diff --git a/AppKit/CPButton.j b/AppKit/CPButton.j
index c5bc8a2b5..7853d1d5d 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPButton.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPButton.j
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ CPButtonImageOffset   = 3.0;
         _bezelState = CPThemeStateNormal;
 
     [self setValue:anImage forThemeAttribute:@"image" inState:_bezelState];
+    // if we omit this, images will disappear as soon as the button becomes disabled
+    [self setValue:anImage forThemeAttribute:@"image" inState:_bezelState.and(CPThemeStateDisabled)];
 }
 
 - (CPImage)image
@@ -971,7 +973,11 @@ CPButtonImageOffset   = 3.0;
     _bezelStyle = aBezelStyle;
 
     if (_bezelState && newState)
+    {
+        if (currentState)
+            _bezelState =_bezelState.without(currentState);
         _bezelState = _bezelState.and(newState);
+    }
     else
         _bezelState = newState || CPThemeStateNormal;
 
diff --git a/AppKit/CPSearchField.j b/AppKit/CPSearchField.j
index 720ed9344..2084ab717 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPSearchField.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPSearchField.j
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ var CPAutosavedRecentsChangedNotification = @"CPAutosavedRecentsChangedNotificat
                                                   positioned:CPWindowAbove
                              relativeToEphemeralSubviewNamed:nil];
     }
-    else if (!_contentView)
+    else
     {
         var bezelView = [self layoutEphemeralSubviewNamed:@"bezel-view"
                                                positioned:CPWindowBelow
@@ -827,9 +827,10 @@ var CPAutosavedRecentsChangedNotification = @"CPAutosavedRecentsChangedNotificat
 
         [bezelView setBackgroundColor:bezelColor];
 
-        _contentView = [self layoutEphemeralSubviewNamed:@"content-view"
-                                              positioned:CPWindowAbove
-                         relativeToEphemeralSubviewNamed:@"bezel-view"];
+        if (!_contentView)
+            _contentView = [self layoutEphemeralSubviewNamed:@"content-view"
+                                                  positioned:CPWindowAbove
+                             relativeToEphemeralSubviewNamed:@"bezel-view"];
     }
 
     if (_contentView)
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTextField.j b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
index 79ddb93b6..bdf926b09 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTextField.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTextField.j
@@ -2022,6 +2022,8 @@ CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder = CPThemeState("placeholder");
     }
 
     [self setValue:placeholderColor forThemeAttribute:@"text-color" inState:CPTextFieldStatePlaceholder];
+
+    [self layoutSubviews];
 }
 
 - (void)viewDidHide
diff --git a/AppKit/CPTreeNode.j b/AppKit/CPTreeNode.j
index 9e2871218..0f5f88a33 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPTreeNode.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPTreeNode.j
@@ -50,6 +50,31 @@
     return self;
 }
 
+- (CPIndexPath)indexPath
+{
+    if (_parentNode != nil)
+    {
+        var path;
+        var index;
+
+        index = [[_parentNode childNodes] indexOfObject:self];
+        path = [_parentNode indexPath];
+
+        if (path != nil)
+        {
+            return [path indexPathByAddingIndex:index];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return [CPIndexPath indexPathWithIndex:index];
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        return nil;
+    }
+}
+
 - (BOOL)isLeaf
 {
     return [_childNodes count] <= 0;
diff --git a/AppKit/CPView.j b/AppKit/CPView.j
index 9219f7534..cce918d6f 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPView.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPView.j
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ var CPViewHighDPIDrawingEnabled = YES;
 {
     var mask = [self autoresizingMask];
 
-    if (mask === CPViewNotSizable)
+    if ((mask === CPViewNotSizable) || !_superview)
         return;
 
     var frame = _superview._frame,
diff --git a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
index 0fb0bf585..4afa6577c 100644
--- a/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
+++ b/AppKit/Themes/Aristo2/ThemeDescriptors.j
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ var themedButtonValues = nil,
 
