- PlayerBar redesigned: canvas waveform seekbar (500 bars, blue→mauve gradient + glow) replaces thin slider; new flex layout; queue toggle moved to content header (consistent with sidebar pattern)
- MilkDrop visualizer in Ambient Stage via Butterchurn; hidden audio analysis, preset shuffle, smooth blend transitions
- Tracklist: animated EQ bars for playing track, play icon when paused, align-items: center fix
- Artist pages: Last.fm + Wikipedia open in native Tauri WebviewWindow (in-app browser)
- Hero/Discover deduplication: single fetch of 20 random albums split between sections
- Update checker: runs every 10 minutes during runtime; version shown without v-prefix
- Settings version: now read from package.json instead of hardcoded
- Help page: new Random Mix section, updated Playback + Library sections, improved accordion styling
- Bump version to 1.3.0
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
### Audio Engine
- Replace Howler.js with native Rust/rodio backend (src-tauri/src/audio.rs)
- audio_play/pause/resume/stop/seek/set_volume Tauri commands
- Generation counter cancels stale in-flight downloads on skip
- Wall-clock position tracking; audio:ended after 2 ticks near end
### Playback Persistence
- Persist currentTrack, queue, queueIndex, currentTime to localStorage
- Cold-start resume: play + seek to saved position on app restart
- Position priority: server queue > localStorage
### Random Mix
- Genre blacklist: excludeAudiobooks toggle + custom chip-based blacklist
- Clickable genre chips in tracklist to blacklist on the fly
- Super Genre Mix: 9 genres, progressive rendering, Load 10 more
- Promise.allSettled + 45s timeout for large Metal/Rock libraries
- Two-column filter panel at top of page
### Queue & UI
- Shuffle button in queue header (Fisher-Yates, keeps current track at 0)
- LiveSearch arrow key / Enter / Escape keyboard navigation
- Multi-line tooltip support (data-tooltip-wrap attribute)
- Update link uses Tauri shell open() to launch system browser
- Sidebar min-width 180px → 200px (fixes Psysonic title clipping)
- Tooltip z-index fix: main-content z-index:1 over queue panel
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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