diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
index 99e1a67f51b..968b1acb0de 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome.js
@@ -1019,15 +1019,13 @@ instance.web.WebClient = instance.web.Client.extend({
 
         var state = $.bbq.getState(true);
         var action = {
-            'type': 'ir.actions.client',
-            'tag': 'login',
-            'params': state
+            type: 'ir.actions.client',
+            tag: 'login',
+            _push_me: false,
         };
 
         this.action_manager.do_action(action);
         this.action_manager.inner_widget.on('login_successful', this, function() {
-            this.do_push_state(state);
-            this._current_state = null;     // ensure the state will be loaded
             this.show_application();        // will load the state we just pushed
         });
     },
@@ -1103,6 +1101,7 @@ instance.web.WebClient = instance.web.Client.extend({
                     });
                 });
             } else {
+                state._push_me = false;  // no need to push state back...
                 this.action_manager.do_load_state(state, !!this._current_state);
             }
         }
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
index ce85e0ac43f..8338ce8c7c0 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/data.js
@@ -280,7 +280,8 @@ instance.web.Model = instance.web.Class.extend({
             kwargs = args;
             args = [];
         }
-        return instance.session.rpc('/web/dataset/call_kw', {
+        var debug = instance.session.debug ? '/'+this.name+':'+method : '';
+        return instance.session.rpc('/web/dataset/call_kw' + debug, {
             model: this.name,
             method: method,
             args: args,
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index 963aafc1db8..266092ebdfe 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
     do_notify_change: function() {
         this.$el.add(this.$buttons).addClass('oe_form_dirty');
     },
-    on_pager_action: function(action) {
+    execute_pager_action: function(action) {
         if (this.can_be_discarded()) {
             switch (action) {
                 case 'first':
@@ -448,6 +448,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
                     break;
             }
             this.reload();
+            this.trigger('pager_action_executed');
         }
     },
     init_pager: function() {
@@ -464,7 +465,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
         }
         this.$pager.on('click','a[data-pager-action]',function() {
             var action = $(this).data('pager-action');
-            self.on_pager_action(action);
+            self.execute_pager_action(action);
         });
         this.do_update_pager();
     },
@@ -747,7 +748,8 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
     },
     on_button_save: function() {
         var self = this;
-        return this.do_save().then(function(result) {
+        return this.save().then(function(result) {
+            self.trigger("save");
             self.to_view_mode();
         });
     },
@@ -799,7 +801,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
         $.when(this.has_been_loaded).then(function() {
             if (self.datarecord.id && confirm(_t("Do you really want to delete this record?"))) {
                 self.dataset.unlink([self.datarecord.id]).then(function() {
-                    self.on_pager_action('next');
+                    self.execute_pager_action('next');
                     def.resolve();
                 });
             } else {
@@ -824,11 +826,11 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
      * record or saving an existing one depending on whether the record
      * already has an id property.
      *
-     * @param {Boolean} [prepend_on_create=false] if ``do_save`` creates a new
+     * @param {Boolean} [prepend_on_create=false] if ``save`` creates a new
      * record, should that record be inserted at the start of the dataset (by
      * default, records are added at the end)
      */
-    do_save: function(prepend_on_create) {
+    save: function(prepend_on_create) {
         var self = this;
         return this.mutating_mutex.exec(function() { return self.is_initialized.pipe(function() {
             try {
@@ -1000,7 +1002,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
     },
     recursive_save: function() {
         var self = this;
-        return $.when(this.do_save()).pipe(function(res) {
+        return $.when(this.save()).pipe(function(res) {
             if (self.dataset.parent_view)
                 return self.dataset.parent_view.recursive_save();
         });
@@ -1031,7 +1033,7 @@ instance.web.FormView = instance.web.View.extend(instance.web.form.FieldManagerM
         return true;
     },
     sidebar_context: function () {
-        return this.do_save().pipe(_.bind(function() {return this.get_fields_values();}, this));
+        return this.save().pipe(_.bind(function() {return this.get_fields_values();}, this));
     },
     open_defaults_dialog: function () {
         var self = this;
@@ -1660,6 +1662,8 @@ instance.web.form.FormDialog = instance.web.Dialog.extend({
 });
 
