Introduce a Big Picture mode and support building two app targets. CMakeLists was refactored to add a helper (add_nebula_app_target) and now registers NebulaBrowser and NebulaBigPicture executables, moving UI/assets post-build copying into the helper. A new app/main_bigpicture.cpp entry was added and RunNebula now accepts LaunchOptions (AppMode) with a new LaunchOptions struct. NebulaController was extended heavily to manage a BigPicture browser role: creation, enter/exit mode, layout logic, cursor injection/removal, remote input handlers (mouse move/click/wheel/text), and state syncing. Cef/browser_client updated for the new BigPicture role and message filtering. Platform API gained MoveCursorToBrowserPoint with platform stubs/Win implementation. Big-picture UI files (CSS/JS/HTML) were also updated to support the new mode.
Call CloseBrowser(true) for chrome, popup and tab browsers to force shutdown. Immediately destroy the top-level window and call MaybeFinishShutdown() to avoid hangs when WM_CLOSE is not resent by Alloy child-window paths. Route "close" and new "exit-bigpicture" chrome commands through OnWindowCloseRequested so they trigger the same shutdown flow. Add IsBigPictureFrame and permit the "exit-bigpicture" process message from bigpicture internal frames.
Track menu popup visibility and propagate zoom level to the popup. Add menu_popup_visible_ flag, SendMenuPopupZoom(), and call it when creating/showing the popup and when adjusting zoom. Make CreateNewTab accept an optional URL and route popup/new-tab flows to it. Prevent per-tab child closes from triggering app shutdown by tracking closing_tab_browsers_ and adding ForgetClosingTabBrowser(). Treat MenuPopup role specially when enabling frame hit-testing.
Platform: remove usage of ApplyRoundedBrowserRegion and switch menu popup sizing to use resized client_size helpers (consolidate calculations across Win/Mac/Linux). UI: update menu-popup CSS/JS (new styling, font, zoom formatting API via NebulaMenuPopup.setZoomLevel), wire settings to use nebulaNative.postMessage for new-tab, and remove the static menu-popup.html. Misc: small chrome CSS/JS tweaks and ensure chrome state includes zoomLevel.
Introduce a cross-platform platform layer and port scaffolding for macOS and Linux. CMakeLists.txt refactored to select platform sources, set executable type per OS, and use CEF helper macros for runtime deployment. Add platform/types.h, startup/paths/browser_host APIs and implementations for Windows, macOS, and Linux (many are stubs for mac/linux). Refactor app entry and lifetime to use nebula::platform::AppStartup (app/main, run.{h,cpp}), move window/browser host logic into platform/browser_host.*, and update NebulaController to use platform APIs (native handles, sizing, visibility, cache-busting token, etc.). Add README and detailed docs/cross-platform.md describing build layout and porting status.
Introduce core application structure and browser management: add NebulaController and run entry (src/app/*) to centralize window, tab and CEF lifecycle logic; implement TabManager and NebulaTab (src/browser/*) for tab creation, navigation and state tracking; add URL utilities (NormalizeNavigationInput, JsonEscape) and CEF browser client glue (src/cef/browser_client.cpp/.h) to forward chrome commands and content events. Update app/main.cpp to delegate startup to nebula::app::RunNebula. Add UI assets (chrome.html, chrome.css, chrome.js, lucide, menu-popup updates) and remove obsolete nebot.html. Update CMakeLists to include new sources, add ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src to includes and link dwmapi on Windows. Overall this refactors startup and splits responsibilities for cleaner tab and browser lifecycle handling.
Add initial Nebula Browser project skeleton: CMakeLists to configure and link CEF (including post-build steps to copy runtime and UI files), a Windows CEF-based entry (app/main.cpp) that initializes CEF and loads the bundled UI, and a full ui/ and assets/ tree (HTML, CSS, JS, fonts, icons, and branding images). Update .gitignore to ignore build/out, thirdparty/cef, IDE and common OS artifacts.
Updated project status and description in README.md to reflect that development is paused and the project is in a dormant state. Added a section clarifying the implications of this status and maintained the licensing information.
Andrew Zambazos