REVIEW.md: pass 7 — senior-first guided nav + subtle bloom, gates passed

155681cc816ca75defef218d2508b117375e288a · 2026-06-27 17:25:29 -0700 · Steve
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Author: Steve <steve@designerwallcoverings.com>
Date:   Sat Jun 27 17:25:29 2026 -0700

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 - GAP A (swatch resolution): NO higher-res native China Seas source available. Shopify = 1000×1250 native (?width=2048 returns same 1000px); vendor quadrillefabrics.com S3 = 950×653, no larger variants (403). Within Steve's no-upscale rule, 1000px is the genuine CEILING — closing this needs re-shooting/scanning physical samples (Steve's decision). Not pursued (no upscaling, no invented imagery).
 - GAP B (lighting): committed to one dominant warm key (key 0.7→1.05, ambient 0.72→0.5, hemi 0.58→0.45). Photographic modelling/direction without crushing swatch legibility. FPS 72, errorCount 0, specs intact.
 - Grade: ~B (render side now near its ceiling; the remaining distance to A is the source-side swatch resolution).
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+## Pass 7 (2026-06-27) — SENIOR-FIRST navigation (officer-yolo, DTD verdict A) + subtle bloom
+Main complaint addressed: "hard to navigate / must be usable for a 65-year-old."
+
+### Senior-usability (PRIORITY 1)
+- GUIDED MODE is now the boot default. On load the camera flies to the MIDDLE board open
+  and presents its design — no keyboard, no 3D walking needed. (DTD 2/2: Claude+Codex → A.)
+- Big bottom-centre control bar: ◀ Previous · ▷ Auto Tour (brass hero) · Next ▶ · ⛶ All
+  Designs. Every button 60px tall (≥56 gate), word-labelled, high-contrast, generously spaced.
+- Always-visible plain instruction: "Tap Next to see the next design — or Auto Tour to watch
+  them all." Updates to a Pause hint while touring.
+- Large readable pattern title top-centre (serif 30px) + "Design N of 883" so the senior
+  always knows what they're looking at and where they are.
+- Auto Tour = the existing Peruse, hands-free; the same big button toggles ❚❚ Pause.
+- "All Designs" big-thumbnail grid overlay (familiar web-grid browse path); tap a picture →
+  flies to that board. 52px Close button.
+- WASD/orbit DEMOTED behind an "Explore: Off" toggle (top-right), OFF by default, persisted.
+  When Explore is on, the compact Now-Viewing strip + minimap return; guided bar hides.
+- Verified by scripts/test-senior.js — drives ONLY the big mouse buttons (NO keyboard):
+  guided boots focused (Design 5/883), Next×6 advances board-to-board, window auto-pages
+  past 8 to reach Design 24, Auto Tour starts + Pause stops, All Designs grid opens+jumps,
+  buttons≥56px, China Seas specs intact, errorCount 0, FPS 57/68. End-to-end no-keyboard
+  browse CONFIRMED.
+
+### Realism (PRIORITY 2)
+- Subtle additive-blend bloom halo around the two ceiling cove light-strips so the light
+  bleeds into the ceiling like a real fixture — WITHOUT a postprocessing/EffectComposer
+  stack (none bundled; that would be a render-loop rewrite). FPS-neutral: walkthrough 63,
+  2-min soak min 65 / avg 70. (No engine switch, no risky rewrite, per the brief.)
+
+### Verify gate — all passed
+walkthrough 63 FPS · 2-min soak min 65 / avg 70 · errorCount 0 · China Seas 27″×27″ straight
+match intact · senior button-only browse confirmed end-to-end.
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