feat: link resolver and spinner

frontend/src/components/browse/BrowseNodeWindow.tsx

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import FloatingWindow from "@/components/shared/FloatingWindow";
+import Loader from "@/components/shared/Loader";
 import type { ManagedWindow } from "@/hooks/useWindowManager";
 import type { BrowseWinData } from "./types";
 
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ export default function BrowseNodeWindow({
     >
       {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */}
       <div className="p-3 h-full overflow-auto" onClick={(e) => onContentClick(e, win.id, d)}>
-        {d.pageLoading && <span className="text-muted-foreground text-xs animate-pulse">Requesting page...</span>}
+        {d.pageLoading && <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center h-full gap-3 text-muted-foreground text-xs"><Loader /> Requesting page...</div>}
         {d.pageError && <span className="text-destructive text-xs">{d.pageError}</span>}
         {d.pageHtml && <div className="font-mono text-[11px] leading-tight" dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: d.pageHtml }} />}
       </div>

frontend/src/components/editor/PreviewPane.tsx

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import { useCallback } from "react";
 import { useEditorCtx } from "./EditorStoreContext";
 import { renderMicron } from "./micronRenderer";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import Loader from "@/components/shared/Loader";
 
 type PreviewMode = "micron" | "raw" | "script";
 
@@ -13,6 +15,11 @@ export default function PreviewPane() {
   const isCompiling = useEditorCtx((s) => s.isCompiling);
   const compileError = useEditorCtx((s) => s.compileError);
 
+  const handlePreviewClick = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent) => {
+    const anchor = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest("a");
+    if (anchor) e.preventDefault();
+  }, []);
+
   const tabs: { value: PreviewMode; label: string; show: boolean }[] = [
     { value: "micron", label: "Micron", show: true },
     { value: "raw", label: "Raw", show: true },
@@ -28,7 +35,7 @@ export default function PreviewPane() {
             <span className="ml-1.5 text-primary/60 text-[10px]" title="Dynamic page">⚡</span>
           )}
           {isCompiling && (
-            <span className="ml-1 text-primary/40 text-[10px] animate-pulse">…</span>
+            <Loader size={10} className="ml-1.5 inline-block" />
           )}
           {compileError && (
             <span className="ml-1 text-red-400 text-[10px]" title={compileError}>✗</span>
@@ -57,7 +64,8 @@ export default function PreviewPane() {
             ))}
         </div>
       </div>
-      <div className="flex-1 bg-background overflow-auto min-h-0">
+      {/* eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/click-events-have-key-events, jsx-a11y/no-static-element-interactions */}
+      <div className="flex-1 bg-background overflow-auto min-h-0" onClick={handlePreviewClick}>
         {previewMode === "micron" ? (
           compiledMicron ? (
             <div

frontend/src/components/shared/Loader.tsx

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import loadingSvg from "@/assets/loading.min.svg";
+
+interface LoaderProps {
+  size?: number;
+  className?: string;
+}
+
+export default function Loader({ size = 120, className = "" }: LoaderProps) {
+  return (
+    <div
+      className={`animate-spin-slow ${className}`}
+      style={{
+        width: size,
+        height: size,
+        background: "var(--primary)",
+        maskImage: `url(${loadingSvg})`,
+        maskSize: "contain",
+        maskRepeat: "no-repeat",
+        maskPosition: "center",
+        WebkitMaskImage: `url(${loadingSvg})`,
+        WebkitMaskSize: "contain",
+        WebkitMaskRepeat: "no-repeat",
+        WebkitMaskPosition: "center",
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+}

frontend/src/index.css

@@ -15,6 +15,17 @@
   }
 }
 
+@keyframes spin-slow {
+  0% { transform: rotate(0deg); }
+  60% { transform: rotate(380deg); }
+  80% { transform: rotate(355deg); }
+  100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
+}
+
+@utility animate-spin-slow {
+  animation: spin-slow 2s cubic-bezier(0.4, 0, 0.2, 1) infinite;
+}
+
 @theme inline {
   --font-heading: var(--font-mono);
   --font-sans: 'JetBrains Mono Variable', 'Courier New', monospace;

frontend/src/routes/BrowseView.tsx

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { buildGraphArrays, SPACE_SIZE } from "@/components/browse/buildGraph";
 import type { BrowseWinData, HistoryEntry } from "@/components/browse/types";
 import BrowseNodeWindow from "@/components/browse/BrowseNodeWindow";
 import BrowseSearchBar from "@/components/browse/BrowseSearchBar";
+import Loader from "@/components/shared/Loader";
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Main component
@@ -355,6 +356,13 @@ export default function BrowseView() {
   }, [openWindow, navigateTo]);
 
