diff --git a/src/Router.tsx b/src/Router.tsx
index 22b7e148d..a08c741f2 100644
--- a/src/Router.tsx
+++ b/src/Router.tsx
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ const router = createBrowserRouter([
                 <Outlet />
                 <App />
                 <CommandBar />
+                {!isTauri() && import.meta.env.PROD && <DownloadAppBanner />}
               </ModelingMachineProvider>
               <WasmErrBanner />
             </FileMachineProvider>
-            {!isTauri() && import.meta.env.PROD && <DownloadAppBanner />}
           </Auth>
         ),
         children: [
diff --git a/src/components/DownloadAppBanner.tsx b/src/components/DownloadAppBanner.tsx
index 26f3eef96..3e66e0992 100644
--- a/src/components/DownloadAppBanner.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DownloadAppBanner.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 import { Dialog } from '@headlessui/react'
-import { useStore } from '../useStore'
 import { ActionButton } from './ActionButton'
+import { useSettingsAuthContext } from 'hooks/useSettingsAuthContext'
+import { useState } from 'react'
 
 const DownloadAppBanner = () => {
-  const { isBannerDismissed, setBannerDismissed } = useStore((s) => ({
-    isBannerDismissed: s.isBannerDismissed,
-    setBannerDismissed: s.setBannerDismissed,
-  }))
+  const { settings } = useSettingsAuthContext()
+  const [isBannerDismissed, setIsBannerDismissed] = useState(
+    settings.context.app.dismissWebBanner.current
+  )
 
   return (
     <Dialog
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const DownloadAppBanner = () => {
             </h2>
             <ActionButton
               Element="button"
-              onClick={() => setBannerDismissed(true)}
+              onClick={() => setIsBannerDismissed(true)}
               icon={{
                 icon: 'close',
                 className: 'p-1',
@@ -51,6 +52,24 @@ const DownloadAppBanner = () => {
             </a>{' '}
             to download the app for the best experience.
           </p>
+          <p className="mt-6">
+            If you're on Linux and the browser is your only way to use the app,
+            you can permanently dismiss this banner by{' '}
+            <a
+              onClick={() => {
+                setIsBannerDismissed(true)
+                settings.send({
+                  type: 'set.app.dismissWebBanner',
+                  data: { level: 'user', value: true },
+                })
+              }}
+              href="/"
+              className="!text-warn-80 dark:!text-warn-80 dark:hover:!text-warn-70 underline"
+            >
+              toggling the App &gt; Dismiss Web Banner setting
+            </a>
+            .
+          </p>
         </div>
       </Dialog.Panel>
     </Dialog>
diff --git a/src/components/ProjectSidebarMenu.tsx b/src/components/ProjectSidebarMenu.tsx
index 7253fe90c..6a71cf089 100644
--- a/src/components/ProjectSidebarMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ProjectSidebarMenu.tsx
@@ -150,7 +150,16 @@ function ProjectMenuPopover({
                   closePanel={close}
                 />
               ) : (
-                <div className="flex-1 overflow-hidden" />
+                <div className="flex-1 p-4 text-sm overflow-hidden">
+                  <p>
+                    In the browser version of Modeling App you can only have one
+                    part, and the code is stored in your browser's storage.
+                  </p>
+                  <p className="my-6">
+                    Please save any code you want to keep more permanently, as
+                    your browser's storage is not guaranteed to be permanent.
+                  </p>
+                </div>
               )}
               <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 p-4 dark:bg-chalkboard-90">
                 <ActionButton
diff --git a/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx b/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
index 0e44d4f98..5ec464bcf 100644
--- a/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
+++ b/src/lib/settings/initialSettings.tsx
@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ export function createSettings() {
       onboardingStatus: new Setting<string>({
         defaultValue: '',
         validate: (v) => typeof v === 'string',
+        hideOnPlatform: 'both',
+      }),
+      /** Permanently dismiss the banner warning to download the desktop app. */
+      dismissWebBanner: new Setting<boolean>({
+        defaultValue: false,
+        description:
+          'Permanently dismiss the banner warning to download the desktop app.',
+        validate: (v) => typeof v === 'boolean',
+        hideOnPlatform: 'desktop',
       }),
       projectDirectory: new Setting<string>({
         defaultValue: '',
diff --git a/src/lib/settings/settingsTypes.ts b/src/lib/settings/settingsTypes.ts
index 45d06d999..990c74719 100644
--- a/src/lib/settings/settingsTypes.ts
+++ b/src/lib/settings/settingsTypes.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export interface SettingProps<T = unknown> {
    * Whether to hide the setting on a certain platform.
    * This will be applied in both the settings panel and the command bar.
    */
-  hideOnPlatform?: 'web' | 'desktop'
+  hideOnPlatform?: 'web' | 'desktop' | 'both'
   /**
    * A React component to use for the setting in the settings panel.
    * If this is not provided but a commandConfig is, the `inputType`
diff --git a/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts b/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
index 119547be9..de958e353 100644
--- a/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
+++ b/src/lib/settings/settingsUtils.ts
@@ -139,16 +139,14 @@ export function setSettingsAtLevel(
   Object.entries(newSettings).forEach(([category, settingsCategory]) => {
     const categoryKey = category as keyof typeof settings
     if (!allSettings[categoryKey]) return // ignore unrecognized categories
-    Object.entries(settingsCategory).forEach(
-      ([settingKey, settingValue]: [string, Setting]) => {
-        // TODO: How do you get a valid type for allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey]?
-        // it seems to always collapses to `never`, which is not correct
-        // @ts-ignore
-        if (!allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey]) return // ignore unrecognized settings
-        // @ts-ignore
-        allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey][level] = settingValue as unknown
-      }
-    )
+    Object.entries(settingsCategory).forEach(([settingKey, settingValue]) => {
+      // TODO: How do you get a valid type for allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey]?
+      // it seems to always collapses to `never`, which is not correct
+      // @ts-ignore
+      if (!allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey]) return // ignore unrecognized settings
+      // @ts-ignore
+      allSettings[categoryKey][settingKey][level] = settingValue as unknown
+    })
   })
 
