js
@@ -69,7 +69,47 @@ angular.module('index').controller('indexController', ['$scope', '$injector',
     // If the user is unknown, force a login
     if(!$scope.currentUserID)
         $location.path('/login');
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Shows or hides the status modal. If a status modal is currently shown,
+     * no further status modals will be shown until the current status is
+     * hidden.
+     *
+     * @param {Boolean|Object} status The status to show, or false to hide the
+     *                                current status.
+     * @param {String} [status.title] The title of the status modal.
+     * @param {String} [status.text] The body text of the status modal.
+     * @param {String} [status.className] The CSS class name to apply to the
+     *                                    modal, in addition to the default
+     *                                    "dialog" and "status" classes.
+     * @param {String[]} [status.actions] Array of action names which
+     *                                    correspond to button captions. Each
+     *                                    action will be displayed as a button
+     *                                    within the status modal. Clickin a
+     *                                    button will fire a guacStatusAction
+     *                                    event.
+     */
+    $scope.showStatus = function showStatus(status) {
+        if (!$scope.status || !status)
+            $scope.status = status;
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * Fires a guacStatusAction event signalling a chosen action. The status
+     * modal will be cloased prior to firing the action event.
+     *
+     * @param {String} action The name of the action.
+     */
+    $scope.fireAction = function fireAction(action) {
+
+        // Hide status modal
+        $scope.status = false;
+
+        // Fire action event
+        $scope.$broadcast('guacAction', action);
+
+    };
+           
     // Allow the permissions to be reloaded elsewhere if needed
     $scope.loadBasicPermissions = function loadBasicPermissions() {
         
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/statusController.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/statusController.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 158e38e6e..000000000
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/controllers/statusController.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Glyptodon LLC
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-/**
- * The controller for the status modal.
- */
-angular.module('manage').controller('statusController', ['$scope', '$rootScope', '$injector', 
-        function statusController($scope, $rootScope, $injector) {
-            
-    var statusModal = $injector.get('statusModal');
-
-    /**
-     * Fires a guacStatusAction event signalling a chosen action. The status
-     * modal will be cloased prior to firing the action event.
-     *
-     * @param {String} action The name of the action.
-     */
-    $scope.fireAction = function fireAction(action) {
-
-        // Hide status modal
-        statusModal.showStatus(false);
-
-        // Fire action event
-        $rootScope.$broadcast('guacAction', action);
-
-    };
-
-}]);
-
-
-
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/services/statusModal.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/services/statusModal.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b2643b6f9..000000000
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/services/statusModal.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (C) 2014 Glyptodon LLC
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
- * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
- * THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
-/**
- * A modal for displaying the current status.
- */
-angular.module('manage').factory('statusModal', ['btfModal', 
-        function statusModal(btfModal) {
-
-    var service = {};
-
-    // Create the modal object to be used later to actually create the modal
-    var modalService = btfModal({
-        controller: 'statusController',
-        controllerAs: 'modal',
-        templateUrl: 'app/index/templates/status.html'
-    });
-
-    /**
-     * Whether the status modal is currently displayed.
-     *
-     * @type Boolean
-     */
-    service.shown = false;
-
-    /**
-     * Shows or hides the status modal.
-     *
-     * @param {Boolean|Object} status The status to show, or false to hide the
-     *                                current status.
-     * @param {String} [status.title] The title of the status modal.
-     * @param {String} [status.text] The body text of the status modal.
-     * @param {String} [status.className] The CSS class name to apply to the
-     *                                    modal, in addition to the default
-     *                                    "dialog" and "status" classes.
-     * @param {String[]} [status.actions] Array of action names which
-     *                                    correspond to button captions. Each
-     *                                    action will be displayed as a button
-     *                                    within the status modal. Clickin a
-     *                                    button will fire a guacStatusAction
-     *                                    event.
-     */
-    service.showStatus = function showStatus(status) {
-
-        // Hide any existing status
-        modalService.deactivate();
-        service.shown = false;
-
-        // Show new status if requested
-        if (status) {
-            modalService.activate(status);
-            service.shown = true;
-        }
-
-    };
-
-    return service;
-
-}]);
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/styles/status.css b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/styles/status.css
index 28598e40b..bdd64dc47 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/styles/status.css
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/styles/status.css
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-.dialog-container {
+.status-container {
     position: fixed;
     top: 0;
     left: 0;
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     padding: 1em;
 }
 
