Firefox / Chrome-style small pill at the bottom-left of the window
showing the href when the pointer hovers a link, hidden when the
pointer leaves. Fed by webContents.update-target-url on every tab;
auto-sizes to its text via an IPC resize channel.
Cleared on tab switch so a lingering hover pill from tab A doesn't
carry across to tab B. Positioned by layout() so it tracks window
resizes.
New files link-status.html + link-status-preload.js registered in
build.files (GOTCHAS.md rule: missing entries silently omit from
the packaged app).
Not shipped yet — bundles into the next Theseus release.
Bumps version so the chip actually surfaces itself on 0.0.3 installs
(the version-newer check requires a strict semver bump — same-version
rebuilds don't trigger the chip). From this release on, whenever the
manifest names a newer Theseus, users get a one-click download.
Mechanism
- main.js checkForUpdate() fetches https://dl.silentmode.st/releases-
manifest.json on startup (5s timeout, cache: no-store) + every 6h.
Finds the theseus-navigator release, compares version to
app.getVersion() with a numeric a.b.c comparator that handles
"0.10.0 > 0.9.9" correctly.
- On a match → stores { version, setupUrl, portableUrl, setupHash,
portableHash, date } and emits update-available to chrome. Cleared
after the user upgrades + relaunches (same-version → null).
- Re-emits on chrome's did-finish-load in case the fetch beats the
chrome view.
Chip UI (chrome.html)
- Acid-yellow pill between the downloads button and the Tor toggle:
"↓ Update to X.Y.Z" + a ✕. Main body opens setupUrl in the system
browser via shell.openExternal (origin-validated to
https://dl.silentmode.st/ or https://silentmode.st/). ✕ dismisses
for the current session — you'll see it again next launch if still
behind.
Trust anchor
- No signing / no cryptographic verification of the download in this
phase. releases.silentmode.bch publishes the SAME manifest URL, so
users who want to verify can cross-check the manifest hash against
what BCNR returns. The proper auto-updater with signature checks is
the follow-on to this cheap version.
Non-goals in phase 1
- No delta downloads; the user clicks and gets a full installer.
- No auto-install; download → user runs the installer themselves.
- No "check now" button in Settings; the periodic timer suffices.
- No portable-vs-installed detection; the chip prefers setupUrl (the
installer upgrades in place). Right-click for portable is future work.
- password-vault: createVault takes { messengerRootHex } opt; unlockVault
surfaces messengerRoot (null on legacy vaults, so nothing regresses);
saveVault persists it; bindMessengerRoot mutates an unlocked state for a
later attach-mnemonic-to-existing-vault flow.
- main.js password-setup: when the user provides a mnemonic, ALSO compute
seedToPurposeRoot(seed, "messenger/0") and store it. Random-seed vaults
stay as-is (no mnemonic = no messenger root to store).
- main.js hermes-init: two modes now — { mnemonic } (unchanged) or
{ useVault: true } (uses vaultState.messengerRoot directly, no mnemonic).
Response includes source: "vault" | "mnemonic" for the panel to badge.
- main.js hermes-can-use-vault: cheap availability probe used by the panel
to decide whether to show the vault sign-in shortcut.
- hermes.js: nostrKeyFromRoot(root) accepts 32-byte Uint8Array or 64-char
hex; produces the same {sk, pkHex, npub} as nostrKeyFromMnemonic for the
same seed (unit-verified: derivation paths converge on f2c92519...67f4).
- Messages panel: "Sign in with password vault" button appears above the
mnemonic entry iff the vault is unlocked AND was set up from a mnemonic.
The mnemonic path stays as the always-available fallback — bind is
genuinely optional, not required.
- Hermes/proof/: standalone keystone — BIP-39→Nostr, NIP-17 wrap/unwrap,
name-addressed send/receive verified end-to-end via public relay
- Argus/src/lib/hermes-derive.js: HKDF(silentmode/messenger/0) using libauth
so the registrar can compute np without pulling nostr-tools into Argus
- Argus/src/register-hermes-chipnet.mjs: idempotent REG/UPD script; publishes
np (Nostr pubkey) and nr (relay) records for a chipnet name
- TheseusNavigator/lib/hermes.js: same derivation + wrap/unwrap + record
parsing, canonical for Theseus; guarded by lib/package.json type:module
- TheseusNavigator/messages.html + messages-preload.js: Messages panel UI
(identity from mnemonic, live inbox, compose by .bch name), .bch suffix
stripped from displayed names
- TheseusNavigator/main.js: HERMES_MOD + loadHermesLib next to VAULT_MOD;
ipc handlers (hermes-status/init/close/inbox/send/open), per-relay
subscription with auto-reconnect, status pushed on WS open/close,
reverse-resolve pk -> .bch name via cached BNS index, Ctrl+Shift+M shortcut
via web-contents-created (works from any tab)
- Chipnet hermes.bch registered with np=f2c92519...67f4 nr=wss://nos.lol
(txid 7fc6de4544c13b782f163fdb892ea6749785886d05a336282fa659d722c7e92b);
end-to-end verified in Theseus
The VPS hosts multiple projects (Silent Mode gateway, mail, BNS indexer,
per-project s3d instances), not just Coinspectrum — rename the VPS folder
and update all cross-refs (VPS, Email, Storage, DEPLOY, packaging prompt)
to match the hostname change on the box.
