diff --git a/ionic/components/app/app.ts b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
index 38e96b5e8c..158516c6fe 100644
--- a/ionic/components/app/app.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/app/app.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ export class IonicApp {
 
   load(appRef) {
     this.ref(appRef);
-    this.zone(this.injector().get(NgZone));
+    this._zone = this.injector().get(NgZone);
+  }
+
+  title(val) {
+    document.title = val;
   }
 
   ref(val) {
@@ -40,11 +44,8 @@ export class IonicApp {
     return this._ref.injector;
   }
 
-  zone(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._zone = val;
-    }
-    return this._zone;
+  zoneRun(fn) {
+    this._zone.run(fn);
   }
 
   stateChange(type, activeView) {
@@ -74,10 +75,10 @@ export class IonicApp {
    * Create and append the given component into the root
    * element of the app.
    *
-   * @param Component the cls to create and insert
+   * @param Component the component to create and insert
    * @return Promise that resolves with the ContainerRef created
    */
-  appendComponent(cls: Type, context=null) {
+  appendComponent(component: Type, context=null) {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       let injector = this.injector();
       let compiler = injector.get(Compiler);
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ export class IonicApp {
       let rootComponentRef = this._ref._hostComponent;
       let viewContainerLocation = rootComponentRef.location;
 
-      compiler.compileInHost(cls).then(protoViewRef => {
+      compiler.compileInHost(component).then(protoViewRef => {
         let atIndex = 0;
 
         let hostViewRef = viewMngr.createViewInContainer(
@@ -158,8 +159,8 @@ function initApp(window, document, config) {
   return app;
 }
 
-export function ionicBootstrap(cls, config, router) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+export function ionicBootstrap(component, config, router) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
     try {
       // get the user config, or create one if wasn't passed in
       if (typeof config !== IonicConfig) {
@@ -202,7 +203,7 @@ export function ionicBootstrap(cls, config, router) {
         bind(Modal).toValue(modal)
       ];
 
-      bootstrap(cls, injectableBindings).then(appRef => {
+      bootstrap(component, injectableBindings).then(appRef => {
         app.load(appRef);
 
         router.load(window, app, config).then(() => {
@@ -212,12 +213,10 @@ export function ionicBootstrap(cls, config, router) {
 
       }).catch(err => {
         console.error('ionicBootstrap', err);
-        reject(err);
       });
 
     } catch (err) {
-      console.error('ionicBootstrap', err);
-      reject(err);
+      console.error(err);
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav-bar/nav-bar.ts b/ionic/components/nav-bar/nav-bar.ts
index 39e280f225..4867b9ebc1 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav-bar/nav-bar.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav-bar/nav-bar.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {ProtoViewRef} from 'angular2/src/core/compiler/view_ref';
 import {Ion} from '../ion';
 import {IonicConfig} from '../../config/config';
 import {IonicComponent} from '../../config/annotations';
+import {IonicApp} from '../app/app';
 import {ViewItem} from '../view/view-item';
 import * as dom from '../../util/dom';
 
@@ -42,9 +43,10 @@ import * as dom from '../../util/dom';
   ]
 })
 export class Navbar extends Ion {
-  constructor(item: ViewItem, elementRef: ElementRef, ionicConfig: IonicConfig) {
+  constructor(item: ViewItem, elementRef: ElementRef, ionicConfig: IonicConfig, app: IonicApp) {
     super(elementRef, ionicConfig);
 
+    this.app = app;
     this.eleRef = elementRef;
     this.itemEles = [];
     item.navbarView(this);
@@ -130,8 +132,10 @@ export class Navbar extends Ion {
   }
 
   didEnter() {
+    const titleEle = this._ttEle || (this._ttEle = this.eleRef.nativeElement.querySelector('ion-title'));
+    this.app.title(titleEle.textContent);
+
     setTimeout(() => {
-      const titleEle = this._ttEle || (this._ttEle = this.eleRef.nativeElement.querySelector('ion-title'));
       //this.titleText((titleEle && titleEle.textContent) || '');
     }, 32);
   }
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/index.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/index.ts
index 82b99b298e..04338e3f3a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/index.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/index.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,25 @@
 import {App} from 'ionic/ionic';
 
