Brido v1.0.1

Brido v1.0.1 (The Speed & Seamless Stealth Update)

Comparing changes since v1.0.0

This release focuses on dramatically reducing AI response latency and giving you more control over the stealth overlay. We've introduced real-time streaming, advanced typing bypasses, and global hotkeys so you can interact with Brido faster and safer than ever before.

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Brido v1.0.0

Brido v1.0.0 (The Stealth Overlay Update)

Comparing changes since v0.1.7

This major release introduces the Brido Overlay, transforming the application from a background server into a unified, stealthy desktop assistant. We've completely merged the server and overlay architectures, enhanced our anti-detection mechanisms, and optimized our AI provider configurations for the best free-tier cloud models.

Major Features

The Brido Stealth Overlay

• Unified Binary: The Brido server and the new desktop overlay have been merged into a single, seamless Windows application (brido.exe). No more running separate processes.
• Always-On-Top & Transparent: A sleek, floating egui-based panel that stays on top of your screen, ready to capture and analyze.
• System Tray Integration: Runs quietly in the background. Close it to minimize to the tray, and double-click the tray icon to bring it back.

Ultimate Tab-Switching Protection (Advanced Stealth)

We've significantly upgraded the stealth mechanisms to bypass even the strictest browser-based proctoring and monitoring tools.

• Zero Focus Stealing: Engineered with Win32 WS_EX_NOACTIVATE and a custom WM_MOUSEACTIVATE hook. Interacting with the overlay (clicking buttons, opening settings) will never steal OS focus from your browser.
• Smart Focus Restoration: When typing a manual question into the overlay's text box, Brido briefly tracks your browser's window handle (HWND) and instantly gives focus back the millisecond you hit Enter or click Send.
• Invisible to Detection: Fully bypasses document.visibilitychange, window.onblur, and document.hasFocus() checks.

AI Provider & Model Upgrades

• Cloud-First Free Tiers: Refined the OpenRouter configuration to exclusively default to the best free-tier models available, including google/gemini-2.5-flash:free, deepseek/deepseek-r1:free, and meta-llama/llama-4-maverick:free.
• Ollama Clarification: Cleaned up the local model list. Offline/hallucinated models (nemotron, devstral) have been removed. The UI now clearly labels Ollama as a (local) provider, ensuring users know it requires a running local server.

UI & UX Enhancements

• Invisible Hotkey Captures: The global hotkey (Ctrl+R) now triggers screen capture and AI analysis without sending explicit OS focus commands, ensuring 100% invisible captures.

Under the Hood

• Win32 Shell Integration: Added the Win32_UI_Shell feature to Cargo.toml to support advanced window subclassing (SetWindowSubclass).

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For this release work with openrouter provider only

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Brido v0.1.7

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