diff --git a/ionic/components.ts b/ionic/components.ts
index a46df5062f..bc5b7a2e7d 100644
--- a/ionic/components.ts
+++ b/ionic/components.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ export * from './components/button/button'
 export * from './components/checkbox/checkbox'
 export * from './components/content/content'
 export * from './components/icon/icon'
+export * from './components/input/input'
 export * from './components/item/item'
 export * from './components/item/item-sliding'
 export * from './components/menu/menu'
 export * from './components/menu/menu-types'
 export * from './components/menu/menu-toggle'
 export * from './components/menu/menu-close'
-export * from './components/text-input/text-input'
 export * from './components/label/label'
 export * from './components/list/list'
 export * from './components/show-hide-when/show-hide-when'
@@ -36,5 +36,6 @@ export * from './components/select/select'
 export * from './components/tabs/tabs'
 export * from './components/tabs/tab'
 export * from './components/tap-click/tap-click'
+export * from './components/text-input/text-input'
 export * from './components/toggle/toggle'
 export * from './components/toolbar/toolbar'
diff --git a/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts b/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
index df6005d611..ead85e1e9a 100644
--- a/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
+++ b/ionic/config/bootstrap.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export function ionicProviders(args={}) {
     config = new Config(config);
   }
 
-  platform.url(window.location.href);
-  platform.userAgent(window.navigator.userAgent);
-  platform.navigatorPlatform(window.navigator.platform);
+  platform.setUrl(window.location.href);
+  platform.setUserAgent(window.navigator.userAgent);
+  platform.setNavigatorPlatform(window.navigator.platform);
   platform.load();
   config.setPlatform(platform);
 
diff --git a/ionic/config/test/config.spec.ts b/ionic/config/test/config.spec.ts
index a348c75cee..1c8f4c3ad5 100644
--- a/ionic/config/test/config.spec.ts
+++ b/ionic/config/test/config.spec.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to none for old Android Browser on a linux device', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2.2; nl-nl; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('linux');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2.2; nl-nl; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('linux');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to ripple for Android dev tools simulation on a mac', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2.2; nl-nl; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('MacIntel');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.2.2; nl-nl; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/534.30');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('MacIntel');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to none for Android Chrome versions below v36 on a linux device', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/35.0.1650.59 Mobile Safari/537.36');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('linux');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/35.0.1650.59 Mobile Safari/537.36');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('linux');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to ripple for Android Chrome v36 and above on a linux device', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/36.0.1650.59 Mobile Safari/537.36');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('linux');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; GT-I9505 Build/JDQ39) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/36.0.1650.59 Mobile Safari/537.36');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('linux');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to ripple for Android v5.0 and above on a linux device not using Chrome', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Android 5.0; Mobile; rv:41.0) Gecko/41.0 Firefox/41.0');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('linux');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Android 5.0; Mobile; rv:41.0) Gecko/41.0 Firefox/41.0');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('linux');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export function run() {
   it('should set activator setting to none for Android versions below v5.0 on a linux device not using Chrome', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Android 4.4; Mobile; rv:41.0) Gecko/41.0 Firefox/41.0');
-    platform.navigatorPlatform('linux');
+    platform.setUserAgent('Mozilla/5.0 (Android 4.4; Mobile; rv:41.0) Gecko/41.0 Firefox/41.0');
+    platform.setNavigatorPlatform('linux');
     platform.load();
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ export function run() {
   it('should get boolean value from querystring', () => {
     let config = new Config();
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('http://biff.com/?ionicanimate=true')
+    platform.setUrl('http://biff.com/?ionicanimate=true')
     config.setPlatform(platform);
     expect(config.get('animate')).toEqual(true);
 
     config = new Config();
     platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('http://biff.com/?ionicanimate=false')
+    platform.setUrl('http://biff.com/?ionicanimate=false')
     config.setPlatform(platform);
     expect(config.get('animate')).toEqual(false);
   });
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export function run() {
       mode: 'a'
     });
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('http://biff.com/?ionicConfigKey=b')
+    platform.setUrl('http://biff.com/?ionicConfigKey=b')
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
     expect(config.get('configKey')).toEqual('b');
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export function run() {
       mode: 'modeA'
     });
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('http://biff.com/?ionicmode=modeB')
+    platform.setUrl('http://biff.com/?ionicmode=modeB')
     config.setPlatform(platform);
 
     expect(config.get('mode')).toEqual('modeB');
diff --git a/ionic/platform/platform.ts b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
index f543ebbc9f..c6918ad173 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/platform.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/platform.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export class Platform {
   private _dir: string;
   private _lang: string;
   private _url: string;
-  private _qs: string;
+  private _qs: any;
   private _ua: string;
   private _bPlt: string;
   private _onResizes: Array<any>=[];
@@ -274,14 +274,18 @@ export class Platform {
   // Getter/Setter Methods
   // **********************************************
 
