Target Computer Overhaul

v1.0-beta.3

This release rebuilds how ACK handles the people, places, and other recurring specifics you drop into a sentence — the Target Computer goes from eight fixed name slots to a full category tree you organize yourself, and Manual Override now reaches directly into it without ever costing you the keyboard. The rest of this release is the GitHub Pages site catching up, mainly a redesign and an in-browser simulator you can now try every deck type in.

Requires ADB to sideload to a compatible watch, same as beta.1 and beta.2. This is still a beta — expect bugs, and please open an issue if something breaks.

Target Computer: from eight slots to an organized tree

The old Target Computer only held 8 saved names, all in one flat list. It's now a full tree you organize yourself — closer to folders than a list, so you can group things that actually belong together (a Places category, a Food category, your own categories) instead of one long list of names.

• A real category tree, not eight name slots. People, Places, Food/Drink, and Actions come built in — rename them, delete them, or add your own. Inside each one you can nest as many sub-groups and entries as you want (e.g. People → Family → Mom). Tap an entry to select it; press and hold to edit it — same as everywhere else in the app.
• Drop a category straight into a phrase you're building. If you build your own custom phrases (in the Matrix deck), you can now insert a category directly into that phrase's text, so it automatically fills in with whatever's currently selected for that category — the same way inserting a variable already works, just pointed at a whole category instead of one value. You can also set a fallback word to use if nothing's selected yet.
• You choose how long a pick sticks around, per category: stay selected until you clear it yourself, or clear itself automatically right after it's used once.
• Two ways to build your categories out, whichever you prefer: a GUIDE ME button that walks you through it step by step, or just add things directly yourself. Both are available any time, not just when first setting this up.
• Browse however makes more sense to you — a real expandable tree diagram, or a simpler menu-within-a-menu (pick a category, then pick from what's inside it).
• See what's currently selected at a glance. The app header shows how many categories currently have something selected; tap it for a quick summary of all of them.
• Clearing a selection now asks first, and you can undo it. Tap CLEAR, confirm it, and if you change your mind a brief UNDO option appears right after.
• Your existing 8 saved names move over automatically into a new People category the first time you open the updated app — no action needed on your part. A backup is taken automatically first, just in case.
• Backups now actually save and restore everything they're supposed to. While building this, found that your saved targets and a related settings section were listed as part of the backup file but were quietly never actually being saved into it or restored from it — that's fixed now.

Manual Override: insert without losing your place

• Tap a Target Computer entry to drop it into what you're typing, right at your cursor, with no extra spacing added and without leaving the text field.
• Browse your full Target Computer without leaving Manual Override, using that same tree-or-menu browsing described above.
• While the on-screen keyboard is up, the header temporarily turns into a quick-access panel for your Target Computer entries, since that's the one part of the screen that stays visible above the keyboard. It switches back to normal the moment you close the keyboard. This only kicks in for an actual on-screen keyboard — if you're using a physical keyboard or switch access, the header behaves normally the whole time.
• Your saved phrases (MEMORY BANKS) now open in their own popup instead of sitting inline on the screen, and the button that opens them shows how many you have saved. Saving and replaying phrases still works exactly the same as before.
• Fixed a bug where, depending on what else was on screen, the saved-phrases button and your recent phrases list could end up pushed below the visible screen with no way to scroll down and reach them.

Website

(This only affects the GitHub Pages website — none of it ships in the Android or Wear OS app.)

• Redesigned the landing page to look and feel like the app itself (the same header, content window, and bottom navigation), instead of one long scrolling page.
• The in-browser Deck Simulator — a way to try out how ACK's decks work right in your browser, before installing anything — now covers four deck types: Matrix, Quick Actions, Emergency, and Emoji. The GIF deck isn't in the simulator yet.
• Added a setting in the simulator to match the app's actual tap/hold gestures (with full keyboard support too), or use a simpler click-based alternative if you'd rather.
• General wording, navigation, and image cleanup across the site.