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feat(www): reduced effects setting, no agent and tighter corners in hobby mode - #3216

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Summary

Three follow-ups to the hobby mode (#3215).

  • Reduced effects. A switch in the hobby settings dialog holds the mode's effects still: the ASCII stage stops drifting, drops its cursor trail and swaps art without a fade; the cover neither tilts nor sweeps. The stage still redraws when the work in focus changes. The setting is reducedEffects: boolean | null in the settings store; until the reader chooses, it follows the device and is on where the primary input cannot hover (phones and tablets), the same condition the media list uses for its touch behaviour. AsciiField and ReflectiveCard take a reducedMotion prop that renders them as they already do under the system's reduced-motion setting.
  • No agent in hobby mode. The chat launcher is gone from the hobby frame, and the dock renders nothing and drops Mod+I on hobby paths. A dock left open in the tech mode steps aside and comes back with it; the session is untouched.
  • Settings follow the mode. The dialog lists what applies where it is opened: the agent switch and reader palette in tech, the effects switch in hobby.
  • Tighter corners. Hobby --radius goes from 0.625rem to 0.25rem and --field-radius from 0.5rem to 0.2rem. HeroUI buttons round at three times --radius, so they stop reading as pills. The cover card and the floating cluster follow.

Notes

  • The mode-switch curtain is not covered by the setting; it still skips under the system's reduced-motion setting.
  • The stage now keeps its backdrop while a work is open. Dropping it revoked a blob URL the shader could still be decoding, which logged an image-load error when a row was opened quickly.
  • The "Not Playing" pill in the footer keeps its full rounding; it is a shared component with its own radius.

Verification

  • pnpm turbo run lint type:check test --filter @chia/shaders --filter www --filter @chia/themes passes, with new tests for the setting's default and the reader's choice.
  • Driven in headless Chromium with WebGPU against local www + service: on desktop the stage moves by default and holds still once the switch is on; under phone emulation it is still by default and the art still follows the row in focus. Stillness was judged by comparing screenshots, not by measuring CPU on a device.
  • Tech → hobby → tech round trip with the dock open: hidden in hobby, restored in tech.

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  • New Features
    • Added a reduced-effects setting for the Hobby experience. It defaults to on for devices without hover support and can be changed in settings.
    • When reduced effects are enabled, animated backgrounds and cover-card motion remain still.
  • Changes
    • Removed the chat launcher from the Hobby navigation menu.

…obby mode

- Settings gain `reducedEffects`: the hobby stage holds still (no drift,
  trail or fades) and the cover neither tilts nor sweeps. Until the reader
  chooses it follows the device, on where the primary input cannot hover.
  `AsciiField` and `ReflectiveCard` take a `reducedMotion` prop for it.
- The settings dialog lists what applies to the mode it is opened in: the
  agent and reader palette in tech, the effects in hobby.
- The agent is not offered in hobby mode: the launcher is gone from the
  frame and the dock steps aside on hobby paths, coming back with the tech
  mode.
- Hobby `--radius` goes from 0.625rem to 0.25rem. HeroUI buttons round at
  three times it, so they stop reading as pills.
- The stage keeps its backdrop while a work is open; dropping it revoked a
  blob the shader could still be decoding.

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Hobby mode gains a reduced-effects setting with a touch-device default. The preference is persisted and applied to animated fields and reflective cards. Settings now render controls by site mode. Hobby mode also changes chat availability, backdrop handling, and hover detection.

