strict old-skill vs new-skill comparison

ui-polish · same task A

Wave theme: rest-anchor surface tension. Old keeps the same grouped home lens buoyant and deeper again, but the center starts to feel a touch airy; new keeps the same grouped field while making the center feel a little more coherently held, like one quietly tensioned liquid membrane.

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 buoyancy while feeling a little less airy through the center.

Old 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.
New skill · rest-anchor surface tension
Same home lens and grouped field, but the Quiet center keeps that buoyancy while feeling a little more coherently held and less airy/diffuse.
Borrowed evidence. Anthropic frontend-design: Choose a clear conceptual direction and execute it with precision. / the key is intentionality, not intensity. Apple WWDC25 Meet Liquid Glass: gel-like flexibility / transient and malleable / 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 HIG Materials: creates a sense of depth, layering, and hierarchy between foreground and background elements. shadcn/ui ToggleGroup / ToggleGroupItem.