diff --git a/jenkins.sh b/jenkins.sh
index a0e8d2e893..0979edfa13 100755
--- a/jenkins.sh
+++ b/jenkins.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm"
 [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh"
-nvm use 4
+nvm use 6
 
 set -x
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc6b027857..661db4b6bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@
     "classnames": "^2.1.2",
     "commonmark": "^0.27.0",
     "counterpart": "^0.18.0",
-    "draft-js": "^0.9.1",
-    "draft-js-export-html": "^0.5.0",
-    "draft-js-export-markdown": "^0.2.0",
+    "draft-js": "^0.11.0-alpha",
+    "draft-js-export-html": "^0.6.0",
+    "draft-js-export-markdown": "^0.3.0",
     "emojione": "2.2.7",
     "file-saver": "^1.3.3",
     "filesize": "3.5.6",
diff --git a/src/Analytics.js b/src/Analytics.js
index 5831eb7f8d..a82f57a144 100644
--- a/src/Analytics.js
+++ b/src/Analytics.js
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ const customVariables = {
     'User Type': 3,
     'Chosen Language': 4,
     'Instance': 5,
-    'Homeserver URL': 6,
-    'Identity Server URL': 7,
+    'RTE: Uses Richtext Mode': 6,
+    'Homeserver URL': 7,
+    'Identity Server URL': 8,
 };
 
 function whitelistRedact(whitelist, str) {
@@ -148,6 +149,11 @@ class Analytics {
         this._setVisitVariable('Homeserver URL', whitelistRedact(whitelistedHSUrls, homeserverUrl));
         this._setVisitVariable('Identity Server URL', whitelistRedact(whitelistedISUrls, identityServerUrl));
     }
+
+    setRichtextMode(state) {
+        if (this.disabled) return;
+        this._setVisitVariable('RTE: Uses Richtext Mode', state ? 'on' : 'off');
+    }
 }
 
 if (!global.mxAnalytics) {
diff --git a/src/Markdown.js b/src/Markdown.js
index 5730e42a09..6e735c6f0e 100644
--- a/src/Markdown.js
+++ b/src/Markdown.js
@@ -55,6 +55,25 @@ function is_multi_line(node) {
     return par.firstChild != par.lastChild;
 }
 
+import linkifyMatrix from './linkify-matrix';
+import * as linkify from 'linkifyjs';
+linkifyMatrix(linkify);
+
+// Thieved from draft-js-export-markdown
+function escapeMarkdown(s) {
+    return s.replace(/[*_`]/g, '\\$&');
+}
+
+// Replace URLs, room aliases and user IDs with md-escaped URLs
+function linkifyMarkdown(s) {
+    const links = linkify.find(s);
+    links.forEach((l) => {
+        // This may replace several instances of `l.value` at once, but that's OK
+        s = s.replace(l.value, escapeMarkdown(l.value));
+    });
+    return s;
+}
+
 /**
  * Class that wraps commonmark, adding the ability to see whether
  * a given message actually uses any markdown syntax or whether
@@ -62,7 +81,7 @@ function is_multi_line(node) {
  */
 export default class Markdown {
     constructor(input) {
-        this.input = input;
+        this.input = linkifyMarkdown(input);
 
         const parser = new commonmark.Parser();
         this.parsed = parser.parse(this.input);
diff --git a/src/RichText.js b/src/RichText.js
index c060565e2f..9876fcc93f 100644
--- a/src/RichText.js
+++ b/src/RichText.js
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ export const contentStateToHTML = (contentState: ContentState) => {
 };
 
 export function htmlToContentState(html: string): ContentState {
-    return ContentState.createFromBlockArray(convertFromHTML(html));
+    const blockArray = convertFromHTML(html).contentBlocks;
+    return ContentState.createFromBlockArray(blockArray);
 }
 
 function unicodeToEmojiUri(str) {
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ function findWithRegex(regex, contentBlock: ContentBlock, callback: (start: numb
 
 // Workaround for https://github.com/facebook/draft-js/issues/414
 let emojiDecorator = {
-    strategy: (contentBlock, callback) => {
+    strategy: (contentState, contentBlock, callback) => {
         findWithRegex(EMOJI_REGEX, contentBlock, callback);
     },
     component: (props) => {
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ export function getScopedRTDecorators(scope: any): CompositeDecorator {
 export function getScopedMDDecorators(scope: any): CompositeDecorator {
     let markdownDecorators = ['HR', 'BOLD', 'ITALIC', 'CODE', 'STRIKETHROUGH'].map(
         (style) => ({
-            strategy: (contentBlock, callback) => {
+            strategy: (contentState, contentBlock, callback) => {
                 return findWithRegex(MARKDOWN_REGEX[style], contentBlock, callback);
             },
             component: (props) => (
@@ -130,7 +131,7 @@ export function getScopedMDDecorators(scope: any): CompositeDecorator {
         }));
 
     markdownDecorators.push({
-        strategy: (contentBlock, callback) => {
+        strategy: (contentState, contentBlock, callback) => {
             return findWithRegex(MARKDOWN_REGEX.LINK, contentBlock, callback);
         },
         component: (props) => (
@@ -201,10 +202,8 @@ export function selectionStateToTextOffsets(selectionState: SelectionState,
 export function textOffsetsToSelectionState({start, end}: SelectionRange,
                                             contentBlocks: Array<ContentBlock>): SelectionState {
     let selectionState = SelectionState.createEmpty();
-
-    for (let block of contentBlocks) {
-        let blockLength = block.getLength();
-
+    for (const block of contentBlocks) {
+        const blockLength = block.getLength();
         if (start !== -1 && start < blockLength) {
             selectionState = selectionState.merge({
                 anchorKey: block.getKey(),
@@ -212,9 +211,8 @@ export function textOffsetsToSelectionState({start, end}: SelectionRange,
             });
             start = -1;
         } else {
-            start -= blockLength;
+            start -= blockLength + 1; // +1 to account for newline between blocks
         }
-
         if (end !== -1 && end <= blockLength) {
             selectionState = selectionState.merge({
                 focusKey: block.getKey(),
@@ -222,10 +220,9 @@ export function textOffsetsToSelectionState({start, end}: SelectionRange,
             });
             end = -1;
         } else {
-            end -= blockLength;
+            end -= blockLength + 1; // +1 to account for newline between blocks
         }
     }
-
     return selectionState;
 }
 
@@ -242,7 +239,7 @@ export function attachImmutableEntitiesToEmoji(editorState: EditorState): Editor
             const existingEntityKey = block.getEntityAt(start);
             if (existingEntityKey) {
                 // avoid manipulation in case the emoji already has an entity
-                const entity = Entity.get(existingEntityKey);
+                const entity = newContentState.getEntity(existingEntityKey);
                 if (entity && entity.get('type') === 'emoji') {
                     return;
                 }
@@ -252,7 +249,10 @@ export function attachImmutableEntitiesToEmoji(editorState: EditorState): Editor
                 .set('anchorOffset', start)
                 .set('focusOffset', end);
             const emojiText = plainText.substring(start, end);
-            const entityKey = Entity.create('emoji', 'IMMUTABLE', { emojiUnicode: emojiText });
+            newContentState = newContentState.createEntity(
+                'emoji', 'IMMUTABLE', { emojiUnicode: emojiText }
+            );
+            const entityKey = newContentState.getLastCreatedEntityKey();
             newContentState = Modifier.replaceText(
                 newContentState,
                 selection,
diff --git a/src/WidgetUtils.js b/src/WidgetUtils.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c998978d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/WidgetUtils.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import MatrixClientPeg from './MatrixClientPeg';
+
+export default class WidgetUtils {
+
+    /* Returns true if user is able to send state events to modify widgets in this room
+     * @param roomId -- The ID of the room to check
+     * @return Boolean -- true if the user can modify widgets in this room
+     * @throws Error -- specifies the error reason
+     */
+    static canUserModifyWidgets(roomId) {
+        if (!roomId) {
+            console.warn('No room ID specified');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        if (!client) {
+            console.warn('User must be be logged in');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const room = client.getRoom(roomId);
+        if (!room) {
+            console.warn(`Room ID ${roomId} is not recognised`);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const me = client.credentials.userId;
+        if (!me) {
+            console.warn('Failed to get user ID');
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        const member = room.getMember(me);
+        if (!member || member.membership !== "join") {
+            console.warn(`User ${me} is not in room ${roomId}`);
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return room.currentState.maySendStateEvent('im.vector.modular.widgets', me);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/autocomplete/EmojiProvider.js b/src/autocomplete/EmojiProvider.js
index d58587d423..16e0347a5b 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/EmojiProvider.js
+++ b/src/autocomplete/EmojiProvider.js
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ const EMOJI_SHORTNAMES = Object.keys(EmojiData).map((key) => EmojiData[key]).sor
 