   return allSettings
@@ -165,8 +163,42 @@ export function shouldHideSetting(
 ) {
   return (
     setting.hideOnLevel === settingsLevel ||
+    setting.hideOnPlatform === 'both' ||
     (setting.hideOnPlatform && isTauri()
       ? setting.hideOnPlatform === 'desktop'
       : setting.hideOnPlatform === 'web')
   )
 }
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the setting meets the requirements
+ * to appear in the settings modal in this context
+ * based on its config, the current settings level,
+ * and the current platform
+ */
+export function shouldShowSettingInput(
+  setting: Setting<unknown>,
+  settingsLevel: SettingsLevel
+) {
+  return (
+    !shouldHideSetting(setting, settingsLevel) &&
+    (setting.Component ||
+      ['string', 'boolean'].some((t) => typeof setting.default === t) ||
+      (setting.commandConfig?.inputType &&
+        ['string', 'options', 'boolean'].some(
+          (t) => setting.commandConfig?.inputType === t
+        )))
+  )
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get the appropriate input type to show given a
+ * command's config. Highly dependent on the filtering logic from
+ * shouldShowSettingInput being applied
+ */
+export function getSettingInputType(setting: Setting) {
+  if (setting.Component) return 'component'
+  if (setting.commandConfig)
+    return setting.commandConfig.inputType as 'string' | 'options' | 'boolean'
+  return typeof setting.default as 'string' | 'boolean'
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/Settings.tsx b/src/routes/Settings.tsx
index 988d41605..78744ab42 100644
--- a/src/routes/Settings.tsx
+++ b/src/routes/Settings.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ import { Event } from 'xstate'
 import { Dialog, RadioGroup, Transition } from '@headlessui/react'
 import { CustomIcon, CustomIconName } from 'components/CustomIcon'
 import Tooltip from 'components/Tooltip'
-import { shouldHideSetting } from 'lib/settings/settingsUtils'
+import {
+  getSettingInputType,
+  shouldHideSetting,
+  shouldShowSettingInput,
+} from 'lib/settings/settingsUtils'
 
 export const Settings = () => {
   const APP_VERSION = import.meta.env.PACKAGE_VERSION || 'unknown'
@@ -235,9 +239,7 @@ export const Settings = () => {
                           // Filter out settings that don't have a Component or inputType
                           // or are hidden on the current level or the current platform
                           (item: [string, Setting<unknown>]) =>
-                            !shouldHideSetting(item[1], settingsLevel) &&
-                            (item[1].Component ||
-                              item[1].commandConfig?.inputType)
+                            shouldShowSettingInput(item[1], settingsLevel)
                         )
                         .map(([settingName, s]) => {
                           const setting = s as Setting
@@ -484,26 +486,28 @@ function GeneratedSetting({
           )
       : []
   }, [setting, settingsLevel, context])
+  const inputType = getSettingInputType(setting)
 
-  if (setting.Component)
-    return (
-      <setting.Component
-        value={setting[settingsLevel] || setting.getFallback(settingsLevel)}
-        onChange={(e) => {
-          if ('value' in e.target) {
-            send({
-              type: `set.${category}.${settingName}`,
-              data: {
-                level: settingsLevel,
-                value: e.target.value,
-              },
-            } as unknown as Event<WildcardSetEvent>)
-          }
-        }}
-      />
-    )
-
-  switch (setting.commandConfig?.inputType) {
+  switch (inputType) {
+    case 'component':
+      return (
+        setting.Component && (
+          <setting.Component
+            value={setting[settingsLevel] || setting.getFallback(settingsLevel)}
+            onChange={(e) => {
+              if ('value' in e.target) {
+                send({
+                  type: `set.${category}.${settingName}`,
+                  data: {
+                    level: settingsLevel,
+                    value: e.target.value,
+                  },
+                } as unknown as Event<WildcardSetEvent>)
+              }
+            }}
+          />
+        )
+      )
     case 'boolean':
       return (
         <Toggle
diff --git a/src/useStore.ts b/src/useStore.ts
index 46264e373..3e434bfe8 100644
--- a/src/useStore.ts
+++ b/src/useStore.ts
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ export interface StoreState {
 
   showHomeMenu: boolean
   setHomeShowMenu: (showMenu: boolean) => void
-  isBannerDismissed: boolean
-  setBannerDismissed: (isBannerDismissed: boolean) => void
   openPanes: PaneType[]
   setOpenPanes: (panes: PaneType[]) => void
   homeMenuItems: {
@@ -150,8 +148,6 @@ export const useStore = create<StoreState>()(
         defaultDir: {
           dir: '',
         },
-        isBannerDismissed: false,
-        setBannerDismissed: (isBannerDismissed) => set({ isBannerDismissed }),
         openPanes: ['code'],
         setOpenPanes: (openPanes) => set({ openPanes }),
         showHomeMenu: true,