+import {FirstPage} from './pages/first-page';
+import {SecondPage} from './pages/second-page';
+import {ThirdPage} from './pages/third-page';
+
 
 @App({
-  routes: {
-    'FirstPage': {
-      'path': '/firstpage',
-      'module': 'dist/examples/nav/basic/pages/first-page',
-      'root': true
+  routes: [
+    {
+      path: '/firstpage',
+      component: FirstPage,
+      root: true
     },
-    'SecondPage': {
-      'path': '/secondpage',
-      'module': 'dist/examples/nav/basic/pages/second-page',
+    {
+      path: '/secondpage',
+      component: SecondPage,
     },
-    'ThirdPage': {
-      'path': '/thirdpage',
-      'module': 'dist/examples/nav/basic/pages/third-page',
-    },
-  }
+    {
+      path: '/thirdpage',
+      component: ThirdPage,
+    }
+  ]
 })
 class MyApp {}
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.ts
index 068f453fdb..a80e2ef0cb 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/first-page.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {IonicView, IonicConfig, IonicApp} from 'ionic/ionic';
-import {NavParams, Routable, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
+import {NavParams, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
 
 import {SecondPage} from './second-page';
 import {ThirdPage} from './third-page';
@@ -52,39 +52,35 @@ export class FirstPage {
     this.nav.setItems(items);
   }
 
-  viewLoaded() {
-    console.log('viewLoaded first page');
-  }
+  // viewLoaded() {
+  //   console.log('viewLoaded first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillEnter() {
-    console.log('viewWillEnter first page');
-  }
+  // viewWillEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillEnter first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidEnter() {
-    console.log('viewDidEnter first page');
-  }
+  // viewDidEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidEnter first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillLeave() {
-    console.log('viewWillLeave first page');
-  }
+  // viewWillLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillLeave first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidLeave() {
-    console.log('viewDidLeave first page');
-  }
+  // viewDidLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidLeave first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillUnload() {
-    console.log('viewWillUnload first page');
-  }
+  // viewWillUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillUnload first page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidUnload() {
-    console.log('viewDidUnload first page');
-  }
+  // viewDidUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidUnload first page');
+  // }
 
   push() {
     this.nav.push(SecondPage, { id: 8675309, myData: [1,2,3,4] }, { animation: 'ios' });
   }
 }
-
-new Routable(FirstPage, {
-  path: '/firstpage'
-});
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.ts
index 5ba9a9b791..6a13d39e7b 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/second-page.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {IonicView, Routable, NavController, NavParams} from 'ionic/ionic';
+import {IonicView, NavController, NavParams} from 'ionic/ionic';
 import {ThirdPage} from './third-page';
 import {FirstPage} from './first-page';
 
@@ -45,36 +45,32 @@ export class SecondPage {
     this.nav.push(ThirdPage);
   }
 
-  viewLoaded() {
-    console.log('viewLoaded second page');
-  }
+  // viewLoaded() {
+  //   console.log('viewLoaded second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillEnter() {
-    console.log('viewWillEnter second page');
-  }
+  // viewWillEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillEnter second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidEnter() {
-    console.log('viewDidEnter second page');
-  }
+  // viewDidEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidEnter second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillLeave() {
-    console.log('viewWillLeave second page');
-  }
+  // viewWillLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillLeave second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidLeave() {
-    console.log('viewDidLeave second page');
-  }
+  // viewDidLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidLeave second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillUnload() {
-    console.log('viewWillUnload second page');
-  }
+  // viewWillUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillUnload second page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidUnload() {
-    console.log('viewDidUnload second page');
-  }
+  // viewDidUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidUnload second page');
+  // }
 