 let instance = null;
 
+function score(query, space) {
+    const index = space.indexOf(query);
+    if (index === -1) {
+        return Infinity;
+    } else {
+        return index;
+    }
+}
+
 export default class EmojiProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
     constructor() {
         super(EMOJI_REGEX);
@@ -104,8 +113,20 @@ export default class EmojiProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
 
             // Do second match with shouldMatchWordsOnly in order to match against 'name'
             completions = completions.concat(this.nameMatcher.match(matchedString));
-            // Reinstate original order
-            completions = _sortBy(_uniq(completions), '_orderBy');
+
+            const sorters = [];
+            // First, sort by score (Infinity if matchedString not in shortname)
+            sorters.push((c) => score(matchedString, c.shortname));
+            // If the matchedString is not empty, sort by length of shortname. Example:
+            //  matchedString = ":bookmark"
+            //  completions = [":bookmark:", ":bookmark_tabs:", ...]
+            if (matchedString.length > 1) {
+                sorters.push((c) => c.shortname.length);
+            }
+            // Finally, sort by original ordering
+            sorters.push((c) => c._orderBy);
+            completions = _sortBy(_uniq(completions), sorters);
+
             completions = completions.map((result) => {
                 const {shortname} = result;
                 const unicode = shortnameToUnicode(shortname);
diff --git a/src/autocomplete/RoomProvider.js b/src/autocomplete/RoomProvider.js
index 09d2d79833..1770089eb2 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/RoomProvider.js
+++ b/src/autocomplete/RoomProvider.js
@@ -23,35 +23,58 @@ import FuzzyMatcher from './FuzzyMatcher';
 import {PillCompletion} from './Components';
 import {getDisplayAliasForRoom} from '../Rooms';
 import sdk from '../index';
+import _sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';
 
 const ROOM_REGEX = /(?=#)(\S*)/g;
 
 let instance = null;
 
+function score(query, space) {
+    const index = space.indexOf(query);
+    if (index === -1) {
+        return Infinity;
+    } else {
+        return index;
+    }
+}
+
 export default class RoomProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
     constructor() {
         super(ROOM_REGEX);
         this.matcher = new FuzzyMatcher([], {
-            keys: ['name', 'roomId', 'aliases'],
+            keys: ['displayedAlias', 'name'],
         });
     }
 
     async getCompletions(query: string, selection: {start: number, end: number}, force = false) {
         const RoomAvatar = sdk.getComponent('views.avatars.RoomAvatar');
 
-        let client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        // Disable autocompletions when composing commands because of various issues
+        // (see https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4762)
+        if (/^(\/join|\/leave)/.test(query)) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
+        const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
         let completions = [];
         const {command, range} = this.getCurrentCommand(query, selection, force);
         if (command) {
             // the only reason we need to do this is because Fuse only matches on properties
-            this.matcher.setObjects(client.getRooms().filter(room => !!room && !!getDisplayAliasForRoom(room)).map(room => {
+            this.matcher.setObjects(client.getRooms().filter(
+                (room) => !!room && !!getDisplayAliasForRoom(room),
+            ).map((room) => {
                 return {
                     room: room,
                     name: room.name,
-                    aliases: room.getAliases(),
+                    displayedAlias: getDisplayAliasForRoom(room),
                 };
             }));
-            completions = this.matcher.match(command[0]).map(room => {
+            const matchedString = command[0];
+            completions = this.matcher.match(matchedString);
+            completions = _sortBy(completions, [
+                (c) => score(matchedString, c.displayedAlias),
+                (c) => c.displayedAlias.length,
+            ]).map((room) => {
                 const displayAlias = getDisplayAliasForRoom(room.room) || room.roomId;
                 return {
                     completion: displayAlias,
@@ -62,7 +85,9 @@ export default class RoomProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
                     ),
                     range,
                 };
-            }).filter(completion => !!completion.completion && completion.completion.length > 0).slice(0, 4);
+            })
+            .filter((completion) => !!completion.completion && completion.completion.length > 0)
+            .slice(0, 4);
         }
         return completions;
     }
diff --git a/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.js b/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.js
index 9c93cf537f..69b80dade4 100644
--- a/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.js
+++ b/src/autocomplete/UserProvider.js
@@ -48,13 +48,21 @@ export default class UserProvider extends AutocompleteProvider {
     async getCompletions(query: string, selection: {start: number, end: number}, force = false) {
         const MemberAvatar = sdk.getComponent('views.avatars.MemberAvatar');
 
+        // Disable autocompletions when composing commands because of various issues
+        // (see https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4762)
+        if (/^(\/ban|\/unban|\/op|\/deop|\/invite|\/kick|\/verify)/.test(query)) {
+            return [];
+        }
+
         let completions = [];
         let {command, range} = this.getCurrentCommand(query, selection, force);
         if (command) {
             completions = this.matcher.match(command[0]).map((user) => {
                 const displayName = (user.name || user.userId || '').replace(' (IRC)', ''); // FIXME when groups are done
                 return {
-                    completion: displayName,
+                    // Length of completion should equal length of text in decorator. draft-js
+                    // relies on the length of the entity === length of the text in the decoration.
+                    completion: user.rawDisplayName.replace(' (IRC)', ''),
                     suffix: range.start === 0 ? ': ' : ' ',
                     href: 'https://matrix.to/#/' + user.userId,
                     component: (
diff --git a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
index be747cc4b0..6fdec80f38 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MatrixChat.js
@@ -131,9 +131,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             // the master view we are showing.
             view: VIEWS.LOADING,
 
-            // a thing to call showScreen with once login completes.
-            screenAfterLogin: this.props.initialScreenAfterLogin,
-
             // What the LoggedInView would be showing if visible
             page_type: null,
 
@@ -147,8 +144,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
             collapse_lhs: false,
             collapse_rhs: false,
-            ready: false,
-            width: 10000,
             leftOpacity: 1.0,
             middleOpacity: 1.0,
             rightOpacity: 1.0,
@@ -274,6 +269,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 register_hs_url: paramHs,
             });
         }
+
+        // a thing to call showScreen with once login completes.  this is kept
+        // outside this.state because updating it should never trigger a
+        // rerender.
+        this._screenAfterLogin = this.props.initialScreenAfterLogin;
+
+        this._windowWidth = 10000;
+        this.handleResize();
+        window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
     },
 
     componentDidMount: function() {
@@ -294,9 +298,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
             linkifyMatrix.onGroupClick = this.onGroupClick;
         }
 
