Release Notes

⚡ Performance Improvements
• Optimized bookmark and folder editing to avoid unnecessary full grid rerenders.
• Metadata-only updates (such as renaming bookmarks or folders, or changing folder icons) now update instantly without rebuilding the entire grid.
• Improved responsiveness when editing items in large bookmark folders.

🛠 Fixes & Refinements
• Fixed unnecessary grid refresh when renaming bookmarks or folders.
• Improved reliability of inline rename and edit dialogs.
• Various internal performance improvements to bookmark grid rendering.
• Minor UI polish and stability fixes.

⚡ Improvements
• Improved daily wallpaper rotation behavior on new tab startup.
• Smoother wallpaper loading sequence to reduce visual flicker during initialization.

🛠 Fixes & Refinements
• Fixed an issue where the previous day's wallpaper could briefly appear before the next wallpaper loads.
• Fixed a brief fallback wallpaper flash that could occur during daily rotation on new tab.
• Minor performance optimizations for wallpaper initialization.

✨ New Features
• Added a new "Pro Tips" section in Settings to help users discover useful Homebase features.
• Added bang search shortcuts (!g, !yt, !ddg, !w, !gh, etc.) to quickly switch search engines directly from the search bar.
• Added the ability to save the current page directly from the Homebase extension icon.

⚡ Improvements
• Improved widget configuration and discoverability with contextual tips.
• Enhanced bookmark management with drag-and-drop support for folders and grid items.
• Improved performance for large bookmark folders using virtualization.
• Better wallpaper customization including Live/Static modes and quality controls.

🛠 Fixes & Refinements
• Various UI improvements and performance optimizations.
• Minor stability fixes.

✨ Improvements
• Added optional permission flow for Firefox Containers.
• Bookmarks can now open in containers without requiring cookies permission at install.
• Improved container error handling and fallback behavior.

🛠 Fixes
• Fixed “No permission for cookieStoreId” error when opening bookmarks in containers.
• Gracefully falls back to opening in a normal tab if container permission is denied.
• Improved reliability when opening folders in containers.

🎨 UI Improvements
• Improved Weather setup layout:
– Cleaner button alignment
– Better visual hierarchy
– More consistent styling

🔧 General
• Minor stability improvements
• Internal code cleanup and optimizations