strict old-skill vs new-skill comparison

ui-polish · same task A

Wave theme: rest-anchor buoyancy reserve. Old keeps the Quiet center neutral and deeper again, but it starts to feel a touch weighted; new keeps the same grouped field while shifting some of that depth upward so the home lens feels more buoyant.

Method. Old side is the real pre-update output from the previous wave. Then ui-polish was updated, and the same task A was rerun to produce the new side. This is a strict old-vs-new comparison for the same panel brief.

Focus on Quiet at rest and then hover Studio Mode. The new side should keep the same depth reserve while feeling a little less sunk into the field.

Old skill

rest-anchor tonal depth balance

Same neutral home lens and restored depth reserve, but the center is starting to feel a little weighted/sunken.

New skill

rest-anchor buoyancy reserve

Same home lens and grouped field, but the Quiet center keeps its depth while feeling a little more buoyant and less bottom-heavy.

Borrowed evidence. Anthropic frontend-design: Choose a clear conceptual direction and execute it with precision. Apple WWDC25 Meet Liquid Glass: where the transparent liquid lens can be seen through / to precisely observe the value underneath it. Apple WWDC25 Build an AppKit app with the new design: the entire toolbar appears to float above the content / enhancing the sense of hierarchy within the window. Apple WWDC25 Build a SwiftUI app with the new design: The monochrome palette reduces visual noise, / emphasizes your app’s content, and maintains legibility. shadcn/ui ToggleGroup / ToggleGroupItem.