Theseus Navigator — Silent Mode's Electron browser with the Ariadne resolver built in.
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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.
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| BROWSER-PROMPT.md | ||
| chrome.html | ||
| collision-preload.js | ||
| collision.html | ||
| engine-picker-preload.js | ||
| engine-picker.html | ||
| home.html | ||
| main.js | ||
| package-lock.json | ||
| package.json | ||
| PACKAGING-PROMPT.md | ||
| popover-preload.js | ||
| popover.html | ||
| preload.js | ||
| README.md | ||
| RELEASE-HANDOFF.md | ||
| settings-preload.js | ||
| settings.html | ||
Theseus Navigator
The browser — the consumer face of the stack. Native .bch support with the
resolver built in, so a user installs one app instead of modifying their
operating system. Named for the thread through the labyrinth: the chain is the
thread.
Scope
- Electron shell (Chromium engine, no forking): tabs, address bar, history.
- In-process
.bchresolution — no system daemon, no NRPT, no OS trust-store changes; reusesbns.jsfrom the BNS repo as a library. - Record handling:
hrender,ipconnect,p/s3via in-app gateway,uredirect. - TLS via cert-verify hook (Electron
setCertificateVerifyProc) against the BNS root / on-chaintlsfingerprints — no OS store touched. - Provenance indicator: shows whether a page came from the chain / Sia / a direct server, with NFT category and record type — the decentralized padlock.
Status: not started
Build it in its own session/repo. The ready-to-paste brief is
BROWSER-PROMPT.md (a reference copy in this folder; canonical source is
D:\Dev\NameCoin\BROWSER-PROMPT.md — if they diverge, NameCoin wins). It points
here and reuses the resolver core. theseus.bch is registered and should
eventually serve the browser's own homepage over the protocol it implements.
Roadmap
BUILD-ROADMAP.md Stage 5.