diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 117b9e91..ceedaa23 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 20/7/12 started 7.30.0
-- version bump
+- support "rs" mode in vips7
 
 19/3/12 started 7.29.0
 - sanity-check PNG read geometry
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index e4e24aca..467bb106 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+- try:
+
+	vipsthumbnail wtc.tif --verbose --vips-progress --vips-leak
+
+  get no progress info
+
+  does not report static interpolators on exit, shouldn't leak check do
+  this?
+
+
 blocking bugs
 =============
 
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/dispatch_types.c b/libvips/deprecated/dispatch_types.c
index 72147afe..de103d7a 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/dispatch_types.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/dispatch_types.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ input_image_init( im_object *obj, char *str )
 {
 	IMAGE **im = (IMAGE **) obj;
 
-	return( !(*im = vips__deprecated_open_read( str )) );
+	return( !(*im = vips__deprecated_open_read( str, FALSE )) );
 }
 
 /* Input image type.
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/im_jpeg2vips.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_jpeg2vips.c
index 82fe29d5..d4c677eb 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/im_jpeg2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/im_jpeg2vips.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ jpeg2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	char mode[FILENAME_MAX];
 	char *p, *q;
 	int shrink;
+	int seq;
 	gboolean fail_on_warn;
 
 	/* By default, we ignore any warnings. We want to get as much of
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ jpeg2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	im_filename_split( name, filename, mode );
 	p = &mode[0];
 	shrink = 1;
+	seq = 0;
 	if( (q = im_getnextoption( &p )) ) {
 		shrink = atoi( q );
 
@@ -84,13 +86,9 @@ jpeg2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 		if( im_isprefix( "fail", q ) ) 
 			fail_on_warn = TRUE;
 	}
-
-	/* vips__jpeg_read_file() is always sequential. Parse the option, but
-	 * don't use it.
-	 */
 	if( (q = im_getnextoption( &p )) ) {
 		if( im_isprefix( "seq", q ) )
-			;
+			seq = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* Don't use vips_jpegload() ... we call the jpeg func directly in
@@ -106,6 +104,7 @@ jpeg2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	 */
 
 	if( !header_only &&
+		!seq &&
 		out->dtype == VIPS_IMAGE_PARTIAL ) {
 		if( vips__image_wio_output( out ) ) 
 			return( -1 );
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/im_png2vips.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_png2vips.c
index b169c154..0475b982 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/im_png2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/im_png2vips.c
@@ -52,13 +52,15 @@ png2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	char filename[FILENAME_MAX];
 	char mode[FILENAME_MAX];
 	char *p, *q;
+	int seq;
 
 	im_filename_split( name, filename, mode );
 
+	seq = 0;
 	p = &mode[0];
 	if( (q = im_getnextoption( &p )) ) {
 		if( im_isprefix( "seq", q ) )
-			;
+			seq = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* We need to be compatible with the pre-sequential mode 
@@ -72,6 +74,7 @@ png2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	 */
 
 	if( !header_only && 
+		!seq &&
 		out->dtype == VIPS_IMAGE_PARTIAL ) {
 		if( vips__image_wio_output( out ) ) 
 			return( -1 );
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/im_tiff2vips.c b/libvips/deprecated/im_tiff2vips.c
index f385c8fe..acb899cd 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/im_tiff2vips.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/im_tiff2vips.c
@@ -57,17 +57,19 @@ tiff2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	char mode[FILENAME_MAX];
 	char *p, *q;
 	int page;
+	int seq;
 
 	im_filename_split( name, filename, mode );
 
 	page = 0;
+	seq = 0;
 	p = &mode[0];
 	if( (q = im_getnextoption( &p )) ) {
 		page = atoi( q );
 	}
 	if( (q = im_getnextoption( &p )) ) {
 		if( im_isprefix( "seq", q ) )
-			;
+			seq = 1;
 	}
 
 	/* We need to be compatible with the pre-sequential mode 
@@ -82,6 +84,7 @@ tiff2vips( const char *name, IMAGE *out, gboolean header_only )
 	 */
 
 	if( !header_only &&
+		!seq &&
 		!vips__istifftiled( filename ) &&
 		out->dtype == VIPS_IMAGE_PARTIAL ) {
 		if( vips__image_wio_output( out ) ) 
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/lazy.c b/libvips/deprecated/lazy.c
index af2595a1..dcc86c2e 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/lazy.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/lazy.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	VipsImage *image;
 	VipsFormatClass *format;/* Read in pixels with this */
 	char *filename;		/* Get pixels from here */
-	gboolean disc;		/* Read via disc requested */
+	gboolean sequential;	/* Sequential read requested */
 
