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+# Boris Features
+## Overview
+
+- **Purpose**: A calm, fast, Nostr‑first reader that turns your bookmarks into a focused reading app.
+- **Layout**: Three‑pane interface — bookmarks (left), reader (center), highlights (right). Collapsible sidebars.
+- **Content**: Renders both Nostr long‑form posts (kind:30023) and regular web URLs.
+- **Social layer**: Highlights shown by level — mine, friends, nostrverse — each with its own color and visibility toggle.
+
+## Reader Experience
+
+- **Distraction‑free view**: Clean typography, optional hero image, summary, and published date.
+- **Reading time**: Displays estimated reading time for text or duration for supported videos.
+- **Progress**: Reading progress indicator with completion state.
+- **Menus**: Quick actions to open, share, or copy links (for both Nostr and web content).
+- **Performance**: Lightweight fetching and caching for speed; skeleton loaders to avoid empty flashes.
+
+## Highlights (NIP‑84)
+
+- **Levels**: Mine, friends, nostrverse; toggle per level; colors configurable in settings.
+- **Interactions**: Click a highlight to scroll to its position; count indicator in the header.
+- **Creation**: Select text and use the floating highlighter button to publish a highlight.
+- **Attribution**: Automatically tags article authors for Nostr posts so they can see highlights.
+
+## Zap Splits (NIP‑57)
+
+- **Configurable splits**: Weight‑based sliders for highlighter, author(s), and Boris (defaults 50/50/2.1).
+- **Presets**: Quick buttons for common split configurations.
+- **Respect source**: If the source article has zap tags, author weights are proportionally preserved.
+
+## Bookmarks & Reading List (NIP‑51 + Web)
+
+- **Ingestion**: Collects list bookmarks and items from kinds 10003/30003/30001.
+- **Web bookmarks**: Supports NIP‑B0 (kind:39701) for standalone URL bookmarks.
+- **Add Bookmark**: Modal with auto title/description extraction and keywords/tags suggestion (adds “boris” when helpful).
+- **Views**: Reading list in compact, cards, or large preview modes; quick toggles to switch.
+- **Archive**: “Read” items appear in your archive; can mark articles/web pages as read.
+
+## Explore & Profiles
+
+- **Explore**: Discover friends’ highlights and writings, plus a “nostrverse” feed.
+- **Filters**: Visibility toggles (mine, friends, nostrverse) apply to Explore highlights.
+- **Profiles**: View your own (`/me`) or other users (`/p/:npub`) with tabs for Highlights, Bookmarks, Archive, and Writings.
+
+## Video
+
+- **Embedded player**: Plays supported videos (e.g., YouTube) inline with duration display.
+- **Metadata**: Fetches YouTube title/description/transcript when available.
+- **Deep links**: Open in native apps via platform‑specific URL schemes.
+
+## Settings (NIP‑78 Application Data)
+
+- **Theme**: System/light/dark with color variants (dark: black/midnight/charcoal; light: paper‑white/sepia/ivory).
+- **Reading**: Font family (preloaded), font size, highlight style (marker/underline), per‑level colors.
+- **Layout & startup**: Default view modes, auto‑collapse preferences, show/hide highlights.
+- **Zap Splits**: Weight sliders and presets for NIP‑57 splits.
+- **Offline/Flight Mode**: Local image cache with size limit and clear controls; “use local relay as cache”; rebroadcast preferences.
+- **Relays**: Relay overview and status in Settings; educational links.
+- **PWA**: Install prompt when available.
+
+## Offline, PWA, and Sync
+
+- **PWA**: Installable; service worker registered; periodic update checks with in‑app toast.
+- **Flight Mode**: Operates with local relays only; highlights created offline are stored locally and synced later.
+- **Relay indicator**: Floating status indicator shows Connecting/Offline/Flight Mode and connected counts.
+
+## Relays & Accounts
+
+- **Applesauce stack**: Accounts, event store, relay pool, and blueprints power Nostr interactions.
+- **Multi‑relay**: Grouped connections with keep‑alive subscription; local+remote partitioning for fast queries.
+- **Persistence**: Accounts restored from local storage; settings saved to NIP‑78 and watched for updates.
+
+## Privacy
+
+- **Identity**: No email or new account; uses your existing Nostr signer/identity.
+- **Data**: Bookmarks and highlights live on Nostr; reading/rendering happens locally in your browser.
+
+## Conveniences
+
+- **Share/copy**: One‑click copy or share for articles and videos.
+- **Open on Nostr**: Deep links to portals and `nostr:` schemes for long‑form articles.
+- **Mobile UX**: Floating open buttons for Bookmarks/Highlights, focus trapping, and backdrop controls.
+