diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/groups.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/groups.js.handlebars
index ea5070ef174..42969911470 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/groups.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/groups.js.handlebars
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
             {{textField value=name placeholderKey="admin.groups.name_placeholder"}}
           {{/if}}
 
-          {{view Discourse.UserSelector id="group-users" placeholderKey="admin.groups.selector_placeholder" tabindex="1" usernamesBinding="usernames"}}
+          {{userSelector usernames=usernames id="group-users" placeholderKey="admin.groups.selector_placeholder" tabindex="1"}}
           <div class='controls'>
             <button {{action save this}} {{bindAttr disabled="disableSave"}} class='btn'>{{i18n admin.customize.save}}</button>
             {{#unless automatic}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/site_content_edit.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/site_content_edit.js.handlebars
index 20a2e3035e7..3add8e4c3f6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/site_content_edit.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/templates/site_content_edit.js.handlebars
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <p class='description'>{{description}}</p>
 
   {{#if markdown}}
-    {{view Discourse.PagedownEditor valueBinding="model.content"}}
+    {{pagedown value=model.content}}
   {{/if}}
 
   {{#if plainText}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/views/ace_editor_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/views/ace_editor_view.js
index 9c567f7e333..b5642d46ebe 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/views/ace_editor_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/views/ace_editor_view.js
@@ -57,4 +57,5 @@ Discourse.AceEditorView = Discourse.View.extend({
   }
 });
 
+
 Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('aceEditor', Discourse.AceEditorView);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
index 102ff4b3195..01556f05e54 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/composer.js.handlebars
@@ -30,7 +30,13 @@
         {{#if content.editTitle}}
           <div class='form-element clearfix'>
             {{#if content.creatingPrivateMessage}}
-              {{view Discourse.UserSelector topicIdBinding="controller.controllers.topic.content.id" excludeCurrentUser="true" id="private-message-users" class="span8" placeholderKey="composer.users_placeholder" tabindex="1" usernamesBinding="content.targetUsernames"}}
+              {{userSelector topicId=controller.controllers.topic.content.id
+                             excludeCurrentUser="true"
+                             id="private-message-users"
+                             class="span8"
+                             placeholderKey="composer.users_placeholder"
+                             tabindex="1"
+                             usernames=content.targetUsernames}}
             {{/if}}
 
             <div class="title-input">
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@
 
             {{#unless content.creatingPrivateMessage}}
               <div class="category-input">
-                {{view Discourse.ComboboxViewCategory valueAttribute="name" contentBinding="categories" valueBinding="content.categoryName" showUncategorized="true"}}
+                {{categoryChooser valueAttribute="name" value=content.categoryName showUncategorized="true"}}
                 {{popupInputTip validation=view.categoryValidation shownAt=view.showCategoryTip}}
               </div>
               {{#if content.archetype.hasOptions}}
@@ -53,7 +59,7 @@
           </div>
 
           <div class="admin-options-form">
-            {{view Discourse.AutoCloseFormView autoCloseDaysBinding="content.auto_close_days"}}
+            {{autoCloseForm autoCloseDays=content.auto_close_days}}
           </div>
         {{/if}}
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/auto_close.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/auto_close.js.handlebars
index c43ab628289..5a946635135 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/auto_close.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/auto_close.js.handlebars
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div class="modal-body">
   <form>
-    {{view Discourse.AutoCloseFormView autoCloseDaysBinding="view.auto_close_days"}}
+    {{autoCloseForm autoCloseDays=view.auto_close_days}}
   </form>
 </div>
 <div class="modal-footer">
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
index ee47b3407cf..53470244a20 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/edit_category.js.handlebars
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
             <div class='input-prepend input-append' style="margin-top: 10px;">
               <span class='color-title'>{{i18n category.background_color}}:</span>
               <span class='add-on'>#</span>{{textField value=color placeholderKey="category.color_placeholder" maxlength="6"}}
-              {{view Discourse.ColorsView colorsBinding="view.backgroundColors" usedColorsBinding="view.usedBackgroundColors" valueBinding="color"}}
+              {{colorPicker colors=view.backgroundColors usedColors=view.usedBackgroundColors value=color}}
             </div>
 
             <div class='input-prepend input-append'>
               <span class='color-title'>{{i18n category.foreground_color}}:</span>
               <span class='add-on'>#</span>{{textField value=text_color placeholderKey="category.color_placeholder" maxlength="6"}}
-              {{view Discourse.ColorsView colorsBinding="view.foregroundColors" valueBinding="text_color"}}
+              {{colorPicker colors=view.foregroundColors value=text_color}}
             </div>
           </div>
         </section>
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       </div>
       <div {{bindAttr class=":modal-tab :options-tab view.settingsSelected::invisible"}}>
         <section class='field'>
-          {{view Discourse.AutoCloseFormView autoCloseDaysBinding="auto_close_days" labelKey="category.auto_close_label"}}
+          {{autoCloseForm autoCloseDays=auto_close_days labelKey="category.auto_close_label"}}
         </section>
 
