diff --git a/cake/basics.php b/cake/basics.php
index 2cb63b130..cbc7e8616 100644
--- a/cake/basics.php
+++ b/cake/basics.php
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@
 	function loadView($viewClass) {
 		if(strpos($viewClass, '.') !== false){
 			list($plugin, $viewClass) = explode('.', $viewClass);
+			$file = APP . 'plugins' . DS . $plugin . DS . 'views' . DS . Inflector::underscore($viewClass) . '.php';
+			if (file_exists($file)) {
+				require($file);
+				return true;
+			}
 		}
 
 		if (!class_exists($viewClass . 'View')) {
diff --git a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
index fcf9fe814..c4a4631a8 100644
--- a/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
+++ b/cake/libs/controller/controller.php
@@ -599,7 +599,10 @@ class Controller extends Object {
 
 		$viewClass = $this->view;
 		if ($this->view != 'View') {
-			$viewClass = $this->view . 'View';
+			if(strpos($viewClass, '.') !== false){
+				list($plugin, $viewClass) = explode('.', $viewClass);
+			}
+			$viewClass = $viewClass . 'View';
 			loadView($this->view);
 		}
 
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helper.php b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
index ace55f283..6d47417e5 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helper.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helper.php
@@ -429,8 +429,9 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
  * @param array $options
  * @param string $key
  * @return array
+ * @access public
  */
-	function __value($options = array(), $field = null, $key = 'value') {
+	function value($options = array(), $field = null, $key = 'value') {
 		if ($options === null) {
 			$options = array();
 		} elseif (is_string($options)) {
@@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ class Helper extends Overloadable {
 		$this->setFormTag($field);
 		$options = (array)$options;
 		$options = $this->__name($options);
-		$options = $this->__value($options);
+		$options = $this->value($options);
 		$options = $this->domId($options);
 		if ($this->tagIsInvalid()) {
 			$options = $this->addClass($options, 'form-error');
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
index ff02696d3..852ec5cd3 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/form.php
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		trigger_error(__("Don't use me yet"), E_USER_ERROR);
 		if (isset($options['name'])) {
 			if (strpos($options['name'], "/") !== false || strpos($options['name'], ".") !== false) {
-				if ($this->__value($options['name'])) {
+				if ($this->value($options['name'])) {
 					$options['checked'] = 'checked';
 				}
 				$this->setFieldName($options['name']);
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		}
 
 		if (!isset($selected)) {
-			$selected = $this->__value($fieldName);
+			$selected = $this->value($fieldName);
 		}
 
 		if (isset($attributes) && array_key_exists('multiple', $attributes)) {
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function day($fieldName, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		$value = $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = $this->value($fieldName);
 		if (empty($value)) {
 			if(!$showEmpty) {
 				$value = 'now';
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function year($fieldName, $minYear = null, $maxYear = null, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		$value = $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = $this->value($fieldName);
 		if (empty($value)) {
 			if(!$showEmpty && !$maxYear) {
 				$value = 'now';
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function month($fieldName, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		$value = $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = $this->value($fieldName);
 		if (empty($value)) {
 			if(!$showEmpty) {
 				$value = 'now';
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function hour($fieldName, $format24Hours = false, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		$value = $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = $this->value($fieldName);
 		if (empty($value)) {
 			if(!$showEmpty) {
 				$value = 'now';
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function minute($fieldName, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		$value = $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = $this->value($fieldName);
 		if (empty($value)) {
 			if(!$showEmpty) {
 				$value = 'now';
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return string
  */
 	function meridian($fieldName, $selected = null, $attributes = array(), $showEmpty = true) {
-		if (empty($selected) && $value = $this->__value($fieldName)) {
+		if (empty($selected) && $value = $this->value($fieldName)) {
 			$selected = date('a', strtotime($value));
 		}
 		$selected = empty($selected) ? ($showEmpty ? null : date('a')) : $selected;
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ class FormHelper extends AppHelper {
 		$meridian = null;
 
 		if (empty($selected)) {
-			$selected = $this->__value($fieldName);
+			$selected = $this->value($fieldName);
 		}
 
 		if (!empty($selected)) {
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
index 45dc69066..28af4cadc 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/html.php
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
 	function radio($fieldName, $options, $inbetween = null, $htmlAttributes = array()) {
 
 		$this->setFormTag($fieldName);
-		$value = isset($htmlAttributes['value']) ? $htmlAttributes['value'] : $this->__value($fieldName);
+		$value = isset($htmlAttributes['value']) ? $htmlAttributes['value'] : $this->value($fieldName);
 		$out = array();
 
 		foreach($options as $optValue => $optTitle) {
@@ -461,15 +461,6 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
 		}
 		return $this->output(join("\n", $out));
 	}
-/**
- * Returns value of $fieldName. False if the tag does not exist.
- *
- * @param string $fieldName Name of a field, like this "Modelname.fieldname", "Modelname/fieldname" is deprecated
- * @return unknown Value of the named tag.
- */
-	function value($fieldName) {
-		return $this->__value($fieldName);
-	}
 /**
  * Returns a formatted DIV tag for HTML FORMs.
  *
@@ -517,7 +508,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
 		}
 		return $this->output(sprintf($this->tags[$tag], $this->_parseAttributes($attributes, null, ' ', ''), $text));
 	}
-		
+
 /**
  * Creates a password input widget.
  *
@@ -526,7 +517,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	function password($fieldName, $htmlAttributes = array()) {
 		trigger_error(sprintf(__('Method password() is deprecated in %s: see FormHelper::input or FormHelper::password', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_NOTICE);
-		$htmlAttributes = $this->__value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
+		$htmlAttributes = $this->value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
 		$htmlAttributes = $this->domId($htmlAttributes);
 		if ($this->tagIsInvalid()) {
 			$htmlAttributes = $this->addClass($htmlAttributes, 'form_error');
@@ -541,7 +532,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	function textarea($fieldName, $htmlAttributes = array()) {
 		trigger_error(sprintf(__('Method textarea() is deprecated in %s: see FormHelper::input or FormHelper::textarea', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_NOTICE);
-		$htmlAttributes = $this->__value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
+		$htmlAttributes = $this->value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
 
 		$value = null;
 		if (isset($htmlAttributes['value']) && !empty($htmlAttributes['value'])) {
@@ -605,7 +596,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	function hidden($fieldName, $htmlAttributes = array()) {
 		trigger_error(sprintf(__('Method hidden() is deprecated in %s: see FormHelper::input or FormHelper::hidden', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_NOTICE);
-		$htmlAttributes = $this->__value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
+		$htmlAttributes = $this->value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
 		$htmlAttributes = $this->domId($htmlAttributes);
 		return $this->output(sprintf($this->tags['hidden'], $this->model(), $this->field(), $this->_parseAttributes($htmlAttributes, null, ' ', ' ')));
 	}
@@ -617,7 +608,7 @@ class HtmlHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	function input($fieldName, $htmlAttributes = array()) {
 		trigger_error(sprintf(__('Method input() is deprecated in %s: see FormHelper::input or FormHelper::text', true), get_class($this)), E_USER_NOTICE);
-		$htmlAttributes = $this->__value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
+		$htmlAttributes = $this->value($htmlAttributes, $fieldName);
 		$htmlAttributes = $this->domId($htmlAttributes);
 
 		if (!isset($htmlAttributes['type'])) {