-        window.addEventListener('resize', this.handleResize);
-        this.handleResize();
-
         const teamServerConfig = this.props.config.teamServerConfig || {};
         Lifecycle.initRtsClient(teamServerConfig.teamServerURL);
 
@@ -312,13 +313,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
             // if the user has followed a login or register link, don't reanimate
             // the old creds, but rather go straight to the relevant page
-            const firstScreen = this.state.screenAfterLogin ?
-                this.state.screenAfterLogin.screen : null;
+            const firstScreen = this._screenAfterLogin ?
+                this._screenAfterLogin.screen : null;
 
             if (firstScreen === 'login' ||
                     firstScreen === 'register' ||
                     firstScreen === 'forgot_password') {
-                this.setState({loading: false});
                 this._showScreenAfterLogin();
                 return;
             }
@@ -367,9 +367,9 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
         const newState = {
             viewUserId: null,
-       };
-       Object.assign(newState, state);
-       this.setState(newState);
+        };
+        Object.assign(newState, state);
+        this.setState(newState);
     },
 
     onAction: function(payload) {
@@ -992,14 +992,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     _showScreenAfterLogin: function() {
         // If screenAfterLogin is set, use that, then null it so that a second login will
         // result in view_home_page, _user_settings or _room_directory
-        if (this.state.screenAfterLogin && this.state.screenAfterLogin.screen) {
+        if (this._screenAfterLogin && this._screenAfterLogin.screen) {
             this.showScreen(
-                this.state.screenAfterLogin.screen,
-                this.state.screenAfterLogin.params,
+                this._screenAfterLogin.screen,
+                this._screenAfterLogin.params,
             );
-            // XXX: is this necessary? `showScreen` should do it for us.
-            this.notifyNewScreen(this.state.screenAfterLogin.screen);
-            this.setState({screenAfterLogin: null});
+            this._screenAfterLogin = null;
         } else if (localStorage && localStorage.getItem('mx_last_room_id')) {
             // Before defaulting to directory, show the last viewed room
             dis.dispatch({
@@ -1276,20 +1274,20 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         const hideRhsThreshold = 820;
         const showRhsThreshold = 820;
 
-        if (this.state.width > hideLhsThreshold && window.innerWidth <= hideLhsThreshold) {
+        if (this._windowWidth > hideLhsThreshold && window.innerWidth <= hideLhsThreshold) {
             dis.dispatch({ action: 'hide_left_panel' });
         }
-        if (this.state.width <= showLhsThreshold && window.innerWidth > showLhsThreshold) {
+        if (this._windowWidth <= showLhsThreshold && window.innerWidth > showLhsThreshold) {
             dis.dispatch({ action: 'show_left_panel' });
         }
-        if (this.state.width > hideRhsThreshold && window.innerWidth <= hideRhsThreshold) {
+        if (this._windowWidth > hideRhsThreshold && window.innerWidth <= hideRhsThreshold) {
             dis.dispatch({ action: 'hide_right_panel' });
         }
-        if (this.state.width <= showRhsThreshold && window.innerWidth > showRhsThreshold) {
+        if (this._windowWidth <= showRhsThreshold && window.innerWidth > showRhsThreshold) {
             dis.dispatch({ action: 'show_right_panel' });
         }
 
-        this.setState({width: window.innerWidth});
+        this._windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
     },
 
     onRoomCreated: function(roomId) {
diff --git a/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js b/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
index cc385790a8..513d754277 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/UserSettings.js
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ const SETTINGS_LABELS = [
         id: 'MessageComposerInput.autoReplaceEmoji',
         label: 'Automatically replace plain text Emoji',
     },
+    {
+        id: 'Pill.shouldHidePillAvatar',
+        label: 'Hide avatars in user and room mentions',
+    },
 /*
     {
         id: 'useFixedWidthFont',
diff --git a/src/components/structures/login/Login.js b/src/components/structures/login/Login.js
index a081d2a205..a6c0a70c66 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/login/Login.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/login/Login.js
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t, _tJsx } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import * as languageHandler from '../../../languageHandler';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
 import Login from '../../../Login';
+import UserSettingsStore from '../../../UserSettingsStore';
+import PlatformPeg from '../../../PlatformPeg';
 
 // For validating phone numbers without country codes
 const PHONE_NUMBER_REGEX = /^[0-9\(\)\-\s]*$/;
@@ -306,6 +309,23 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         }
     },
 
+    _onLanguageChange: function(newLang) {
+        if(languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage() !== newLang) {
+            UserSettingsStore.setLocalSetting('language', newLang);
+            PlatformPeg.get().reload();
+        }
+    },
+
+    _renderLanguageSetting: function() {
+        const LanguageDropdown = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.LanguageDropdown');
+        return <div className="mx_Login_language_div">
+            <LanguageDropdown onOptionChange={this._onLanguageChange}
+                          className="mx_Login_language"
+                          value={languageHandler.getCurrentLanguage()}
+            />
+        </div>;
+    },
+
     render: function() {
         const Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
         const LoginHeader = sdk.getComponent("login.LoginHeader");
@@ -354,6 +374,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                         </a>
                         { loginAsGuestJsx }
                         { returnToAppJsx }
+                        { this._renderLanguageSetting() }
                         <LoginFooter />
                     </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/SetMxIdDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/SetMxIdDialog.js
index 4d4f672f2b..554a244358 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/SetMxIdDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/SetMxIdDialog.js
@@ -106,6 +106,16 @@ export default React.createClass({
     },
 
     _doUsernameCheck: function() {
+        // XXX: SPEC-1
+        // Check if username is valid
+        // Naive impl copied from https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/blob/66c3a6d9ca695780eb6b662e242e88323053ff33/src/components/views/login/RegistrationForm.js#L190
+        if (encodeURIComponent(this.state.username) !== this.state.username) {
+            this.setState({
+                usernameError: _t('User names may only contain letters, numbers, dots, hyphens and underscores.'),
+            });
+            return Promise.reject();
+        }
+
         // Check if username is available
         return this._matrixClient.isUsernameAvailable(this.state.username).then(
             (isAvailable) => {
@@ -242,7 +252,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
         return (
             <BaseDialog className="mx_SetMxIdDialog"
                 onFinished={this.props.onFinished}
-                title="To get started, please pick a username!"
+                title={_t('To get started, please pick a username!')}
             >
                 <div className="mx_Dialog_content">
                     <div className="mx_SetMxIdDialog_input_group">
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/AppPermission.js b/src/components/views/elements/AppPermission.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..083a7cd9c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/AppPermission.js
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import url from 'url';
+import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+
+export default class AppPermission extends React.Component {
+    constructor(props) {
+        super(props);
+
+        const curlBase = this.getCurlBase();
+        this.state = { curlBase: curlBase};
+    }
+
+    // Return string representation of content URL without query parameters
+    getCurlBase() {
+        const wurl = url.parse(this.props.url);
+        let curl;
+        let curlString;
+
+        const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(wurl.search);
+
+        if(this.isScalarWurl(wurl) && searchParams && searchParams.get('url')) {
+            curl = url.parse(searchParams.get('url'));
+            if(curl) {
+                curl.search = curl.query = "";
+                curlString = curl.format();
+            }
+        }
+        if (!curl && wurl) {
+            wurl.search = wurl.query = "";
+            curlString = wurl.format();
+        }
+        return curlString;
+    }
+
+    isScalarWurl(wurl) {
+        if(wurl && wurl.hostname && (
+            wurl.hostname === 'scalar.vector.im' ||
+            wurl.hostname === 'scalar-staging.riot.im' ||
+            wurl.hostname === 'scalar-develop.riot.im' ||
+            wurl.hostname === 'demo.riot.im' ||
+            wurl.hostname === 'localhost'
+        )) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    render() {
+        return (
+            <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarning'>
+                <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarningImage'>
+                    <img src='img/warning.svg' alt={_t('Warning!')}/>
+                </div>
+                <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarningText'>
+                    <span className='mx_AppPermissionWarningTextLabel'>Do you want to load widget from URL:</span> <span className='mx_AppPermissionWarningTextURL'>{this.state.curlBase}</span>
+                </div>
+                <input
+                    className='mx_AppPermissionButton'
+                    type='button'
+                    value={_t('Allow')}
+                    onClick={this.props.onPermissionGranted}
+                />
+            </div>
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+AppPermission.propTypes = {
+    url: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+    onPermissionGranted: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
+};
+AppPermission.defaultProps = {
+    onPermissionGranted: function() {},
+};
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
index 76ab5ed989..a78b802ad7 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/AppTile.js
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
+import AppPermission from './AppPermission';
+import AppWarning from './AppWarning';
+import MessageSpinner from './MessageSpinner';
+import WidgetUtils from '../../../WidgetUtils';
 
