diff --git a/src/helpers.cpp b/src/helpers.cpp
index 810ca30d..995cd194 100644
--- a/src/helpers.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers.cpp
@@ -287,13 +287,6 @@ string GetLineValue(string &line, char a, char b, bool once)
 		return "";
 }
 
-Window &Statusbar()
-{
-	wFooter->GotoXY(0, Config.statusbar_visibility);
-	wclrtoeol(wFooter->Raw());
-	return *wFooter;
-}
-
 const Buffer &ShowTag(const string &tag)
 {
 	static Buffer result;
diff --git a/src/helpers.h b/src/helpers.h
index db6c9aa6..4014ec27 100644
--- a/src/helpers.h
+++ b/src/helpers.h
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@ std::string FindSharedDir(const std::string &, const std::string &);
 
 std::string GetLineValue(std::string &, char = '"', char = '"', bool = 0);
 
-Window &Statusbar();
-
 const Buffer &ShowTag(const std::string &);
 
 const std::basic_string<my_char_t> &Scroller(const std::string &, size_t, size_t &);
diff --git a/src/info.cpp b/src/info.cpp
index d1f65026..0c5a5f54 100644
--- a/src/info.cpp
+++ b/src/info.cpp
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ void Info::GetArtist()
 			redraw_header = 1;
 			itsTitle = "Artist's info - " + *artist;
 			w->Clear();
-			w->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "Fetching artist's info...");
+			static_cast<Window &>(*w) << "Fetching artist's info...";
 			if (!Downloader)
 			{
 				pthread_create(&Downloader, NULL, PrepareArtist, artist);
diff --git a/src/lyrics.cpp b/src/lyrics.cpp
index 4b5da927..a8b0abf8 100644
--- a/src/lyrics.cpp
+++ b/src/lyrics.cpp
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ void Lyrics::SwitchTo()
 			redraw_header = 1;
 			w->Clear();
 #			ifdef HAVE_CURL_CURL_H
-			w->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "Fetching lyrics...");
+			static_cast<Window &>(*w) << "Fetching lyrics...";
 			if (!Downloader)
 			{
 				pthread_create(&Downloader, NULL, Get, &itsSong);
diff --git a/src/media_library.cpp b/src/media_library.cpp
index 4481f00a..112327ae 100644
--- a/src/media_library.cpp
+++ b/src/media_library.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ void MediaLibrary::Refresh()
 	Songs->Display();
 	if (Albums->Empty())
 	{
-		Albums->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "No albums found.");
-		Albums->Refresh();
+		*Albums << XY(0, 0) << "No albums found." << wrefresh;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -213,8 +212,7 @@ void MediaLibrary::Update()
 		Mpd->AddSearch(Config.media_lib_primary_tag, locale_to_utf_cpy(Artists->Current()));
 		if (Albums->Empty()) // left for compatibility with <mpd-0.14
 		{
-			Albums->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "No albums found.");
-			Albums->Refresh();
+			*Albums << XY(0, 0) << "No albums found." << wrefresh;
 		}
 		else
 			Mpd->AddSearch(MPD_TAG_ITEM_ALBUM, locale_to_utf_cpy(Albums->Current().second));
diff --git a/src/ncmpcpp.cpp b/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
index 8bb91776..88d2a606 100644
--- a/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
+++ b/src/ncmpcpp.cpp
@@ -218,9 +218,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		{
 			if (title_allowed)
 			{
-				wHeader->Bold(1);
-				wHeader->WriteXY(0, 0, 1, "%s", myScreen->Title().c_str());
-				wHeader->Bold(0);
+				*wHeader << XY(0, 0) << wclrtoeol << fmtBold << myScreen->Title() << fmtBoldEnd;
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -240,7 +238,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			}
 			
 			wHeader->SetColor(Config.volume_color);
-			wHeader->WriteXY(wHeader->GetWidth()-volume_state.length(), 0, 0, "%s", volume_state.c_str());
+			*wHeader << XY(wHeader->GetWidth()-volume_state.length(), 0) << volume_state;
 			wHeader->SetColor(Config.header_color);
 			wHeader->Refresh();
 			redraw_header = 0;
@@ -873,7 +871,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 				
 				wFooter->Bold(1);
 				string tracklength = "[" + Song::ShowTime(songpos) + "/" + s.GetLength() + "]";
-				wFooter->WriteXY(wFooter->GetWidth()-tracklength.length(), 1, 0, "%s", tracklength.c_str());
+				*wFooter << XY(wFooter->GetWidth()-tracklength.length(), 1) << tracklength;
 				double progressbar_size = (double)songpos/(s.GetTotalLength());
 				int howlong = wFooter->GetWidth()*progressbar_size;
 				
diff --git a/src/playlist_editor.cpp b/src/playlist_editor.cpp
index c312cecd..92fdc8ed 100644
--- a/src/playlist_editor.cpp
+++ b/src/playlist_editor.cpp
@@ -157,8 +157,7 @@ void PlaylistEditor::Update()
 	
 	if (Content->Empty())
 	{
-		Content->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "Playlist is empty.");
-		Content->Refresh();
+		*Content << XY(0, 0) << "Playlist is empty." << wrefresh;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/search_engine.cpp b/src/search_engine.cpp
index 5c665488..d7018edb 100644
--- a/src/search_engine.cpp
+++ b/src/search_engine.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void SearchEngine::SwitchTo()
 	
