diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
index e37f9a79adf1e898b5d806c8a4995349b02a6dfd..f52f1896c002b33ae22601fd145e59cb734a99e0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Hudson.java
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ import javax.servlet.RequestDispatcher;
  *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
-public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node, StaplerProxy {
+public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node, StaplerProxy, ViewGroup {
     private transient final Queue queue;
 
     /**
@@ -847,20 +847,18 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
      * Gets the read-only list of all {@link View}s.
      */
     @Exported
-    public synchronized View[] getViews() {
+    public synchronized Collection<View> getViews() {
         if(views==null)
-            views = new ArrayList<View>();
-
-        View[] r = new View[views.size()+1];
-        views.toArray(r);
-        // sort Views and put "all" at the very beginning
-        r[r.length-1] = r[0];
-        Arrays.sort(r,1,r.length, View.SORTER);
-        r[0] = this;
-        return r;
+            return Collections.<View>singletonList(this);
+
+        List<View> copy = new ArrayList<View>(views.size()+1);
+        copy.add(this);
+        copy.addAll(views);
+        Collections.sort(copy, View.SORTER);
+        return copy;
     }
 
-    public synchronized void deleteView(ListView view) throws IOException {
+    public synchronized void deleteView(View view) throws IOException {
         if(views!=null) {
             views.remove(view);
             save();
@@ -1894,6 +1892,7 @@ public final class Hudson extends View implements ItemGroup<TopLevelItem>, Node,
 
             // create a view
             View v = View.LIST.findByName(mode).newInstance(req,req.getSubmittedForm());
+            v.owner = this;
             if(views==null)
                 views = new Vector<View>();
             views.add(v);
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
index c0e155d2900954587816c29b4e1be6deffaa9082..2b7d69ebaa4897f32d8cc065a5ae131eff4fee94 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ListView.java
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ public class ListView extends View {
      */
     private String name;
 
-    /**
-     * Message displayed in the view page.
-     */
-    private String description;
-
     /**
      * Include regex string.
      */
@@ -58,14 +53,6 @@ public class ListView extends View {
         this.owner = Hudson.getInstance();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns the transient {@link Action}s associated with the top page.
-     *
-     * @see Hudson#getActions()
-     */
-    public List<Action> getActions() {
-        return Hudson.getInstance().getActions();
-    }
 
     /**
      * Returns a read-only view of all {@link Job}s in this view.
@@ -118,10 +105,6 @@ public class ListView extends View {
         return name;
     }
 
-    public String getDescription() {
-        return description;
-    }
-
     public String getIncludeRegex() {
         return includeRegex;
     }
@@ -183,28 +166,6 @@ public class ListView extends View {
         rsp.sendRedirect2("../"+name);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Accepts the new description.
-     */
-    public synchronized void doSubmitDescription( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
-        checkPermission(CONFIGURE);
-
-        req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
-        description = req.getParameter("description");
-        owner.save();
-        rsp.sendRedirect(".");  // go to the top page
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Deletes this view.
-     */
-    public synchronized void doDoDelete( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException {
-        checkPermission(DELETE);
-
-        owner.deleteView(this);
-        rsp.sendRedirect2(req.getContextPath()+"/");
-    }
-
     /**
      * Checks if the include regular expression is valid.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
index 36fb7f6a7e29060b37f7c0039952906fb3293b3e..7b47523e45c32cc6d57b6d48252d561ad22858b3 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/MyView.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 public class MyView extends View {
     private String name;
     private final Hudson owner;
-    private String description;
 
