diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 060ca6e934..2ad05012a0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@
 npm-debug.log
 electron/dist
 electron/pub
-/.idea
+**/.idea
 /config.json
 /src/component-index.js
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d4b778b91e..271382030e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ released version of Riot:
 1. Enter the URL into your browser and log into Riot!
 
 Releases are signed by PGP, and can be checked against the public key
-at https://riot.im/packages/keys/riot-master.asc
+at https://riot.im/packages/keys/riot.asc
 
 Note that Chrome does not allow microphone or webcam access for sites served
 over http (except localhost), so for working VoIP you will need to serve Riot
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ to build.
 1. If you're using the `develop` branch, install the develop versions of the
    dependencies, as the released ones will be too old:
    ```
-   scripts/fetch-develop-deps.sh
+   scripts/fetch-develop.deps.sh
    ```
    Whenever you git pull on riot-web you will also probably need to force an update
    to these dependencies - the simplest way is to re-run the script, but you can also
diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index d834987e83..3b415b1ae6 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -84,13 +84,23 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
         // available preprocessors:
         // https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-preprocessor
         preprocessors: {
-            '{src,test}/**/*.js': ['webpack'],
+            '{src,test}/**/*.js': ['webpack', 'sourcemap'],
         },
 
         // test results reporter to use
-        // possible values: 'dots', 'progress'
         // available reporters: https://npmjs.org/browse/keyword/karma-reporter
-        reporters: ['progress', 'junit'],
+        reporters: ['logcapture', 'spec', 'junit', 'summary'],
+
+        specReporter: {
+            suppressErrorSummary: false, // do print error summary
+            suppressFailed: false, // do print information about failed tests
+            suppressPassed: false, // do print information about passed tests
+            showSpecTiming: true, // print the time elapsed for each spec
+        },
+
+        client: {
+            captureLogs: true,
+        },
 
         // web server port
         port: 9876,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fb4facb4e0..bb35ce8990 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
     "build:res": "node scripts/copy-res.js",
     "build:modernizr": "modernizr -c .modernizr.json -d src/vector/modernizr.js",
     "build:compile": "npm run reskindex && babel --source-maps -d lib src",
-    "build:bundle": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack -p --progress",
-    "build:bundle:dev": "webpack --optimize-occurence-order --progress",
+    "build:bundle": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production webpack -p --progress --bail",
+    "build:bundle:dev": "webpack --optimize-occurence-order --progress --bail",
     "build:electron": "npm run clean && npm run build && npm run install:electron && build -wml --ia32 --x64",
     "build": "npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle",
     "build:dev": "npm run reskindex && npm run build:res && npm run build:bundle:dev",
@@ -114,11 +114,15 @@
     "fs-extra": "^0.30.0",
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^2.24.0",
     "json-loader": "^0.5.3",
-    "karma": "^0.13.22",
+    "karma": "^1.7.0",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "^0.2.3",
     "karma-cli": "^0.1.2",
     "karma-junit-reporter": "^0.4.1",
+    "karma-logcapture-reporter": "0.0.1",
     "karma-mocha": "^0.2.2",
+    "karma-sourcemap-loader": "^0.3.7",
+    "karma-spec-reporter": "0.0.31",
+    "karma-summary-reporter": "^1.3.3",
     "karma-webpack": "^1.7.0",
     "matrix-mock-request": "^1.2.0",
     "matrix-react-test-utils": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/scripts/fetch-develop.deps.sh b/scripts/fetch-develop.deps.sh
index 4fa1a4a22c..e2d40341a0 100755
--- a/scripts/fetch-develop.deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/fetch-develop.deps.sh
@@ -49,42 +49,47 @@ function dodep() {
         [ "$curbranch" != 'develop' ] && clone $org $repo develop
     } || return $?
 
-    (
-        cd $repo
-        echo "$repo set to branch "`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
-    )
+    echo "$repo set to branch "`git -C "$repo" rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 
     mkdir -p node_modules
     rm -r "node_modules/$repo" 2>/dev/null || true
     ln -sv "../$repo" node_modules/
+
+    (
+        cd $repo
+        npm install
+    )
 }
 
+##############################
+
 echo -en 'travis_fold:start:matrix-js-sdk\r'
 echo 'Setting up matrix-js-sdk'
 
 dodep matrix-org matrix-js-sdk
-(
-    cd node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
-    npm install
-)
 
 echo -en 'travis_fold:end:matrix-js-sdk\r'
 