Also add Storage/SIA-STORAGE-ROADMAP.md capturing the design for an
end-user Sia-storage product: two-tier trust model (Sovereign / Managed),
BCH-CashScript payment + Google-style free-tier inactivity policy,
identity model with Vultisig-style threshold recovery, and the decisions
made so far. CLIENT-OPTIONS.md gets a scoping note so future readers know
"hosted proxy = never" is about operator credentials, not end-user tiers.
Six user-visible improvements + supporting infra, all uncommitted from
the earlier session-in-progress state. Ships together in one release.
Chrome / tabs
- Same-size tabs: flex 1 1 0 with max 200px, min 60px. Container gets
overflow: hidden so many tabs shrink evenly instead of scrolling out.
- Drag-and-drop tab reordering. HTML5 drag events on each .tab; drop
side chosen by pointer x within target (Chrome UX). New move-tab IPC
splices the tabs array + re-emits.
Address bar
- Persistent history at userData/history.json capped at 500 LRU. Ranked
by host-prefix > url-prefix > contains > title-contains > recency.
- Floating suggestions dropdown (addressPicker WebContentsView) anchored
under the URL bar. Debounced 80ms input; ArrowUp/Down forward to the
picker via address-cursor IPC; Enter fires goURL; blur closes after
160ms so click-through registers. New files address-picker.html +
address-picker-preload.js. Cleared by existing clearHistoryOnQuit.
Password autofill (A.2 MVP)
- Green key chip in the address bar appears when the vault is UNLOCKED
and the active tab's host has matching credentials (exact hostname
match for phase 1; eTLD+1 upgrade queued as A.2.5).
- Click chip → floating picker of usernames. Click a match → main.js
runs a small script in the active tab: finds first visible
input[type=password]:not([disabled]), walks the same form for a
visible text/email/tel/url/search input whose name/id/autocomplete
matches /username|user|email|login|account|id/, fills both via the
native value setter + dispatches input/change so React/Vue-controlled
inputs update. New files pw-fill.html + pw-fill-preload.js.
- emitPwAvailability fires from pushNav + vault setup/unlock/lock so
the chip's visibility + count stays accurate.
Bookmarks bar
- Right-click context menu on the favorites bar. On empty area:
"Add current page" (or "Remove current page" if already saved). On a
specific bookmark: "Open", "Edit title…" (prompt), "Remove", plus
the add/remove-current entry. Uses a shared .ctxmenu style mirroring
the settings ctxmenu (dark/light aware).
- Empty-state text updated to mention right-click.
Home page
- Larger responsive card grid: auto-fill minmax(260-280px, 1fr) with
breakpoints at 600/900/1200. Cards have a subtitle line, a colored
badge (on-chain / Sia / server / custom), and edit affordances that
reveal only in Edit mode.
- User-editable set: Edit toggle reveals per-card ✎/✕ + a dashed "+ Add
card" tile. Modal for add/edit with title / URL / subtitle / badge.
Reset-to-defaults button.
- Persisted at userData/home-cards.json. New home-preload.js exposes
window.home = { getCards, setCards, resetCards, navigate }. IPC
handlers in main.js validate sender.getURL() matches our own
home.html — third-party pages see the API shape via the preload but
can't act on the user's local cards.
- Fallback set of 2 cards renders when window.home is unavailable
(e.g. opening home.html directly outside Electron for preview) so
the grid is never blank.
Docs
- TheseusNavigator/ROADMAP-identity-wallet.md — the phased plan for
the two independent strands (password manager A.2/3, browser wallet
B.1-6). Committed earlier this session; re-listed here for context.
- TheseusNavigator/SESSION-PROMPT-identity-wallet.md — pastable
kickoff for the next session picking up either strand.
Files added to build.files: address-picker.html,
address-picker-preload.js, pw-fill.html, pw-fill-preload.js,
home-preload.js.