     @DataBoundConstructor
     public MyView(String name) {
@@ -40,20 +39,6 @@ public class MyView extends View {
         return owner.doCreateItem(req, rsp);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getDescription() {
-        return description;
-    }
-
-     /**
-      * Returns the transient {@link Action}s associated with the top page.
-      *
-      * @see Hudson#getActions()
-      */
-     public List<Action> getActions() {
-         return Hudson.getInstance().getActions();
-     }
-    
     @Override
     public TopLevelItem getItem(String name) {
         return owner.getItem(name);
@@ -94,18 +79,6 @@ public class MyView extends View {
         return getItem(name);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Accepts the new description.
-     */
-    public synchronized void doSubmitDescription(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException, ServletException {
-        checkPermission(CONFIGURE);
-
-        req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
-        description = req.getParameter("description");
-        owner.save();
-        rsp.sendRedirect(".");  // go to the top page
-    }
-
     public ViewDescriptor getDescriptor() {
         return DESCRIPTOR;
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
index 58f6de61c85dfaf8fce048f096f4d8fd61861be0..e75a57d9d209b3e081736014e4bd3d4c9edf42fb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/View.java
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ import java.util.Map;
  */
 @ExportedBean
 public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControlled, Describable<View>, ExtensionPoint {
+    /**
+     * Container of this view. Set right after the construction
+     * and never change thereafter.
+     */
+    protected /*final*/ ViewGroup owner;
+
+    /**
+     * Message displayed in the view page.
+     */
+    protected String description;
 
     /**
      * Gets all the items in this collection in a read-only view.
@@ -74,7 +84,9 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
      * Message displayed in the top page. Can be null. Includes HTML.
      */
     @Exported
-    public abstract String getDescription();
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
 
     public abstract ViewDescriptor getDescriptor();
 
@@ -94,6 +106,19 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
         return getUrl();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the transient {@link Action}s associated with the top page.
+     *
+     * <p>
+     * If views don't want to show top-level actions, this method
+     * can be overridden to return different objects.
+     *
+     * @see Hudson#getActions()
+     */
+    public List<Action> getActions() {
+        return Hudson.getInstance().getActions();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets the absolute URL of this view.
      */
@@ -301,6 +326,29 @@ public abstract class View extends AbstractModelObject implements AccessControll
             });
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Accepts the new description.
+     */
+    public synchronized void doSubmitDescription( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException, ServletException {
+        checkPermission(CONFIGURE);
+
+        req.setCharacterEncoding("UTF-8");
+        description = req.getParameter("description");
+        owner.save();
+        rsp.sendRedirect(".");  // go to the top page
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes this view.
+     */
+    public synchronized void doDoDelete( StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp ) throws IOException {
+        checkPermission(DELETE);
+
+        owner.deleteView(this);
+        rsp.sendRedirect2(req.getContextPath()+"/");
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Creates a new {@link Item} in this collection.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..34cfeb829176a69f3dfab5a7915e1aade1c300c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ViewGroup.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package hudson.model;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+/**
+ * Container of {@link View}s.
+ *
+ * <h2>STILL EXPERIMENTAL: DO NOT IMPLEMENT</h2>
+ * 
+ * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
+ * @since 1.269
+ */
+public interface ViewGroup extends Saveable, ModelObject {
+    /**
+     * Deletes a view in this group.
+     */
+    void deleteView(View view) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets all the views in this group.
+     *
+     * @return
+     *      can be empty but never null.
+     */
+    Collection<View> getViews();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a view of the given name.
+     *
+     * This also creates the URL binding for views (in the form of ".../view/FOOBAR/..."
+     */
+    View getView(String name);
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the path of this group, relative to the context root,
+     * like "foo/bar/zot/". Note no leading slash but trailing slash.
+     */
+    String getUrl();
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyView/sidepanel2.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyView/sidepanel2.jelly
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..133c3ca9270f4426d9c3482dfdc389134fbf677f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/MyView/sidepanel2.jelly
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<j:jelly xmlns:j="jelly:core" xmlns:st="jelly:stapler" xmlns:d="jelly:define" xmlns:l="/lib/layout" xmlns:t="/lib/hudson" xmlns:f="/lib/form" xmlns:i="jelly:fmt">
+	<l:task icon="images/24x24/edit-delete.gif" href="delete" title="${%Delete View}"  permission="${it.CONFIGURE}" />
+</j:jelly>
+
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete.jelly b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete.jelly
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete.jelly
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete.jelly
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_de.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_de.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_de.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_de.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_fr.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_fr.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_fr.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_fr.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_ja.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_ja.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_ja.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_ja.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_nl.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_nl.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_nl.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_nl.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_pt_BR.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_pt_BR.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_pt_BR.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_pt_BR.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_ru.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_ru.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_ru.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_ru.properties
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_tr.properties b/core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_tr.properties
similarity index 100%
rename from core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/ListView/delete_tr.properties
rename to core/src/main/resources/hudson/model/View/delete_tr.properties