+##############################
+
 echo -en 'travis_fold:start:matrix-react-sdk\r'
 echo 'Setting up matrix-react-sdk'
 
 dodep matrix-org matrix-react-sdk
 
-mkdir -p node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/node_modules
+# replace the version of js-sdk that got pulled into react-sdk with a symlink
+# to our version. Make sure to do this *after* doing 'npm i' in react-sdk,
+# otherwise npm helpfully moves another-json from matrix-js-sdk/node_modules
+# into matrix-react-sdk/node_modules.
+#
+# (note this matches the instructions in the README.)
+rm -r node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/node_modules/matrix-js-sdk
 ln -s ../../matrix-js-sdk node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/node_modules/
 
-(
-    cd node_modules/matrix-react-sdk
-    npm install
-)
-
 echo -en 'travis_fold:end:matrix-react-sdk\r'
 
+##############################
+
 # Link the reskindex binary in place: if we used npm link,
 # npm would do this for us, but we don't because we'd have
 # to define the npm prefix somewhere so it could put the
diff --git a/scripts/jenkins.sh b/scripts/jenkins.sh
index 4f2e940564..7b5b4c8e2e 100755
--- a/scripts/jenkins.sh
+++ b/scripts/jenkins.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,11 @@ nvm use 6
 
 set -x
 
-# check out corresponding branches of dependencies
-`dirname $0`/fetch-develop.deps.sh
+# check out corresponding branches of dependencies.
+#
+# clone the deps with depth 1: we know we will only ever need that one
+# commit.
+`dirname $0`/fetch-develop.deps.sh --depth 1
 
 npm install
 
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/avatars/_BaseAvatar.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/avatars/_BaseAvatar.scss
index 106f0cde71..320efda043 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/avatars/_BaseAvatar.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/avatars/_BaseAvatar.scss
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 .mx_BaseAvatar_initial {
     position: absolute;
+    left: 0px;
     color: $avatar-initial-color;
     text-align: center;
     speak: none;
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_MemberEventListSummary.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_MemberEventListSummary.scss
index 1025052beb..02ecb5d84a 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_MemberEventListSummary.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_MemberEventListSummary.scss
@@ -50,11 +50,22 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 .mx_MatrixChat_useCompactLayout {
+    .mx_MemberEventListSummary {
+        font-size: 13px;
+        .mx_EventTile_line {
+            line-height: 20px;
+        }
+    }
+
     .mx_MemberEventListSummary_line {
         line-height: 22px;
     }
 
     .mx_MemberEventListSummary_toggle {
-        margin-top: 2px;
+        margin-top: 3px;
+    }
+
+    .mx_TextualEvent.mx_MemberEventListSummary_summary {
+        font-size: 13px;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
index 55faab8473..8825c98e39 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/elements/_RichText.scss
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     display: inline-block;
     height: 20px;
     line-height: 20px;
+    padding-left: 5px;
 }
 
 /* More specific to override `.markdown-body a` color */
@@ -35,9 +36,8 @@
 .mx_UserPill .mx_BaseAvatar,
 .mx_RoomPill .mx_BaseAvatar {
     position: relative;
+    left: -3px;
     top: 2px;
-    margin-left: 2px;
-    margin-right: 2px;
 }
 
 .mx_Markdown_BOLD {
diff --git a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index 57d4a180b5..e9c62d3a67 100644
--- a/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/src/skins/vector/css/matrix-react-sdk/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -403,7 +403,15 @@ limitations under the License.
     }
 
     .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_info {
+        // same as the padding for non-compact .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_info
         padding-top: 0px;
+        font-size: 13px;
+        .mx_EventTile_line {
+            line-height: 20px;
+        }
+        .mx_EventTile_avatar {
+            top: 4px;
+        }
     }
 
     .mx_EventTile .mx_SenderProfile {
@@ -411,6 +419,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     }
 
     .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_emote {
+        // add a bit more space for emotes so that avatars don't collide
         padding-top: 8px;
         .mx_EventTile_avatar {
             top: 2px;
@@ -438,10 +447,6 @@ limitations under the License.
         top: 2px;
     }
 
-    .mx_EventTile.mx_EventTile_info .mx_EventTile_avatar {
-        top: 5px;
-    }
-
     .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
         top: 7px;
     }
@@ -455,12 +460,21 @@ limitations under the License.
     }
 
     .mx_EventTile_continuation .mx_EventTile_readAvatars,
-    .mx_EventTile_info .mx_EventTile_readAvatars,
     .mx_EventTile_emote .mx_EventTile_readAvatars {
         top: 5px;
     }
 
+    .mx_EventTile_info .mx_EventTile_readAvatars {
+        top: 4px;
+    }
+
     .mx_RoomView_MessageList h2 {
         margin-top: 6px;
     }
+
+    .mx_EventTile_content .markdown-body {
+      p, ul, ol, dl, blockquote, pre, table {
+        margin-bottom: 4px; // 1/4 of the non-compact margin-bottom
+      }
+    }
 }