[eric] experimental: quick pill overlay unwired and parked in .claude/slime-parked

frontend/src/app/Main.tsx

@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ const SettingsLoader: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =
   const loaded = useAppSelector((s) => s.settings.loaded);
   const settled = useAppSelector((s) => s.settings.settled);
   const allowExperimentalUpdates = useAppSelector((s) => s.settings.data.allow_experimental_updates);
-  const overlayPillEnabled = useAppSelector((s) => Boolean((s.settings.data as { overlay_pill_enabled?: boolean }).overlay_pill_enabled));
   useEffect(() => {
     dispatch(fetchSettings());
     dispatch(fetchModels());
@@ -278,17 +277,6 @@ const SettingsLoader: React.FC<{ children: React.ReactNode }> = ({ children }) =
     if (!loaded) return;
     (window as any).openswarm?.setAllowPrerelease?.(allowExperimentalUpdates);
   }, [loaded, allowExperimentalUpdates]);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (!loaded) return;
-    (window as any).openswarm?.setOverlayEnabled?.(overlayPillEnabled);
-  }, [loaded, overlayPillEnabled]);
-  useEffect(() => {
-    // Overlay submissions land as a prefilled composer draft, the same seam dictation's no-cursor fallback uses.
-    const off = (window as any).openswarm?.onOverlaySubmit?.((text: string) => {
-      window.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('openswarm:dictation-fallback', { detail: { text } }));
-    });
-    return () => { off?.(); };
-  }, []);
   // Hold paint until the settings fetch SETTLES so the user's theme renders first; Electron's ready-to-show relies on this. Settling, not succeeding: a backend that never answers used to leave a blank window forever.
   if (!settled) return null;
   return <>{children}</>;

frontend/src/app/pages/Settings/sections/general/GeneralAdvanced.tsx

@@ -50,18 +50,6 @@ const GeneralAdvanced: React.FC<{
         />
       </Box>
 
-      <Box sx={inlineRowSx} {...settingSelectAttrs('overlay_pill_enabled', 'Quick pill overlay', 'Advanced', 'Alt+Space summons a floating ask-anything pill over any app.')}>
-        <Box sx={{ mr: 3 }}>
-          <Typography sx={labelSx}>Quick pill overlay</Typography>
-          <Typography sx={descSx}>Alt+Space summons a floating pill over whatever you are doing; what you type lands in the composer. The slime keeps you company.</Typography>
-        </Box>
-        <Switch
-          checked={form.overlay_pill_enabled === true}
-          onChange={(e) => setForm({ ...form, overlay_pill_enabled: e.target.checked })}
-          sx={switchSx}
-        />
-      </Box>
-
       <Box sx={inlineRowLastSx} {...settingSelectAttrs('allow_experimental_updates', 'Experimental updates', 'Advanced', 'Receive pre-release builds with new features earlier.')}>
         <Box sx={{ mr: 3 }}>
           <Typography sx={labelSx}>Experimental updates</Typography>
@@ -127,6 +115,7 @@ const GeneralAdvanced: React.FC<{
           Restart tour
         </Button>
       </Box>
+
     </>
   );
 };

frontend/src/shared/state/settingsSlice.ts

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ export interface AppSettings {
   notify_agent_completion?: boolean;
   notify_workflow_runs?: boolean;
   allow_experimental_updates: boolean;
-  overlay_pill_enabled: boolean;
   /** Managed subscription state; surfaces only when user has subscribed via cloud. */
   connection_mode?: 'own_key' | 'openswarm-pro' | 'free-trial';
   openswarm_bearer_token?: string | null;
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: AppSettings = {
   dictation_sounds: true,
   memory_enabled: true,
   dictation_haptics: true,
-  dictation_sound_volume: 0.35,
+  dictation_sound_volume: 0.7,
   dictation_disabled_surfaces: '',
   anthropic_api_key: null,
   browser_homepage: 'https://duckduckgo.com',
@@ -184,7 +183,6 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: AppSettings = {
   auto_reveal_sub_agents: true,
   dev_mode: false,
   allow_experimental_updates: false,
-  overlay_pill_enabled: false,
 };
 
 const initialState: SettingsState = {