diff --git a/client/components/App.vue b/client/components/App.vue
index d58e819f..afbdfd7e 100644
--- a/client/components/App.vue
+++ b/client/components/App.vue
@@ -59,38 +59,7 @@
 		</aside>
 		<div id="sidebar-overlay"/>
 		<article id="windows">
-			<div
-				id="chat-container"
-				class="window">
-				<div id="chat">
-					<!--Chat v-if="activeChannel" :channel="activeChannel.channel"/-->
-					<template v-for="network in networks">
-						<Chat
-							v-for="channel in network.channels"
-							:key="channel.id"
-							:channel="channel"/>
-					</template>
-				</div>
-				<div id="connection-error"/>
-				<form
-					id="form"
-					method="post"
-					action="">
-					<span id="nick"/>
-					<textarea
-						id="input"
-						class="mousetrap"/>
-					<span
-						id="submit-tooltip"
-						class="tooltipped tooltipped-w tooltipped-no-touch"
-						aria-label="Send message">
-						<button
-							id="submit"
-							type="submit"
-							aria-label="Send message"/>
-					</span>
-				</form>
-			</div>
+			<Chat v-if="activeChannel" :network="activeChannel.network" :channel="activeChannel.channel"/>
 			<div
 				id="sign-in"
 				class="window"
diff --git a/client/components/Chat.vue b/client/components/Chat.vue
index 97fd7cb8..f29e862b 100644
--- a/client/components/Chat.vue
+++ b/client/components/Chat.vue
@@ -1,99 +1,164 @@
 <template>
-	<div
-		:id="'chan-' + channel.id"
-		:class="[channel.type, 'chan']"
-		:data-id="channel.id"
-		:data-type="channel.type"
-		:aria-label="channel.name"
-		role="tabpanel"
-	>
-		<div class="header">
-			<button
-				class="lt"
-				aria-label="Toggle channel list"/>
-			<span class="title">{{ channel.name }}</span>
-			<span
-				:title="channel.topic"
-				class="topic"
-				v-html="$options.filters.parse(channel.topic)"/>
-			<button
-				class="menu"
-				aria-label="Open the context menu"
-			/>
-			<span
-				v-if="channel.type === 'channel'"
-				class="rt-tooltip tooltipped tooltipped-w"
-				aria-label="Toggle user list">
-				<button
-					class="rt"
-					aria-label="Toggle user list"/>
-			</span>
-		</div>
-		<div class="chat-content">
-			<div class="chat">
-				<div
-					v-if="channel.messages.length > 0"
-					class="show-more">
+	<div id="chat-container" class="window">
+		<div id="chat">
+			<div
+				:id="'chan-' + channel.id"
+				:class="[channel.type, 'chan', 'active']"
+				:data-id="channel.id"
+				:data-type="channel.type"
+				:aria-label="channel.name"
+				role="tabpanel"
+			>
+				<div class="header">
 					<button
-						:data-id="channel.id"
-						class="btn"
-						data-alt-text="Loading…">Show older messages</button>
+						class="lt"
+						aria-label="Toggle channel list"/>
+					<span class="title">{{ channel.name }}</span>
+					<span
+						:title="channel.topic"
+						class="topic"
+						v-html="$options.filters.parse(channel.topic)"/>
+					<button
+						class="menu"
+						aria-label="Open the context menu"
+					/>
+					<span
+						v-if="channel.type === 'channel'"
+						class="rt-tooltip tooltipped tooltipped-w"
+						aria-label="Toggle user list">
+						<button
+							class="rt"
+							aria-label="Toggle user list"/>
+					</span>
 				</div>
-				<div
-					class="messages"
-					role="log"
-					aria-live="polite"
-					aria-relevant="additions"
-				>
-					<template v-for="(message, id) in channel.messages">
+				<div class="chat-content">
+					<div class="chat">
 						<div
-							v-if="shouldDisplayDateMarker(id)"
-							:key="message.id + '-date'"
-							:data-time="message.time"
-							:aria-label="message.time | localedate"
-							class="date-marker-container tooltipped tooltipped-s"
+							v-if="channel.messages.length > 0"
+							class="show-more show">
+							<button
+								:data-id="channel.id"
+								class="btn"
+								data-alt-text="Loading…">Show older messages</button>
+						</div>
+						<div
+							class="messages"
+							role="log"
+							aria-live="polite"
+							aria-relevant="additions"
 						>
-							<div class="date-marker">
-								<span
-									:data-label="message.time | friendlydate"
-									class="date-marker-text"/>
+							<template v-for="(message, id) in channel.messages">
+								<div
+									v-if="shouldDisplayDateMarker(id)"
+									:key="message.id + '-date'"
+									:data-time="message.time"
+									:aria-label="message.time | localedate"
+									class="date-marker-container tooltipped tooltipped-s"
+								>
+									<div class="date-marker">
+										<span
+											:data-label="message.time | friendlydate"
+											class="date-marker-text"/>
+									</div>
+								</div>
+								<div
+									v-if="shouldDisplayUnreadMarker(message.id)"
+									:key="message.id + '-unread'"
+									class="unread-marker"
+								>
+									<span class="unread-marker-text"/>
+								</div>
+								<Message
+									:message="message"
+									:key="message.id"/>
+							</template>
+						</div>
+					</div>
+					<aside
+						v-if="channel.type === 'channel'"
+						class="userlist">
+						<div class="count">
+							<input
+								:placeholder="channel.users.length + ' user' + (channel.users.length === 1 ? '' : 's')"
+								type="search"
+								class="search"
+								aria-label="Search among the user list"
+								tabindex="-1">
+						</div>
+						<div class="names">
+							<div v-for="(users, mode) in groupedUsers" :key="mode" :class="['user-mode', getModeClass(mode)]">
+								<Username v-for="user in users" :key="user.nick" :user="user"/>
 							</div>
 						</div>
-
-						<Message
-							:message="message"
-							:key="message.id"/>
-					</template>
+					</aside>
 				</div>
 			</div>
-			<aside
-				v-if="channel.type === 'channel'"
-				class="userlist">
-				<div class="count">
-					<input
-						type="search"
-						class="search"
-						aria-label="Search among the user list"
-						tabindex="-1">
-				</div>
-				<div class="names names-filtered"/>
-				<div class="names names-original"/>
-			</aside>
 		</div>
+		<div id="connection-error"/>
+		<form
+			id="form"
+			method="post"
+			action="">
+			<span id="nick">{{network.nick}}</span>
+			<textarea
+				id="input"
+				class="mousetrap"
+				v-model="channel.pendingMessage"
+				:placeholder="getInputPlaceholder(channel)"
+				:aria-label="getInputPlaceholder(channel)"
+			/>
+			<span
+				id="submit-tooltip"
+				class="tooltipped tooltipped-w tooltipped-no-touch"
+				aria-label="Send message">
+				<button
+					id="submit"
+					type="submit"
+					aria-label="Send message"/>
+			</span>
+		</form>
 	</div>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 import Message from "./Message.vue";
+import Username from "./Username.vue";
+
+const modes = {
+	"~": "owner",
+	"&": "admin",
+	"!": "admin",
+	"@": "op",
+	"%": "half-op",
+	"+": "voice",
+	"": "normal",
+};
 
