strict old-skill vs new-skill comparison

ui-polish · same task A

Wave theme: rest-anchor undercurve focus. Old keeps the same grouped home lens softly scooped under Quiet, but the lower bowl still reads a little too broad and laterally shared toward Studio. New keeps the same grouped field, same Quiet home state, and same undercurve character while gathering the lower scoop more directly beneath Quiet itself.

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 pocketed undercurve but make the lower bowl feel less shared across the first two values and more directly gathered beneath Quiet.

Old · rest-anchor quiet pocket undercurve

Same grouped field, same Quiet home state, same lower scoop — but the bowl still spreads a little broadly toward Studio.

New · rest-anchor undercurve focus

Same grouped field and home lens, but the lower scoop gathers more directly beneath Quiet instead of reading laterally shared.

Borrowed evidence. Anthropic frontend-design: Choose a clear conceptual direction and execute it with precision. and the key is intentionality, not intensity. Apple WWDC25 Meet Liquid Glass: where the transparent liquid lens can be seen through, to precisely observe the value underneath it., and singular floating plane. Apple WWDC25 Elevate the design of your iPad app: the highlight bends and refracts its underlying elements and 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: keep one grouped field instead of a detached active object.