 }
-
-new Routable(SecondPage, {
-  path: '/secondpage'
-});
diff --git a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/third-page.ts b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/third-page.ts
index 8941a26f5b..e989e2ae5a 100644
--- a/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/third-page.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/nav/test/basic/pages/third-page.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {IonicView, Routable, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
+import {IonicView, NavController} from 'ionic/ionic';
 
 
 @IonicView({
@@ -23,36 +23,32 @@ export class ThirdPage {
     this.nav.pop()
   }
 
-  viewLoaded() {
-    console.log('viewLoaded third page');
-  }
+  // viewLoaded() {
+  //   console.log('viewLoaded third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillEnter() {
-    console.log('viewWillEnter third page');
-  }
+  // viewWillEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillEnter third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidEnter() {
-    console.log('viewDidEnter third page');
-  }
+  // viewDidEnter() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidEnter third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillLeave() {
-    console.log('viewWillLeave third page');
-  }
+  // viewWillLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillLeave third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidLeave() {
-    console.log('viewDidLeave third page');
-  }
+  // viewDidLeave() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidLeave third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewWillUnload() {
-    console.log('viewWillUnload third page');
-  }
+  // viewWillUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewWillUnload third page');
+  // }
 
-  viewDidUnload() {
-    console.log('viewDidUnload third page');
-  }
+  // viewDidUnload() {
+  //   console.log('viewDidUnload third page');
+  // }
 
 }
-
-new Routable(ThirdPage, {
-  path: '/thirdpage'
-});
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
index a643f831f4..609f91e724 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-controller.ts
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     ]);
   }
 
-  push(ComponentType, params = {}, opts = {}) {
-    if (!ComponentType || this.isTransitioning()) {
+  push(component, params = {}, opts = {}) {
+    if (!component || this.isTransitioning()) {
       return Promise.reject();
     }
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     }
 
     // create a new ViewItem
-    let enteringItem = new ViewItem(this, ComponentType, params);
+    let enteringItem = new ViewItem(this, component, params);
 
     // add the item to the stack
     this.add(enteringItem);
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
    * Set the item stack to reflect the given component classes.
    */
   setItems(components, opts = {}) {
+    if (!components || !components.length) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
     // if animate has not been set then default to false
     opts.animate = opts.animate || false;
 
@@ -162,13 +166,15 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
       let newBeforeItems = components.slice(0, components.length - 1);
       for (let j = 0; j < newBeforeItems.length; j++) {
         component = newBeforeItems[j];
-        viewItem = new ViewItem(this, component.component || component, component.params);
-        viewItem.state = CACHED_STATE;
-        viewItem.shouldDestroy = false;
-        viewItem.shouldCache = false;
+        if (component) {
+          viewItem = new ViewItem(this, component.component || component, component.params);
+          viewItem.state = CACHED_STATE;
+          viewItem.shouldDestroy = false;
+          viewItem.shouldCache = false;
 
-        // add the item to the stack
-        this.add(viewItem);
+          // add the item to the stack
+          this.add(viewItem);
+        }
       }
     }
 
@@ -177,13 +183,13 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
     component = components[ components.length - 1 ];
 
     // transition the leaving and entering
-    return this.push(component.component || component, component.params, opts);
+    return this.push((component && component.component) || component, (component && component.params), opts);
   }
 
-  setRoot(ComponentType, params = {}, opts = {}) {
+  setRoot(component, params = {}, opts = {}) {
     return this.setItems([{
-             component: ComponentType,
-             params: params
+             component,
+             params
            }], opts);
   }
 