 instance.web.form.compute_domain = function(expr, fields) {
+    if (! (expr instanceof Array))
+        return !! expr;
     var stack = [];
     for (var i = expr.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
         var ex = expr[i];
@@ -2375,7 +2379,10 @@ instance.web.DateTimeWidget = instance.web.Widget.extend({
         var self = this;
         this.$input = this.$el.find('input.oe_datepicker_master');
         this.$input_picker = this.$el.find('input.oe_datepicker_container');
-        this.$input.change(this.on_change);
+        this.$input.change(function(){
+            self.change_datetime();
+        });
+        
         this.picker({
             onClose: this.on_picker_select,
             onSelect: this.on_picker_select,
@@ -2443,9 +2450,10 @@ instance.web.DateTimeWidget = instance.web.Widget.extend({
     format_client: function(v) {
         return instance.web.format_value(v, {"widget": this.type_of_date});
     },
-    on_change: function() {
+    change_datetime: function() {
         if (this.is_valid_()) {
             this.set_value_from_ui_();
+            this.trigger("datetime_changed");
         }
     }
 });
@@ -2469,7 +2477,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldDatetime = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(instanc
     initialize_content: function() {
         if (!this.get("effective_readonly")) {
             this.datewidget = this.build_widget();
-            this.datewidget.on_change.add_last(_.bind(function() {
+            this.datewidget.on('datetime_changed', this, _.bind(function() {
                 this.set({'value': this.datewidget.get_value()});
             }, this));
             this.datewidget.appendTo(this.$el);
@@ -2873,7 +2881,7 @@ instance.web.form.CompletionFieldMixin = {
             self.build_domain(),
             new instance.web.CompoundContext(self.build_context(), context || {})
         );
-        pop.on("select_elements",self,function(element_ids) {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
             self.add_id(element_ids[0]);
             self.focus();
         });
@@ -3368,7 +3376,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
         var def = $.Deferred().then(function() {
             self.initial_is_loaded.resolve();
         });
-        this.viewmanager.on_controller_inited.add_last(function(view_type, controller) {
+        this.viewmanager.on("controller_inited", self, function(view_type, controller) {
             controller.o2m = self;
             if (view_type == "list") {
                 if (self.get("effective_readonly")) {
@@ -3383,9 +3391,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
                 controller.on("load_record", self, function(){
                      once.resolve();
                  });
-                controller.on_pager_action.add_first(function() {
-                    self.save_any_view();
-                });
+                controller.on('pager_action_executed',self,self.save_any_view);
             } else if (view_type == "graph") {
                 self.reload_current_view()
             }
@@ -3520,7 +3526,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldOne2Many = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend({
                     if (!view.is_initialized.isResolved()) {
                         return false;
                     }
-                    var res = $.when(view.do_save());
+                    var res = $.when(view.save());
                     if (!res.isResolved() && !res.isRejected()) {
                         console.warn("Asynchronous get_value() is not supported in form view.");
                     }
@@ -3594,7 +3600,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyViewManager = instance.web.ViewManager.extend({
             form_view_options: {'not_interactible_on_create':true},
             readonly: self.o2m.get("effective_readonly")
         });
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function() {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function() {
             self.o2m.reload_current_view();
         });
     },
@@ -3680,7 +3686,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyListView = instance.web.ListView.extend({
                 self.o2m.build_domain(),
                 self.o2m.build_context()
             );
-            pop.on("select_elements", self, function() {
+            pop.on("elements_selected", self, function() {
                 self.o2m.reload_current_view();
             });
         }
@@ -3716,7 +3722,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyListView = instance.web.ListView.extend({
         var self = this;
         this.ensure_saved().pipe(function () {
             if (parent_form)
-                return parent_form.do_save();
+                return parent_form.save();
             else
                 return $.when();
         }).then(function () {
@@ -3855,7 +3861,7 @@ instance.web.form.One2ManyFormView = instance.web.FormView.extend({
         this._super(data);
         var self = this;
         this.$buttons.find('button.oe_form_button_create').click(function() {
-            self.do_save().then(self.on_button_new);
+            self.save().then(self.on_button_new);
         });
     },
     do_notify_change: function() {
@@ -4117,7 +4123,7 @@ instance.web.form.Many2ManyListView = instance.web.ListView.extend(/** @lends in
             this.m2m_field.build_context()
         );
         var self = this;
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function(element_ids) {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
             _.each(element_ids, function(one_id) {
                 if(! _.detect(self.dataset.ids, function(x) {return x == one_id;})) {
                     self.dataset.set_ids([].concat(self.dataset.ids, [one_id]));
@@ -4232,7 +4238,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldMany2ManyKanban = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(
                 new instance.web.CompoundDomain(this.build_domain(), ["!", ["id", "in", this.dataset.ids]]),
                 this.build_context()
             );
-            pop.on("select_elements", self, function(element_ids) {
+            pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
                 _.each(element_ids, function(one_id) {
                     if(! _.detect(self.dataset.ids, function(x) {return x == one_id;})) {
                         self.dataset.set_ids([].concat(self.dataset.ids, [one_id]));
@@ -4431,7 +4437,7 @@ instance.web.form.AbstractFormPopup = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             }));
             var $snbutton = self.$buttonpane.find(".oe_abstractformpopup-form-save-new");
             $snbutton.click(function() {
-                $.when(self.view_form.do_save()).then(function() {
+                $.when(self.view_form.save()).then(function() {
                     self.view_form.reload_mutex.exec(function() {
                         self.view_form.on_button_new();
                     });
