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Changelog

The public history of this strange little operating system.

2026-09-07

Version 0.14 · Native app layouts inform the desktop

  • Direct local inspections inform App Store, Photos, and Safari geometry
  • App Store gains inset navigation and compact product metadata
  • Photos uses an image-only library and a full-pane viewer with zoom
  • Safari favorites use compact tiles and a quiet Start Page
  • Terminal follows the supplied native screenshot with a compact 80×24 grid and block cursor
2026-09-07

Version 0.13 · A cleaner, more consistent desktop

  • Dark application materials and Chroma Red wallpaper unify the desktop
  • View owns window commands; Help keeps Start Here, Search, and Privacy
  • Minimized windows retain their content and keyboard focus follows the active app
  • Notes handoffs and the Photos keyboard viewer work consistently
  • Unfinished content placeholders are hidden while destinations are finalized
  • All sliders use the shared Gooey Move treatment
2026-09-06

Version 0.12 · One consistent desktop appearance

  • Reduced Transparency and Increased Contrast options and OS overrides are removed
  • View remains available with a disabled placeholder; keyboard navigation is preserved
  • Legacy appearance flags are ignored and removed from saved preferences
  • The desktop retains its dark glass chrome, fixed light app content, and standard animation timing
  • Date and time have clearer separation; dropdown labels leave more room for checkmarks
2026-09-05

Version 0.11 · Glass chrome and simpler motion controls

  • Dark Liquid Glass chrome and Skiper UI Dock labels refine the desktop
  • Reduce Motion is removed from menus and saved preferences
  • Window transitions and tooltip animations use their standard timing regardless of system motion preferences
  • Reduced Transparency, Increased Contrast, and keyboard controls remain available
2026-09-04

Version 0.10 · A simpler desktop with custom Dock artwork

  • Settings is archived, leaving seven visible apps with Photos as the photography home
  • The desktop uses a fixed light appearance while retaining accessibility preferences
  • All seven Dock icons use static exports of Ameya's Figma artwork, including the refreshed Terminal design
  • Shader appearance is baked into the images; Dock magnification and window actions remain intact
Window motion

Version 0.9 · Minimize and restore gain spatial continuity

  • Windows scale toward the owning application's live Dock icon instead of the viewport bottom
  • Dock restoration reverses the same rigid spatial path
  • Lifecycle state commits when motion completes rather than after a guessed timeout
  • Site and operating-system Reduced Motion preferences bypass or safely finish the transition
Control Center fidelity

Version 0.8 · System controls consolidate into one truthful surface

  • Displace-informed Control Center geometry with network and Dark Mode tiles
  • Portfolio display brightness and interface volume share compact native-style slider cards
  • The menu-bar clock colon blinks while respecting Reduce Motion
  • Browser connectivity remains descriptive and never claims to control device Wi-Fi
Photos architecture

Version 0.7 · Photography regains its canonical home

  • Photos joins the locked Dock as the eighth application
  • The approved 18-image portfolio becomes a filterable library with a keyboard-accessible viewer
  • Safari, Spotlight, Terminal, and direct routes hand off to the same Photos state
  • Finder now owns the idle desktop application context without opening a window
Window management

Version 0.6 · Windows gain a reversible frame

  • Functional maximize and restore controls across all seven applications
  • Dock-safe full-work-area geometry benchmarked against Displace
  • Saved normal frames survive minimize and Dock restoration
  • Title-bar double-click and menu commands restore the default frame
Tahoe corrective pass

Version 0.5 · Fidelity becomes a tested contract

  • macOS Tahoe 26.6.1 locked as the stable public benchmark
  • Correct active-window promotion and command-owned transient state
  • Transparent menu bar with complete accessibility material variants
  • Honest unavailable controls, contained focus, and appearance-aware Dock states
Menu bar fidelity

Version 0.4 · The chrome becomes a command surface

  • Shared macOS-style application menus with keyboard navigation
  • App-aware File, Edit, Go, Window, and Help commands
  • Persistent interface volume with mute restoration
  • Truthful browser connectivity and preference controls
Interaction fidelity

Version 0.3 · Selection becomes direct

  • Native-style marquee selection on blank desktop space
  • Finder icon multi-selection with macOS activation behavior
  • Command and Shift modifiers with keyboard parity
  • Accessible active, inactive, dark, transparency, and contrast states
Phase 2

Version 0.2 · The desktop becomes navigable

  • Spotlight-style global search
  • Direct semantic routes
  • Window-position and preference persistence
  • Cross-app handoffs
  • Expanded accessibility behaviors
  • App Store release notes
Phase 1

Version 0.1 · The seven-app shell

  • Empty macOS-inspired desktop
  • Locked seven-app dock
  • Résumé-shaped Finder
  • Initial Notes, App Store, Safari, Terminal, Mail, and Settings

Interface credits

Dock tooltips adapted from Skiper UI’s Custom Tooltip by gxuri.