 	if (!w->Back().first)
 	{
-		w->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "Updating list...");
+		*w << XY(0, 0) << "Updating list...";
 		UpdateFoundList();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/status.cpp b/src/status.cpp
index 52e128d2..9add06ea 100644
--- a/src/status.cpp
+++ b/src/status.cpp
@@ -293,7 +293,13 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(Connection *Mpd, StatusChanges changed, void *)
 			}
 		}
 		if (!block_statusbar_update && Config.statusbar_visibility)
-			wFooter->WriteXY(0, 1, player_state.empty(), "%s", player_state.c_str());
+		{
+			*wFooter << XY(0, 1);
+			if (player_state.empty())
+				*wFooter << wclrtoeol;
+			else
+				*wFooter << player_state;
+		}
 	}
 	if (changed.SongID)
 	{
@@ -357,12 +363,11 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(Connection *Mpd, StatusChanges changed, void *)
 					tracklength += Song::ShowTime(elapsed);
 					tracklength += "]";
 				}
-				wFooter->WriteXY(0, 1, 1, "%s", player_state.c_str());
-				wFooter->Bold(0);
-				*wFooter << Scroller(utf_to_locale_cpy(s.toString(Config.song_status_format)), wFooter->GetWidth()-player_state.length()-tracklength.length(), playing_song_scroll_begin);
-				wFooter->Bold(1);
-				
-				wFooter->WriteXY(wFooter->GetWidth()-tracklength.length(), 1, 1, "%s", tracklength.c_str());
+				*wFooter << XY(0, 1) << wclrtoeol << player_state
+				<< fmtBoldEnd
+				<< Scroller(utf_to_locale_cpy(s.toString(Config.song_status_format)), wFooter->GetWidth()-player_state.length()-tracklength.length(), playing_song_scroll_begin)
+				<< fmtBold
+				<< XY(wFooter->GetWidth()-tracklength.length(), 1) << tracklength;
 			}
 			if (!block_progressbar_update)
 			{
@@ -381,7 +386,7 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(Connection *Mpd, StatusChanges changed, void *)
 		else
 		{
 			if (!block_statusbar_update && Config.statusbar_visibility)
-				wFooter->WriteXY(0, 1, 1, "");
+				*wFooter << XY(0, 1) << wclrtoeol;
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -445,7 +450,7 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(Connection *Mpd, StatusChanges changed, void *)
 		volume_state += IntoStr(Mpd->GetVolume());
 		volume_state += "%";
 		wHeader->SetColor(Config.volume_color);
-		wHeader->WriteXY(wHeader->GetWidth()-volume_state.length(), 0, 1, "%s", volume_state.c_str());
+		*wHeader << XY(wHeader->GetWidth()-volume_state.length(), 0) << volume_state;
 		wHeader->SetColor(Config.header_color);
 		wHeader->Refresh();
 	}
@@ -456,6 +461,12 @@ void NcmpcppStatusChanged(Connection *Mpd, StatusChanges changed, void *)
 	wFooter->Refresh();
 }
 
+Window &Statusbar()
+{
+	*wFooter << XY(0, Config.statusbar_visibility) << wclrtoeol;
+	return *wFooter;
+}
+
 void ShowMessage(const char *format, ...)
 {
 	if (messages_allowed)
diff --git a/src/status.h b/src/status.h
index c509d49d..f11ed02f 100644
--- a/src/status.h
+++ b/src/status.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void TraceMpdStatus();
 void NcmpcppStatusChanged(MPD::Connection *, MPD::StatusChanges, void *);
 void NcmpcppErrorCallback(MPD::Connection *, int, const char *, void *);
 
+Window &Statusbar();
 void ShowMessage(const char *, ...);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/tag_editor.cpp b/src/tag_editor.cpp
index 5882583b..b812fdbc 100644
--- a/src/tag_editor.cpp
+++ b/src/tag_editor.cpp
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ void TagEditor::Update()
 		if (Config.albums_in_tag_editor)
 		{
 			std::map<string, string, CaseInsensitiveSorting> maplist;
-			Albums->WriteXY(0, 0, 0, "Fetching albums' list...");
+			*Albums << XY(0, 0) << "Fetching albums' list...";
 			Mpd->GetAlbums("", list);
 			for (TagList::const_iterator it = list.begin(); it != list.end(); it++)
 			{
diff --git a/src/window.cpp b/src/window.cpp
index 080f9825..78cd0f61 100644
--- a/src/window.cpp
+++ b/src/window.cpp
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void Window::ReadKey() const
 	wgetch(itsWindow);
 }
 
-void Window::Write(bool cte, const char *format, ...) const
+/*void Window::Write(bool cte, const char *format, ...) const
 {
 	va_list list;
 	va_start(list, format);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ void Window::WriteXY(int x, int y, bool cte, const char *format, ...) const
 	va_end(list);
 	if (cte)
 		wclrtoeol(itsWindow);
-}
+}*/
 
 string Window::GetString(const string &base, size_t length, size_t width, bool encrypted) const
 {
@@ -703,6 +703,12 @@ Window &Window::operator<<(const Format &format)
 	return *this;
 }
 
+Window &Window::operator<<(int (*f)(WINDOW *))
+{
+	f(itsWindow);
+	return *this;
+}
+
 Window &Window::operator<<(const XY &coords)
 {
 	GotoXY(coords.x, coords.y);
diff --git a/src/window.h b/src/window.h
index 7406fe76..e6e1eab2 100644
--- a/src/window.h
+++ b/src/window.h
@@ -122,12 +122,13 @@ class Window
 		void ReadKey(int &) const;
 		void ReadKey() const;
 		
-		void Write(bool, const char *, ...) const;
-		void WriteXY(int, int, bool, const char *, ...) const;
+		//void Write(bool, const char *, ...) const;
+		//void WriteXY(int, int, bool, const char *, ...) const;
 		
 		void Scrollable(bool) const;
 		virtual void Scroll(Where);
 		
+		Window &operator<<(int (*)(WINDOW *));
 		Window &operator<<(const Colors &);
 		Window &operator<<(const Color &);
 		Window &operator<<(const Format &);