Rename and consolidate portable user-data to usr/user-data and update tooling and runtime to match. Updated appdir-example/run-nebula.sh to point at usr/user-data; make-appdir.sh and update-appdir.sh now patch/copy the launcher, create the usr/user-data directory and set secure permissions (mkdir -p, chmod 700), and remove sed backups. portable-data.js now defaults to app-local user-data and prefers <AppDir>/usr/user-data on Linux AppDir builds (with safe fs checks). Also minor UI change in renderer/setup.css to make the footer background transparent and disable the backdrop blur.
Enhanced zoom target selection to better support parent windows in desktop mode and improved menu popup zoom refresh. Updated setup.css to refine layout, scrolling, and visual effects, including better handling for small screen heights and improved sticky footer appearance.
Adds explicit AppUserModelID for Windows, robust single-instance and protocol URL handling, and protocol registration for http/https in package.json. Enhances default browser logic to handle OS-specific requirements, provides user feedback in the setup UI, and allows opening system settings for default browser selection. Updates preload and renderer logic to support these changes.
Introduces a multi-step onboarding process for first-time users, including theme selection and default browser setup. Adds setup.html, setup.js, and setup.css for the new UI, updates main.js and preload.js to support onboarding logic and IPC handlers, and adjusts theme-manager.js for correct theme directory resolution.
Introduces a BrowserView-based tab management system for desktop mode, replacing webview elements for tab content. Adds IPC handlers and state management for creating, activating, destroying, and communicating with BrowserViews. Implements an overlay menu popup window for tab actions and zoom controls. Updates renderer UI to use a dedicated view host container, and refactors tab creation and navigation logic to use BrowserViews. Improves focus styling in CSS and updates preload and IPC messaging to support BrowserView contexts.
Enhanced directional navigation logic to prioritize active tab panel content when moving from tab links, improving keyboard and controller accessibility. Added robust D-pad detection for gamepads, supporting both button and axis-based D-pads for broader controller compatibility. Updated settings tab logic to allow ArrowDown/ArrowRight to move focus from tabs to the active panel, with global fallback for improved accessibility.
Introduces UI buttons for adding bookmarks and current page bookmarks in bigpicture.html. Implements bookmark creation, editing, and saving logic in bigpicture.js, including OSK integration for bookmark input, persistent storage support, and improved rendering of bookmark tiles.
Implemented search history tracking and display using localStorage, with options to clear history from the settings page. Replaced the display scale slider with interactive zoom controls and preset buttons, applying zoom changes immediately. Updated styles and HTML structure to support these new features.
Refactors tab history management to prevent duplicate entries and ensure correct navigation for internal nebula:// pages. Updates back/forward navigation to use custom history tracking, properly converting between home and webview tabs, and disables navigation buttons based on history state instead of webview methods.
Adds an onerror handler to tab favicon images to hide them if the favicon fails to load, improving the appearance of tabs with missing or broken favicon URLs.
Revamps the 404.html page with a modern dark-themed design, enhanced layout, and improved messaging. Adds responsive styles, a prominent error icon, clearer action buttons, and displays the attempted URL. Refactors JavaScript for better navigation handling and integration with Electron or parent window messaging.
Replaces all occurrences of the 'browser://' internal URL scheme with 'nebula://' across main process, plugin manager, and renderer files. This change standardizes the internal page scheme to 'nebula://' for improved clarity and branding.
Revamps the settings page with improved layout, modernized CSS, and enhanced accessibility, including new layout helpers, better grouping, and consistent styling. Updates Electron from v39.2.7 to v40.0.0 in dependencies. Adds dynamic theme application to the settings page, ensuring user-selected themes are reflected immediately.
Revamps the Electron update section in settings with a new UI, status banner, and clearer messaging. The updater logic is now only available in development mode; the main process disables update attempts in packaged builds. Updates to the renderer and main process ensure users on Steam or packaged builds are informed that updates are handled externally, while developers can check and install Electron updates during development.
Removed unconditional CSS zoom call that was causing zoom to be applied
twice (Electron zoom + CSS zoom), resulting in squared scaling values.
Now correctly uses Electron zoom as primary with CSS as fallback only.
Portable mode now works on Windows, macOS, and Linux, storing user data in a 'user-data' folder within the app directory by default. The mode is enabled by default and can be disabled via NEBULA_PORTABLE=0. All file operations for history and search data now respect portable mode, using secure file writes where appropriate. Updated .gitignore and package.json to exclude portable data from versioning and packaging. Also fixed Bing icon filename case in home.html.
Adds a frameless window with custom title bar controls for Windows, including minimize, maximize/restore, and close buttons. Refactors theme color application to use CSS variables and color-mix for improved consistency and dynamic theming across home, settings, and main UI. Updates renderer and styles to support the new title bar, platform detection, and improved color handling. No changes to lock files.
Introduces a Steam Input bridge using steamworks.js, enabling native controller support in Big Picture Mode and on Steam Deck. Adds a new steam-input-manager.js module, integrates IPC handlers in main.js, exposes a steamInputAPI in preload.js, and updates bigpicture.js to use Steam Input when available with fallback to legacy Gamepad API. Updates dependencies and scripts in package.json for Steam Deck and Big Picture profiles.