Uncovered by the 2026-08-13 subdomain-inheritance fix: once
`checkers.game.x` correctly picked the parent's `ip` record instead of
`s3`, the ip branch itself failed. Two reasons:
1. `fetch("http://<ip>/", { headers: { host: name } })` follows the
site's :80→:443 redirect into `https://<name>.<tld>/`, which isn't
in ICANN DNS → "fetch failed".
2. The site's cert is signed by a per-machine BNS root, not a public
CA; standard TLS validation rejects it.
Both are fixed by connecting to the IP with SNI = name, pinning the
presented cert's SHA-256 against the on-chain `tls` record, and only
then issuing the HTTPS request over the same socket. The on-chain
fingerprint is the trust anchor BNS uses everywhere else (see
Argus/src/lib/ca.js).
Gateway (public-gateway.mjs): new pinnedHttpsGet + httpGet + ipRequest
helpers; case "ip" delegates. No silent HTTP fallback on pin failure
(a mismatch means "not the site the chain says it is").
Theseus (main.js): parallel port of the same helpers, Tor-aware
(routes through SocksProxyAgent when Tor is on). serveBns's inner
serveIp() delegates to ipRequest.
Verified live: `curl -sI https://navigate.st/bns/checkers.game.x/`
returns 200 OK with the checkers game (1,179,215 bytes, apex
`game.x` unchanged, served from Sia).
- TheseusNavigator/package.json: 0.0.2 → 0.0.3. Address-bar fix (main.js refreshTabUrl,
in 9b9c93c) makes silentmode.bch subpage clicks update the URL correctly.
- site/tools/index.html: collapsed the two-flagship-cards row into one Theseus
Navigator panel with a shared description and two version sub-blocks (Windows
+ Android) inside a divider grid. Same-product-two-platforms framing.
- site/index.html: Tools card copy updated to match (Theseus Windows + Android;
built-in Ariadne; also relay, extension, standalone resolver).
- site/releases/index.html + releases-manifest.json: Theseus 0.0.3 entry with the
new hashes; Android section corrected to v0.8 (was previously showing v0.8
filename with a v0.2 hash — the linter had gone half-way).
Rebuild + redeploy of the prior commit (9b9c93c). Version bumped from
0.0.1 to 0.0.2 (parallel-session bump in package.json). New hashes live
on dl.silentmode.st + Sia bns/silentmode/:
TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.2.exe
sha256 b62ecf528dc672a07a144af5a8bbb5772b2853b4ad5eec5926bdc6247792ad53
TheseusNavigator-0.0.2-portable.exe
sha256 ba80a808446bd75a6b649d93094af9e21be38476dd23980bad7ac0e228a6ce76
Also snapshotted the parallel-session 0.0.1 (81831c08 / b4807aa1) that
was live just before this ship into /opt/silent-mode/dl/_prev/ so it's
available as a rollback alongside the earlier 418e7bba / 208b059a /
036e94c7 builds.
Manifest hashes were previously updated by the parallel session to a
STALE 0.0.2 build (b3a81047 / 37679d29) that never made it live; those
have been overwritten with the actual live hashes now.
On-chain pointer at releases.silentmode.bch unchanged — publishes the
manifest URL, so BCNR clients see the new hashes automatically without
a wallet spend.
PENDING.md updated with the new rollback list.
Three follow-up asks from the previous ship:
1. Shield "secure" colour bumped from #4fd1a5 (mint) to #3fb950 — the
GitHub-style saturated green, matches the +N/-N diff colour the user
pointed at as reference.
2. Engine-picker "Search settings…" now opens the Search section
directly instead of General. New IPC channel `focus-section` fires
from main after picker-open-settings, carried through
settings-preload as `onFocusSection`, and the settings.html sidebar
handler exposes showSection(sec) so any section can be focused
programmatically. Works for both a fresh settings tab (fires on
did-finish-load) and an already-open one (fires immediately).
3. Toggle no longer removes an engine from the list. Two-tier state:
INSTALLED (visible in the Settings list) and ENABLED (toggled on in
the toolbar dropdown). Toggling off keeps the row visible with an
.off class (dimmed 55%). Right-click any row → new context menu with
"Remove from list" is what actually removes an engine (built-ins go
back to the catalog, customs are dropped entirely).
Model changes:
- New settings.installedEngines persistent array (defaults to
DEFAULT_ENABLED). enabledEngines becomes a subset of installedEngines.
- isInstalled(id) helper; allEngines() carries `installed: bool` alongside
`enabled`.
- New IPC `remove-from-list` (right-click action); exposed as
removeFromList in settings-preload.