@@ -485,7 +491,7 @@ export class ViewController extends Ion {
   }
 
   add(item) {
-    item.id = this.id + '' + (++this._ids);
+    item.id = this.id + '-' + (++this._ids);
     this.items.push(item);
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/components/view/view-item.ts b/ionic/components/view/view-item.ts
index ab0148135b..2ba25173a8 100644
--- a/ionic/components/view/view-item.ts
+++ b/ionic/components/view/view-item.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ import {NavParams} from '../nav/nav-controller';
 
 export class ViewItem {
 
-  constructor(viewCtrl, cls, params = {}) {
+  constructor(viewCtrl, component, params = {}) {
     this.viewCtrl = viewCtrl;
-    this.cls = cls;
+    this.component = component;
     this.params = new NavParams(params);
     this.instance = null;
     this.state = 0;
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ export class ViewItem {
         'class': 'nav-item'
       }
     });
-    let ionViewComponent = DirectiveBinding.createFromType(this.cls, annotation);
+    let ionViewComponent = DirectiveBinding.createFromType(this.component, annotation);
 
     // compile the Component
     viewCtrl.compiler.compileInHost(ionViewComponent).then(componentProtoViewRef => {
diff --git a/ionic/ionic.ts b/ionic/ionic.ts
index b771d66d28..12595b6f9d 100644
--- a/ionic/ionic.ts
+++ b/ionic/ionic.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export * from 'ionic/platform/platform'
 export * from 'ionic/platform/registry'
 
 export * from 'ionic/routing/router'
-export * from 'ionic/routing/hash-url-state'
+export * from 'ionic/routing/url-state'
 
 export * from 'ionic/util/click-block'
 export * from 'ionic/util/focus'
diff --git a/ionic/routing/hash-url-state.ts b/ionic/routing/hash-url-state.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b730d7fc4..0000000000
--- a/ionic/routing/hash-url-state.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-import {IonicRouter} from './router';
-import * as util from '../util/util';
-
-
-class HashUrlStateManager {
-
-  constructor(window, router) {
-    this.location = window.location;
-    this.history = window.history;
-    this.router = router;
-
-    window.addEventListener('popstate', ev => {
-      this.onPopState(ev);
-    });
-  }
-
-  stateChange(path, type, activeView) {
-    if (type == 'pop') {
-      // if the popstate came from the browser's back button (and not Ionic)
-      // then we shouldn't force another browser history.back()
-      // only do a history.back() if the URL hasn't been updated yet
-      if (this.isDifferentPath(path)) {
-        this.history.back();
-      }
-
-    } else {
-      // push state change
-      let enteringState = {
-        path: path,
-        backPath: this.router.lastPath(),
-        forwardPath: null
-      };
-
-      if (this._hasInit) {
-        // update the leaving state to know what it's forward state will be
-        let leavingState = util.extend(this.history.state, {
-          forwardPath: enteringState.path
-        });
-        if (leavingState.path !== enteringState.path) {
-          this.history.replaceState(leavingState, '', '#' + leavingState.path);
-        }
-
-        if (this.isDifferentPath(path)) {
-          // push the new state to the history stack since the path
-          // isn't already in the location hash
-          this.history.pushState(enteringState, '', '#' + enteringState.path);
-        }
-
-      } else {
-        // replace the very first load with the correct entering state info
-        this.history.replaceState(enteringState, '', '#' + enteringState.path);
-        this._hasInit = true;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  onPopState(ev) {
-    let newState = ev.state || {};
-    let newStatePath = newState.path;
-    let newStateBackPath = newState.backPath;
-    let newStateForwardPath = newState.forwardPath;
-    let lastLoadedStatePath = this.router.lastPath();
-
-    if (newStatePath === lastLoadedStatePath) {
-      // do nothing if the last path is the same
-      // as the "new" current state
-      return;
-    }
-
-    let activeViewCtrl = this.router.activeViewController();
-    if (activeViewCtrl) {
-
-      if (newStateForwardPath === lastLoadedStatePath) {
-        // if the last loaded state path is the same as the new
-        // state's forward path then the user is moving back
-        activeViewCtrl.pop();
-
-      } else if (newStateBackPath === lastLoadedStatePath) {
-        // if the last loaded state path is the new state's
-        // back path, then the user is moving forward
-        this.router.loadByPath(newStatePath);
-      }
-
-    }
-  }
-
-  getCurrentPath() {
-    // Grab the path without the leading hash
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      resolve({
-        path: this.location.hash.slice(1),
-        priority: 0
-      })
-    });
-  }
-
-  isDifferentPath(path) {
-    // check if the given path is different than the current location
-    return (this.location.hash !== ('#' + path));
-  }
-
-}
-
-
-IonicRouter.registerStateManager('hashurl', HashUrlStateManager);
diff --git a/ionic/routing/path-recognizer.ts b/ionic/routing/path-recognizer.ts
index 1749a76810..c978401160 100644
--- a/ionic/routing/path-recognizer.ts
+++ b/ionic/routing/path-recognizer.ts
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ class StaticSegment {
     this.regex = escapeRegex(string);
   }
 
