Wave theme: rest-anchor gathered meniscus. Old keeps the same grouped home lens readable, buoyant, and softly compliant, but the center still feels a little too evenly softened. New keeps the same grouped field while gathering the same home lens a little more clearly around Quiet, so the home state feels less plateaued and more like a quietly collected liquid meniscus.
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, buoyancy, membrane hold, and gel compliance while gathering a little more clearly around Quiet.
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. / singular floating plane. Apple WWDC25 Elevate the design of your iPad app: the highlight bends and refracts its underlying elements / to indicate which button is currently selected. Apple HIG Materials: creates a sense of depth, layering, and hierarchy between foreground and background elements. shadcn/ui ToggleGroup / ToggleGroupItem.