- set-engine-enabled now also INSTALLS when enabling (the catalog "+ Add"
flow), preserves installed state when disabling.
- add-engine (custom URL) auto-adds the new id to enabledEngines too.
- remove-engine (custom delete) prunes from enabledEngines as well.
- Never-empty invariant kept: enabledEngines falls back to ["duckduckgo"]
if everything gets removed.
Settings UI:
- Enabled list shows all INSTALLED engines (was: only enabled), rendered
with toggle reflecting enabled state; rows carry data-builtin so the
context menu picks the right remove IPC.
- Catalog panel and Discover-more pane filter on !installed instead of
!enabled — a toggled-off engine stays in the enabled list, not here.
- Ctxmenu is a floating .ctxmenu div; closes on outside click / Escape.
- .eng.off dims the row and mutes the name colour.
Preview harness stubs updated to include the `installed` field on every
engine + `removeFromList` and `onFocusSection` no-op stubs so
_settings-preview.html renders the new UI accurately.
Bump to 0.0.2; publish new installer/portable hashes across the download
site (tools + releases pages), releases-manifest.json (Theseus entry only —
Ariadne Resolver/Android entries preserved), and RELEASE-HANDOFF.md.
Artifacts rebuilt reproducibly (SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=1785888000, unsigned).
Setup b3a810472b06273c1cc846adcb84366ad9114276a984bed7347c26f019497c56
Portable 37679d293715b9e1881d38ee7e92a5a7448f3c523a14919637afe732e2478ce1
Captcha-gated testnet faucets in the faucet hub set session cookies with
no SameSite attribute; Chromium defaults those to Lax and withholds them
inside cross-site iframes, so cookie-bound captcha endpoints 500
(tbch.googol.cash /captcha: 500 cookieless, 200 with the session cookie).
applyEmbedCookieShim() rewrites Set-Cookie on an allowlist of embed hosts
to append "; SameSite=None; Secure" so the cookie is frame-eligible.
Allowlist-scoped only — SameSite is CSRF protection, never relaxed globally.
BCDN pages now show https:// in the address bar (was bare 'host/', briefly bns://).
Rationale: BCNR replaces DNS (name resolution), NOT HTTP. Under the hood the
delivery IS HTTPS for s3/ip/p records; the on-chain h record has no transport
at all, but https:// is the least-surprising display. BCDN/ICANN badge is the
sole source-of-truth for which registry served us; scheme stays a convention.
Registry chip is now a proper segmented control:
- Two-chip toggle (collision candidates): single rounded pill, split in half
with a divider — active side filled (acid green for BCDN, blue for ICANN),
inactive side transparent + clickable. Feels like an on/off toggle.
- Single chip (pure ICANN or BCNR-unique TLD): standalone pill in the
registry's colour. No toggle affordance since there's no alternative.
Same acid-glow-green (#d6ff3d) and blue (#4c9eff) as the collision.html prompt
so the whole registry palette is consistent across chrome + interstitial.
Adds a will-prevent-unload handler on each tab. When a page has a beforeunload
handler that returns non-null (typical for forms with unsaved input, in-browser
editors with a dirty document, etc.), Electron would silently cancel any
navigation attempt. Now we show a native two-button dialog — 'Stay on page' /
'Leave anyway' — matching how mainstream browsers behave.
Works for both user-initiated navigation (link clicks) AND our own programmatic
loads (address bar, chip switcher, in-tab collision prompt). Answers the
operator's ask: 'only if there is unsaved work that can be lost, should a
warning appear' (2026-08-02).
Chip switcher now bypasses navigateTab/loadBns entirely and calls loadURL
directly. Rationale: the user explicitly clicked a registry chip; that IS the
choice. Routing through navigateTab -> loadBns was reaching the collision
decision path in some races and could re-show the soft-mode 'Open with...'
prompt as an unwanted extra step. Direct load guarantees the switch is atomic.
Prov is updated inline using entries.get(host) for the BCDN case (source/records/
category), same shape loadBns would have produced. internalNav flag guards the
programmatic load from the will-navigate handler (redirect chains stay clean).
Also: address bar blurs on Enter so the tabs-event handler can update it to
the actual loaded URL (search keyword no longer sticks in the address bar
after search results load).
Rebuild + redeploy of the prior commit (5ef4bba). New hashes live on
dl.silentmode.st + Sia bns/silentmode/:
TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.1.exe
sha256 418e7bbaa08c248cebdf4b9137eaf0351139c2f328fc788bcf5d08888bba2ec3
TheseusNavigator-0.0.1-portable.exe
sha256 93d579639affa6108d9ad80fd0a20eb183fc156b7d954a7acd525ed74d9e1ccf
Two rollback points on the VPS at /opt/silent-mode/dl/_prev/:
208b059a (pre-shield, from earlier today)
036e94c7 (two revisions back)
On-chain pointer at releases.silentmode.bch is unchanged — publishes
the manifest URL so this build is reachable through BCNR without a
wallet spend.