-  generate(params) {
-    return this.string;
+  generate() {
+    return this.regex;
   }
 }
 
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ class DynamicSegment {
   }
 }
 
-
 class StarSegment {
   constructor(name) {
     this.regex = "(.+)";
@@ -124,8 +123,6 @@ export class PathRecognizer {
   constructor(path) {
     this.segments = [];
 
-    // TODO: use destructuring assignment
-    // see https://github.com/angular/ts2dart/issues/158
     var parsed = parsePathString(path);
     var specificity = parsed['specificity'];
     var segments = parsed['segments'];
diff --git a/ionic/routing/router.ts b/ionic/routing/router.ts
index 8a728e5219..644c86a980 100644
--- a/ionic/routing/router.ts
+++ b/ionic/routing/router.ts
@@ -6,165 +6,189 @@ import {PathRecognizer} from './path-recognizer';
 
 export class IonicRouter {
   constructor(config) {
-    this._routes = {};
+    this._routes = [];
     this._viewCtrls = [];
     this.config(config);
   }
 
   app(app) {
-    this._app = app;
+    this.app = app;
   }
 
   config(config) {
     if (config) {
-      for (let routeName in config) {
-        this.addRoute(routeName, config[routeName]);
+      for (let i = 0; i < config.length; i++) {
+        this.addRoute(config[i]);
       }
     }
   }
 
-  addRoute(routeName, routeConfig) {
-    if (routeName && routeConfig && routeConfig.path) {
-      this._routes[routeName] = new Route(routeName, routeConfig);
+  addRoute(routeConfig) {
+    if (routeConfig && routeConfig.path && routeConfig.component) {
+      let route = new Route(routeConfig);
       if (routeConfig.root) {
-        this.otherwise(routeName);
+        this.otherwise(route);
       }
+      this._routes.push(route);
     }
   }
 
-  load(window, ionicApp, ionicConfig) {
-    // create each of the state manager classes
-    for (let name in stateManagerClasses) {
-      stateManagers[name] = new stateManagerClasses[name](window, this, ionicApp, ionicConfig);
-    }
-    stateManagerClasses = {};
-
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      this.getCurrentPath().then(path => {
-        this.loadByPath(path, this.otherwise()).then(resolve);
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
-  loadByPath(path, fallbackRoute) {
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-      let self = this;
-      let activeViewCtrl = self.activeViewController();
-      let matchedRoute = self.match(path) || fallbackRoute;
-
-      function zoneLoad() {
-        self._app.zone().run(() => {
-          activeViewCtrl.push(matchedRoute.cls);
-          self.lastPath(matchedRoute.path);
-          resolve();
-        }, err => {
-          console.error(err);
-        });
-      }
-
-      if (activeViewCtrl && matchedRoute) {
-
-        if (matchedRoute.cls) {
-          zoneLoad();
-
-        } else if (matchedRoute.module) {
-          System.import(matchedRoute.module).then(m => {
-            if (m) {
-              matchedRoute.cls = m[matchedRoute.name];
-              zoneLoad();
-            }
-          }, err => {
-            console.error(err);
-          });
-        }
-      }
-    });
-  }
-
-  getCurrentPath() {
-    // check each of the state managers and the one with the
-    // highest priority wins of knowing what path we are currently at
-    return new Promise(resolve => {
-
-      let promises = [];
-      for (let name in stateManagers) {
-        promises.push(stateManagers[name].getCurrentPath());
-      }
-
-      // when all the promises have resolved then see which one wins
-      Promise.all(promises).then(results => {
-        let rtnPath = null;
-        let highestPriority = -1;
-        let state = null;
-
-        for (let i = 0; i < results.length; i++) {
-          state = results[i];
-          if (state.path && state.priority > highestPriority) {
-            rtnPath = state.path;
-          }
-        }
-
-        resolve(rtnPath);
-      });
-    });
-  }
-
   stateChange(type, activeView) {
-    if (activeView && activeView.cls) {
-
-      let routeConfig = activeView.cls.route;
-      if (routeConfig) {
-        let matchedRoute = this.match(routeConfig.path);
-
-        if (matchedRoute) {
+    // this fires when the app's state has changed stateChange will
+    // tell each of the state managers that the state has changed, and
+    // each state manager will decide what to do with this info
+    // (the url state manager updates the url bar if a route was setup)
+    if (activeView && activeView.component) {
 