Changes: Hobby Mode Settings and Effects

Layer / File(s) Summary
Reduced-effects preference and device detection
apps/www/src/stores/settings/store.ts, apps/www/src/hooks/use-can-hover.ts, apps/www/src/hooks/use-reduced-effects.ts, apps/www/__tests__/hooks/use-reduced-effects.test.ts
The settings store persists a nullable reduced-effects preference. The hooks derive its default from hover capability. Tests cover device defaults and explicit preferences.
Mode-specific settings
apps/www/src/components/commons/settings.tsx, apps/www/src/components/commons/footer.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-footer.tsx, packages/i18n/www/en-US.json, packages/i18n/www/zh-TW.json
Settings renders tech controls in tech mode and a reduced-effects control otherwise. Footers pass their site mode. Translations add reduced-effects labels and descriptions.
Reduced effects in Hobby visuals
packages/shaders/src/ascii-field.tsx, packages/shaders/src/reflective-card.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-stage.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-cover.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-detail.tsx, apps/www/DESIGN.md
Shader components accept a reduced-motion override. Hobby stage and media covers pass the preference to those components. The backdrop remains available while work is pinned. The design documentation describes the setting and its effects.
Hobby mode controls and interactions
apps/www/src/components/agent/chat-dock.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-frame.tsx, apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-list.tsx, packages/themes/hobby.css
The chat agent is not offered in Hobby mode, and the Hobby navigation menu no longer renders ChatLauncher. MediaList uses the shared hover-capability hook. Hobby theme radius values change.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Reader
  participant Settings
  participant settingsStore
  participant useReducedEffects
  participant useCanHover
  participant HobbyStage
  participant AsciiField
  participant MediaCover
  participant ReflectiveCard
  Reader->>Settings: Choose reduced-effects preference
  Settings->>settingsStore: Store preference
  HobbyStage->>useReducedEffects: Read preference
  useReducedEffects->>settingsStore: Read stored preference
  useReducedEffects->>useCanHover: Check hover capability if preference is unset
  HobbyStage->>AsciiField: Pass reducedMotion value
  MediaCover->>ReflectiveCard: Pass reducedMotion value
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On devices that can hover and have reduced motion enabled in the system, the new setting shows as off even though motion is already reduced. Fix the default to include the system preference; the issue is small and does not block the change.

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The title follows the conventional commit format and names three concrete changes that appear in the changeset: a reduced-effects setting (use-reduced-effects hook, settings store, i18n strings), removal of the agent launcher and dock in hobby mode (chat-dock.tsx, hobby-frame.tsx), and tighter corner radii (hobby.css). The title is specific and accurate. It lists three changes rather than one primary change, which is a minor weakness but does not make it misleading or vague.

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Review comments at @apps/www/src/hooks/use-reduced-effects.ts:
- Line 13: Update useReducedEffects so its null fallback accounts for both hover
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  • apps/www/DESIGN.md
  • apps/www/__tests__/hooks/use-reduced-effects.test.ts
  • apps/www/src/components/agent/chat-dock.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/commons/footer.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/commons/settings.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-footer.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-frame.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/hobby-stage.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-cover.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-detail.tsx
  • apps/www/src/components/hobby/media-list.tsx
  • apps/www/src/hooks/use-can-hover.ts
  • apps/www/src/hooks/use-reduced-effects.ts
  • apps/www/src/stores/settings/store.ts
  • packages/i18n/www/en-US.json
  • packages/i18n/www/zh-TW.json
  • packages/shaders/src/ascii-field.tsx
  • packages/shaders/src/reflective-card.tsx
  • packages/themes/hobby.css

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export const useReducedEffects = () => {
const preference = useSettingsStore((state) => state.reducedEffects);
const canHover = useCanHover();
return preference ?? !canHover;

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Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win

Include the system reduced-motion preference in the default.

If the reader has no saved choice, can hover, and requests reduced motion, this returns false. HobbySettings therefore shows the setting as off, while both visual components disable motion through their system checks. The settings consumer uses this hook directly. (raw.githubusercontent.com)

Include the system preference in the null fallback. Add a test that controls hover and reduced-motion queries independently. This restores the default described in the PR objectives.

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Review comment at @apps/www/src/hooks/use-reduced-effects.ts at line 13:
Update useReducedEffects so its null fallback accounts for both hover capability and the system reduced-motion preference, while preserving saved-choice precedence. Add a test that controls the hover and reduced-motion queries independently and verifies the default when the reader can hover but requests reduced motion.

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