@@ -4439,7 +4445,7 @@ instance.web.form.AbstractFormPopup = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             });
             var $sbutton = self.$buttonpane.find(".oe_abstractformpopup-form-save");
             $sbutton.click(function() {
-                $.when(self.view_form.do_save()).then(function() {
+                $.when(self.view_form.save()).then(function() {
                     self.view_form.reload_mutex.exec(function() {
                         self.check_exit();
                     });
@@ -4452,12 +4458,12 @@ instance.web.form.AbstractFormPopup = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             self.view_form.do_show();
         });
     },
-    elements_selected: function(element_ids) {
-        this.trigger("select_elements",element_ids);
+    select_elements: function(element_ids) {
+        this.trigger("elements_selected", element_ids);
     },
     check_exit: function(no_destroy) {
         if (this.created_elements.length > 0) {
-            this.elements_selected(this.created_elements);
+            this.select_elements(this.created_elements);
             this.created_elements = [];
         }
         this.destroy();
@@ -4568,7 +4574,7 @@ instance.web.form.SelectCreatePopup = instance.web.form.AbstractFormPopup.extend
                 });
                 var $sbutton = self.$buttonpane.find(".oe_selectcreatepopup-search-select");
                 $sbutton.click(function() {
-                    self.elements_selected(self.selected_ids);
+                    self.select_elements(self.selected_ids);
                     self.destroy();
                 });
             });
@@ -4610,7 +4616,7 @@ instance.web.form.SelectCreateListView = instance.web.ListView.extend({
         this.popup.new_object();
     },
     select_record: function(index) {
-        this.popup.elements_selected([this.dataset.ids[index]]);
+        this.popup.select_elements([this.dataset.ids[index]]);
         this.popup.destroy();
     },
     do_select: function(ids, records) {
@@ -4638,6 +4644,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldReference = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(instan
     destroy_content: function() {
         if (this.fm) {
             this.fm.destroy();
+            this.fm = undefined;
         }
     },
     initialize_content: function() {
@@ -4659,9 +4666,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldReference = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(instan
             modifiers: JSON.stringify({readonly: this.get('effective_readonly')}),
         }});
         this.selection.on("change:value", this, this.on_selection_changed);
-        this.selection.setElement(this.$(".oe_form_view_reference_selection"));
-        this.selection.renderElement();
-        this.selection.start();
+        this.selection.appendTo(this.$(".oe_form_view_reference_selection"));
         this.selection
             .on('focused', null, function () {self.trigger('focused')})
             .on('blurred', null, function () {self.trigger('blurred')});
@@ -4671,9 +4676,7 @@ instance.web.form.FieldReference = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(instan
             modifiers: JSON.stringify({readonly: this.get('effective_readonly')}),
         }});
         this.m2o.on("change:value", this, this.data_changed);
-        this.m2o.setElement(this.$(".oe_form_view_reference_m2o"));
-        this.m2o.renderElement();
-        this.m2o.start();
+        this.m2o.appendTo(this.$(".oe_form_view_reference_m2o"));
         this.m2o
             .on('focused', null, function () {self.trigger('focused')})
             .on('blurred', null, function () {self.trigger('blurred')});
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
index fe0f525fe3f..4bf61895a09 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_list_editable.js
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ openerp.web.list_editable = function (instance) {
         save: function () {
             var self = this;
             return this.form
-                .do_save(this.delegate.prepends_on_create())
+                .save(this.delegate.prepends_on_create())
                 .pipe(function (result) {
                     var created = result.created && !self.record.id;
                     if (created) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
index c7f7049bd5e..589c034af38 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/views.js
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ instance.web.ActionManager = instance.web.Widget.extend({
         state = state || {};
         if (this.getParent() && this.getParent().do_push_state) {
             if (this.inner_action) {
+                if (this.inner_action._push_me === false) {
+                    // this action has been explicitly marked as not pushable
+                    return;
+                }
                 state['title'] = this.inner_action.name;
                 if(this.inner_action.type == 'ir.actions.act_window') {
                     state['model'] = this.inner_action.res_model;
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@ instance.web.ActionManager = instance.web.Widget.extend({
                     state['action'] = this.inner_action.id;
                 } else if (this.inner_action.type == 'ir.actions.client') {
                     state['action'] = this.inner_action.tag;
-                    //state = _.extend(this.inner_action.params || {}, state);
+                    state = _.extend(this.inner_action.params || {}, state);
                 }
             }
             if(!this.dialog) {
@@ -533,12 +537,12 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
         this.views[view_type].controller = controller;
         this.views[view_type].deferred.resolve(view_type);
         return $.when(view_promise).then(function() {
-            self.on_controller_inited(view_type, controller);
             if (self.searchview
                     && self.flags.auto_search
                     && view.controller.searchable !== false) {
                 self.searchview.ready.then(self.searchview.do_search);
             }
+            self.trigger("controller_inited",view_type,controller);
         });
     },
     set_title: function(title) {
@@ -653,14 +657,6 @@ instance.web.ViewManager =  instance.web.Widget.extend({
             controller.do_search(results.domain, results.context, groupby || []);
         });
     },
-    /**
-     * Event launched when a controller has been inited.
-     *
-     * @param {String} view_type type of view
-     * @param {String} view the inited controller
-     */
-    on_controller_inited: function(view_type, view) {
-    },
     /**
      * Called when one of the view want to execute an action
      */
diff --git a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
index 5b699fa7870..4bae1aed3db 100644
--- a/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
+++ b/addons/web_diagram/static/src/js/diagram.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
 
