Release Notes

See what's new in Caves of Wonders.

v1.0.8

Screensaver, Cave Effects & Sync Fixes

Released: 2026-08-09

  • Added an idle screensaver. After a period of inactivity, cave content flies out and the background grows full screen with a gradual unblur, and restores instantly on mouse movement. The trigger delay is configurable in Preferences.
  • Selected and hovered caves now get a jittery lightning spark border effect.
  • Added Bookmark Info and Share popups for viewing bookmark details and sharing.
  • Fixed Speed Dial keyboard shortcuts opening a bookmark in multiple tabs.
  • Fixed Favorites and Speed Dial double listing the same bookmark.
  • Fixed cave background blur incorrectly disabling parallax at zero blur.
  • Consolidated the per-cave background controls (glow, change, remove) into a single Background Settings dropdown.
  • Split account settings into a dedicated Security & Privacy panel, with Screensaver settings folded into Preferences.
  • Fixed the Support Hub occasionally leaving behind a stale background image.
  • Various fixes to icon uploading, sidebar behavior, and data sync reliability.
v1.0.7

Speed Dial, Parallax & More

  • Pin favorite bookmarks to quick access keyboard shortcuts from the dashboard, with a dedicated Favorites section (Speed Dial)
  • Added subtle mouse parallax to cave background images
  • Upload animated GIFs as bookmark icons
  • Added a chest map button for quickly navigating your chest folder tree
v1.0.6

Introducing the Support Hub

  • New Support Hub page with Feature Announcements, How-Tos, Feature Requests, Release Notes, and Contact Us, all in one place
  • Fixed a display issue in Account Details where a divider would show even when nothing was below it
v1.0.5

Easier Bookmark Importing

  • Chrome bookmark import now merges everything into a single Imported cave, with folders mapped to chests automatically
  • Added a manual Import Bookmarks button with a confirmation and progress popup
v1.0.4

Hidden Content Settings, Simplified

  • Hidden bookmarks now have their own password setting, separate from hidden chests
  • Hiding and unhiding a cave now updates the list instantly, with a smooth animation
  • Unhiding a cave restores it to its original position in the list
v1.0.3

Sync Reliability Fixes

  • Fixed a sync issue that could reset a bookmark's icon to the default during sync
  • Fixed bookmark ordering occasionally getting scrambled after syncing
  • General stability improvements to background sync
v1.0.1

A Softer Dashboard

  • Chest and bookmark counts now shown right on the cave page
v1.0.0

Welcome to Caves of Wonders

The first full release of CoW, a complete rethink of how your bookmarks are organized and protected.

  • Organize bookmarks into nested caves and chests instead of one flat list, with drag and drop reordering and moving between chests
  • Switch between compact list view and icon view per chest
  • Hide individual caves, chests, or bookmarks, and require a password to reveal or delete protected content
  • Instantly lock down and hide all protected content with one shortcut (Fort Knox mode)
  • Fast search across bookmark names, paths, chest names, and tags, with keyboard shortcuts
  • Tag bookmarks and filter or search by tag
  • Redesigned bookmark editor for titles, icons, and tags, with custom icon upload
  • Set a custom background per cave, with adjustable blur, brightness, and hue
  • Automatically bring in your existing Chrome bookmarks, organized into an Imported cave
  • Keep your caves, chests, bookmarks, and settings up to date across all your devices