PENDING.md updated with the new rollback list.
Replaces the padlock in the address bar with a heraldic shield outline
that changes colour to communicate the connection state at a glance:
neutral (--dim) home / resolving — no site or pending
secure (#4fd1a5) BCDN chain-verified (kind:"ok") OR https:// clearnet
insecure (#f6768a) nxdomain / resolver error / plain http://
Single-path SVG with fill=currentColor, so state-class CSS toggles the
tint without touching the geometry. The shape matches the reference
image the user provided — flared shoulders at the top, concave flanks
tapering to a sharp bottom point (bounds x:2 y:1.2 w:12 h:13.8 in the
16x16 viewBox).
setBadge() gets one extra branch: for kind:"web" it now inspects
d.url's scheme so plain HTTP shows insecure red instead of the previous
neutral. The legacy .warn class is kept but unused by the standard
states — any lingering caller keeps working (orange).
Green/red match the download-tracker palette so the visual system stays
consistent across the toolbar.
Rebuild + redeploy of the prior commit (4654940). New hashes:
TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.1.exe
sha256 208b059a14c8ddf10cf553e530e77f34129cf8ba999b697da08720ffc3685d22
TheseusNavigator-0.0.1-portable.exe
sha256 bf08976500978dcd0d7305b04cc1480e63da54a24a71253cf4cfd9c910431a89
Verified all runtime-loaded files present in app.asar (downloads.html,
downloads-preload.js, engine-picker.html, popover.html — the trap from
the earlier 6bbccf9c build).
Live on dl.silentmode.st + Sia bns/silentmode/. Manifest date bumped to
2026-08-02. Previous build backed up on the VPS at
/opt/silent-mode/dl/_prev/ so rollback is `cp` away if the new build
misbehaves. On-chain pointer at releases.silentmode.bch is unchanged —
it publishes {"u":"https://dl.silentmode.st/releases-manifest.json"} so
new hashes are reachable through BCNR too, no wallet spend needed.
PENDING.md drained — this session's group is empty now.
Bundle of UX + feature work. Split from packaging by intent so the diff
is reviewable; the next Theseus rebuild ships it.
Features
- Download tracker (new): session.on("will-download") → per-item state
{id, filename, url, mime, total, received, state, savePath, startedAt}
with updated/done event handlers. New downloadsPop WebContentsView
loads downloads.html (new file) + downloads-preload.js (new file);
panel positioned under a new #downloads toolbar button between search
and Tor. Full IPC: downloads-get, toggle/close/resize-downloads,
download-open/show/cancel/clear, downloads-clear-all. In-memory only —
cross-session persistence is a future addition. Button badge shows
active count + spin/done/err color.
- Search engines split by kind + tier:
* kind: "search" | "llm" — separate headers in picker + settings
("Search with" / "Ask an AI"). Empty sections hidden.
* tier: "catalog" | "extra" — Settings now has THREE panes behind the
"+ Add search engine" button: curated catalog, wider discoverable
bank filtered by a live search input, custom URL form.
* DEFAULT_ENABLED unchanged (5 major engines).
* Custom user-added engines carry tier="custom" (never in catalog/extra
panes).
- 9 tier="extra" engines added (all non-login ?q=): Marginalia, Stract,
Yep, Presearch, MetaGer, Qwant, Swisscows, Naver, Baidu. Same rot rule
as LLMs: if one starts bouncing to a login gate, drop it.
Bug fixes
- Loadbar collapses to 0px when idle (was reserving a permanent 2px
strip below the address bar). .loadbar {height:0} + .loadbar.on
{height:2px} + 120ms transition.
- Native <select> popup theme sync via :root { color-scheme: dark } +
@media(prefers-color-scheme: light). nativeTheme.themeSource already
drives prefers-color-scheme, so the OS popup color follows the app
theme automatically (fixed light popup on dark app / vice versa).
- .ctl layout flipped to flex-direction: row with flex-wrap so
anti-fingerprint mode + value fields fit side-by-side.
Settings restructure
- General section: Startup group at the top ("Open previous windows and
tabs" toggle), then Appearance below with three visual THEME CARDS
(System / Light / Dark) — small mock-browser previews per theme,
Firefox-style, active card gets a blue ring. System pipes through to
nativeTheme.themeSource = "system".
