-added support for browsers that do not support earlier than ECMA 5th ed...

...ition. The bind function is only supported by newer browsers and browser like IE8 and old blackberry browsers. The underscore library (which is required for backbone) includes nearly the exact same bind function. For reference to browser support: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/bind#Browser_compatibility

-Master branch was using this.options in the render function for notification and loader. That object on "this" was undefined at render time.