Declare a .web/ folder anywhere in AFS, and the data and AUP under it get rendered server-side into a website.

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Web Device — ArcBlock builds decentralized identity, user-owned data, Blocklet infrastructure, and AI-native application systems.

Bookmarking is a runtime capability, not a site plugin

ExplainerSep 16, 2026

Bookmarking is a runtime capability, not a site plugin

Bookmarking and notes should not be rebuilt on every site. Arc ships them as a default-on runtime capability: hidden until you log in, easy to turn off, or bound to buttons the page already has.

ExplainerAug 27, 2026

A globe you can put on the page

A rotating globe on a page is not decoration bolted under the text. It is a layout component: figure, scene, or backdrop. The homepage already uses it. This article puts several in the reading column.

ExplainerAug 27, 2026

Light on the page, not a picture of trees

Type on a white field is a document. Light moving over the type is a room. leaf-shadow is that overlay; gobo-loop is how you mint a new clip from a sentence.

ExplainerAug 21, 2026

AI can draft the homepage five ways. You pick on the real page.

A Web Device page can keep several finished renders on one URL. An agent drafts the set; a person picks on the real page; visitors only enter an A/B split if you open it.

ExplainerAug 14, 2026

Storytelling with Immersive Gallery

Pair a cover still with a short loop in the same folder-backed gallery so stage and story plates can paint fast, then breathe. One small way Web Device treats writing as something that can be performed.

ExplainerAug 14, 2026

Slides that read like an article

A Markdown deck can be published as an article of its own: a player on top, and below it every slide becomes a card with its narration beside it. No separate slide tool, no embedded frames. This article is itself the demo.

ExplainerAug 11, 2026

One Folder of Photos, Several Ways to Look

Folder-backed media gallery keeps a set of images next to the article and lets you choose grid, mosaic, stage, story, and more—without a second asset system.

ExplainerAug 9, 2026

Review Mode on Web Device: What You See Is What You Review

Open the page readers actually see, mark what is wrong, and leave an executable note next to the content. That is still Web Device in-page review. The overlay is quieter now: a glass island, a composer on the target, optional pointing and freeze.

ExplainerAug 7, 2026

Create Slide Decks That Live Inside Articles and Docs

Markdown Slides lets one Markdown record become an interactive deck inside an article or document while keeping the complete page readable.

EngineeringJul 31, 2026

Web Device: Declare a Website, Then Pick the Right Path

Web Device is one of ARC's core capabilities: declare a .web/ folder anywhere in AFS, and the data and AUP under it get rendered server-side into a website, SEO checks, broken-link detection, and visitor analytics included for free. This piece covers how it differs from UI Device (/dev/ui/web), how to use it, and which situations call for which.