 export default {
 	name: "Chat",
 	components: {
 		Message,
+		Username,
 	},
 	props: {
+		network: Object,
 		channel: Object,
 	},
+	computed: {
+		groupedUsers() {
+			const groups = {};
+
+			for (const user of this.channel.users) {
+				if (!groups[user.mode]) {
+					groups[user.mode] = [user];
+				} else {
+					groups[user.mode].push(user);
+				}
+			}
+
+			return groups;
+		},
+	},
 	methods: {
 		shouldDisplayDateMarker(id) {
 			const previousTime = this.channel.messages[id - 1];
@@ -106,6 +171,25 @@ export default {
 
 			return (new Date(previousTime.time)).getDay() !== (new Date(currentTime.time)).getDay();
 		},
+		shouldDisplayUnreadMarker(msgId) {
+			if (this.channel.firstUnread < msgId) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			this.channel.firstUnread = 0;
+
+			return true;
+		},
+		getInputPlaceholder(channel) {
+			if (channel.type === "channel" || channel.type === "query") {
+				return `Write to ${channel.name}`;
+			}
+
+			return "";
+		},
+		getModeClass(mode) {
+			return modes[mode];
+		},
 	},
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/client/js/libs/handlebars/modes.js b/client/js/libs/handlebars/modes.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 271361f3..00000000
--- a/client/js/libs/handlebars/modes.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const modes = {
-	"~": "owner",
-	"&": "admin",
-	"!": "admin",
-	"@": "op",
-	"%": "half-op",
-	"+": "voice",
-	"": "normal",
-};
-
-module.exports = function(mode) {
-	return modes[mode];
-};
diff --git a/client/js/lounge.js b/client/js/lounge.js
index 53ce7ec2..1a941ae5 100644
--- a/client/js/lounge.js
+++ b/client/js/lounge.js
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ $(function() {
 		// sidebar specifically. Needs to be done better when window management gets
 		// refactored.
 		const inSidebar = self.parents("#sidebar, #footer").length > 0;
+		let channel;
 
 		if (inSidebar) {
 			chat.data(
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ $(function() {
 				self.data("id")
 			);
 