         <section class='field'>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
index f3444bf35e1..abf40bbfae7 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/topic.js.handlebars
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
           {{/if}}
           {{#if view.editingTopic}}
             <input id='edit-title' type='text' {{bindAttr value="view.topic.title"}} autofocus>
-            {{view Discourse.ComboboxViewCategory valueAttribute="name" contentBinding="categories" sourceBinding="view.topic.categoryName"}}
+
+            {{categoryChooser valueAttribute="name" source=view.topic.categoryName}}
+
             <button class='btn btn-primary btn-small' {{action finishedEdit target="view"}}><i class='icon-ok'></i></button>
             <button class='btn btn-small' {{action cancelEdit target="view"}}><i class='icon-remove'></i></button>
           {{else}}
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.js.handlebars b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.js.handlebars
index 1fc397467e6..fc8b8cd96ea 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.js.handlebars
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/user/preferences.js.handlebars
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   <div class="control-group">
     <label class="control-label">{{i18n user.bio}}</label>
     <div class="controls">
-      {{view Discourse.PagedownEditor valueBinding="bio_raw"}}
+      {{pagedown value=bio_raw}}
     </div>
   </div>
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/auto_close_form_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/auto_close_form_view.js
index ccbe6a672f5..417b2c55f03 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/auto_close_form_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/auto_close_form_view.js
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ Discourse.AutoCloseFormView = Ember.View.extend({
       this.set('autoCloseDays', this.get('autoCloseDays').replace(/[^\d]/g, '') )
     }
   }.observes('autoCloseDays')
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+
+Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('autoCloseForm', Discourse.AutoCloseFormView);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/combobox_view_category.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/category_chooser_view.js
similarity index 80%
rename from app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/combobox_view_category.js
rename to app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/category_chooser_view.js
index d2ddfdeb08f..7214fd39ca4 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/combobox_view_category.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/category_chooser_view.js
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 /**
   This view handles rendering of a combobox that can view a category
 
-  @class ComboboxViewCategory
+  @class CategoryChooserView
   @extends Discourse.ComboboxView
   @namespace Discourse
   @module Discourse
 **/
-Discourse.ComboboxViewCategory = Discourse.ComboboxView.extend({
+Discourse.CategoryChooserView = Discourse.ComboboxView.extend({
   classNames: ['combobox category-combobox'],
   overrideWidths: true,
   dataAttributes: ['name', 'color', 'text_color', 'description', 'topic_count'],
   valueBinding: Ember.Binding.oneWay('source'),
 
+  init: function() {
+    this._super();
+    this.set('content', Discourse.Category.list());
+  },
+
   none: function() {
     if (Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_uncategorized_topics || this.get('showUncategorized')) return 'category.none';
   }.property('showUncategorized'),
@@ -29,4 +34,4 @@ Discourse.ComboboxViewCategory = Discourse.ComboboxView.extend({
 
 });
 
-
+Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('categoryChooser', Discourse.CategoryChooserView);
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diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/colors_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/color_picker_view.js
similarity index 85%
rename from app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/colors_view.js
rename to app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/color_picker_view.js
index 26d058c422c..3685a27aae9 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/colors_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/modal/color_picker_view.js
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 /**
  This view shows an array of buttons for selection of a color from a predefined set.
 
- @class ColorsView
+ @class ColorPickerView
  @extends Ember.ContainerView
  @namespace Discourse
  @module Discourse
  **/
-Discourse.ColorsView = Ember.ContainerView.extend({
+Discourse.ColorPickerView = Ember.ContainerView.extend({
   classNames: 'colors-container',
 
   init: function() {
@@ -35,3 +35,5 @@ Discourse.ColorsView = Ember.ContainerView.extend({
     });
   }
 });
+
+Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('colorPicker', Discourse.ColorPickerView);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/pagedown_editor.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/pagedown_editor.js
index 30c3fb7fc68..7627a6acbae 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/pagedown_editor.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/pagedown_editor.js
@@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ Discourse.PagedownEditor = Ember.ContainerView.extend({
 
 });
 
-
+Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('pagedown', Discourse.PagedownEditor);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/user_selector_view.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/user_selector_view.js
index 3f07e9b3b93..47c78e0a87a 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/user_selector_view.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/views/user_selector_view.js
@@ -63,3 +63,5 @@ Discourse.UserSelector.reopenClass({
       return this.compiled;
     }
 });
+
+Discourse.Utilities.registerViewHelper('userSelector', Discourse.UserSelector);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/main_include.js b/app/assets/javascripts/main_include.js
index e08348face4..9db2985c2d5 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/main_include.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/main_include.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 //= require ./discourse/controllers/controller
 //= require ./discourse/controllers/object_controller
 //= require ./discourse/views/modal/modal_body_view
+//= require ./discourse/views/combobox_view
 //= require ./discourse/models/model
 //= require ./discourse/routes/discourse_route
 //= require ./discourse/routes/discourse_restricted_user_route