Release v1.1.0 · RegionallyFamous/odd

[1.1.0] — 2026-05-16

ODD feels much more like part of the desktop now. Apps, widgets, taskbar
entries, desktop shortcuts, wallpaper controls, and decoration reset actions
are wired through Desktop Mode's native window, file, and surface APIs. The
practical win: installing or changing something in the Shop shows up where
people expect it, without a reload scavenger hunt.
A real tiny game joins the catalog. Don't Read the Comments is a
Minesweeper-style desktop app with first-click-safe boards, flags, chording,
timers, local scores, responsive difficulties, and silly fictional
comment-bomb reveals. It is a proper puzzle game first and the joke rides on
top.
Living cursor effect packs. Cursor themes can now be lightweight effect
recipes instead of a pile of cursor image files, which makes pointer themes
smaller, safer, and livelier.
A companion-plugin SDK facade. window.__odd.sdk gives extension authors
a cleaner way to read storage, save preferences, inspect capabilities, show
toasts, collect diagnostics, and register teardown handlers. The lower-level
window.__odd.api remains available and now reports API version 2.4.0.

The Shop is easier to scan. Catalog cards now share a consistent footprint
across departments, with cleaner install/open/apply states, tighter controls,
and new generated card art sized for the new grid.
Default desktop icons got a glow-up. ODD now ships a focused raster icon
set for desktop shortcuts, including the custom recycle-bin treatment, while
leaving Desktop Mode's native rails and taskbar behavior intact.
App catalog presentation is sharper. First-party apps have matching card
art, app icons, native-window metadata, and catalog bundles so they look and
open like real desktop software instead of loose web toys.
The catalog health view is more useful. The Shop now explains signed
catalog status, cached snapshots, fallback behavior, and recovery actions in
one place so site owners can see why the store is safe instead of guessing.

Desktop app shortcuts appear immediately after install. ODD now refreshes
Desktop Mode's root file placements after app installs or surface changes, so
newly installed app icons can appear on the desktop right away.
Taskbar and desktop placement settings are more reliable. App surface
toggles, the ODD taskbar setting, and the wallpaper shortcut setting now save
through the native Desktop Mode contracts and refresh the visible desktop
state cleanly.
The Shop opens in a saner place. Saved native-window geometry is nudged
back near the top of the desktop when needed, avoiding the awkward "where did
the store go?" moment after resizing or moving windows.
Playground and catalog installs are sturdier. App loading, widget CSS
delivery, stale-catalog fallback, and catalog repair flows all got another
round of hardening for scoped Playground URLs and temporary catalog outages.
Desktop Mode integration got quieter. Several old hook aliases and noisy
shell issue toasts were removed or softened now that ODD relies on the current
Desktop Mode surface.

Signed catalog checks are now part of the product experience. Catalog
rows are verified with trusted signing keys, SHA256 hashes, expected sizes,
version compatibility, and same-base HTTPS URL checks before install.
Bundle validation is stricter. ODD rejects path traversal, symlinks,
executable files, suspicious compression ratios, malformed manifests,
mismatched slugs/types/versions, and incompatible runtime requirements before
content reaches the uploads directory.
Icon and cursor assets are safer. Icon sets now use bounded raster assets,
cursor effect packs avoid raw cursor images, and SVG previews are scrubbed for
scripts, event handlers, external references, and control bytes.
Diagnostics remain local-only. The expanded health and diagnostics
surfaces still copy data only when the administrator asks; ODD does not add
telemetry, analytics, license checks, or remote error reporting.

Requires WordPress 6.8+, PHP 8.1+, and WP Desktop Mode 0.8.5+.
window.__odd.api.version is 2.4.0. The 2.3 line added native helpers
for cursor sets, widgets, apps, shuffle/audio preferences, and decoration
reset; the 2.4 line adds the preferred window.__odd.sdk facade.
Public Playground installs continue to follow the approved WordPress.org ODD
release, while dev Playground links are isolated and cache-busted for testing
the current main branch.