Are there any javascript libraries for working with hashbang/shebang (#!) urls?

Question

With all the negative press over Twitter and Gawker's use of hashbang urls I'm having a very hard time finding any examples/libraries for how to actually use them.

I'd like to use hashbang urls in a javascript carousel on our website so we can link directly to a specific page of the carousel.

Are there any good cross-browser libraries or examples (preferably non-jQuery, since we use Prototype) for both pushing new urls to the page location and for parsing the url on page load?

Answer 1

We've been working on a library that does URL route mapping: https://github.com/OpenGamma/RouteMap if you're still looking for one.

Answer 2

Sammy.js uses them to create handlers like the ones used in Sinatra.