+  /**
+  * @private
+  */
+  setUrl(url) {
+    this._url = url;
+    this._qs = getQuerystring(url);
+  }
+
   /**
   * @private
   */
   url(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._url = val;
-      this._qs = getQuerystring(val);
-    }
     return this._url;
   }
 
@@ -292,23 +296,31 @@ export class Platform {
     return (this._qs || {})[key];
   }
 
+  /**
+  * @private
+  */
+  setUserAgent(userAgent) {
+    this._ua = userAgent;
+  }
+
   /**
   * @private
   */
   userAgent(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._ua = val;
-    }
     return this._ua || '';
   }
 
+  /**
+  * @private
+  */
+  setNavigatorPlatform(navigatorPlatform) {
+    this._bPlt = navigatorPlatform;
+  }
+
   /**
   * @private
   */
   navigatorPlatform(val) {
-    if (arguments.length) {
-      this._bPlt = val;
-    }
     return this._bPlt || '';
   }
 
diff --git a/ionic/platform/test/platform.spec.ts b/ionic/platform/test/platform.spec.ts
index 4d77d04ae8..b00e5a5cd4 100644
--- a/ionic/platform/test/platform.spec.ts
+++ b/ionic/platform/test/platform.spec.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set core as the fallback', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent('idk');
+    platform.setUserAgent('idk');
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(false);
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set android via platformOverride, despite ios user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent(IPAD_UA);
+    platform.setUserAgent(IPAD_UA);
     platform.load('android');
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(true);
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should get case insensitive querystring value', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?KEY=value');
+    platform.setUrl('/?KEY=value');
 
     expect(platform.query('key')).toEqual('value');
   });
 
   it('should get querystring value', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?key=value');
+    platform.setUrl('/?key=value');
 
     expect(platform.query('key')).toEqual('value');
   });
 
   it('should set ios via platformOverride, despite android querystring', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?ionicplatform=android');
+    platform.setUrl('/?ionicplatform=android');
     platform.load('ios');
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(false);
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set ios via querystring', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?ionicplatform=ios');
+    platform.setUrl('/?ionicplatform=ios');
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('mobile')).toEqual(true);
@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set ios via querystring, even with android user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?ionicplatform=ios');
-    platform.userAgent(ANDROID_UA);
+    platform.setUrl('/?ionicplatform=ios');
+    platform.setUserAgent(ANDROID_UA);
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(false);
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set android via querystring', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?ionicplatform=android');
+    platform.setUrl('/?ionicplatform=android');
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(true);
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set android via querystring, even with ios user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.url('/?ionicplatform=android');
-    platform.userAgent(IPHONE_UA);
+    platform.setUrl('/?ionicplatform=android');
+    platform.setUserAgent(IPHONE_UA);
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('android')).toEqual(true);
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set android via user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent(ANDROID_UA);
+    platform.setUserAgent(ANDROID_UA);
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('mobile')).toEqual(true);
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set iphone via user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent(IPHONE_UA);
+    platform.setUserAgent(IPHONE_UA);
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('mobile')).toEqual(true);
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ export function run() {
 
   it('should set ipad via user agent', () => {
     let platform = new Platform();
-    platform.userAgent(IPAD_UA);
+    platform.setUserAgent(IPAD_UA);
     platform.load();
 
     expect(platform.is('mobile')).toEqual(true);
diff --git a/ionic/util/util.ts b/ionic/util/util.ts
index 9be3f67a91..86f6469f28 100644
--- a/ionic/util/util.ts
+++ b/ionic/util/util.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export function clamp(min, n, max) {
  * @param dst the destination
  * @param ... the param objects
  */
-export function extend(dst: any) {
+export function extend(dst: any, ...args: any[]) {
   return _baseExtend(dst, [].slice.call(arguments, 1), false);
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function extend(dst: any) {
  * @param dst the destination
  * @param ... the param objects
  */
-export function merge(dst: any) {
+export function merge(dst: any, ...args: any[]) {
   return _baseExtend(dst, [].slice.call(arguments, 1), true);
 }
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export function debounce(func: any, wait: number, immediate: boolean) {
  * the first object.
  * @param the destination to apply defaults to.
  */
-export function defaults(dest) {
+export function defaults(dest, ...args: any[]) {
   for (let i = arguments.length - 1; i >= 1; i--) {
     let source = arguments[i] || {};
     for (let key in source) {
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ export const array = {
 }
 
 /**
- * Grab the query string param value for the given key.
- * @param key the key to look for
+ * Grab all query strings keys and values.
+ * @param url
  */
-export function getQuerystring(url, key) {
+export function getQuerystring(url: string): any {
   var queryParams = {};
   if (url) {
     const startIndex = url.indexOf('?');
@@ -154,9 +154,6 @@ export function getQuerystring(url, key) {
         queryParams[split[0].toLowerCase()] = split[1].split('#')[0];
       });
     }
-    if (key) {
-      return queryParams[key] || '';
-    }
   }
   return queryParams;
 }