 const ALLOWED_APP_URL_SCHEMES = ['https:', 'http:'];
 const betaHelpMsg = 'This feature is currently experimental and is intended for beta testing only';
@@ -37,6 +41,9 @@ export default React.createClass({
         name: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
         room: React.PropTypes.object.isRequired,
         type: React.PropTypes.string.isRequired,
+        // Specifying 'fullWidth' as true will render the app tile to fill the width of the app drawer continer.
+        // This should be set to true when there is only one widget in the app drawer, otherwise it should be false.
+        fullWidth: React.PropTypes.bool,
     },
 
     getDefaultProps: function() {
@@ -46,9 +53,13 @@ export default React.createClass({
     },
 
     getInitialState: function() {
+        const widgetPermissionId = [this.props.room.roomId, encodeURIComponent(this.props.url)].join('_');
+        const hasPermissionToLoad = localStorage.getItem(widgetPermissionId);
         return {
             loading: false,
             widgetUrl: this.props.url,
+            widgetPermissionId: widgetPermissionId,
+            hasPermissionToLoad: Boolean(hasPermissionToLoad === 'true'),
             error: null,
             deleting: false,
         };
@@ -60,6 +71,18 @@ export default React.createClass({
         return scalarUrl && this.props.url.startsWith(scalarUrl);
     },
 
+    isMixedContent: function() {
+        const parentContentProtocol = window.location.protocol;
+        const u = url.parse(this.props.url);
+        const childContentProtocol = u.protocol;
+        if (parentContentProtocol === 'https:' && childContentProtocol !== 'https:') {
+            console.warn("Refusing to load mixed-content app:",
+            parentContentProtocol, childContentProtocol, window.location, this.props.url);
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    },
+
     componentWillMount: function() {
         if (!this.isScalarUrl()) {
             return;
@@ -71,6 +94,7 @@ export default React.createClass({
         this._scalarClient = new ScalarAuthClient();
         this._scalarClient.getScalarToken().done((token) => {
             // Append scalar_token as a query param
+            this._scalarClient.scalarToken = token;
             const u = url.parse(this.props.url);
             if (!u.search) {
                 u.search = "?scalar_token=" + encodeURIComponent(token);
@@ -91,6 +115,10 @@ export default React.createClass({
         });
     },
 
+    _canUserModify: function() {
+        return WidgetUtils.canUserModifyWidgets(this.props.room.roomId);
+    },
+
     _onEditClick: function(e) {
         console.log("Edit widget ID ", this.props.id);
         const IntegrationsManager = sdk.getComponent("views.settings.IntegrationsManager");
@@ -100,20 +128,49 @@ export default React.createClass({
         }, "mx_IntegrationsManager");
     },
 
+    /* If user has permission to modify widgets, delete the widget, otherwise revoke access for the widget to load in the user's browser
+    */
     _onDeleteClick: function() {
-        console.log("Delete widget %s", this.props.id);
-        this.setState({deleting: true});
-        MatrixClientPeg.get().sendStateEvent(
-            this.props.room.roomId,
-            'im.vector.modular.widgets',
-            {}, // empty content
-            this.props.id,
-        ).then(() => {
-            console.log('Deleted widget');
-        }, (e) => {
-            console.error('Failed to delete widget', e);
-            this.setState({deleting: false});
-        });
+        if (this._canUserModify()) {
+            console.log("Delete widget %s", this.props.id);
+            this.setState({deleting: true});
+            MatrixClientPeg.get().sendStateEvent(
+                this.props.room.roomId,
+                'im.vector.modular.widgets',
+                {}, // empty content
+                this.props.id,
+            ).then(() => {
+                console.log('Deleted widget');
+            }, (e) => {
+                console.error('Failed to delete widget', e);
+                this.setState({deleting: false});
+            });
+        } else {
+            console.log("Revoke widget permissions - %s", this.props.id);
+            this._revokeWidgetPermission();
+        }
+    },
+
+    // Widget labels to render, depending upon user permissions
+    // These strings are translated at the point that they are inserted in to the DOM, in the render method
+    _deleteWidgetLabel() {
+        if (this._canUserModify()) {
+            return 'Delete widget';
+        }
+        return 'Revoke widget access';
+    },
+
+    /* TODO -- Store permission in account data so that it is persisted across multiple devices */
+    _grantWidgetPermission() {
+        console.warn('Granting permission to load widget - ', this.state.widgetUrl);
+        localStorage.setItem(this.state.widgetPermissionId, true);
+        this.setState({hasPermissionToLoad: true});
+    },
+
+    _revokeWidgetPermission() {
+        console.warn('Revoking permission to load widget - ', this.state.widgetUrl);
+        localStorage.removeItem(this.state.widgetPermissionId);
+        this.setState({hasPermissionToLoad: false});
     },
 
     formatAppTileName: function() {
@@ -133,34 +190,66 @@ export default React.createClass({
             return <div></div>;
         }
 
+        // Note that there is advice saying allow-scripts shouldn't be used with allow-same-origin
+        // because that would allow the iframe to prgramatically remove the sandbox attribute, but
+        // this would only be for content hosted on the same origin as the riot client: anything
+        // hosted on the same origin as the client will get the same access as if you clicked
+        // a link to it.
+        const sandboxFlags = "allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox "+
+            "allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-presentation";
+        const parsedWidgetUrl = url.parse(this.state.widgetUrl);
+        let safeWidgetUrl = '';
+        if (ALLOWED_APP_URL_SCHEMES.indexOf(parsedWidgetUrl.protocol) !== -1) {
+            safeWidgetUrl = url.format(parsedWidgetUrl);
+        }
+
         if (this.state.loading) {
             appTileBody = (
-                <div> Loading... </div>
+                <div className='mx_AppTileBody mx_AppLoading'>
+                    <MessageSpinner msg='Loading...'/>
+                </div>
             );
-        } else {
-            // Note that there is advice saying allow-scripts shouldn't be used with allow-same-origin
-            // because that would allow the iframe to prgramatically remove the sandbox attribute, but
-            // this would only be for content hosted on the same origin as the riot client: anything
-            // hosted on the same origin as the client will get the same access as if you clicked
-            // a link to it.
-            const sandboxFlags = "allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox "+
-                "allow-same-origin allow-scripts";
-            const parsedWidgetUrl = url.parse(this.state.widgetUrl);
-            let safeWidgetUrl = '';
-            if (ALLOWED_APP_URL_SCHEMES.indexOf(parsedWidgetUrl.protocol) !== -1) {
-                safeWidgetUrl = url.format(parsedWidgetUrl);
+        } else if (this.state.hasPermissionToLoad == true) {
+            if (this.isMixedContent()) {
+                appTileBody = (
+                    <div className="mx_AppTileBody">
+                        <AppWarning
+                            errorMsg="Error - Mixed content"
+                        />
+                    </div>
+                );
+            } else {
+                appTileBody = (
+                    <div className="mx_AppTileBody">
+                        <iframe
+                            ref="appFrame"
+                            src={safeWidgetUrl}
+                            allowFullScreen="true"
+                            sandbox={sandboxFlags}
+                        ></iframe>
+                    </div>
+                );
             }
+        } else {
             appTileBody = (
                 <div className="mx_AppTileBody">
-                    <iframe ref="appFrame" src={safeWidgetUrl} allowFullScreen="true"
-                        sandbox={sandboxFlags}
-                    ></iframe>
+                    <AppPermission
+                        url={this.state.widgetUrl}
+                        onPermissionGranted={this._grantWidgetPermission}
+                    />
                 </div>
             );
         }
 