-			const channel = findChannel(self.data("id"));
+			channel = findChannel(self.data("id"));
 
 			vueApp.activeChannel = channel;
 
@@ -207,11 +208,9 @@ $(function() {
 		const lastActive = $("#windows > .active");
 
 		lastActive
-			.removeClass("active")
-			.find(".chat")
-			.unsticky();
+			.removeClass("active");
 
-		const lastActiveChan = lastActive.find(".chan.active");
+		/*const lastActiveChan = lastActive.find(".chan.active");
 
 		if (lastActiveChan.length > 0) {
 			lastActiveChan
@@ -221,7 +220,7 @@ $(function() {
 				.appendTo(lastActiveChan.find(".messages"));
 
 			render.trimMessageInChannel(lastActiveChan, 100);
-		}
+		}*/
 
 		const chan = $(target)
 			.addClass("active")
@@ -231,19 +230,9 @@ $(function() {
 		utils.updateTitle();
 
 		const type = chan.data("type");
-		let placeholder = "";
-
-		if (type === "channel" || type === "query") {
-			placeholder = `Write to ${chan.attr("aria-label")}`;
-		}
-
-		input
-			.prop("placeholder", placeholder)
-			.attr("aria-label", placeholder);
 
 		if (self.hasClass("chan")) {
 			$("#chat-container").addClass("active");
-			$("#nick").text(self.closest(".network").attr("data-nick"));
 		}
 
 		const chanChat = chan.find(".chat");
@@ -257,9 +246,12 @@ $(function() {
 			input.trigger("ontouchstart" in window ? "blur" : "focus");
 		}
 
-		if (chan.data("needsNamesRefresh") === true) {
-			chan.data("needsNamesRefresh", false);
-			socket.emit("names", {target: self.data("id")});
+		if (channel && channel.channel.usersOutdated) {
+			channel.channel.usersOutdated = false;
+
+			socket.emit("names", {
+				target: channel.channel.id,
+			});
 		}
 
 		// Pushes states to history web API when clicking elements with a data-target attribute.
diff --git a/client/js/render.js b/client/js/render.js
index e65057fc..51b75b9b 100644
--- a/client/js/render.js
+++ b/client/js/render.js
@@ -24,26 +24,18 @@ const historyObserver = window.IntersectionObserver ?
 	}) : null;
 
 module.exports = {
-	appendMessage,
-	buildChannelMessages,
 	renderChannel,
-	renderChannelUsers,
 	renderNetworks,
 	trimMessageInChannel,
 };
 
-function buildChannelMessages(container, chanId, chanType, messages) {
-	return messages.reduce((docFragment, message) => {
-		appendMessage(docFragment, chanId, chanType, message);
-		return docFragment;
-	}, container);
-}
-
 function appendMessage(container, chanId, chanType, msg) {
 	if (utils.lastMessageId < msg.id) {
 		utils.lastMessageId = msg.id;
 	}
 
+	return;
+
 	let lastChild = container.children(".msg, .date-marker-container").last();
 	const renderedMessage = buildChatMessage(msg);
 
@@ -136,80 +128,18 @@ function renderChannel(data) {
 	renderChannelMessages(data);
 
 	if (data.type === "channel") {
-		const users = renderChannelUsers(data);
+		//const users = renderChannelUsers(data);
 
-		Userlist.handleKeybinds(users.find(".search"));
+		//Userlist.handleKeybinds(users.find(".search"));
 	}
 
 	if (historyObserver) {
-		historyObserver.observe(chat.find("#chan-" + data.id + " .show-more").get(0));
+		//historyObserver.observe(chat.find("#chan-" + data.id + " .show-more").get(0));
 	}
 }
 
