v0.2.10

Fixed

• sol's Windows taskbar and title bar icon now keeps a cream center behind the
  mark, so the word stays readable on light, dark, and busy desktop backgrounds.
• when something needs attention, sol now gives you a restart action in the tray
  and on the home pane instead of leaving recovery to a relaunch.
• privacy exclusions now show the state sol actually saved. changes wait for the
  confirmed setting, failed saves roll back visibly, and Microsoft Store apps are
  labeled as one shared entry.

v0.2.9

Fixed

• pausing and resuming observing no longer risks stopping capture permanently.
  the same applies to disk hiccups (a full disk, an antivirus briefly holding a
  file): sol now retries in the background and recovers on its own instead of
  needing a relaunch.
• what sol saves now lands on the right day and time in your journal. segments
  were previously filed under UTC, which shifted evening hours onto the next day
  for anyone west of it.
• one problematic segment can no longer hold up everything behind it. a segment
  your journal repeatedly declines is set aside and counted in health while the
  rest keep uploading.
• pairing with a different journal now cleanly stops the previous connection, so
  nothing keeps uploading to the journal you left.
• sol now reliably notices sleep, wake, and display changes. these system
  notifications previously never reached it.
• system audio keeps flowing when you switch where sound plays — headphones, a
  dock, or bluetooth.
• the video timeline inside each segment now matches the wall clock, so what you
  saw lines up with what you heard.
• if your exclusion rules ever fail to load, sol now drops those frames entirely
  rather than falling back to default rules. privacy fails closed.

Changed

• the app now calls itself sol: sol is the app, your journal is the memory, and
  solstone is the platform it all comes from.
• a friendlier first-run introduction when sol isn't paired with a journal yet.
• audio is now stored as a single compact file per segment (about 100x smaller),
  and your pairing credentials are encrypted at rest with Windows' built-in
  protection.
• removed the start menu item from the tray that could never be enabled.

v0.2.8

Fixed

• the observer now works on displays with unusual screen resolutions. some virtual
  machines and monitor modes use sizes that previously showed a "screen" source error;
  solstone now handles them automatically.
• the observer no longer flickers its status when your screen is still. a static
  screen — reading, watching, or stepped away — now stays "observing" instead of
  flipping to "starting."

Changed

• setup now installs Microsoft's WebView2 runtime for you when it is missing, so
  solstone opens on a clean or minimal windows install without a manual step. most
  machines already have it and see no change.

v0.2.7

Fixed

• the observer now starts on a clean windows machine that has never had the visual c++ runtime installed.

v0.2.6

Added

• open your journal right from solstone: a new "Open Journal" entry point in the
  tray and in settings opens your paired journal in its own window, already
  signed in over your existing connection. no browser, no separate sign-in.

Changed

• pairing your journal over the private network now uses a one-time pairing link
  your journal opens for you. there is no shared code to copy or time. pair once
  and solstone connects to your journal from anywhere: over the encrypted relay
  when you are away, and directly when you are home.
• app icon refreshed to the current sol mark.

Fixed

• the pending count on the home pane no longer freezes partway through an
  upload; it now counts down as each item finishes.
• settings no longer flickers every second; it now only redraws when something
  on the screen actually changes.

v0.2.5

Added

• reach your journal from anywhere. when your journal has private network access
  turned on, solstone now connects to it over the encrypted relay while you're
  away from home, not only on the same wi-fi. it keeps using a direct connection
  when you're home and switches to the relay when you're not, with nothing to set
  up beyond pairing. the relay only carries sealed traffic between your device and
  your journal; it never sees what's inside.

v0.2.4

Added

• a home section in settings: a status overview (what solstone is doing, your
  journal, your sources) plus quick actions in one place: pause or resume, pair
  your journal, open your local folder, and check for updates.

Changed

• settings now has a section menu down the left side, like Windows Settings,
  instead of one long scroll. pick a section to jump straight to it, and the
  window reflows as you resize it, collapsing the menu to a button when narrow.
• settings feels more at home on Windows 11: native scrollbars, keyboard focus
  rings, your accent color, and rounded controls.
• the status view is clearer and more honest: it shows "stored on this pc" with
  an open-folder button instead of an internal path, tells you when you are not
  yet paired instead of a confusing "0 delivered", shows each source's state as a
  simple label, and lists apps by their friendly names when you exclude them.

Fixed

• drop-down menus stay open long enough to pick an option. they could close
  before your click landed.
• you can now select and copy your local storage path.

v0.2.3

Changed

• Settings and About now feel native to Windows 11: they use the Windows system
  font, follow your light or dark mode, sit over a soft translucent backdrop, and
  use native scrollbars.
• these windows no longer act like web pages: right-click menus, rubber-band
  scroll, pinch zoom, and keyboard zoom stay out of your way.

v0.2.2

Added

• the tray icon now shows whether your data is reaching your journal: a full sun
  when you're observing and connected, a half sun when you're observing but not
  connected to a journal yet (so "observing" never overstates what's happening).

Changed

• the app is now named "solstone" (lowercase) everywhere you see it — taskbar,
  Start menu, installer — to match the brand.
• a new rounded app icon, built for Windows (rounded tile, sharp at every size).
• crisper tray icon at small sizes.
• opening solstone now brings up the Settings window so you can see it's running,
  instead of quietly going to the tray. (launching at login still stays quiet in
  the tray.)

v0.2.0

Solstone 0.2.0