   // ── Handle micron link clicks via event delegation ──
+  //
+  // Micron link destinations come in several forms:
+  //   /page.mu              — same-node, absolute path
+  //   page.mu               — same-node, relative
+  //   :/page/page.mu        — NomadNet "request" link (: prefix + /page/ segment)
+  //   <32-hex-hash>/page.mu — cross-node link
+  //   nomadnetwork://...    — already stripped by micron-parser's data-destination
   const handleContentClick = useCallback((e: React.MouseEvent, winId: string, data: BrowseWinData) => {
     const anchor = (e.target as HTMLElement).closest("a");
     if (!anchor) return;
@@ -363,11 +371,35 @@ export default function BrowseView() {
     const dest = anchor.getAttribute("data-destination") ?? anchor.getAttribute("href") ?? "";
     if (!dest) return;
 
-    let path = dest.replace(/^nomadnetwork:\/\//, "").replace(/^\/+/, "");
-    if (/^[0-9a-f]{32}$/i.test(path)) return;
+    let raw = dest
+      .replace(/^nomadnetwork:\/\//, "")  // strip scheme if present
+      .replace(/^:/, "")                  // strip NomadNet request prefix
+      .replace(/^\/page\//, "")           // strip /page/ path segment
+      .replace(/^\/+/, "");               // strip remaining leading slashes
+
+    // A bare 32-char hex hash with no path — nothing to navigate to
+    if (/^[0-9a-f]{32}$/i.test(raw)) return;
+
+    // If the destination starts with a 32-char hex hash followed by "/",
+    // it's a cross-node link: <hash>/page.mu → use that node's hash
+    let targetNode = data.node;
+    let path = raw;
+    const crossNodeMatch = raw.match(/^([0-9a-f]{32})\/(.+)$/i);
+    if (crossNodeMatch) {
+      const targetHash = crossNodeMatch[1]!;
+      path = crossNodeMatch[2]!;
+      // Strip /page/ from the path portion too
+      path = path.replace(/^\/page\//, "").replace(/^\/+/, "");
+      const known = nodesMapRef.current.get(targetHash);
+      if (known) {
+        targetNode = known;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (!path || path === "/") return;
     if (!path.endsWith(".mu")) path += ".mu";
 
-    navigateTo(winId, data.node, path, data);
+    navigateTo(winId, targetNode, path, data);
   }, [navigateTo]);
 
   const clearSearch = useCallback(() => {
@@ -400,8 +432,9 @@ export default function BrowseView() {
       />
 
       {nodes.length === 0 && (
-        <div className="absolute inset-0 flex items-center justify-center text-muted-foreground text-sm pointer-events-none">
-          Listening for nodes on the Reticulum network...
+        <div className="absolute inset-0 flex flex-col items-center justify-center gap-3 text-muted-foreground text-sm pointer-events-none">
+          <Loader />
+          Connecting...
         </div>
       )}
 

frontend/src/routes/ComposeView.tsx

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { usePagesStore } from "@/stores/pagesStore";
 import * as api from "@/api/client";
 import { useKeyboardSave } from "@/hooks/useKeyboardSave";
 import StatusBadge from "@/components/dashboard/StatusBadge";
+import Loader from "@/components/shared/Loader";
 import { Button } from "@/components/ui/button";
 import {
   Table,
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ export default function ComposeView() {
         {/* File table */}
         <div className="flex-1 min-h-0 overflow-auto">
         {isLoading ? (
-          <div className="flex items-center justify-center h-32 text-muted-foreground text-sm">Loading...</div>
+          <div className="flex flex-col items-center justify-center h-32 gap-3 text-muted-foreground text-xs"><Loader size={48} /> Loading...</div>
         ) : (
           <Table>
             <TableHeader>