diff --git a/bower.json b/bower.json
index 9a930bc90d..cb1ec59c1f 100644
--- a/bower.json
+++ b/bower.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     "codemirror": "4.0.1",
     "Countable": "2.0.2",
     "device": "git://github.com/matthewhudson/device.js#5347a275b66020a0d4dfe9aad81a488f8cce448d",
-    "ember": "1.7.0",
-    "ember-data": "~1.0.0-beta.8",
+    "ember": "1.8.0",
+    "ember-data": "1.0.0-beta.11",
     "ember-load-initializers": "git://github.com/stefanpenner/ember-load-initializers.git#0.0.1",
     "ember-resolver": "git://github.com/stefanpenner/ember-jj-abrams-resolver.git#181251821cf513bb58d3e192faa13245a816f75e",
     "ember-simple-auth": "0.6.6",
diff --git a/core/client/assets/sass/patterns/forms.scss b/core/client/assets/sass/patterns/forms.scss
index 0c5ff86044..548dd09915 100644
--- a/core/client/assets/sass/patterns/forms.scss
+++ b/core/client/assets/sass/patterns/forms.scss
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ textarea {
 // Select Component
 // ---
 // <span class="gh-select">
-//     {{view Ember.Select
+//     {{view "select"
 //         id="activeTheme"
 //         name="general[activeTheme]"
 //         content=themes
diff --git a/core/client/controllers/application.js b/core/client/controllers/application.js
index b7692875f4..951490fd45 100644
--- a/core/client/controllers/application.js
+++ b/core/client/controllers/application.js
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ var ApplicationController = Ember.Controller.extend({
     showGlobalMobileNav: false,
     showSettingsMenu: false,
 
+     userImageAlt: Ember.computed('session.user.name', function () {
+        var name = this.get('session.user.name');
+
+        return name + '\'s profile picture';
+    }),
+
     actions: {
         topNotificationChange: function (count) {
             this.set('topNotificationCount', count);
diff --git a/core/client/templates/-navbar.hbs b/core/client/templates/-navbar.hbs
index 4336dc1511..e2fc3a90f8 100644
--- a/core/client/templates/-navbar.hbs
+++ b/core/client/templates/-navbar.hbs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     <div class="nav-item user-menu" data-href="#">
         {{#gh-dropdown-button dropdownName="user-menu" tagName="div" classNames="nav-label clearfix"}}
             {{#if session.user.image}}
-            <div class="image"><img {{bind-attr src="session.user.image"}} alt="{{session.user.name}}'s profile picture" /></div>
+            <div class="image"><img {{bind-attr src=session.user.image alt=userImageAlt}} /></div>
             {{else}}
             <div class="image"><img src="{{gh-path "blog" "shared/img/user-image.png"}}" alt="Profile picture" /></div>
             {{/if}}
diff --git a/core/client/templates/post-settings-menu.hbs b/core/client/templates/post-settings-menu.hbs
index a07999ef49..a8d8061f34 100644
--- a/core/client/templates/post-settings-menu.hbs
+++ b/core/client/templates/post-settings-menu.hbs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
                 <label for="author-list">Author</label>
                 <span class="input-icon icon-user">
                     <span class="gh-select" tabindex="0">
-                    {{view Ember.Select
+                    {{view "select"
                         name="post-setting-author"
                         id="author-list"
                         content=authors
diff --git a/core/client/templates/settings/general.hbs b/core/client/templates/settings/general.hbs
index a194d3d736..b7bbd963ec 100644
--- a/core/client/templates/settings/general.hbs
+++ b/core/client/templates/settings/general.hbs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
             <div class="form-group for-select">
                 <label for="activeTheme">Theme</label>
                 <span class="gh-select" {{bind-attr data-select-text=selectedTheme.label}} tabindex="0">
-                   {{view Ember.Select
+                   {{view "select"
                        id="activeTheme"
                        name="general[activeTheme]"
                        content=themes
diff --git a/core/test/functional/client/editor_test.js b/core/test/functional/client/editor_test.js
index 208805709b..0a705dfc4e 100644
--- a/core/test/functional/client/editor_test.js
+++ b/core/test/functional/client/editor_test.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ CasperTest.begin('Ghost editor functions correctly', 20, function suite(test) {
 
     // Part 2: Test saving with data
     casper.then(function createTestPost() {
-        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', testPost.title);
+        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', testPost.title, {reset: true});
         casper.writeContentToCodeMirror(testPost.html);
     });
 
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ CasperTest.begin('Title input is set correctly after using the Post-Settings-Men
 
     // add a new post
     casper.then(function fillContent() {
-        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', 'post title');
+        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', 'post title', {reset: true});
         casper.writeContentToCodeMirror('Just a bit of test text');
     });
 
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ CasperTest.begin('Title input is set correctly after using the Post-Settings-Men
 
     // change the title
     casper.then(function updateTitle() {
-        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', 'changed post title');
+        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', 'changed post title', {reset: true});
         casper.click('#entry-markdown-content');
     });
 
diff --git a/core/test/functional/client/settings_test.js b/core/test/functional/client/settings_test.js
index 30aaabaf69..4364202622 100644
--- a/core/test/functional/client/settings_test.js
+++ b/core/test/functional/client/settings_test.js
@@ -277,9 +277,13 @@ CasperTest.begin('User settings screen resets all whitespace slug to original va
         test.assertUrlMatch(/ghost\/settings\/users\/test\/$/, 'Ghost doesn\'t require login this time');
     });
 
-    casper.then(function setSlugToAllWhitespace() {
-        slug = casper.getElementInfo('#user-slug').attributes.value;
+    casper.then(function getSlugValue() {
+        slug = this.evaluate(function () {
+            return document.querySelector('#user-slug').value;
+        });
+    });
 
+    casper.then(function changeSlugInput() {
         casper.fillSelectors('.user-profile', {
             '#user-slug': '   '
         }, false);
@@ -301,9 +305,13 @@ CasperTest.begin('User settings screen change slug handles duplicate slug', 4, f
         test.assertUrlMatch(/ghost\/settings\/users\/test\/$/, 'Ghost doesn\'t require login this time');
     });
 
-    casper.then(function changeSlug() {
-        slug = casper.getElementInfo('#user-slug').attributes.value;
+    casper.then(function getSlugValue() {
+        slug = this.evaluate(function () {
+            return document.querySelector('#user-slug').value;
+        });
+    });
 
+    casper.then(function changeSlug() {
         casper.fillSelectors('.user-profile', {
             '#user-slug': slug + '!'
         }, false);
@@ -321,16 +329,21 @@ CasperTest.begin('User settings screen change slug handles duplicate slug', 4, f
 });
 
 CasperTest.begin('User settings screen validates email', 6, function suite(test) {
-    var email, brokenEmail;
+    var email;
 
     casper.thenOpenAndWaitForPageLoad('settings.users.user', function testTitleAndUrl() {
         test.assertTitle('Ghost Admin', 'Ghost admin has no title');
         test.assertUrlMatch(/ghost\/settings\/users\/test\/$/, 'Ghost doesn\'t require login this time');
     });
 
+    casper.then(function getEmail() {
+        email = this.evaluate(function () {
+            return document.querySelector('#user-email').value;
+        });
+    });
+
     casper.then(function setEmailToInvalid() {
-        email = casper.getElementInfo('#user-email').attributes.value;
-        brokenEmail = email.replace('.', '-');
+        var brokenEmail = email.replace('.', '-');
 
         casper.fillSelectors('.user-profile', {
             '#user-email': brokenEmail