Smoke round 5 (owner feedback). Checkpoint.
- Preferred GPU selector (Settings > Renderer, Linux/wgpu): lists each detected
GPU by name ("Auto" + e.g. "NVIDIA … (discrete)" / "Intel … (integrated)"),
persisted (ui_prefs.gpu_power by device name), applied at startup via the wgpu
adapter PowerPreference (WGPU_POWER_PREF env still wins). Fixes the iGPU running
hot under the shader background on hybrid laptops — pick the discrete GPU.
New gpu_adapters() enumerates+dedups adapters; gpu_power_from_prefs /
_options / _seed_index / _value_for_index.
- Ambient metaball added to the IMMERSIVE scene picker (mode 7, wgpu-only opt-in);
the non-shader atmosphere stays the fallback for GL/software tiers.
- Glass treatment on the surfaces that were still opaque: carousel < > nav
buttons (6 carousels), "Filter by category" pill, "Filter by genre" buttons,
and the PlaylistBrowseView (View-all) header band + category radio row.
- i18n: "Preferred GPU" + description + discrete/integrated + restart toast (8
locales).
Base: 76ea5a82. Prior checkpoint: a0f5cf2b.
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Smoke rounds 3-4 (owner feedback). Checkpoint during iteration.
Ambient (the big one): rewrote ambient.wgsl from translating gaussian blobs to a
METABALL field (r²/d² summed + smoothstep iso-surface) with 2-octave domain warp
— lobes fuse/stretch/split like an amoeba / lava lamp (the Cider motion that was
missing), faster clock, more contrast.
Surfaces made background-aware (translucent when the dynamic background is on):
- Search results view (root + toolbar), artist Network panel + its tab-row
header (transparent to avoid double-translucent compounding), JUMP TO bar
(JumpNavBar bar-bg passed in — can't import ShellState without a cycle).
- Discover toolbars + tab pill + BrowseHeaderTools; SearchResultsView toolbar.
- CircleAction (shared: playlist/album/artist/etc. action buttons) on-surface
secondary fill goes glass; playlist Sort dropdown; QbzSelect closed control.
- New app-background-bar-alpha knob (0.3, env QBZ_BG_BAR_ALPHA): thin bars go
MORE transparent than panels (surface-alpha 0.5).
- Content well: frosted tint (0.22) + 1px hairline border → distinct panel.
- Album/Artist header gradient auto-suppressed under the dynamic background
(they clashed); header text stays light on the dynamic backdrop.
- Discover carousel edge-fade "shadows" hidden when active (Carousel /
PlaylistCarousel / ArtistCarousel / PinnedCarousel).
Base: 76ea5a82. Prior checkpoint: 4e405338.
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Port the Tauri playlist "View all": a new PlaylistBrowseView with the category
tag bar, search filter, genre filter and grid/list toggle, extracted into a
shared BrowseHeaderTools and a reusable PlaylistListRow. Restores the "Popular
albums" see-all and aligns PlaylistCarousel's "View all" affordance with the
standard carousels.
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