Fixed on the server: the keepalive sweep no longer drops every live socket within a minute; Booth strips and paintings fit through the board socket; a note can only be edited or deleted by its author; malformed requests and junk frames no longer take the process down, and the last saves survive a deploy
Fixed in the shell: Stack starts properly from Space or the pad, Sequence plays by touch, and a game takes the arrow keys only while it runs; Back and Forward keep an open document alive; a bad link shows Not found; the camera stops when Photo booth closes; the Animations switch and the 12-hour clock are honoured everywhere
Faster: an app’s module loads when its window opens, not on every page; folder thumbnails no longer fetch the full heroes; static files answer 304; the latest post never waits on X; every dot glyph is one path, not a circle per dot
Seven small moments: the weather glyph does the weather; a folder’s icon holds while its documents snap onto the grid; menu items flash three times; phone tiles press in and sheets drop back down; Start rolls up the shutter and the final score ticks up; the flip counter clatters into place and ticks for a real visitor; notes stamp down on the board
Tidied: reduced motion matches the Animations switch for every animation; Settings and Bob fill a phone screen; dead rules, stale comments and duplicate lists are gone; npm test boots a private server and checks every route, API and room
1.98 Sept 2026
On phones ByeOS is a home screen: a status bar, the weather, clock and visitor counter as widgets, app tiles, folders and a dock
Every app opens as a full-screen sheet with a close box top-left; the bar at the bottom takes you home
The old tab bar is gone; a folder opens in icon view on a phone
1.88 Sept 2026
An Apps folder holds Photos, Photo booth, Loop, Paint and Bob; the desktop is calmer
New notes on the message board pop up top-right for everyone on the site, and the board icon shows how many people are in there
The board refuses profanity, links and keyboard mashing
Widgets tile into columns without gaps; the visitor counter is outlined dots, not solid; the champion widget is this week’s top scores
Pong online, plain name, no badge
1.78 Sept 2026
Paint: a one-bit canvas with pencil, brush, spray, eraser, shapes, fill patterns and a bucket; download or pin to the board
Pong online: matched live with whoever is around, or a ghost; first to seven
A split-flap all-time visitor counter and a Champion widget on the desktop
Badges: Pong is marked Online in the Games folder, Portfolio is marked New
1.68 Sept 2026
Close boxes moved to the left of every title bar
Photos is an app: a Recents grid, not a folder
Bob is a chat: bubbles, a typing indicator, quick questions
Every game window carries a Pocket pad card with a QR code; scan it and your phone joins
The clock widget shows only the visitor’s city, and nothing extra if that is San Francisco
Widgets flow into two or three columns on short windows; the status line moved bottom-left
Settings opens at a sensible height
1.58 Sept 2026
Neon: a setting that breaks the grayscale rule with fluorescent everything
Photo booth: your camera in one bit, a four-frame strip to download or pin to the board
Loop: a sixteen-step music machine with drums, bass, a lead with delay and a chord pad; share loops by link or pin them to the board
Bob: an AI, allegedly
Pocket pad: your phone as a controller for the games, paired with a four-digit code