- Search promoted to a top-level sidebar item between General and
Naming. Search-engine controls moved out of General into Search.
- Search section: enabled list shows only enabled engines, grouped by
kind, drag-reorder within a kind. "+ Add search engine" opens the
catalog/extras/custom-URL panel.
Search engine catalog trims (already flagged in prior work)
- Removed ChatGPT / Claude / You.com (login-gated ?q=).
- Removed SearXNG (federated; every single-instance default rots).
Docs
- TheseusNavigator/PENDING.md and GOTCHAS.md born with this work
(see the HANDOFF.md commit for the convention).
- PENDING.md's own "session: 2026-08-02:theseus-ux-polish" group will be
emptied after this ship lands.
Preview harness
- _preview.html + _settings-preview.html stubs updated with kind + tier
+ downloads seed + tier="extra" samples so the preview reflects reality.
Both files are gitignored — local only.
Coordination
- Parallel session's collision-policy work (chrome.html registry chips,
popover switcher, Naming section, in-tab collision prompt) already
landed in commits 256079d/42b340f/b0d6375/78dddda. This commit adds
cleanly on top.
Two related bugs both caused by the tab's will-navigate handler racing with
programmatic loads:
Bug A (chip switch BCDN -> ICANN shows blank page, BCDN-priority mode):
fallbackToWeb() calls webContents.loadURL('https://<host>/') to serve the
ICANN version. That fired will-navigate, which saw a dotted host, ran
isBnsHost() -> true, and RE-INVOKED navigateTab() recursively — but the
transient='icann' override had already been consumed, so the recursive call
fell back to bcnr-first, canceling the fallback mid-flight. Tab showed blank
because both loads collided.
Fix: mark programmatic loads with t.internalNav so will-navigate skips them.
Bug B ('Ask each time' -> Open BCDN doesn't load):
Was going through a meta-refresh from bns://collision-choose/ to
bns://<host>/?_collision=bcnr. The meta-refresh bypassed navigateTab, so the
chrome/prov state was never updated (address bar, badges stayed stale).
Fix: will-navigate now catches bns://collision-choose/ FIRST, applies the
remember flag, sets t.collisionOverride, and routes via navigateTab so
chrome + prov update correctly.
Removed the serveBns collision-choose handler + the ?_collision URL-param
path in loadBns (both dead now that will-navigate handles it).
Result:
- Soft-mode 'Open with...' -> Open BCDN loads the BCDN site cleanly.
- Chip switcher flips BCDN <-> ICANN with no blank flash, correct chrome.
Three UX fixes based on operator feedback (2026-08-02):
1) 'Open with…' is now a FULL-PAGE in-tab interstitial (was a modal window).
- loadBns loads collision.html via loadFile with query params instead of
opening a BrowserWindow.
- collision.html is navigation-based: buttons redirect to a special
bns://collision-choose/?host=…&choice=…&remember=…&resturl=… URL.
- serveBns handles that URL: persists remember=name/tld choice, then returns
a meta-refresh to the real target. For BCDN it appends ?_collision=bcnr
one-shot marker; for ICANN it redirects to https://<host><path>.
- loadBns strips and honors the ?_collision one-shot marker so BCDN
redirects don't re-trigger the prompt.
- Old modal path (collisionPromptOnce) removed.
2) Auto-switch from the address-bar chip: clicking BCDN/ICANN chip sets a
transient per-tab collisionOverride that loadBns consumes ONCE for this
navigation only, bypassing the soft-mode prompt entirely.
3) Address-bar toggle: chips stay visible during 'resolving' (no more
flash-and-reappear); active chip is colored (acid green for BCDN, blue for
ICANN — matching collision.html's palette); inactive is greyed with border,
clickable to switch. Feels like a proper toggle.
Settings > Registries copy: operator's exact wording adopted (title stays
'Registries', body uses 'BCNR-unique' term for TLDs that only exist on BCNR).
Terminology (user-facing labels now match the product/registry distinction):
- BCDN = Bitcoin Cash Domain Names (the product — what you view)
- BCNR = Bitcoin Cash Name Registry (the on-chain system that backs it)
Chrome badge, popover, Settings section and 'Open with…' prompt all show BCDN
for a resolved name. BCNR stays only where the registry itself is the subject.
