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[0.2.0-alpha.4] - 2026-05-26

Added

  • Workspace-Specific Bookmark Folders: Each workspace now has a dedicated bookmark folder for context-isolated bookmarking, with URL filtering tied to the active workspace.
  • Bang Customization UI: Added a dedicated Bangs settings panel in the Hilal Preferences page, allowing users to view default bangs and add or remove custom bang definitions with trigger, search URL, and home URL fields.
  • Smart Bang Fallback: Unknown bangs are now explicitly routed to DuckDuckGo's bang handler (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=!bang+query) as a deliberate UX choice, leveraging DuckDuckGo's extensive bang ecosystem.
  • Dynamic Sidebar Shortcut Favicons: Custom sidebar shortcuts now display favicons fetched from Firefox's page-icon: cache instead of performing a live web request, preserving privacy.
  • Full Localization of Preferences and Welcome Screen: All hardcoded label strings in the preferences panel and welcome screen have been replaced with Fluent data-l10n-id bindings and new FTL definitions.

Changed

  • Patch Apply Checksum Validation: scripts/apply.sh now computes a content hash of the entire patch series and skips re-applying patches if nothing has changed, speeding up incremental builds.
  • Hilal Preferences UI Reorganization: Sidebar, workspace, privacy, and UI fix preference modules have been refactored into separate, focused blocks within hilal.inc.xhtml.

Fixed

  • Workspace Tab Operations in Customization Mode: Prevented workspace tab move/retarget operations from running while the browser is in sidebar customization mode, which could corrupt tab state.
  • Patch Apply Conflicts: Fixed a line-offset conflict in 0016-hilal-bang-customization.patch caused by duplicate Fluent string definitions already introduced by 0005-hilal-l10n.patch.
  • Website TypeScript Compilation: Fixed a Cannot find namespace 'React' TypeScript compiler error in www/src/App.tsx by adding the React namespace import.
  • macOS Window Margins: Adjusted macOS window margins and eliminated stacked paddings that were causing visual misalignment.

macOS Installation Note

If macOS says "Hilal is damaged and can't be opened":

This is a Gatekeeper warning caused by missing Apple notarization (requires a paid Apple Developer account). The app is safe to use.

Fix (choose one):

  1. Right-click the .app inside the DMG → Open (then click "Open" in the dialog)
  2. Or run in Terminal after copying to Applications: 
    xattr -cr /Applications/Hilal\ Browser.app

See changelog.md for details on what changed in this release.

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