 function renderChannelMessages(data) {
-	const documentFragment = buildChannelMessages($(document.createDocumentFragment()), data.id, data.type, data.messages);
 	const channel = chat.find("#chan-" + data.id + " .messages");
-
-	renderUnreadMarker($(templates.unread_marker()), data.firstUnread, channel);
-}
-
-function renderUnreadMarker(template, firstUnread, channel) {
-	if (firstUnread > 0) {
-		let first = channel.find("#msg-" + firstUnread);
-
-		if (!first.length) {
-			template.data("unread-id", firstUnread);
-			channel.prepend(template);
-		} else {
-			const parent = first.parent();
-
-			if (parent.hasClass("condensed")) {
-				first = parent;
-			}
-
-			first.before(template);
-		}
-	} else {
-		channel.append(template);
-	}
-}
-
-function renderChannelUsers(data) {
-	const users = chat.find("#chan-" + data.id).find(".userlist");
-	const nicks = data.users
-		.concat() // Make a copy of the user list, sort is applied in-place
-		.sort((a, b) => b.lastMessage - a.lastMessage)
-		.map((a) => a.nick);
-
-	// Before re-rendering the list of names, there might have been an entry
-	// marked as active (i.e. that was highlighted by keyboard navigation).
-	// It is `undefined` if there was none.
-	const previouslyActive = users.find(".active");
-
-	const search = users
-		.find(".search")
-		.prop("placeholder", nicks.length + " " + (nicks.length === 1 ? "user" : "users"));
-
-	users
-		.data("nicks", nicks)
-		.find(".names-original")
-		.html(templates.user(data));
-
-	// Refresh user search
-	if (search.val().length) {
-		search.trigger("input");
-	}
-
-	// If a nick was highlighted before re-rendering the lists, re-highlight it in
-	// the newly-rendered list.
-	if (previouslyActive.length > 0) {
-		// We need to un-highlight everything first because triggering `input` with
-		// a value highlights the first entry.
-		users.find(".user").removeClass("active");
-		users.find(`.user[data-name="${previouslyActive.attr("data-name")}"]`).addClass("active");
-	}
-
-	return users;
 }
 
 function renderNetworks(data, singleNetwork) {
@@ -234,20 +164,12 @@ function renderNetworks(data, singleNetwork) {
 			const chan = $("#chan-" + channel.id);
 
 			if (chan.length > 0) {
-				if (chan.data("type") === "channel") {
-					chan
-						.data("needsNamesRefresh", true)
-						.find(".header .topic")
-						.html(helpers_parse(channel.topic))
-						.prop("title", channel.topic);
+				if (channel.type === "channel") {
+					channel.usersOutdated = true;
 				}
 
 				if (channel.messages.length > 0) {
 					const container = chan.find(".messages");
-					buildChannelMessages(container, channel.id, channel.type, channel.messages);
-
-					const unreadMarker = container.find(".unread-marker").data("unread-id", 0);
-					renderUnreadMarker(unreadMarker, channel.firstUnread, container);
 
 					if (container.find(".msg").length >= 100) {
 						container.find(".show-more").addClass("show");
@@ -268,7 +190,7 @@ function renderNetworks(data, singleNetwork) {
 			renderChannel(channel);
 
 			if (channel.type === "channel") {
-				chat.find("#chan-" + channel.id).data("needsNamesRefresh", true);
+				channel.usersOutdated = true;
 			}
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/more.js b/client/js/socket-events/more.js
index 1fcfd976..e3ab8719 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/more.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/more.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ const socket = require("../socket");
 const render = require("../render");
 const condensed = require("../condensed");
 const chat = $("#chat");
+const {Vue, vueApp, findChannel} = require("../vue");
 
 socket.on("more", function(data) {
 	let chan = chat.find("#chan-" + data.chan);
@@ -21,52 +22,31 @@ socket.on("more", function(data) {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// Remove the date marker at the top if date does not change
-	const children = $(chan).children();
+	const channel = findChannel(data.chan);
 
-	// Check the top-most element and the one after because
-	// unread and date markers may switch positions
-	for (let i = 0; i <= 1; i++) {
-		const marker = children.eq(i);
-
-		if (marker.hasClass("date-marker-container")) {
-			const msgTime = new Date(data.messages[data.messages.length - 1].time);
-			const prevMsgTime = new Date(marker.data("time"));
-
-			if (prevMsgTime.toDateString() === msgTime.toDateString()) {
-				marker.remove();
-			}
-
-			break;
-		}
+	if (!channel) {
+		return;
 	}
 
-	// Add the older messages
-	const documentFragment = render.buildChannelMessages($(document.createDocumentFragment()), data.chan, type, data.messages);
-	chan.prepend(documentFragment);
+	channel.channel.messages.unshift(...data.messages);
 
-	// Move unread marker to correct spot if needed
-	const unreadMarker = chan.find(".unread-marker");
-	const firstUnread = unreadMarker.data("unread-id");
+	Vue.nextTick(() => {
+		// restore scroll position
+		const position = chan.height() - heightOld;
+		scrollable.finish().scrollTop(position);
+	});
 