+      let componentRoute = activeView.component.route;
+      if (componentRoute) {
+        let path = componentRoute.generate(activeView.params);
+        if (path) {
           for (let name in stateManagers) {
-            stateManagers[name].stateChange(matchedRoute.path, type, activeView);
+            stateManagers[name].stateChange(path, type, activeView);
           }
+        }
+      }
 
-          this.lastPath(matchedRoute.path);
+    }
+  }
+
+  matchPaths(paths) {
+    // load each of paths to a component
+    let components = [];
+    let route;
+
+    if (paths) {
+      for (let i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
+        route = this.matchPath(paths[i]);
+        if (route && route.component) {
+          components.push(route.component);
         }
       }
     }
+
+    return components;
   }
 
-  lastPath(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._lastPath = val;
-    }
-    return this._lastPath;
-  }
-
-  match(path) {
+  matchPath(path) {
+    // takes a string path and loops through each of the setup
+    // routes to see if the path matches any of the routes
+    // the matched path with the highest specifity wins
     let matchedRoute = null;
+    let route = null;
     let routeMatch = null;
-    let highestSpecifity = 0;
 
-    for (let routeName in this._routes) {
-      routeMatch = this._routes[routeName].match(path);
+    for (let i = 0; i < this._routes.length; i++) {
+      route = this._routes[i];
+      routeMatch = route.match(path);
 
-      if (routeMatch.match && (!matchedRoute || routeMatch.specificity > highestSpecifity)) {
-        matchedRoute = this._routes[routeName];
-        highestSpecifity = routeMatch.specificity;
+      if (routeMatch && (!matchedRoute || route.specificity > matchedRoute.specificity)) {
+        matchedRoute = route;
       }
     }
     return matchedRoute;
   }
 
