BoardRipper v0.52.0

v0.52.0 — 2026-11-11

Added

• Desktop app updates itself. The desktop app checks for a new version
  at start, every few hours and from Check for Updates… in the app menu.
  It downloads the new build, checks it against a feed signed with the
  release key, and swaps it in when you quit or press Restart Now. This
  release is the first one with the updater, so it has to be installed by
  hand once; later releases arrive by themselves. Measured on macOS; Windows
  and the legacy macOS build are not yet tested.
  (#42)
• Worklists are stored on the server. Each worklist is its own document
  on the BoardRipper server, or in the desktop app's own folder, instead of
  being tied to one browser and one board file. The same worklist can be
  open on two boards at once, and an edit made while the server is
  unreachable is kept and sent later. Existing worklists are copied over
  the first time the app opens in a browser that has them.
• Worklists have a board name and tags. Every worklist is attributed to
  a board name, such as 820-02016, and can carry tags, such as A2337 or
  water. Both are edited in Tools ▸ Worklists, which now lists every
  worklist grouped by board name, with search, a tag filter and the rows
  themselves editable without a board open.
• Matching worklists are suggested. The board's Worklist tab shows how
  many worklists match this board by board number, file name, model or tag,
  with Open on each and + New. Nothing is loaded automatically, and
  loading one on a board lasts for that session only.
• MCP: worklist_list and worklist_read. An agent can read every
  stored worklist without a browser open.
• Minimap header. A strip above the minimap holds ‹ › for history Back
  and Forward, a switch between History and Worklist, and a button that
  opens the matching tab. Drag the header to move the map. On a touch
  screen the header buttons are finger-sized.
• History on the minimap. The parts you visited on this board in this
  session are marked on the map. The place Back has taken you to is the
  strongest; older places fade, and the places Forward would return to
  show as outlines. Show history and Steps in the map's right-click menu
  switch it off or set how many places it marks.
• Worklist on the minimap. In Worklist mode the map marks the loaded
  worklist's parts in their mark colours, and ‹ › step through its rows, as
  the worklist's own ‹ › do.
• Minimap placement, size and opacity. Right-click the map to put it
  left, centre or right, or let it float where you click. Size and
  Opacity sliders sit in the same menu. The opacity fades only the board
  picture, so the marks keep their contrast, and the map comes to full
  strength while you pan or drag it.

Changed

• The minimap is on by default, centred at the top at 60 % opacity.
  Installs still on the old defaults (shown while panning, at full opacity)
  are moved to the new ones once. A minimap switched off stays off.
• The PDF page scrubber is off by default. Switch it on in Settings ▸
  PDF Viewer ▸ Navigation.

Fixed

• Top and Bottom badges in the board Search tab were dark blocks on the
  light colour schemes. They now follow the scheme and line up in one
  column.
• The minimap's board picture lost its right and bottom edge pixel, and
  on a tall or rotated board the map was too narrow for its controls.