-	if (firstUnread > 0) {
-		let first = chan.find("#msg-" + firstUnread);
-
-		if (!first.length) {
-			chan.prepend(unreadMarker);
-		} else {
-			const parent = first.parent();
-
-			if (parent.hasClass("condensed")) {
-				first = parent;
-			}
-
-			unreadMarker.data("unread-id", 0);
-
-			first.before(unreadMarker);
-		}
+	if (data.messages.length !== 100) {
+		scrollable.find(".show-more").removeClass("show");
 	}
 
+	// Swap button text back from its alternative label
+	const showMoreBtn = scrollable.find(".show-more button");
+	swapText(showMoreBtn);
+	showMoreBtn.prop("disabled", false);
+
+	return;
+
 	// Join duplicate condensed messages together
 	const condensedDuplicate = chan.find(".msg.condensed + .msg.condensed");
 
@@ -81,25 +61,6 @@ socket.on("more", function(data) {
 
 		condensedDuplicate.remove();
 	}
-
-	// restore scroll position
-	const position = chan.height() - heightOld;
-	scrollable.finish().scrollTop(position);
-
-	// We have to do this hack due to smooth scrolling in browsers,
-	// as scrollTop does not apply correctly
-	if (window.requestAnimationFrame) {
-		window.requestAnimationFrame(() => scrollable.scrollTop(position));
-	}
-
-	if (data.messages.length !== 100) {
-		scrollable.find(".show-more").removeClass("show");
-	}
-
-	// Swap button text back from its alternative label
-	const showMoreBtn = scrollable.find(".show-more button");
-	swapText(showMoreBtn);
-	showMoreBtn.prop("disabled", false);
 });
 
 chat.on("click", ".show-more button", function() {
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/msg.js b/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
index ab031a63..3fc1e9e2 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/msg.js
@@ -60,13 +60,7 @@ function processReceivedMessage(data) {
 		$(container).empty();
 	}
 
-	// Add message to the container
-	render.appendMessage(
-		container,
-		targetId,
-		channelContainer.data("type"),
-		data.msg
-	);
+	channel.channel.messages.push(data.msg);
 
 	if (activeChannelId === targetId) {
 		scrollContainer.trigger("keepToBottom");
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/names.js b/client/js/socket-events/names.js
index 4d2036e8..1adf6196 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/names.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/names.js
@@ -2,5 +2,12 @@
 
 const socket = require("../socket");
 const render = require("../render");
+const {vueApp, findChannel} = require("../vue");
 
-socket.on("names", render.renderChannelUsers);
+socket.on("names", function(data) {
+	const channel = findChannel(data.id);
+
+	if (channel) {
+		channel.channel.users = data.users;
+	}
+});
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/nick.js b/client/js/socket-events/nick.js
index bb3b1ae5..cda8213c 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/nick.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/nick.js
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const $ = require("jquery");
 const socket = require("../socket");
+const {vueApp} = require("../vue");
 
 socket.on("nick", function(data) {
-	const id = data.network;
-	const nick = data.nick;
-	const network = $(`#sidebar .network[data-uuid="${id}"]`).attr("data-nick", nick);
+	const network = vueApp.networks.find((n) => n.uuid === data.network);
 
-	if (network.find(".active").length) {
-		$("#nick").text(nick);
+	if (network) {
+		network.nick = data.nick;
 	}
 });
diff --git a/client/js/socket-events/users.js b/client/js/socket-events/users.js
index b81a739d..bae3239a 100644
--- a/client/js/socket-events/users.js
+++ b/client/js/socket-events/users.js
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@
 
 const $ = require("jquery");
 const socket = require("../socket");
-const chat = $("#chat");
+const {vueApp, findChannel} = require("../vue");
 
 socket.on("users", function(data) {
-	const chan = chat.find("#chan-" + data.chan);
-
-	if (chan.hasClass("active")) {
-		socket.emit("names", {
+	if (vueApp.activeChannel && vueApp.activeChannel.channel.id === data.chan) {
+		return socket.emit("names", {
 			target: data.chan,
 		});
-	} else {
-		chan.data("needsNamesRefresh", true);
+	}
+
+	const channel = findChannel(data.chan);
+
+	if (channel) {
+		channel.channel.usersOutdated = true;
 	}
 });
diff --git a/client/views/unread_marker.tpl b/client/views/unread_marker.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index cb952947..00000000
--- a/client/views/unread_marker.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<div class="unread-marker">
-	<span class="unread-marker-text"></span>
-</div>