-.dialog-outer {
+.status-outer {
     display: table;
     height: 100%;
     width: 100%;
@@ -38,34 +38,17 @@
     left: 0;
     top: 0;
     background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
+    z-index: 1;
 }
 
-.dialog-middle {
+.status-middle {
     width: 100%;
     text-align: center;
     display: table-cell;
     vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
-@keyframes show-dialog {
-    0%   {transform: scale(0.75); }
-    100% {transform: scale(1); }
-}
-
-@-webkit-keyframes show-dialog {
-    0%   {-webkit-transform: scale(0.75); }
-    100% {-webkit-transform: scale(1); }
-}
-
-.dialog.status {
-
-    animation-name: show-dialog;
-    animation-timing-function: linear;
-    animation-duration: 0.125s;
-    -webkit-animation-name: show-dialog;
-    -webkit-animation-timing-function: linear;
-    -webkit-animation-duration: 0.125s;
- 
+.status {
     max-width: 75%;
     width: 4in;
     margin-left: auto;
@@ -87,18 +70,42 @@
     
 }
 
-.dialog.status .title {
+.status .title {
     font-size: 1.1em;
     font-weight: bold;
     border-bottom: 1px solid black;
     margin-bottom: 0.5em;
 }
 
-.dialog.status.error {
+.status.error {
     background: #FDD;
     border: 1px solid #964040;
 }
 
-.dialog.status > * {
+.status > * {
     margin: 0.75em;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+/* Fade entire status area in/out based on shown status */
+
+.status-outer {
+    visibility: hidden;
+    opacity: 0;
+    transition: opacity, visibility;
+    transition-duration: 0.25s;
+}
+
+.shown.status-outer {
+    visibility: visible;
+    opacity: 1;
+}
+
+/* Hide dialog immediately based on status */
+
+.status {
+    visibility: hidden;
+}
+
+.shown .status {
+    visibility: visible;
+}
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/templates/status.html b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/templates/status.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b5a025ded..000000000
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/index/templates/status.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-<!--
-Copyright 2014 Glyptodon LLC.
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
--->
-
-
-<!-- Dialog container for the modal -->
-<div class="dialog-outer">
-    <div class="dialog-middle">
-        <div class="dialog status" ng-class="className">
-            
-            <!-- Status title -->
-            <p ng-show="title" class="title">{{title | translate}}</p>
-        
-            <!-- Status text -->
-            <p ng-show="text" class="status">{{text | translate}}</p>
-
-            <!-- All action buttons, if any -->
-            <div ng-show="actions && actions.length" class="buttons">
-                <button ng-repeat="action in actions" ng-click="fireAction(action)">{{action | translate}}</button>
-            </div>
-            
-        </div>
-    </div>
-</div>
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/index.html b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/index.html
index f2be7eab2..26e5ebc2c 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/index.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/index.html
@@ -30,8 +30,28 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
         <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="guacamole.min.css">
     </head>
     <body ng-class="page.bodyClassName">
+
+        <!-- Global status/error dialog -->
+        <div ng-class="{shown: status}" class="status-outer">
+            <div class="status-middle">
+                <div class="status" ng-class="status.className">
+                    
+                    <!-- Status title -->
+                    <p ng-show="status.title" class="title">{{status.title | translate}}</p>
+                
+                    <!-- Status text -->
+                    <p ng-show="status.text" class="text">{{status.text | translate}}</p>
+                
+                    <!-- All action buttons, if any -->
+                    <div ng-show="status.actions && status.actions.length" class="buttons">
+                        <button ng-repeat="action in status.actions" ng-click="fireAction(action)">{{action | translate}}</button>
+                    </div>
+                
+                </div>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        
         <div id="content" ng-view>
-            
         </div>
         
         <script type="text/javascript" src="guacamole.min.js"></script>