 	VipsImage *real;	/* The real decompressed image */
 } Lazy;
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ lazy_free_cb( VipsImage *image, Lazy *lazy )
 
 static Lazy *
 lazy_new( VipsImage *image, 
-	VipsFormatClass *format, const char *filename, gboolean disc )
+	VipsFormatClass *format, const char *filename, gboolean sequential )
 {
 	Lazy *lazy;
 
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ lazy_new( VipsImage *image,
 	lazy->image = image;
 	lazy->format = format;
 	lazy->filename = g_strdup( filename );
-	lazy->disc = disc;
+	lazy->sequential = sequential;
 	lazy->real = NULL;
 	g_signal_connect( image, "close", G_CALLBACK( lazy_free_cb ), lazy );
 
@@ -132,13 +132,13 @@ lazy_real_image( Lazy *lazy )
 	VipsImage *real;
 
 	/* We open via disc if:
-	 * - 'disc' is set
+	 * - 'sequential' is not set
 	 * - disc_threshold() has not been set to zero
 	 * - the format does not support lazy read
 	 * - the uncompressed image will be larger than disc_threshold()
 	 */
 	real = NULL;
-	if( lazy->disc && 
+	if( !lazy->sequential && 
 		disc_threshold() && 
 	        !(vips_format_get_flags( lazy->format, lazy->filename ) & 
 			VIPS_FORMAT_PARTIAL) &&
@@ -203,11 +203,11 @@ open_lazy_generate( VipsRegion *or,
  */
 static int
 vips_image_open_lazy( VipsImage *image, 
-	VipsFormatClass *format, const char *filename, gboolean disc )
+	VipsFormatClass *format, const char *filename, gboolean sequential )
 {
 	Lazy *lazy;
 
-	lazy = lazy_new( image, format, filename, disc );
+	lazy = lazy_new( image, format, filename, sequential );
 
 	/* Is there a ->header() function? We need to do a lazy load.
 	 */
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ vips_attach_save( VipsImage *image, int (*save_fn)(), const char *filename )
 }
 
 IMAGE *
-vips__deprecated_open_read( const char *filename )
+vips__deprecated_open_read( const char *filename, gboolean sequential )
 {
 	VipsFormatClass *format;
 
@@ -293,7 +293,8 @@ vips__deprecated_open_read( const char *filename )
 		IMAGE *image;
 
 		image = vips_image_new();
-		if( vips_image_open_lazy( image, format, filename, TRUE ) ) {
+		if( vips_image_open_lazy( image, format, 
+			filename, sequential ) ) {
 			g_object_unref( image );
 			return( NULL );
 		}
diff --git a/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c b/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
index 375f5fb6..274bc4b9 100644
--- a/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
+++ b/libvips/deprecated/vips7compat.c
@@ -62,10 +62,16 @@ im_open( const char *filename, const char *mode )
 
 	/* We have to go via the old VipsFormat system so we can support the
 	 * "filename:option" syntax.
+	 *
+	 * Use "rs" to turn on seq mode.
 	 */
 	if( strcmp( mode, "r" ) == 0 ||
 		strcmp( mode, "rd" ) == 0 ) {
-		if( !(image = vips__deprecated_open_read( filename )) )
+		if( !(image = vips__deprecated_open_read( filename, FALSE )) )
+			return( NULL );
+	}
+	else if( strcmp( mode, "rs" ) == 0 ) { 
+		if( !(image = vips__deprecated_open_read( filename, TRUE )) )
 			return( NULL );
 	}
 	else if( strcmp( mode, "w" ) == 0 ) {
diff --git a/libvips/include/vips/internal.h b/libvips/include/vips/internal.h
index 937a60fa..130481fe 100644
--- a/libvips/include/vips/internal.h
+++ b/libvips/include/vips/internal.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ void vips_foreign_operation_init( void );
 
 guint64 vips__parse_size( const char *size_string );
 
-IMAGE *vips__deprecated_open_read( const char *filename );
+IMAGE *vips__deprecated_open_read( const char *filename, gboolean sequential );
 IMAGE *vips__deprecated_open_write( const char *filename );
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus