- Aero: blue gradients back on the active segment and every primary
(Review due, the card's Study button, the composer's send button); a
frosted backing behind the page heading and the All decks label; a
bottom-weighted rail tint; chat header/composer/welcome panels; calmer
orbs; stronger card veil + a stronger blur bake.
- Dark/Light: a dedicated --track token makes progress bars read (the
first attempt shifted --surface-sunken and the pixel scan caught the
sheet-contrast regression); brighter dark secondary text; darker light
segmented labels and difficulty tints; stronger light card border and
shadow.
- Chat UI: friendly model chip ("Gemma 4 31B") with the raw name in a
tooltip, larger chips, plain centered disclaimer, vertically centered
welcome panel, distinct chat-plus icon for new chat.
- Chat models: every chat-capable model from the server's /api/tags is
selectable (favourites first, search field when long, live-list
validation in the route); default CHAT_MODEL_DEFAULT or gemma4:31b.
- Reduce motion: Settings toggle (default off) that parks the scene,
collapses CSS animations and drives framer-motion's calm mode.
- Folders hint, "New" badge on fresh decks.
Contrast: 0 findings, axe clean, mobile 126/126, chat 102/102, wizard
95/95, regression 44/44, i18n 13/13, native 33/33.
Version 0.4.6, SW -> freezmo-v71.
Mobile only (<=639px / coarse pointers); desktop keeps its behaviour.
Foundation
- lib/motion.ts owns the spring presets (snappy/gentle/sheet), durations,
easings and variants (screens, tabs, wizard steps, list stagger).
- Native-feel CSS: press feedback scales every button, card, chip, tab,
row and summary to 0.96 with a spring-like cubic-bezier on transform
(scoped to phones/coarse pointers), tap-highlight off, touch-action
manipulation, chrome text non-selectable, reduced motion drops it.
- App shell fades in once on launch; the study feed fades in on phones.
Applied
- Tab bar: sliding active pill (shared layoutId) + icon bounce.
- Study Decks/Homework, language toggle, difficulty and size pickers:
the same gliding highlight, gated so desktop keeps the old styling.
- Route content enters direction-aware (deeper = from the right, back =
from the left, same-depth = crossfade) via RouteTransition on the
library/create/homework content columns; library tab switches
crossfade; wizard steps slide forward/backward (reduced motion safe).
- Library: cards fade up in a capped stagger on first load, glide with
layout animations and shrink away on delete (AnimatePresence).
- Study feed: correct feedback pulses, wrong shakes, the progress bar
settles with a spring curve, score and XP count up on the results.
- Settings sheet uses the sheet spring; the drawer now follows the
finger and closes on release velocity, like the sheet.
- Generation progress: the stage message fades/slides between stages;
the icon keeps its gentle wobble; the feed fades in on hand-off.
Skipped, on purpose: LazyMotion (the sliding highlights need layout
animations = domMax, same features the current import already has);
route exit animations (the App Router unmounts the outgoing page —
exits are handled by in-page AnimatePresence); replacing the study
feed's native scroll-snap with finger-follow drag (would fight the
platform scroller); finger-follow height animation for native <details>
expanders.
Verified: animation suite 8/8 (reduced motion + 4x-CPU-throttled trace:
no long tasks, CLS 0.0000), regression 74/74, mobile 52/52, declutter
116/116, i18n 25/25. Lint + build clean. SW freezmo-v21.
Phones (<=639px) only for layout/gestures; the theme-level fixes apply
everywhere, as they are token/design changes.
Settings sheet
- Swipe-to-dismiss reusing the InstallSheet gesture: the sheet follows the
finger, closes past ~90px or on a fast flick, snaps back otherwise. Drag
starts only from the handle/header and only while the body is scrolled to
the top. Backdrop tap still closes.
- Fixed header + scrollable body: pb-safe + spacer, so nothing is clipped;
a scroll cue (chevron) fades in while more content is below and out at
the end.
