From f043ad81e3ecdef89ac1c957cf367f73c25f4ade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "@permadeath.com" <did:plc:nlzmjyfv6loqtxyzvdcznwgf>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 22:40:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat(web): link the flare notice to the board on
 userinput.app

The dialog said reports post publicly; now the board it means is a
click away, before and not only after sending.
---
 suramadu/web/flare.css       |  7 +++++++
 suramadu/web/flare.js        | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
 tests/shell/test-flare-ui.sh |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/suramadu/web/flare.css b/suramadu/web/flare.css
index becda6a..57607d3 100644
--- a/suramadu/web/flare.css
+++ b/suramadu/web/flare.css
@@ -107,6 +107,13 @@
   color: var(--lb-muted);
 }
 
+/* The link to the board keeps the notice's muted colour but stays a link:
+   underlined, and the game page's own anchor styles never reach in here. */
+:root .lb-flare-notice a {
+  color: inherit;
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
 :root .lb-flare-status {
   margin: 0;
   min-height: 1em;
diff --git a/suramadu/web/flare.js b/suramadu/web/flare.js
index eca3acc..a596939 100644
--- a/suramadu/web/flare.js
+++ b/suramadu/web/flare.js
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@
 (function (window, document) {
     "use strict";
 
+    // The board flares land on, as userinput.app serves it. The at:// form
+    // of the same space is headquarters' FLARE_SPACE; a report filed here
+    // shows up on this page.
+    var BOARD_URL = "https://userinput.app/s/did:plc:a2j2g42ai6v65qpbvb6hmubi/3msr5yrvtq22g";
+
     // The lexicon caps an attached image blob at 1,000,000 bytes and the
     // server re-encodes at the same size, so the target leaves headroom.
     var IMAGE_BYTE_TARGET = 900000;
@@ -197,12 +202,18 @@
             preview.hidden = !tick.checked || !screenshot;
         });
 
-        // The one thing the player must know before pressing send.
-        dialog.appendChild(el(
-            "p",
-            "lb-flare-notice",
-            "This posts publicly to the lance.blue feedback board, from your own account."
-        ));
+        // The one thing the player must know before pressing send — with the
+        // board itself a click away, so "publicly" is a place they can look
+        // at rather than a word.
+        var notice = el("p", "lb-flare-notice");
+        notice.appendChild(document.createTextNode("This posts publicly to the "));
+        var board = el("a", null, "lance.blue feedback board");
+        board.href = BOARD_URL;
+        board.target = "_blank";
+        board.rel = "noopener";
+        notice.appendChild(board);
+        notice.appendChild(document.createTextNode(", from your own account."));
+        dialog.appendChild(notice);
 
         var status = el("p", "lb-flare-status");
         dialog.appendChild(status);
diff --git a/tests/shell/test-flare-ui.sh b/tests/shell/test-flare-ui.sh
index 6dafefe..da35d09 100755
--- a/tests/shell/test-flare-ui.sh
+++ b/tests/shell/test-flare-ui.sh
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ check "the one fetch is the same-origin /api/flare" bash -c '
 check "the dialog says a flare posts publicly" \
   grep -q "posts publicly" "$JS"
 
+# "Publicly" is a place, not just a word: the notice links the board page
+# (userinput.app's /s/ form of headquarters' FLARE_SPACE) so a player can
+# look before they post.
+check "the notice links the board itself" \
+  grep -q "userinput.app/s/" "$JS"
+
 # The page's CSP allows img-src data: but not blob:, so an object URL in the
 # preview renders as a broken image. It shipped that way once.
 check "the preview never uses an object URL" \
-- 
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