         // editing is done in scalar
-        const showEditButton = Boolean(this._scalarClient);
+        const showEditButton = Boolean(this._scalarClient && this._canUserModify());
+        const deleteWidgetLabel = this._deleteWidgetLabel();
+        let deleteIcon = 'img/cancel.svg';
+        let deleteClasses = 'mx_filterFlipColor mx_AppTileMenuBarWidget';
+        if(this._canUserModify()) {
+            deleteIcon = 'img/cancel-red.svg';
+            deleteClasses += ' mx_AppTileMenuBarWidgetDelete';
+        }
 
         return (
             <div className={this.props.fullWidth ? "mx_AppTileFullWidth" : "mx_AppTile"} id={this.props.id}>
@@ -172,14 +261,18 @@ export default React.createClass({
                         {showEditButton && <img
                             src="img/edit.svg"
                             className="mx_filterFlipColor mx_AppTileMenuBarWidget mx_AppTileMenuBarWidgetPadding"
-                            width="8" height="8" alt="Edit"
+                            width="8" height="8"
+                            alt={_t('Edit')}
+                            title={_t('Edit')}
                             onClick={this._onEditClick}
                         />}
 
                         {/* Delete widget */}
-                        <img src="img/cancel.svg"
-                        className="mx_filterFlipColor mx_AppTileMenuBarWidget"
-                        width="8" height="8" alt={_t("Cancel")}
+                        <img src={deleteIcon}
+                        className={deleteClasses}
+                        width="8" height="8"
+                        alt={_t(deleteWidgetLabel)}
+                        title={_t(deleteWidgetLabel)}
                         onClick={this._onDeleteClick}
                         />
                     </span>
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/AppWarning.js b/src/components/views/elements/AppWarning.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..944f1422e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/AppWarning.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import React from 'react'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
+import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
+import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+
+const AppWarning = (props) => {
+    return (
+        <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarning'>
+            <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarningImage'>
+                <img src='img/warning.svg' alt={_t('Warning!')}/>
+            </div>
+            <div className='mx_AppPermissionWarningText'>
+                <span className='mx_AppPermissionWarningTextLabel'>{props.errorMsg}</span>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    );
+};
+
+AppWarning.propTypes = {
+    errorMsg: PropTypes.string,
+};
+AppWarning.defaultProps = {
+    errorMsg: 'Error',
+};
+
+export default AppWarning;
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/MessageSpinner.js b/src/components/views/elements/MessageSpinner.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc0a326338
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/MessageSpinner.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2017 Vector Creations Ltd
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+import React from 'react';
+
+module.exports = React.createClass({
+    displayName: 'MessageSpinner',
+
+    render: function() {
+        const w = this.props.w || 32;
+        const h = this.props.h || 32;
+        const imgClass = this.props.imgClassName || "";
+        const msg = this.props.msg || "Loading...";
+        return (
+            <div className="mx_Spinner">
+                <div className="mx_Spinner_Msg">{msg}</div>&nbsp;
+                <img src="img/spinner.gif" width={w} height={h} className={imgClass}/>
+            </div>
+        );
+    },
+});
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/Pill.js b/src/components/views/elements/Pill.js
index 6249863938..b5fa163608 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/Pill.js
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/Pill.js
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
         inMessage: PropTypes.bool,
         // The room in which this pill is being rendered
         room: PropTypes.instanceOf(Room),
+        // Whether to include an avatar in the pill
+        shouldShowPillAvatar: PropTypes.bool,
     },
 
     getInitialState() {
@@ -63,16 +65,15 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
         };
     },
 
-    componentWillMount() {
-        this._unmounted = false;
+    componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
         let regex = REGEX_MATRIXTO;
-        if (this.props.inMessage) {
+        if (nextProps.inMessage) {
             regex = REGEX_LOCAL_MATRIXTO;
         }
 
         // Default to the empty array if no match for simplicity
         // resource and prefix will be undefined instead of throwing
-        const matrixToMatch = regex.exec(this.props.url) || [];
+        const matrixToMatch = regex.exec(nextProps.url) || [];
 
         const resourceId = matrixToMatch[1]; // The room/user ID
         const prefix = matrixToMatch[2]; // The first character of prefix
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
         let room;
         switch (pillType) {
             case Pill.TYPE_USER_MENTION: {
-                const localMember = this.props.room.getMember(resourceId);
+                const localMember = nextProps.room.getMember(resourceId);
                 member = localMember;
                 if (!localMember) {
                     member = new RoomMember(null, resourceId);
@@ -112,6 +113,11 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
         this.setState({resourceId, pillType, member, room});
     },
 
+    componentWillMount() {
+        this._unmounted = false;
+        this.componentWillReceiveProps(this.props);
+    },
+
     componentWillUnmount() {
         this._unmounted = true;
     },
@@ -151,7 +157,9 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
                     if (member) {
                         userId = member.userId;
                         linkText = member.rawDisplayName.replace(' (IRC)', ''); // FIXME when groups are done
-                        avatar = <MemberAvatar member={member} width={16} height={16}/>;
+                        if (this.props.shouldShowPillAvatar) {
+                            avatar = <MemberAvatar member={member} width={16} height={16}/>;
+                        }
                         pillClass = 'mx_UserPill';
                     }
             }
@@ -160,7 +168,9 @@ const Pill = React.createClass({
                 const room = this.state.room;
                 if (room) {
                     linkText = (room ? getDisplayAliasForRoom(room) : null) || resource;
-                    avatar = <RoomAvatar room={room} width={16} height={16}/>;
+                    if (this.props.shouldShowPillAvatar) {
+                        avatar = <RoomAvatar room={room} width={16} height={16}/>;
+                    }
                     pillClass = 'mx_RoomPill';
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
index 740b0c10ca..58273bee67 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/TextualBody.js
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     pillifyLinks: function(nodes) {
+        const shouldShowPillAvatar = !UserSettingsStore.getSyncedSetting("Pill.shouldHidePillAvatar", false);
         for (let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++) {
             const node = nodes[i];
             if (node.tagName === "A" && node.getAttribute("href")) {
@@ -181,7 +182,12 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     const pillContainer = document.createElement('span');
 
                     const room = MatrixClientPeg.get().getRoom(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId());
-                    const pill = <Pill url={href} inMessage={true} room={room}/>;
+                    const pill = <Pill
+                        url={href}
+                        inMessage={true}
+                        room={room}
+                        shouldShowPillAvatar={shouldShowPillAvatar}
+                    />;
 
