diff --git a/contrib/cont-responder/cont-examples.factor b/contrib/cont-responder/cont-examples.factor
index dc30bf1f89..76d0a721e4 100644
--- a/contrib/cont-responder/cont-examples.factor
+++ b/contrib/cont-responder/cont-examples.factor
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ USE: math
 USE: namespaces
 USE: prettyprint
 USE: unparser
+USE: sequences
 
 : display-page ( title -- ) 
   #! Display a page with some text to test the cont-responder.
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ USE: unparser
 
 : test-cont-responder2 ( - )
   #! Test the cont-responder responder by displaying a few pages in a loop.
-  [ "one" "two" "three" "four" ] [ display-page [ .s ] with-string-stream display-page ]  each 
+  [ "one" "two" "three" "four" ] [ display-page [ .s ] with-string display-page ]  each 
   "Done!" display-page  ;
 
 : test-cont-responder3 ( - )
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ USE: unparser
     "Menu" [ 
       <ol> 
         <li> "Test responder1" [ test-cont-responder ] quot-href </li>
-        <li> "Test responder2" [ [ .s ] with-string-stream display-page test-cont-responder2 [ .s ] with-string-stream display-page ] quot-href </li>
+        <li> "Test responder2" [ [ .s ] with-string display-page test-cont-responder2 [ .s ] with-string display-page ] quot-href </li>
       </ol>
     ] html-document 
   ] show drop ;
diff --git a/contrib/cont-responder/eval-responder.factor b/contrib/cont-responder/eval-responder.factor
index 3960eba0a8..090f77d08a 100644
--- a/contrib/cont-responder/eval-responder.factor
+++ b/contrib/cont-responder/eval-responder.factor
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ USE: sequences
 : escape-quotes ( string -- string )
   #! Replace occurrences of single quotes with
   #! backslash quote.
-  [ dup [ [[ CHAR: ' "\\'" ]] [[ CHAR: " "\\\"" ]] ] assoc dup rot ? ] string-map ;
+  [ dup [ [[ CHAR: ' "\\'" ]] [[ CHAR: " "\\\"" ]] ] assoc dup rot ? ] map ;
  
 : make-eval-javascript ( string -- string )
   #! Give a string return some javascript that when
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ USE: sequences
   #! Write out html to display the stack.
   <table border= "1" table> 
     <tr> <th> "Callstack" write </th> </tr>
-    [ <tr> <td> [ unparse write ] with-string-stream write-eval-link </td> </tr> ] each
+    [ <tr> <td> [ unparse write ] with-string write-eval-link </td> </tr> ] each
   </table> ;
 
 : display-clear-history-link ( -- )
@@ -190,12 +190,11 @@ USE: sequences
   #! Evaluate expression using 'list' as the current callstack.
   #! All output should go to a string which is returned on the
   #! callstack along with the resulting datastack as a list.
-  <namespace> [ 
-    "browser" "responder" set
-    1024 <string-output> dup >r <html-stream> [
-      do-eval 
-    ] with-stream r> stream>str 
-  ] bind ;
+  [
+     "browser" "responder" set
+     stdio [ <html-stream> ] change
+     do-eval
+  ] with-string ;
 
 : forever ( quot -- )
   #! The code is evaluated in an infinite loop. Typically, a
diff --git a/contrib/cont-responder/todo-example.factor b/contrib/cont-responder/todo-example.factor
index da3ceb7935..513dfca3a3 100644
--- a/contrib/cont-responder/todo-example.factor
+++ b/contrib/cont-responder/todo-example.factor
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ USE: prettyprint
 USE: todo
 USE: math
 USE: kernel
+USE: sequences
  
 : todo-stylesheet ( -- string )
   #! Return the stylesheet for the todo list
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ USE: kernel
 
 : show-stack-page ( -- )
   #! Debug function to show a page containing the current call stack.
-  [ .s ] with-string-stream chars>entities show-message-page ;
+  [ .s ] with-string chars>entities show-message-page ;
 
 : row ( list -- )
   #! Output an html TR row with each element of the list
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ USE: kernel
     ] [ 
       drop CHAR: _ 
     ] ifte 
-  ] string-map ;
+  ] map ;
 
 : is-valid-username? ( username -- bool )
   #! Return true if the username parses correctly
@@ -334,11 +335,11 @@ USE: kernel
 : priority-valid? ( string -- bool )
   #! Test the string containing a priority to see if it is 
   #! valid. It should be a single digit from 0-9.
-  dup string-length 1 = [ 0 swap string-nth digit? ] [ drop f ] ifte ;
+  dup length 1 = [ 0 swap string-nth digit? ] [ drop f ] ifte ;
 
 : todo-details-valid? ( priority description -- bool )
   #! Return true if a valid priority and description were entered.
-  string-length 0 > [ priority-valid? ] [ drop f ] ifte ;
+  length 0 > [ priority-valid? ] [ drop f ] ifte ;
 
 : get-new-todo-item ( -- <todo-item> )
   #! Enter a new item to the current todo list.