         this.$el.find('div.oe_diagram_pager button[data-pager-action]').click(function() {
             var action = $(this).data('pager-action');
-            self.on_pager_action(action);
+            self.execute_pager_action(action);
         });
 
         this.do_update_pager();
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
             self.dataset.domain,
             self.context || self.dataset.context
         );
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function(element_ids) {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
             self.dataset.read_index(_.keys(self.fields_view.fields)).pipe(self.on_diagram_loaded);
         });
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
             this.dataset.domain,
             this.context || this.dataset.context
         );
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function(element_ids) {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
             self.dataset.read_index(_.keys(self.fields_view.fields)).pipe(self.on_diagram_loaded);
         });
         // We want to destroy the dummy edge after a creation cancel. This destroys it even if we save the changes.
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
        });
     },
 
-    on_pager_action: function(action) {
+    execute_pager_action: function(action) {
         switch (action) {
             case 'first':
                 this.dataset.index = 0;
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ instance.web.DiagramView = instance.web.View.extend({
 
     do_show: function() {
         this.do_push_state({});
-        return $.when(this._super(), this.on_pager_action('reload'));
+        return $.when(this._super(), this.execute_pager_action('reload'));
     }
 });
 };
diff --git a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
index 32bfea8e212..01de4f69b61 100644
--- a/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
+++ b/addons/web_gantt/static/src/js/gantt.js
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ instance.web_gantt.GanttView = instance.web.View.extend({
     on_task_create: function() {
         var self = this;
         var pop = new instance.web.form.SelectCreatePopup(this);
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function() {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function() {
             self.reload();
         });
         pop.select_element(
diff --git a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
index 37aea87e50e..d884fa6e6a2 100644
--- a/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
+++ b/addons/web_kanban/static/src/js/kanban.js
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ instance.web_kanban.QuickCreate = instance.web.Widget.extend({
             [],
             {"default_name": self.$input.val()}
         );
-        pop.on("select_elements", self, function(element_ids) {
+        pop.on("elements_selected", self, function(element_ids) {
             self.$input.val("");
             self.trigger('added', element_ids[0]);
         });
diff --git a/addons/web_view_editor/static/src/js/view_editor.js b/addons/web_view_editor/static/src/js/view_editor.js
index c8956a745c3..5e7c61ab17c 100644
--- a/addons/web_view_editor/static/src/js/view_editor.js
+++ b/addons/web_view_editor/static/src/js/view_editor.js
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ instance.web_view_editor.ViewEditor =   instance.web.Widget.extend({
             controller.on("on_button_cancel", self, function(){
                 action_manager.destroy();
             });
-            controller.do_save.add_last(function(){
+            controller.on("save", self, function(){
                 action_manager.destroy();
                 var value =controller.fields.name.get('value');
                 self.add_node_dialog.$el.find('select[id=field_value]').append($("<option selected></option>").attr("value",value).text(value));