                     ReactDOM.render(pill, pillContainer);
                     node.parentNode.replaceChild(pillContainer, node);
@@ -269,18 +275,21 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     },
 
     getEventTileOps: function() {
-        var self = this;
         return {
-            isWidgetHidden: function() {
-                return self.state.widgetHidden;
+            isWidgetHidden: () => {
+                return this.state.widgetHidden;
             },
 
-            unhideWidget: function() {
-                self.setState({ widgetHidden: false });
+            unhideWidget: () => {
+                this.setState({ widgetHidden: false });
                 if (global.localStorage) {
-                    global.localStorage.removeItem("hide_preview_" + self.props.mxEvent.getId());
+                    global.localStorage.removeItem("hide_preview_" + this.props.mxEvent.getId());
                 }
             },
+
+            getInnerText: () => {
+                return this.refs.content.innerText;
+            }
         };
     },
 
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
index 285d43ad6e..4bc98abb6f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import SdkConfig from '../../../SdkConfig';
 import ScalarAuthClient from '../../../ScalarAuthClient';
 import ScalarMessaging from '../../../ScalarMessaging';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import WidgetUtils from '../../../WidgetUtils';
 
 
 module.exports = React.createClass({
@@ -147,6 +148,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         });
     },
 
+    _canUserModify: function() {
+        try {
+            return WidgetUtils.canUserModifyWidgets(this.props.room.roomId);
+        } catch(err) {
+            console.error(err);
+            return false;
+        }
+    },
+
     onClickAddWidget: function(e) {
         if (e) {
             e.preventDefault();
@@ -164,7 +174,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     render: function() {
         const apps = this.state.apps.map(
             (app, index, arr) => {
-                return <AppTile
+                return (<AppTile
                     key={app.id}
                     id={app.id}
                     url={app.url}
@@ -173,10 +183,10 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                     fullWidth={arr.length<2 ? true : false}
                     room={this.props.room}
                     userId={this.props.userId}
-                />;
+                />);
             });
 
-        const addWidget = this.state.apps && this.state.apps.length < 2 &&
+        const addWidget = this.state.apps && this.state.apps.length < 2 && this._canUserModify() &&
             (<div onClick={this.onClickAddWidget}
                             role="button"
                             tabIndex="0"
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.js b/src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.js
index 1ea2eada7c..cdd57801a5 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/Autocomplete.js
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ export default class Autocomplete extends React.Component {
     }
 
     hide() {
-        this.setState({hide: true, selectionOffset: 0});
+        this.setState({hide: true, selectionOffset: 0, completions: [], completionList: []});
     }
 
     forceComplete() {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
index a2841e907f..776d8a264b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.js
@@ -155,7 +155,9 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
     },
 
     componentWillReceiveProps: function(nextProps) {
-        if (nextProps.mxEvent !== this.props.mxEvent) {
+        // re-check the sender verification as outgoing events progress through
+        // the send process.
+        if (nextProps.eventSendStatus !== this.props.eventSendStatus) {
             this._verifyEvent(nextProps.mxEvent);
         }
     },
@@ -386,6 +388,36 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
         });
     },
 
+    _renderE2EPadlock: function() {
+        const ev = this.props.mxEvent;
+        const props = {onClick: this.onCryptoClicked};
+
+
+        if (ev.getContent().msgtype === 'm.bad.encrypted') {
+            return <E2ePadlockUndecryptable {...props}/>;
+        } else if (ev.isEncrypted()) {
+            if (this.state.verified) {
+                return <E2ePadlockVerified {...props}/>;
+            } else {
+                return <E2ePadlockUnverified {...props}/>;
+            }
+        } else {
+            // XXX: if the event is being encrypted (ie eventSendStatus ===
+            // encrypting), it might be nice to show something other than the
+            // open padlock?
+
+            // if the event is not encrypted, but it's an e2e room, show the
+            // open padlock
+            const e2eEnabled = this.props.matrixClient.isRoomEncrypted(ev.getRoomId());
+            if (e2eEnabled) {
+                return <E2ePadlockUnencrypted {...props}/>;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // no padlock needed
+        return null;
+    },
+
     render: function() {
         var MessageTimestamp = sdk.getComponent('messages.MessageTimestamp');
         var SenderProfile = sdk.getComponent('messages.SenderProfile');
@@ -407,7 +439,6 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
             throw new Error("Event type not supported");
         }
 
-        var e2eEnabled = this.props.matrixClient.isRoomEncrypted(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId());
         var isSending = (['sending', 'queued', 'encrypting'].indexOf(this.props.eventSendStatus) !== -1);
         const isRedacted = (eventType === 'm.room.message') && this.props.isRedacted;
 
@@ -485,26 +516,7 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
         const editButton = (
             <span className="mx_EventTile_editButton" title={ _t("Options") } onClick={this.onEditClicked} />
         );
-        let e2e;
-        // cosmetic padlocks:
-        if ((e2eEnabled && this.props.eventSendStatus) || this.props.mxEvent.getType() === 'm.room.encryption') {
-            e2e = <img style={{ cursor: 'initial', marginLeft: '-1px' }} className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" alt={_t("Encrypted by a verified device")} src="img/e2e-verified.svg" width="10" height="12" />;
-        }
-        // real padlocks
-        else if (this.props.mxEvent.isEncrypted() || (e2eEnabled && this.props.eventSendStatus)) {
-            if (this.props.mxEvent.getContent().msgtype === 'm.bad.encrypted') {
-                e2e = <img onClick={ this.onCryptoClicked } className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" alt={_t("Undecryptable")} src="img/e2e-blocked.svg" width="12" height="12" style={{ marginLeft: "-1px" }} />;
-            }
-            else if (this.state.verified == true || (e2eEnabled && this.props.eventSendStatus)) {
-                e2e = <img onClick={ this.onCryptoClicked } className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" alt={_t("Encrypted by a verified device")} src="img/e2e-verified.svg" width="10" height="12"/>;
-            }
-            else {
-                e2e = <img onClick={ this.onCryptoClicked } className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" alt={_t("Encrypted by an unverified device")} src="img/e2e-warning.svg" width="15" height="12" style={{ marginLeft: "-2px" }}/>;
-            }
-        }
-        else if (e2eEnabled) {
-            e2e = <img onClick={ this.onCryptoClicked } className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" alt={_t("Unencrypted message")} src="img/e2e-unencrypted.svg" width="12" height="12"/>;
-        }
+
         const timestamp = this.props.mxEvent.getTs() ?
             <MessageTimestamp showTwelveHour={this.props.isTwelveHour} ts={this.props.mxEvent.getTs()} /> : null;
 