- Show/Save stack under the field at 44px on phones; close, Test connection
and Remove key are 44px too. Remove key is now a rose destructive action
with a confirmation that the full-screen key setup comes back.
- API key note split into a short privacy line plus a collapsible
'Using the local daemon?' tip (OLLAMA_AUTH=local / .env.local / signin).
- Fixed the missing space in the English tip ('ollama signin instead.').
- Health: kept the auto-check and banner; added a loading row and a
'Checked just now' / 'Checked at HH:MM' freshness label (also for errors).
Ice scene / readability
- Verified the orbs were never above content (fixed z-index:-1 layer,
pointer-events:none); they were just shining through the glass. Phones get
lower blob/orb opacity and orbs tucked to the edges; the bottom-right orb
is moved out from under the tab bar and the tab bar paints a more opaque
surface so its labels hold contrast.
Contrast / themes
- Dark --text-subtle raised to #9db1d0 (8.6:1 page, 7.2:1 glass); helper
text now uses the tokens.
- Disabled buttons are a visible muted chip (.btn-disabled) instead of a
40%-opacity ghost.
- One ice primary gradient in both themes; danger/success now actually show
their colour (bg-none strips the primary background-image that used to
paint over !bg-rose-600).
- Light mode: cool card rims instead of white-on-white, stronger shadow.
Redundancy / touch
- Removed only the header gear; the hamburger drawer (folders, Settings,
theme) and the tab-bar Settings stay.
- Theme toggle is a bordered chip with an action aria-label (drawer row too).
- Empty library hides the folder pills, demotes Import to a quiet link and
keeps a single primary CTA. 44px targets for nav rows, segmented control
and folder pills on phones.
- Fixed a pre-existing 16px horizontal overflow (header -mx-4 vs a
padding-less parent) and let info values wrap instead of truncating.
Verified: mobile suite 47/47 (EN+CS, 360/390px), pixel-sampled contrast
audit 0 runs below WCAG AA (8 runs, both themes/locales; axe marks the glass
'incomplete'), i18n 27/27, desktop regression 72/72, lint + build clean.
Service worker cache bumped to freezmo-v5.
Rebuilds the look around the spec: an ice scene, one shared glass
recipe, icy accents and glass on every large surface. Visual only —
layout, behaviour, copy and functionality are untouched.
Background
- .ice-scene: fixed, z-index -1, pointer-events none. Navy base
(#070b16 to #0c1426) in dark, pale (#f4f9ff to #e6f1fb) in light,
four drifting glacier blobs (#38bdf8/#60a5fa/#818cf8, 30-60s
transform-only loops), five glossy ice orbs (40-220px radial
gradients with a highlight at 30% 25% and a blue shadow) placed so the
glass blurs them, and an SVG feTurbulence grain at 4-5%.
- prefers-reduced-motion stops the drift; phones get two blobs and two
orbs fewer.
Glass
- One shared recipe (.glass-panel, .card, .sidebar-surface,
.study-chrome, .tabbar, .glass, .gate-card): rgba(255,255,255,.06)
dark / .55 light, blur(24px) saturate(140%) (16px on phones), a bright
1px rim, an inset top highlight and a blue-tinted outer shadow.
- Nested glass (chips, inputs, secondary buttons) is more opaque and
never adds a second blur layer. @supports fallback for no
backdrop-filter. Radii: 24-28px cards/sheets, 14px inputs/buttons,
pills for chips. Cards hover brighter + cyan rim + 2px lift, 180ms.
Colour and type
- Accent is glacier cyan (#38bdf8) to ice blue (#0ea5e9); progress bars
and selected states use the gradient; the active sidebar item is a
frosted highlight with a cyan rim.
- Primary CTA: icy gradient — white to #bfe3ff with ink text in dark,
deep blue in light (biased so the label sits on the darker half and
keeps 5.6:1).
- Leftover slate/black greys replaced with navy-tinted frost tokens.
- Headings are semibold with tighter tracking.
Screens
- Dashboard: the sidebar is one tall inset rounded glass panel; deck
cards are glass.