'Open with…' prompt (collision.html):
- Larger window (640x520, was 480x340)
- Radio-select pattern with explicit Open / Cancel buttons (was auto-fire on click)
- Enter = Open, Esc = Cancel, keyboard-first
- Body copy per operator spec (no product-name-in-parens; blockchain-generic)
- Card titles kept short: 'BCNR / BCDN' + 'ICANN / IANA'
Address-bar chip:
- Says BCDN (not BCNR) for on-chain names; ICANN for web
- Dropped the '·.tld' suffix — TLD is already in the URL bar
- On collision candidates: shows BOTH chips (BCDN | ICANN) with active
highlighted; clicking the inactive one flips the tab (via collision-switch)
Settings section renamed Naming → Registries. Copy rewritten in the same
BCDN/BCNR frame; policy labels are now 'BCDN first' / 'ICANN first' / 'Ask
each time'.
Passive 'also on BCNR' bar copy updated to BCDN.
Verified: all preload/settings/main/chrome JS + HTML parse; no secrets in
staging.
Theseus soft-mode UX: 'Open with...' modal on collision, per-name/per-TLD
overrides, live per-tab switcher in the site-info popover, and a Naming section
in Settings for policy + reset. Backed by an on-chain root TLD certificate
(tlds.bch) that resolver-web.js discovers via fetchBcnrTlds()/isBcnrNativeTld().
Companion pieces:
- Argus/src/indexer/ELECTRUM-SOURCE-README.md — the featherweight VPS variant
(no BCHN node, no Fulcrum) now live as bns-indexer.service.
- Argus/DESIGN-root-tld-cert.md — clarified: NOT a governance workflow, just
ordinary key management (single wallet MVP -> 2-of-3 multisig). List gates
registration / surgical NRPT / soft-mode classifier — never resolution.
- ROADMAP-IDEAS.md — recorded SiaGit/GitHub.sia + user-friendly Sia UI ideas.
Full spec: Argus/DESIGN-collision-modes.md (already tracked).
Site manifest and download pages point at the rebuilt resolver:
AriadneResolver-Setup-0.1.0.exe
sha256 cb9e8ea0dcffaa60607ff1781e160199956dcf2d7dd69cd13986aba75fcf0fb1
Bumps release date to 2026-08-01. This build is the one that carries the
EDNS OPT-echo fix from the prior commit into what dl.silentmode.st
serves; users on the daemon should stop seeing "Server Not Found" for
normal ICANN names in Firefox / anything using getaddrinfo.
TheseusNavigator/package.json: adds engine-picker.html,
engine-picker-preload.js, popover.html, popover-preload.js to the
electron-builder `files` array. Because that list is explicit,
electron-builder shipped only what was listed, so in the packaged 0.0.1
build the WebContentsView created for the search-engine dropdown loaded
a nonexistent file and rendered blank -- visually identical to "the
button does nothing". `npm start` worked because dev reads from the
source tree. Fix restores the picker; needs a Theseus rebuild + redeploy
to reach users, then TheseusNavigator-Setup-0.0.1.exe's SHA-256 has to
be re-published here.
Ariadne hash still needs to be published on-chain to
releases.silentmode.bch (wallet spend, user's action).
Dropped the OpenSearch "+" item from the engine dropdown and the per-page
OpenSearch scan that fed it (it ran a fetch on every page load). Users add
engines via Settings instead.
- Address-bar security badge + popover lock redesigned to match Firefox's
padlock (shackle + rounded body + keyhole).
- Added AI/LLM answer engines to the catalog: ChatGPT, Claude, Phind, You.com
(Perplexity already present) — all accept a URL query. Off by default; enable
in Settings.
- Favicons now load from DuckDuckGo's icon service (one privacy-respecting host,
returns an icon for ANY domain) instead of guessing /favicon.ico per site,
which failed for several engines and fell back to emoji. Verified loading.
The search box's dropdown button now displays the current engine's favicon
(emoji fallback) + a caret, instead of a generic magnifier — and updates when
the engine changes.
Parallel session was right — the previously-shipped f94834b5 pre-dated:
1. the ASCII em-dash sweep in setup/install.ps1 (Inno's [Run] uses
powershell.exe / PS 5.1; em-dashes in the file crashed the parser
under UAC, so the installer copied files but never registered the
scheduled task or NRPT rule)
2. the multi-TLD NRPT expansion (added .p2p .bit .nav alongside .bch)
3. the VPS-primary electrum server list — resolver-web.js now dials
wss://coinspectrum.duckdns.org:50011 first (Silent Mode's own
BCHN-backed BNS-only indexer), public servers as fallback
Result: a real user installing 3438d558 on a fresh Windows box now gets
a working system-wide resolver with no manual steps.
Deployed to dl.silentmode.st and mirrored to Sia bns/silentmode/.
Each engine row in Settings has a drag handle (⠿) and is draggable; dropping
onto another row reorders and persists via setEngineOrder, driving the
toolbar dropdown order. Visual drag/over states included.
