Today the shared Hugin Desk gets a small front page with a large job: tell the reader what is current before asking them to interpret what is connected.
The Field Edition now opens with a four-cell index above the lead Journal, two current News records, and the newest Case file. It shows:
- the UTC date of the newest featured filing;
- the live counts for Journal, News, and Case lanes;
- a direct route to the public integrity ledger; and
- a direct route to the verification calendar.
The cards still carry the visual hierarchy introduced on August 11: the journal is the dominant image, current reporting sits in a compact rail, and the case file remains one click away. The new index is the bit that makes the page feel like an edition rather than a pile of tabs. It answers “what am I looking at?” before the reader has to answer “what does this connect to?”
The product change follows the case change
The timing is intentional. Today's case record reaches the date of a scheduled hearing in Phang v. Blanche. The case desk has the order that set the hearing and the notice that opened it to the public. It does not have an entered result in the packet at the edition cutoff. The new index gives that distinction a home: a date is visible as a filing date, while a result remains a record that must arrive separately.
This is why the index links to the integrity report API and not to a green “verified” badge. The report separates structural blockers from neutral review prompts. It can tell a reader that a timeline reference is missing or that a source needs review. It cannot fill an empty docket slot.
Orientation is not decoration
The Desk still has the full terminal below the edition. The terminal remains the searchable, keyboard-navigable archive, with direct links to each channel. The index is not a replacement for that archive. It is a current-content compass for readers arriving through a shared route, a social link, or a case page that wants to show its surrounding record.
The implementation is server-rendered. That matters because the first fold should not be assembled only after a client effect runs: a reader, crawler, or screen reader gets the same latest records and direct links in the initial document. The new links also have visible focus treatment and remain usable at mobile widths, where the four cells collapse into a readable stack.
The case verification packet and machine-readable integrity route stay available for readers who want the receipts rather than the front page.
What it does not claim
The index does not claim that every record is fresh because it is listed. It does not claim that a shared title means a shared event. It does not turn the count of cases into a count of findings, and it does not turn a “next check” link into a completed check.
Those limits are part of the feature. A current desk should make the next honest action easier: open the source, open the packet, read the case caveat, or wait for the document that settles the question. The page can reduce the reader's search cost without reducing the evidence standard.