Revamps the settings section in Big Picture mode with a tabbed interface for Themes, Display, Privacy, and About panels. Adds theme selection with live preview and persistence, display scale adjustment, privacy controls for clearing data/history/search, and an About panel showing app and environment info. Updates main process to handle theme and display scale changes, and implements corresponding renderer logic and styles.
Introduces CSS and JavaScript to normalize scroll speed across all sites by intercepting wheel events and applying a consistent scroll delta. The normalization is injected into webviews on load to ensure uniform scrolling behavior regardless of site-specific overrides.
Introduces clear and refresh buttons for browsing history, enables favicon display for history, bookmarks, and recent sites, and improves history storage with IPC support and localStorage fallback. Also updates styles for action buttons and favicons, and adds gamepad navigation for browser history.
Adds native input event injection for webviews via IPC, improves the on-screen keyboard (OSK) UI with a blinking cursor and label, and enables seamless text entry into webview input fields. Also refines virtual cursor click handling for better compatibility with complex sites and video players.
Implements a sidebar hidden state and toggle functionality for fullscreen webview mode, including new CSS for sidebar transitions and a menu hint. Updates gamepad input handling to allow toggling the sidebar and scrolling in webview mode, and restricts focusable elements to the sidebar and header when browsing. Improves user experience when navigating and interacting with web content in fullscreen.
Introduces a new Big Picture Mode with a controller-friendly, console-style UI optimized for Steam Deck and handheld devices. Adds new renderer files (HTML, CSS, JS) for the mode, updates main and preload scripts to support window management and IPC for Big Picture Mode, and documents features and usage in BIG_PICTURE_MODE.md. Updates settings and navigation to allow launching and exiting Big Picture Mode.
Integrates electron-updater for automatic app updates, including IPC and renderer APIs for update status and controls. Adds display scale (zoom) setting to settings UI, persists user preference in localStorage, and applies it on startup. Updates OAuth popup allowlist logic and upgrades Electron to v39.2.7.
Introduces new color properties for the URL bar and tab strip in all themes, updates the theme system and CSS to support these, and ensures the renderer applies the correct colors to the main UI. This allows each theme to fully customize the appearance of the URL bar and tabs for a more cohesive look.
Introduces an Electron upgrade section in settings, allowing users to check for and upgrade to the latest stable or nightly Electron versions. Implements backend logic to read the installed Electron version directly from package.json, properly handles switching between stable and nightly builds, and improves error handling and UI feedback during upgrade operations. Includes documentation of the upgrade process and bug fixes related to version display and upgrade reliability.
Window.open and <webview> popups are now intercepted and routed into new tabs, except for OAuth/SSO flows (Google, Microsoft, etc.) which are allowed to open real popups to preserve authentication semantics. Renderer logic is updated to handle 'open-url-new-tab' IPC events and consistently open external http(s) links in tabs, improving user experience and security.
Introduces an insecure.html interstitial page that warns users before navigating to unencrypted HTTP sites, except for localhost and previously bypassed hosts. Updates script.js to intercept HTTP navigations, display the warning, and allow session-based bypasses when the user chooses to proceed.
Integrates post-download malware scanning using Windows Defender on Windows platforms. Adds scan status tracking, rescan and delete actions for infected files, and updates the downloads UI to display scan results and actions. Non-Windows platforms show scan as unavailable.
Removed the Nebot chat plugin and its files, and added the Return YouTube Dislike plugin with main process logic, renderer preload, and manifest. Updated plugin manager and main process to support internal plugin pages and improved plugin event handling. Minor updates to renderer and documentation.
Introduces optional 'categories' and 'authors' fields to plugin manifests, updates plugin-manager.js to normalize and expose these fields, and enhances the settings UI to display plugin tags and authors. Also updates documentation and an example plugin manifest to demonstrate the new fields.
Introduces a plugin architecture, including a PluginManager, plugin loading in main and renderer processes, and a sample plugin demonstrating menu, IPC, and context menu contributions. Adds a Plugins tab to the settings UI for managing plugins (enable/disable, reload), and updates preload.js to load renderer preloads from plugins. Documentation for plugin development is included in README-PLUGINS.md.
Implements a full downloads manager with Electron main process handling, IPC APIs, and renderer integration. Adds a dedicated downloads page, a mini downloads popup in the navigation bar with progress ring, and controls for pausing, resuming, canceling, opening, and showing downloads. Updates styles and navigation to support the new downloads features.
Significantly updates renderer/style.css to introduce a modern, glassy chrome look with gradients, blur, and accent colors. Adds accessible focus rings, improved button and tab styles, and enhanced visual contrast when the Home view is active. Also increases the overlay z-index in home.css to ensure popups appear above other UI elements. Updates site-history.json with recent YouTube URLs.
Introduces checkboxes in the edit toolbar to toggle visibility of the greeting, bookmarks, and 'At A Glance' widgets, persisting user preferences in localStorage. Refactors the search bar and search engine selector for a unified, glassy pill appearance and improved responsiveness. The clock now displays hours and minutes only, updating precisely at the start of each minute. Draggable elements are clamped to remain within the viewport, and visibility changes are applied immediately and on save/cancel.
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