+  load(window, ionicApp, ionicConfig) {
+    // load is called when the app has finished loading each state
+    // manager gets a chance to say what path the app should be at
+    let viewCtrl = this.viewController();
+    if (!viewCtrl || !this._routes.length) {
+      return Promise.resolve();
+    }
+
+    let resolve;
+    let promise = new Promise(res => { resolve = res; });
+
+    // get the initial load paths from the state manager with the highest priorty
+    this.getManagerPaths(window, ionicApp, ionicConfig).then(paths => {
+
+      // load all of the paths the highest priority state manager has given
+      let components = this.matchPaths(paths);
+
+      if (!components.length && this.otherwise()) {
+        // the state manager did not find and loaded components
+        // use the "otherwise" path
+        components = [this.otherwise().component];
+      }
+
+      this.app.zoneRun(() => {
+        viewCtrl.setItems(components).then(resolve);
+      });
+    });
+
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  getManagerPaths(window, ionicApp, ionicConfig) {
+    // loop through all of the state managers and load their paths
+    // the state manager with valid paths and highest priority wins
+    let resolve;
+    let promise = new Promise(res => { resolve = res; });
+
+    // load each of the state managers
+    let stateManagerPromises = [];
+    for (let name in stateManagerClasses) {
+      stateManagers[name] = new stateManagerClasses[name](window, this, ionicApp, ionicConfig);
+      stateManagerPromises.push( stateManagers[name].load() );
+    }
+
+    // when all the state manager loads have resolved then see which one wins
+    Promise.all(stateManagerPromises).then(stateManagerLoadResults => {
+
+      // now that all the state managers are loaded
+      // get the highest priority state manager's paths
+      let stateLoadResult = null;
+      let paths = null;
+      let highestPriority = -1;
+
+      for (let i = 0; i < stateManagerLoadResults.length; i++) {
+        stateLoadResult = stateManagerLoadResults[i];
+        if (stateLoadResult && stateLoadResult.paths.length && stateLoadResult.priority > highestPriority) {
+          paths = stateLoadResult.paths;
+          highestPriority = stateLoadResult.priority;
+        }
+      }
+
+      resolve(paths);
+    });
+
+    return promise;
+  }
+
+  push(path) {
+    let viewCtrl = this.viewController();
+    if (viewCtrl) {
+      let matchedRoute = this.matchPath(path);
+      if (matchedRoute && matchedRoute.component) {
+        this.app.zoneRun(() => {
+          viewCtrl.push(matchedRoute.component, matchedRoute.params, {});
+        });
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  pop() {
+    let viewCtrl = this.viewController();
+    if (viewCtrl) {
+      this.app.zoneRun(() => {
+        viewCtrl.pop();
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
   otherwise(val) {
     if (arguments.length) {
       this._otherwise = val;
-
-    } else if (this._otherwise) {
-      return this._routes[this._otherwise];
     }
+    return this._otherwise
   }
 
   addViewController(viewCtrl) {
     this._viewCtrls.push(viewCtrl);
   }
 
-  activeViewController() {
+  viewController() {
     if (this._viewCtrls.length) {
       return this._viewCtrls[ this._viewCtrls.length - 1 ];
     }
@@ -185,35 +209,21 @@ let stateManagerClasses = {};
 let stateManagers = {};
 
 
-export class Routable {
-  constructor(cls, routeConfig) {
-    cls.route = routeConfig;
-  }
-}
-
-
 class Route {
-  constructor(name, routeConfig) {
-    this.name = name;
-    this.cls = null;
+  constructor(routeConfig) {
     util.extend(this, routeConfig);
     this.recognizer = new PathRecognizer(this.path);
+    this.specificity = this.recognizer.specificity;
+
+    this.component.route = this;
   }
 
-  match(matchPath) {
-    let routeMatch = new RouteMatch(this, matchPath);
-    if (routeMatch) {
-      return routeMatch;
-    }
-    return false;
+  match(path) {
+    return RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(this.recognizer.regex, path);
+  }
+
+  generate(params) {
+    return this.recognizer.generate(params);
   }
 