- Search engines can be reordered (▲/▼ per row); order persists in
settings.engineOrder and drives the toolbar dropdown order.
- Manual anti-fingerprinting values are now dropdown-or-type (datalist):
timezone (common IANA zones), language (common locales), and a city picker
for location that fills exact lat/lon — each still accepts free typing.
- Privacy fix: enumerateDevices() leaked speaker (audiooutput) labels + device/
group IDs even with camera/mic blocked. New "Hide media devices" (default on)
blanks every device's label/deviceId/groupId and collapses to one per kind,
matching Firefox — closes the WebRTC device-fingerprinting leak.
- Anti-fingerprinting moved into the Privacy section (own sidebar item removed).
- Location spoof: pick a world region (Europe/Asia/N&S America/Africa/Middle
East/Australia) → representative coordinates, or Manual for exact lat/lon.
- Language spoof: pick from the top-10 world languages, or Manual for any locale.
- Custom engine dropdown as a floating overlay view (engine-picker.html) that
renders REAL favicons per engine — a native <select> can't show images.
- Larger catalog (DuckDuckGo/Google/Brave/Bing/Startpage/Yandex/Ecosia/Mojeek/
SearXNG/Wikipedia/Perplexity); Settings has a favicon checklist to choose
which appear in the dropdown (enabledEngines), plus manual add/remove.
- OpenSearch "scan": pages advertising a search engine surface an
"Add <site>'s search" entry in the dropdown.
- Toolbar search box now just a magnifier button that opens the dropdown
(no per-engine icon in the bar).
- Each search engine shows a symbol in the toolbar dropdown, the placeholder,
and Settings (🦆 DuckDuckGo, 🦁 Brave, 🔵 Google, 🔎 Bing, 🛡️ Startpage,
🔴 Yandex); custom engines take an optional symbol (defaults to 🔍).
- Fix: light-theme @media blocks for settings/popover/home were placed before
the base rules and lost the cascade (sidebar stayed dark) — moved them last.
- Light/dark/system theme (Settings > General) via nativeTheme.themeSource
driving prefers-color-scheme across chrome, settings, popover, and home.
- Search box redesigned: a magnifier icon opens the engine dropdown, the rest
is a wider typing field; styled to match the browser (was a raw <select>).
- Trimmed built-in engines to DuckDuckGo/Google/Brave/Bing/Startpage/Yandex;
custom engines still add/remove via "Add / edit engines…".
- WebRTC: the "WebRTC Network Limiter" extension can't run in Electron
(chrome.privacy API is unavailable), so its function is now a native
4-mode WebRTC IP policy in Settings > Privacy.
- Address-bar placeholder: "Ask a search engine or enter web address".
- Security popover redesigned to resemble Firefox's site-info panel:
lock/shield hero, "Connection secure" status, host, plain-language
subtitle, and a details grid; the overlay view auto-sizes to content.
- Search-engine picker returned to the toolbar with an "Add / edit engines…"
entry that opens Settings; added Ecosia, Mojeek, Presearch.
- Custom search engines: add (name + URL template with %s) / remove in
Settings > General; used by address-bar search.
- Address-bar placeholder: "Ask a search engine or enter web address".
- Performance: cache the chain index (was rebuilt on every navigation) and
warm it at startup — .bch pages open near-instantly after the first.
- Loading indicator: indeterminate bar under the toolbar, per-tab spinner,
and reload⇄stop button (driven by did-start/stop-loading + BNS resolve).
- Chrome cleanup: removed the bottom status bar and the redundant search
box; security padlock now always present at the front of the address bar;
minimal ICANN/BCNR pill at the end; favorites bar shows only on new-tab.
- Search: added Yandex; engine picker moved into Settings > General.
- Settings redesigned with a left sidebar (General / Performance / Privacy /
Anti-fingerprinting). Anti-fingerprinting now Show/Hide/Spoof/Manual for
timezone, language, AND location (geolocation coords overridden in-page).
Theseus Navigator:
- Firefox-style toolbar: SVG back/fwd/reload/home buttons
- security padlock badge in the address bar opens a floating site-info
overlay VIEW (on top of the page, never pushes content down)
- Edge-style favorites bar (shown only on the new-tab/home page)
- search-engine picker (DuckDuckGo/Google/Bing/Brave/Startpage)
- Theseus logo moved right, opens Settings; native menu removed
- address bar doubles as search; bottom resolver status line
Argus:
- BNS-only indexer: an electrum endpoint over a bare BCHN node
(watches just the beacon, caches txs so no txindex needed) + test
- registry lifecycle / portfolio / name-index modules
Site restructure (nav/apps/store/hermes/choose) + runbook notes.
