If the solution only covers part of what you need, then that is indeed a problem that should be fixed ... by covering all of what you need. On the other hand,

If the solution only covers part of what you need, then that is indeed a problem that should be fixed ... by covering all of what you need. On the other hand, I'll leave it up to your judgement whether the lines in the address plugin are necessary. You can compare implementations here: https://github.com/asual/jquery-address/blob/master/src/jquery.address.js https://github.com/asual/jquery-address/blob/master/src/jque... http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/docs/backbone.html#section-77 http://documentcloud.github.com/backbone/docs/backbone.html#... If 90% of Backbone apps end up using Controllers, it's better to include a concise implementation than a heavy dependency, I think.