Hey Everyone,
My almost daily updates for changes at Ureka.Social continue!
Today I have an exciting announcement - we have a new feature, which I do not think exists elsewhere on Hive. Decentralised bookmarking - using onchain, encrypted storage right from your browser.
EDIT: I just saw that Inleo lists decentralised bookmarking in their docs, but their API for it apprently isn't live.
If you sign in to Ureka, you will now see a new page in the menu for 'BOOKMARKS' and each post will have a small bookmark icon in the footer. If you click the bookmark, your Ureka client will write a small amount of data to the Hive blockchain to store the event. If you then unclick it, a 'delete' event will be recorded on chain too.
When you view your searchable bookmarks page, Ureka will build a database in your browser to hold all of your bookmarks, by searching the blockchain and fetching them for you. This all happens invisibly in the background but you have a handy 'Refresh' button on the page too in case you need to refresh the list on your device.
This means that your bookmarks will be accessible across all your devices, without Ureka needing to operate a server to manage the process or being able to see your bookmarks.
Note on encryption: Currently the bookmarks are encrypted before being written to the Hive blokchain, however, they are not encrypted once they are stored on your device - so be aware of that. If someone hacks your computer then they may be able to see your bookmarks in the browser storage.
So far this is working great for me in testing, please let me know your experiences!
Added: New onchain, decentralised bookmark system.
Fixed: Editing posts sometimes failed to return to the editor when keychain fails.
Improved: Minor UI improvements
Next up: Integration of Leo Threads. 😁
Wishing you well,
Ura Soul
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