If you don't care about IE8 you can get rid of the observables on your models with the ES5 plugin. http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2013/05/20/knockout-es5-a-p

If you don't care about IE8 you can get rid of the observables on your models with the ES5 plugin. http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2013/05/20/knockout-es5-a-plugin-to-simplify-your-syntax/ http://blog.stevensanderson.com/2013/05/20/knockout-es5-a-pl...