- Gate: one centred glass card over the scene, orbs visible behind it.
- Sheets/modals: glass over the dimmed, lightly blurred backdrop.
- Study view: question card more opaque (.glass-solid); top bar and
pager are slim glass pills.
Perf: measured on a phone viewport with 4x CPU throttling. The animated
blobs' filter: blur() was the whole cost (150ms vs 33ms per frame), so
they are soft radial gradients with no filter now; idle 60fps, ~17ms
median while scrolling.
Tests updated for the new tokens: contrast 18/18 AA, deck chrome 15/15,
key gate 49/49, install sheet 64/64, deck fixes 15/15, retry 14/14,
zoom 6/6, final ux 12/12, security 8/8, pwa 16/16.
The icon's artwork is now the source of truth for the palette:
- frost-* is a navy-tinted neutral scale and accent-* is the icon's
snowflake blue; light page #f4f7fd / sidebar #e9eff9 / border
#dce4f1, dark page #0e1424 / sidebar #0a0f1c / surfaces #171f33.
- Surfaces are frosted glass: .card, .glass-panel, .list-group and
.sidebar-surface are translucent with backdrop-blur/saturate, and the
page wrapper no longer paints an opaque --page, so the fixed navy/blue
backdrop reads through the sidebar, cards, chrome and sheets.
- The primary CTA is the icon's blue (#1d61ab in light, #59a8f7 in dark
with ink text).
- The gate stage, fields and glows are navy/blue; viewport theme-color
and the manifest background/theme colour are #0e1424.
- The old monochrome snowflake tile is gone from the brand: sidebar,
header, key gate and empty state now show the real app icon (the
install sheet already did). Decorative snowflakes stay.
- --surface-strong is finally defined (it was referenced but never
declared, so those inputs had no fill).
- Icon URLs carry ?v=2 so browser favicon caches refetch.
Updated the contrast audit (21 pairs) and the deck-chrome token
assertions to the new theme. Verified: contrast 21/21, deck chrome
15/15, key gate 49/49, install sheet 64/64, final ux 12/12, retry
14/14, zoom 6/6, security 8/8, pwa 16/16, deck fixes 15/15.
- API-key gate is now a fixed, out-of-flow overlay (inset-0, overflow
hidden, overscroll-none) with its own internal scroller, so the document
has no scrollable height on phones. It can't be panned or bounced.
- Home/create mains are flex columns with min-h-dvh and a flex-1 content
area, and the empty state's mobile padding was trimmed, so a short/empty
library is exactly viewport height instead of overflowing by ~76px.
Long pages (the create form, decks) still scroll normally.
- html/body get overscroll-behavior: none to stop pull-to-refresh and
rubber-banding on fitting screens.
Verified with a scroll probe (gate and empty library: scrollHeight ==
viewport; create still scrolls) plus zoom 6/6, install sheet 64/64,
pwa 16/16, final-ux 12/12, retry 14/14, security 8/8, contrast 20/20.
Next.js 15 app that turns photos, PDFs, DOCX/PPTX and text into a swipeable
feed of AI-generated activities (flashcards, multiple choice, true/false,
fill-in-the-blank, matching, ordering, short answer) using the user's own
Ollama models.
Highlights:
- All AI calls run in server route handlers; the browser never talks to Ollama.
- Bring-your-own-key mode (default): the key lives only in the browser and is
sent per-request; server, local-daemon and shared-key modes also supported.
- Client-side document extraction (pdf.js, mammoth, jszip) with scanned-PDF
page rendering for the vision model; notes stay in their original language.
- ChatGPT-style shell: collapsible sidebar / mobile drawer, neutral token-based
light + dark themes, folder organisation, PWA (manifest, SW, offline page).
- Strict JSON validation with zod + auto-repair, rate limiting, and request
guards (cross-origin, body-size, API-key sanitising).
- setup.sh bootstraps deps, .env.local and a production build.
Gitignore excludes .env*, the generated pdf.js worker and local scratch files.
