release: 0.60.7 (improvement/glass-over-image-tune)

VERSION

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.60.6
+0.60.7

frontend/src/index.css

@@ -125,25 +125,28 @@
    (`html[data-backdrop="on"]`), and on the Plex art-backed detail views (`.glass-media`, which
    have their own art backdrop even when the global image is off). When there's nothing behind the
    glass (image off / perf), the :root defaults keep it solid & readable. ===== */
-/* App-wide background image: the glass sits over the FEED (and menus over it), so readability wins.
-   Near-opaque with a strong blur — the backdrop image still tints through as soft colour, but the feed
-   behind the nav/popovers no longer punches through. This is SEPARATE from .glass-media below: the two
-   used to share one tier, which was the root cause — a value tuned for Plex art was forced onto the
-   whole app. (Tuned live on prod, 2026-08-08: 50% → 72% still too see-through; 88% reads clean.) */
+/* App-wide background image. Chrome stays readable — panels (.glass surface) near-opaque at 90% and
+   menus fully solid at 100% (a popover over the feed must not read through) — while the FEED CARDS
+   (.glass-card) are intentionally translucent at 50% so the per-scheme backdrop image gently shows
+   THROUGH the cards without hurting text. SEPARATE from .glass-media below (Plex art tier). (Tuned by
+   the user, 2026-08-09: 90/50/100 + inset 10 — "the image just barely shows through, text still
+   readable". Supersedes the 2026-08-08 uniform-88% pass, which killed the image-through-cards look.) */
 html[data-backdrop="on"] {
   --glass-blur: 22px;
   --glass-saturate: 1.6;
   --glass-dark-bright: 1.2;
-  --glass-surface-alpha: 88%;
-  --glass-card-alpha: 90%;
-  --glass-menu-alpha: 93%;
+  --glass-surface-alpha: 90%;
+  --glass-card-alpha: 50%;
+  --glass-menu-alpha: 100%;
   --glass-border-alpha: 80%;
   --glass-edge: 25%;
-  --glass-inset: 15%;
+  --glass-inset: 10%;
   --glass-scrim: 30%;
 }
 /* Plex art-backed detail views: the glass sits over the item's OWN poster/art, which is MEANT to show
-   through richly — keep this tier translucent (unlike the app-wide one above). */
+   through richly. Its PANELS/MENUS are more translucent than the app-wide tier above (72/85 vs 90/100),
+   but its cards are actually MORE solid (80 vs the app-wide 50) — the app-wide feed deliberately lets
+   its backdrop show through the cards, while here the poster reads through the panels instead. */
 .glass-media {
   --glass-blur: 14px;
   --glass-saturate: 1.6;

frontend/src/lib/releaseNotes.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ export interface ReleaseEntry {
 }
 
 export const RELEASE_NOTES: ReleaseEntry[] = [
+  {
+    version: "0.60.7",
+    date: "2026-08-09",
+    fixes: [
+      "Refined the frosted-glass look when a background image is on: the feed cards now let the image gently show through, while the panels and menus stay solid so text everywhere stays readable.",
+    ],
+  },
   {
     version: "0.60.6",
     date: "2026-08-09",