@@ -572,7 +584,7 @@ module.exports = withMatrixClient(React.createClass({
                         <a href={ permalink } onClick={this.onPermalinkClicked}>
                             { timestamp }
                         </a>
-                        { e2e }
+                        { this._renderE2EPadlock() }
                         <EventTileType ref="tile"
                             mxEvent={this.props.mxEvent}
                             highlights={this.props.highlights}
@@ -597,3 +609,39 @@ module.exports.haveTileForEvent = function(e) {
         return true;
     }
 };
+
+function E2ePadlockUndecryptable(props) {
+    return (
+        <E2ePadlock alt={_t("Undecryptable")}
+            src="img/e2e-blocked.svg" width="12" height="12"
+            style={{ marginLeft: "-1px" }} {...props} />
+    );
+}
+
+function E2ePadlockVerified(props) {
+    return (
+        <E2ePadlock alt={_t("Encrypted by a verified device")}
+            src="img/e2e-verified.svg" width="10" height="12"
+            {...props} />
+    );
+}
+
+function E2ePadlockUnverified(props) {
+    return (
+        <E2ePadlock alt={_t("Encrypted by an unverified device")}
+            src="img/e2e-warning.svg" width="15" height="12"
+            style={{ marginLeft: "-2px" }} {...props} />
+    );
+}
+
+function E2ePadlockUnencrypted(props) {
+    return (
+        <E2ePadlock alt={_t("Unencrypted message")}
+            src="img/e2e-unencrypted.svg" width="12" height="12"
+            {...props} />
+    );
+}
+
+function E2ePadlock(props) {
+    return <img className="mx_EventTile_e2eIcon" {...props} />;
+}
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
index c6601f41b1..662d13ecfc 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/MessageComposerInput.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import KeyCode from '../../../KeyCode';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 import sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
+import Analytics from '../../../Analytics';
 
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher';
 import UserSettingsStore from '../../../UserSettingsStore';
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ const REGEX_MATRIXTO_MARKDOWN_GLOBAL = new RegExp(MATRIXTO_MD_LINK_PATTERN, 'g')
 import {asciiRegexp, shortnameToUnicode, emojioneList, asciiList, mapUnicodeToShort} from 'emojione';
 const EMOJI_SHORTNAMES = Object.keys(emojioneList);
 const EMOJI_UNICODE_TO_SHORTNAME = mapUnicodeToShort();
-const REGEX_EMOJI_WHITESPACE = new RegExp('(' + asciiRegexp + ')\\s$');
+const REGEX_EMOJI_WHITESPACE = new RegExp('(?:^|\\s)(' + asciiRegexp + ')\\s$');
 
 const TYPING_USER_TIMEOUT = 10000, TYPING_SERVER_TIMEOUT = 30000;
 
@@ -97,20 +98,39 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
         onInputStateChanged: React.PropTypes.func,
     };
 
-    static getKeyBinding(e: SyntheticKeyboardEvent): string {
-        // C-m => Toggles between rich text and markdown modes
-        if (e.keyCode === KeyCode.KEY_M && KeyBindingUtil.isCtrlKeyCommand(e)) {
-            return 'toggle-mode';
+    static getKeyBinding(ev: SyntheticKeyboardEvent): string {
+        const isMac = navigator.platform.toUpperCase().indexOf('MAC') >= 0;
+        let ctrlCmdOnly;
+        if (isMac) {
+            ctrlCmdOnly = ev.metaKey && !ev.altKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.shiftKey;
+        } else {
+            ctrlCmdOnly = ev.ctrlKey && !ev.altKey && !ev.metaKey && !ev.shiftKey;
         }
 
-        // Allow opening of dev tools. getDefaultKeyBinding would be 'italic' for KEY_I
-        if (e.keyCode === KeyCode.KEY_I && e.shiftKey && e.ctrlKey) {
-            // When null is returned, draft-js will NOT preventDefault, allowing dev tools
-            // to be toggled when the editor is focussed
-            return null;
+        // Restrict a subset of key bindings to ONLY having ctrl/meta* pressed and
+        // importantly NOT having alt, shift, meta/ctrl* pressed. draft-js does not
+        // handle this in `getDefaultKeyBinding` so we do it ourselves here.
+        //
+        // * if macOS, read second option
+        const ctrlCmdCommand = {
+            // C-m => Toggles between rich text and markdown modes
+            [KeyCode.KEY_M]: 'toggle-mode',
+            [KeyCode.KEY_B]: 'bold',
+            [KeyCode.KEY_I]: 'italic',
+            [KeyCode.KEY_U]: 'underline',
+            [KeyCode.KEY_J]: 'code',
+            [KeyCode.KEY_O]: 'split-block',
+        }[ev.keyCode];
+
+        if (ctrlCmdCommand) {
+            if (!ctrlCmdOnly) {
+                return null;
+            }
+            return ctrlCmdCommand;
         }
 
-        return getDefaultKeyBinding(e);
+        // Handle keys such as return, left and right arrows etc.
+        return getDefaultKeyBinding(ev);
     }
 
     static getBlockStyle(block: ContentBlock): ?string {
@@ -141,6 +161,8 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
 
         const isRichtextEnabled = UserSettingsStore.getSyncedSetting('MessageComposerInput.isRichTextEnabled', false);
 
+        Analytics.setRichtextMode(isRichtextEnabled);
+
         this.state = {
             // whether we're in rich text or markdown mode
             isRichtextEnabled,
@@ -165,17 +187,18 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
         this.client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
     }
 
-    findLinkEntities(contentBlock, callback) {
+    findLinkEntities(contentState: ContentState, contentBlock: ContentBlock, callback) {
         contentBlock.findEntityRanges(
             (character) => {
                 const entityKey = character.getEntity();
                 return (
                     entityKey !== null &&
-                    Entity.get(entityKey).getType() === 'LINK'
+                    contentState.getEntity(entityKey).getType() === 'LINK'
                 );
             }, callback,
         );
     }
+
     /*
      * "Does the right thing" to create an EditorState, based on:
      * - whether we've got rich text mode enabled
@@ -184,13 +207,19 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
     createEditorState(richText: boolean, contentState: ?ContentState): EditorState {
         const decorators = richText ? RichText.getScopedRTDecorators(this.props) :
                 RichText.getScopedMDDecorators(this.props);
+        const shouldShowPillAvatar = !UserSettingsStore.getSyncedSetting("Pill.shouldHidePillAvatar", false);
         decorators.push({
             strategy: this.findLinkEntities.bind(this),
             component: (entityProps) => {
                 const Pill = sdk.getComponent('elements.Pill');
-                const {url} = Entity.get(entityProps.entityKey).getData();
+                const {url} = entityProps.contentState.getEntity(entityProps.entityKey).getData();
                 if (Pill.isPillUrl(url)) {
-                    return <Pill url={url} room={this.props.room} offsetKey={entityProps.offsetKey}/>;
+                    return <Pill
+                        url={url}
+                        room={this.props.room}
+                        offsetKey={entityProps.offsetKey}
+                        shouldShowPillAvatar={shouldShowPillAvatar}
+                    />;
                 }
 
                 return (
@@ -243,7 +272,8 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
                 // paths for inserting a user pill is not fun
                 const selection = this.state.editorState.getSelection();
                 const member = this.props.room.getMember(payload.user_id);
-                const completion = member ? member.name.replace(' (IRC)', '') : payload.user_id;
+                const completion = member ?
+                    member.rawDisplayName.replace(' (IRC)', '') : payload.user_id;
                 this.setDisplayedCompletion({
                     completion,
                     selection,
@@ -253,10 +283,12 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             }
                 break;
             case 'quote': {
-                let {body, formatted_body} = payload.event.getContent();
-                formatted_body = formatted_body || escape(body);
-                if (formatted_body) {
-                    let content = RichText.htmlToContentState(`<blockquote>${formatted_body}</blockquote>`);
+                /// XXX: Not doing rich-text quoting from formatted-body because draft-js
+                /// has regressed such that when links are quoted, errors are thrown. See
+                /// https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/4756.
+                let body = escape(payload.text);
+                if (body) {
+                    let content = RichText.htmlToContentState(`<blockquote>${body}</blockquote>`);
                     if (!this.state.isRichtextEnabled) {
                         content = ContentState.createFromText(RichText.stateToMarkdown(content));
                     }
@@ -393,7 +425,7 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
                 const newContentState = Modifier.replaceText(
                     editorState.getCurrentContent(),
                     currentSelection.merge({
-                        anchorOffset: currentStartOffset - emojiMatch[0].length,
+                        anchorOffset: currentStartOffset - emojiMatch[1].length - 1,
                         focusOffset: currentStartOffset,
                     }),
                     unicodeEmoji,
@@ -427,6 +459,19 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             state.editorState = RichText.attachImmutableEntitiesToEmoji(
                 state.editorState);
 
