Look, I don't really care if you like backbone or not, but try to actually object to it with facts, not projections based on word semantics. All of your objecti

Look, I don't really care if you like backbone or not, but try to actually object to it with facts, not projections based on word semantics. All of your objections are made on incorrect assumptions of what information is provided, and what actually happens. 1) the add event isn't lost. It just doesn't fire until a success. Want to add a spinner, have it fire in the appropriate view as a response to the "submit form" event. 2) That isn't how sync is defined, and sure there may be a better name for it, but this isn't what it means. Lots of information is passed into the callback. Useful information, stuff that contradicts your objections. 3) Not the same as JQuery - you can reason about what comes out the other end, because the information is actually in the collection, with an api for getting it. The events have a great set of arguments for them. Muddling the conversation with such incorrect assertions (aka FUD) is counter-productive.