             [@"content-inset",              CGInsetMake(0.0, 5.0, 0.0, 5.0),    [CPThemeStateControlSizeSmall, CPThemeStateBordered]],
             [@"nib2cib-adjustment-frame",   CGRectMake(-3.0, 6.0, 0.0, 0.0),    [CPThemeStateControlSizeSmall, CPThemeStateBordered]],
+            [@"font",                       [CPFont boldSystemFontOfSize:11.0], [CPThemeStateControlSizeSmall, CPThemeStateBordered]],
 
             // RoundRect CPThemeStateControlSizeMini
             [@"bezel-color",
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ var themedButtonValues = nil,
 
             [@"content-inset",              CGInsetMake(0.0, 2.0, 2.0, 2.0),    [CPThemeStateControlSizeMini, CPThemeStateBordered]],
             [@"nib2cib-adjustment-frame",   CGRectMake(0.0, 14.0, 0.0, 0.0),    [CPThemeStateControlSizeMini, CPThemeStateBordered]],
+            [@"font",                       [CPFont boldSystemFontOfSize:10.0], [CPThemeStateControlSizeMini, CPThemeStateBordered]],
 
             // Rounded
             [@"bezel-color",
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index 087aaeb1d..e9d21482e 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -105,7 +105,9 @@ simply run `npm install -g @objj/cappuccino` again.
 
 Getting Started
 ---------------
-To write you first application, [download the starter package](http://www.cappuccino-project.org/#download).
+To write you first application, [download the starter package](http://cappuccino.dev/#download).
+
+To try our new Node (alpha) version of the Cappuccino framework, [check the Node installation instructions](https://github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/wiki/node)
 
 To contribute to Cappuccino, please read here: [Getting and Building the Source](
   https://github.com/cappuccino/cappuccino/wiki/Getting-and-building-the-source).
diff --git a/Tools/capp/Resources/Templates/NibApplication/AppController.j b/Tools/capp/Resources/Templates/NibApplication/AppController.j
index cb34bb65c..3f911c7e5 100644
--- a/Tools/capp/Resources/Templates/NibApplication/AppController.j
+++ b/Tools/capp/Resources/Templates/NibApplication/AppController.j
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 - (void)applicationDidFinishLaunching:(CPNotification)aNotification
 {
     // This is called when the application is done loading.
+    // Uncomment the following line to hide the standard menu bar.
+    // [CPMenu setMenuBarVisible:NO];
 }
 
 - (void)awakeFromCib
diff --git a/bootstrap.sh b/bootstrap.sh
index e8480c33c..af1e1b0d1 100755
--- a/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/bootstrap.sh
@@ -130,17 +130,14 @@ function check_install_environment () {
         exit 1
     fi
 
-    # make sure user is running the Sun JVM or OpenJDK >= 6b18
-    java_version=$(java -version 2>&1)
-    echo $java_version | grep OpenJDK > /dev/null
-    if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then # OpenJDK: make sure >= 6b18
-        openjdk_version=$(echo "$java_version" | grep "OpenJDK Runtime Environment")
-        openjdk_version_key=$(echo $openjdk_version | egrep -o '[0-9]\-?b[0-9]+')
-        if [ $(echo $openjdk_version_key | tr -d 'b' | tr -d '-') -lt 618 ]; then
-            echo "Error: Narwhal is not compatible with your version of OpenJDK: $openjdk_version."
-            echo "Please upgrade to OpenJDK >= 6b18 or switch to the Sun JVM. Then re-run bootstrap.sh."
-            exit 1
-        fi
+    # Support Java version 8 or greater
+    # This is the LTS  and last free/unencumbered version from Oracle
+    # It is also provided by OpenJDK
+    java_version=$(java -version 2>&1 | head -1 | cut -d'"' -f2 | sed '/^1\./s///' | cut -d'.' -f1)
+    if [ "$java_version" -lt "8" ]; then
+        echo "Error: Narwhal is not compatible with your the installed Java version: $java_version."
+        echo "Please upgrade to either Oracle or OpenJDK >= version 7. Then re-run bootstrap.sh."
+        exit 1
     fi
 }