Land the UAT-approved backdrop direction as a real feature (replacing the dev
thumbnail prototype):
- 6 generated abstract SVG backdrops in public/backdrops/, one tuned to each
accent scheme (dark, mixed-colour, few light areas). Non-figurative + generated
= repo-safe, tiny, accent-matched.
- New data-backdrop="on" state (dark theme + the setting + not perf) paints the
per-scheme image on <body> (app root now transparent so it shows app-wide and
the glass refracts it) AND switches the glass to its translucent tier (the
user's tuned values: surface 50 / card 60 / scrim 30 / blur 10 / edge 25).
Off / light / perf -> flat colour + solid glass (the readable fallback).
- Settings > Appearance 'Background image' toggle (bgImage pref, dark-only),
trilingual. Flat is the fallback + opt-out.
- Remove the FeedBackdrop prototype + its tuner controls; tuner baseline resynced
to the glass-over-image tier, add a Backdrop-fade slider.
GOTCHA fixed: the dark-mode ambient 'background' shorthand reset background-size
to auto (image rendered un-covered); out-specified it with [data-theme="dark"].
From UAT: glass reads strongest where there's content behind it, so split the
look into two tiers instead of one global compromise.
- index.css: global :root defaults are now the 'Adaptive' baseline (solid-enough
dark glass for content-less chrome). New .glass-media scope class carries the
UAT-tuned translucent values (blur 10 / surface 50% / card 60% / scrim 30% /
edge 25%) for surfaces that float over real artwork.
- Apply .glass-media to the art-backed Plex detail views (PlexInfo page variant,
PlexShowView, PlexSeasonView) and drop PlexInfo's hard-coded inline 55%
overrides so those panels are scope-driven and consistent (hero no longer
reads solid while the season strips are translucent).
- Two new colour schemes: Starship (deep-space blue, azure accent) and Matrix
(near-black, phosphor green), each with dark+light tokens + swatches.
- Remove the thumbnail-mosaic backdrop (did nothing usefully; its home is the
future 'videos behind glass' phase) — deletes MosaicBackdrop, mosaic vars/CSS,
and the tuner's mosaic controls. GlassTuner presets resynced to the new
baseline (Current / Media / Max-readable).
Machine-baseline harvest (ruff + knip), all tsc/parse-green, no runtime change:
- backend: remove 3 unused imports (channels/playlists/youtube) via ruff; drop the
unused `job` binding in unshare_download (keep the _own_job ownership guard call).
- frontend: remove `export` from 23 internally-used-only symbols (knip "unused
exports") to shrink the public surface; delete 2 genuinely-dead declarations
(PlexBrowseResult — leftover from the removed /browse route; WIDGET_TITLES —
hardcoded English titles superseded by i18n).
Held back for a decision (unused here = possibly-unwired, NOT dead — flagged, not
removed): e2ee.lock()/clearDevice() (security primitives never wired to logout / a
"forget device" feature) and loadDefaultViewFilters (App reimplements it inline — a
DRY issue). See siftlode-ops/CODE-HYGIENE.md.
Multi-account-in-one-browser (esp. with per-tab accounts) leaked one account's client state
into another via shared localStorage keys. Scope every account-specific key by the tab's active
account (accountKey/readAccount/writeAccount/useAccountPersistedState helpers), so nothing bleeds
across accounts or tabs:
- Real leaks: selected playlist, client notification history + settings, onboarding-dismissed.
- UI position: feed page, channel-manager filter/view + tables, playlist sort, Settings/Stats/
Users/Config tabs.
- Previously DB-adopted caches (theme, hints, performance mode, sidebar layout, nav/filter
collapse) — now the cache is per-account too, so there's no flash of the other account's value
on login.
Kept intentionally global: siftlode.lang (needed pre-login on the Welcome page; the DB pref still
scopes it per-account after sign-in) and siftlode.seenVersion (a per-browser 'new version' banner).
E2EE private keys (IndexedDB) and the chat-dock key were already per-user.
- errorDialog + hints now use createStore (drop their bespoke listener arrays).
- theme/sidebarLayout/notifications/App filters/Playlists plSort use readMerged/
readJSON/writeJSON instead of inline try/JSON.parse/catch.
- Stats, SettingsPanel and App's channel filter/view tabs use usePersistedState
(the 3 sites that reinvented usePersistedTab inline).
- Every siftlode.* key now sourced from the LS registry (no scattered literals).
Replace the leftover 'subfeed' name across logger names + log_config,
frontend localStorage keys, Postgres user/db/volume defaults in the
compose files, .env.example, config.py, backup/restore scripts and the
README. Pure rename; no behavioural change. localStorage keys move from
subfeed.* to siftlode.* (one-time UI-state reset is acceptable).
- Vite + React + TS + Tailwind SPA served by FastAPI (multi-stage Docker build)
- Four color schemes (Midnight default, Forest, Slate, YouTube) x dark/light,
adjustable text size; persisted to user preferences and localStorage
- Header search, grid/list toggle, theme menu; sidebar filters (show state,
sort, include Shorts/live, language + topic tag chips with any/all matching)
- Infinite-scroll feed of video cards; click opens youtube.com in a new tab;
per-video watched / saved / hidden actions with optimistic updates
- SPA fallback routing; login screen for unauthenticated users
