Aura Start 2.0.0
Migration, personalization, Firefox, and data ownership release. This release focuses on nested organization, safer recovery, optional customization, cross-browser packaging, and keyboard-friendly workflows.
Highlights
- Added nested groups up to two levels, including parent selection and drag-and-drop reparenting.
- Added Fuse.js-powered fuzzy search across title, URL, description, and tags, with result counts and quick filters.
- Reworked restore points into a searchable Restore Timeline with day grouping, action filters, export, and confirmed restore.
- Added optional Save open tabs workflow with runtime tabs permission, preview, duplicate filtering, and restore point protection.
- Added built-in and custom local background images with blur, dim, and positioning controls.
- Added optional widgets for header clock, local Markdown notes, and a Pomodoro timer.
- Added Firefox-oriented build support with WebExtension API wrappers and Device OAuth fallback for Google Drive sync.
- Added stronger A Fine Start migration flow with safer import preview and compatibility notes.
- Added first-run onboarding, empty state actions, demo data, and Google Drive restore during setup.
- Added Export / Backup hub, Command Palette, Duplicate Finder, and Privacy Promise.
- Fixed Google Drive sync behavior across test and Chrome Web Store builds, including OAuth flow, reconnect states, token persistence, and automatic backup handling (I hope).
- Kept Google Drive sync optional and limited to the hidden appDataFolder storage used by Aura Start.
- Improved keyboard shortcuts, Cyrillic-layout shortcut handling, search focus behavior, and Command Palette access.
- Improved destructive-action safety with restore points, confirmations, and clearer recovery messaging.
- Updated translations across all supported languages and fixed untranslated UI labels.
- Redesigned the documentation website and refreshed privacy, store listing, and release materials.
- Updated screenshots to match the new Aura Start design.
Documentation
The user documentation now includes migration and comparison guides, privacy information, screenshots, and clearer explanations of export and recovery.