+            // Hide the autocomplete if the cursor location changes but the plaintext
+            // content stays the same. We don't hide if the pt has changed because the
+            // autocomplete will probably have different completions to show.
+            if (
+                !state.editorState.getSelection().equals(
+                    this.state.editorState.getSelection()
+                )
+                && state.editorState.getCurrentContent().getPlainText() ===
+                this.state.editorState.getCurrentContent().getPlainText()
+            ) {
+                this.autocomplete.hide();
+            }
+
             if (state.editorState.getCurrentContent().hasText()) {
                 this.onTypingActivity();
             } else {
@@ -483,6 +528,8 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             contentState = ContentState.createFromText(markdown);
         }
 
+        Analytics.setRichtextMode(enabled);
+
         this.setState({
             editorState: this.createEditorState(enabled, contentState),
             isRichtextEnabled: enabled,
@@ -515,7 +562,8 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
                 newState = RichUtils.toggleInlineStyle(this.state.editorState, 'STRIKETHROUGH');
             } else if (shouldToggleBlockFormat) {
                 const currentStartOffset = this.state.editorState.getSelection().getStartOffset();
-                if (currentStartOffset === 0) {
+                const currentEndOffset = this.state.editorState.getSelection().getEndOffset();
+                if (currentStartOffset === 0 && currentEndOffset === 0) {
                     // Toggle current block type (setting it to 'unstyled')
                     newState = RichUtils.toggleBlockType(this.state.editorState, currentBlockType);
                 }
@@ -713,7 +761,7 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
                 const hasLink = blocks.some((block) => {
                     return block.getCharacterList().filter((c) => {
                         const entityKey = c.getEntity();
-                        return entityKey && Entity.get(entityKey).getType() === 'LINK';
+                        return entityKey && contentState.getEntity(entityKey).getType() === 'LINK';
                     }).size > 0;
                 });
                 shouldSendHTML = hasLink;
@@ -734,8 +782,8 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             const pt = contentState.getBlocksAsArray().map((block) => {
                 let blockText = block.getText();
                 let offset = 0;
-                this.findLinkEntities(block, (start, end) => {
-                    const entity = Entity.get(block.getEntityAt(start));
+                this.findLinkEntities(contentState, block, (start, end) => {
+                    const entity = contentState.getEntity(block.getEntityAt(start));
                     if (entity.getType() !== 'LINK') {
                         return;
                     }
@@ -936,32 +984,27 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
         }
 
         const {range = null, completion = '', href = null, suffix = ''} = displayedCompletion;
+        let contentState = activeEditorState.getCurrentContent();
 
         let entityKey;
-        let mdCompletion;
         if (href) {
-            entityKey = Entity.create('LINK', 'IMMUTABLE', {
+            contentState = contentState.createEntity('LINK', 'IMMUTABLE', {
                 url: href,
                 isCompletion: true,
             });
+            entityKey = contentState.getLastCreatedEntityKey();
         }
 
         let selection;
         if (range) {
             selection = RichText.textOffsetsToSelectionState(
-                range, activeEditorState.getCurrentContent().getBlocksAsArray(),
+                range, contentState.getBlocksAsArray(),
             );
         } else {
             selection = activeEditorState.getSelection();
         }
 
-        let contentState = Modifier.replaceText(
-            activeEditorState.getCurrentContent(),
-            selection,
-            mdCompletion || completion,
-            null,
-            entityKey,
-        );
+        contentState = Modifier.replaceText(contentState, selection, completion, null, entityKey);
 
         // Move the selection to the end of the block
         const afterSelection = contentState.getSelectionAfter();
@@ -1047,7 +1090,7 @@ export default class MessageComposerInput extends React.Component {
             offset -= sum;
 
             const entityKey = block.getEntityAt(offset);
-            const entity = entityKey ? Entity.get(entityKey) : null;
+            const entity = entityKey ? contentState.getEntity(entityKey) : null;
             if (entity && entity.getData().isCompletion) {
                 // This is a completed mention, so do not insert MD link, just text
                 return text;
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index 7b027b6417..5381fc2356 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
     "Add phone number": "Add phone number",
     "Admin": "Admin",
     "Admin tools": "Admin tools",
+    "Allow": "Allow",
     "And %(count)s more...": "And %(count)s more...",
     "VoIP": "VoIP",
     "Missing Media Permissions, click here to request.": "Missing Media Permissions, click here to request.",
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@
     "Decrypt %(text)s": "Decrypt %(text)s",
     "Decryption error": "Decryption error",
     "Delete": "Delete",
+    "Delete widget": "Delete widget",
     "demote": "demote",
     "Deops user with given id": "Deops user with given id",
     "Default": "Default",
@@ -267,6 +269,7 @@
     "Drop here %(toAction)s": "Drop here %(toAction)s",
     "Drop here to tag %(section)s": "Drop here to tag %(section)s",
     "Ed25519 fingerprint": "Ed25519 fingerprint",
+    "Edit": "Edit",
     "Email": "Email",
     "Email address": "Email address",
     "Email address (optional)": "Email address (optional)",
@@ -460,6 +463,7 @@
     "Reason": "Reason",
     "Reason: %(reasonText)s": "Reason: %(reasonText)s",
     "Revoke Moderator": "Revoke Moderator",
+    "Revoke widget access": "Revoke widget access",
     "Refer a friend to Riot:": "Refer a friend to Riot:",
     "Register": "Register",
     "rejected": "rejected",
@@ -571,6 +575,7 @@
     "To configure the room": "To configure the room",
     "to demote": "to demote",
     "to favourite": "to favourite",
+    "To get started, please pick a username!": "To get started, please pick a username!",
     "To invite users into the room": "To invite users into the room",
     "To kick users": "To kick users",
     "To link to a room it must have <a>an address</a>.": "To link to a room it must have <a>an address</a>.",
@@ -962,5 +967,6 @@
     "Edit Group": "Edit Group",
     "Automatically replace plain text Emoji": "Automatically replace plain text Emoji",
     "Failed to upload image": "Failed to upload image",
-    "Failed to update group": "Failed to update group"
+    "Failed to update group": "Failed to update group",
+    "Hide avatars in user and room mentions": "Hide avatars in user and room mentions"
 }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_US.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_US.json
index 47bb96ed14..ae750c6476 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_US.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_US.json
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@
     "demote": "demote",
     "Deops user with given id": "Deops user with given id",
     "Default": "Default",
+    "Delete widget": "Delete widget",
     "Device already verified!": "Device already verified!",
     "Device ID": "Device ID",
     "Device ID:": "Device ID:",
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
     "Drop here %(toAction)s": "Drop here %(toAction)s",
     "Drop here to tag %(section)s": "Drop here to tag %(section)s",
     "Ed25519 fingerprint": "Ed25519 fingerprint",
+    "Edit": "Edit",
     "Email": "Email",
     "Email address": "Email address",
     "Email address (optional)": "Email address (optional)",
@@ -421,6 +423,7 @@
     "Profile": "Profile",
     "Reason": "Reason",
     "Revoke Moderator": "Revoke Moderator",
+    "Revoke widget access": "Revoke widget access",
     "Refer a friend to Riot:": "Refer a friend to Riot:",
     "Register": "Register",
     "rejected": "rejected",