- Drop all shadows (dock, icons, tooltip, corner pills); this also removes the
square that showed behind an icon mid-bounce.
- Bounce now moves the whole tile (logo bg lives on the animated element), so
nothing is left behind.
- Icons use a ~22% macOS-like corner radius (art carries its own shape).
- Portfolio gets an original photo/gallery icon (not Apple's system icon).
- Stronger magnification (50 to 92) with snappier spring tracking.
- macOS-style launch bounce on click; running-dot indicator for the active
page (works with fixed app-icon images, no recolor).
- Per-item icon paths in navItems so real macOS app icons can be dropped in.
- Drop the now-unused -active icon variants.
A template.tsx is re-created on every navigation, resetting AnimatePresence
so neither enter nor exit ran. Move the transition into a PageTransition
client component rendered in the persistent (site) layout, so AnimatePresence
survives navigations and the old page animates out before the new one in.
- Bring back the corner fan-out controls; drop the in-dock settings tile.
- Regenerate public/dock/*.svg so the squircle fills the whole tile with
no inner margin.
Replace the custom radial corner menu with in-dock control tiles so the
whole bar reads as one macOS dock: logo | pages | settings, each group
divided by a separator. Controls reuse the existing toggle components on
graphite squircle tiles matching the page icons.
- Dock icons are now real SVG files under public/dock/ (macOS squircle
look, active variants), so they can be replaced with custom art later.
- Full-bleed icons (DockIcon padding 0), fixed logo src to stop the
refresh flash.
- Remove the top menu bar entirely; relocate theme/language/sound (+admin)
into a corner control dock that expands on click.
Swap the pill navigation for a macOS-style dock as the primary nav and a
slim top menu bar for utilities:
- components/ui/dock.tsx: Magic UI Dock/DockIcon (magnification via
useSpring/useTransform), ported to the project's framer-motion.
- components/layout/site-dock.tsx: bottom dock with the logo as the first
icon, each item a real next/link (SEO preserved, active state from the
pathname), monochrome squircle tiles, hover tooltips and a "soon" badge
for Products; top menu bar keeps locale/sound/theme/admin + a live clock.
- (site)/layout.tsx: render SiteDock instead of SiteHeader.
Home bento grid and all page content are unchanged.
Replace the framer-motion hero entrance with pure-CSS staggered animations so
the hero is painted immediately instead of flashing blank until hydration.
Add a focused brand glow behind the hero title and an animated scroll cue at
the bottom of the home hero. Entrance and cue respect prefers-reduced-motion.
Replace the flat, empty hero background with a pure-CSS layered backdrop:
faded grid, brand glow, drifting brand orbs, grain, and a bottom fade that
blends the hero into page content. Applies to both the home hero and the
compact page heroes via HeroMotionBackdrop; respects prefers-reduced-motion.
The homepage hero had no call to action (Phase 0 finding). Add a live
availability pill and primary/secondary CTAs while keeping the signature title.
- HomeHero: optional availability status pill (pulsing dot) plus primary
(view work) and secondary (contact) CTAs, RTL-aware arrow, using the type
scale. Backward compatible (all new props optional).
- Wire copy + hrefs from the homepage; add heroVisual.primaryCta /
secondaryCta to en/de/ar.
Verified: JSON valid, eslint clean, no new type errors.
- Replace animated blob/wave/noise backdrop with clean static gradient
(radial ellipse highlights + linear fade) in hero-motion-backdrop
- Remove all framer-motion from background layer; delete unused CSS
classes: hero-blob, hero-sheet-glow, hero-sheet-wave, hero-sheet-noise,
hero-title-shift keyframe, and responsive blob media queries
- Add framer-motion stagger entrance to HeroContentMotion, HeroMotionItem,
and HeroTitle (slide-up + fade on mount)
- Refactor coming-soon page to use HeroContentMotion/HeroMotionItem
instead of MotionFade (whileInView unreliable above the fold)
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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