 }
-
-class RouteMatch {
-  constructor(route, matchPath) {
-    this.route = route;
-    this.specificity = route.recognizer.specificity;
-    this.match = RegExpWrapper.firstMatch(route.recognizer.regex, matchPath);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/ionic/routing/url-state.ts b/ionic/routing/url-state.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99572d7b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ionic/routing/url-state.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+import {IonicRouter} from './router';
+import * as util from '../util/util';
+
+
+class UrlStateManager {
+
+  constructor(window, router) {
+    this.location = window.location;
+    this.history = window.history;
+    this.ls = window.localStorage;
+    this.router = router;
+
+    // overkill for location change listeners, but ensures we
+    // know when the location has changed. Only 1 of the listeners
+    // will actually do the work, the other will be skipped.
+    window.addEventListener('popstate', () => {
+      this.onLocationChange();
+    });
+    window.addEventListener('hashchange', () => {
+      this.onLocationChange();
+    });
+  }
+
+  load() {
+    let paths = [this.getCurrentPath()];
+    let savedPaths = this.paths();
+
+    if (savedPaths[savedPaths.length - 1] == paths[0]) {
+      // the last path in the saved paths is the same as the
+      // current path, so use the saved paths to rebuild the history
+      paths = savedPaths;
+
+    } else {
+      // the current path is not the same as the last path in the
+      // saved history, so the saved history is no good, erase it
+      this.paths([]);
+    }
+
+    return Promise.resolve({
+      paths: paths,
+      priority: 0
+    });
+  }
+
+  stateChange(path, type, activeView) {
+    let savedPaths = this.paths();
+
+    // check if the given path is different than the current location
+    let isDifferentPath = (this.getCurrentPath() !== path);
+
+    if (type == 'pop') {
+      // if the popstate came from the browser's back button (and not Ionic)
+      // then we shouldn't force another browser history.back()
+      // only do a history.back() if the URL hasn't been updated yet
+      if (isDifferentPath) {
+        this.history.back();
+      }
+
+      if (savedPaths.length && savedPaths[savedPaths.length - 1] != path) {
+        // only if the last item in the saved paths
+        // equals this path then it can be removed
+        savedPaths.pop();
+      }
+
+    } else {
+
+      if (this._hasInit) {
+        if (isDifferentPath) {
+          // push the new state to the history stack since the path
+          // isn't already in the location hash
+          this.history.pushState(path, '', '#' + path);
+        }
+
+      } else {
+        // replace the very first load with the correct entering state info
+        this.history.replaceState(path, '', '#' + path);
+        this._hasInit = true;
+      }
+
+      if (savedPaths[savedPaths.length - 1] != path) {
+        // only if the last item in the saved paths does
+        // not equal this path then it can be added
+        savedPaths.push(path);
+
+        // don't allow the history to grow too large
+        if (savedPaths.length > MAX_PATH_STORE) {
+          savedPaths = savedPaths.slice( savedPaths.length - MAX_PATH_STORE );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // save the new path data
+    this.paths(savedPaths);
+
+    // ensure this resets
+    this._currentPath = null;
+  }
+
+  onLocationChange() {
+    let currentPath = this.getCurrentPath();
+
+    if (currentPath == this._currentPath) {
+      // absolutely no change since last onLocationChange
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // keep in-memory the current path to quickly tell if things have changed
+    this._currentPath = currentPath;
+
+    // load up the saved paths
+    let savedPaths = this.paths();
+
+    if (currentPath === savedPaths[savedPaths.length - 1]) {
+      // do nothing if the last saved path is
+      // the same as the current path
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (currentPath === savedPaths[savedPaths.length - 2]) {
+      // the user is moving back
+      this.router.pop();
+
+    } else {
+      // the user is moving forward
+      this.router.push(currentPath);
+    }
+  }
+
+  paths(val) {
+    if (arguments.length) {
+      // set in-memory data
+      this._paths = val;
+
+      // set localStorage data
+      try {
+        this.ls.setItem(PATH_STORE_KEY, JSON.stringify(val));
+      } catch(e) {}
+
+    } else {
+
+      if (!this._paths) {
+        // we don't already have data in-memory
+
+        // see if we have data in localStorage
+        try {
+          let strData = this.ls.getItem(PATH_STORE_KEY);
+          if (strData) {
+            this._paths = JSON.parse(strData);
+          }
+        } catch(e) {}
+
+        // if not in localStorage yet then create new path data
+        if (!this._paths) {
+          this._paths = [];
+        }
+      }
+
+      // return the in-memory data
+      return this._paths;
+    }
+  }
+
+  getCurrentPath() {
+    // remove leading # to get the path
+    return this.location.hash.slice(1);
+  }
+
+}
+
+const PATH_STORE_KEY = 'ionic:history';
+const MAX_PATH_STORE = 20;
+
+IonicRouter.registerStateManager('url', UrlStateManager);