Every interface direction explored for the platform, in order, with verdicts. This page is the running track record — new rounds append here.
| # | Concept | Round | Mockup | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 | Vintage tuner dial — full-screen Marantz-style dial, needle drag, station sweep audio | v1 draft | (superseded in place) | Killed by all three reviews: sequential instrument can't show multitude; gesture/a11y risk; "nostalgia says hobbyist" (Fable) |
| C2 | Jacket wall + instrument strip — dense grid is the page, dial demoted to sticky readout, warm-cabinet palette, scale-marking band IDs | v2–v3 (UX review + panel + Fable) | tuner.html — Options A/B | Byron: wall better than instrument, "but we can do better" |
| C3 | Bold streaming Lineup — Netflix/Prime DNA: hero billboard, rails, Continue Listening, The Cutting Room, neon station bands, agentic command tuner ("Don't browse. Tune."), Google sign-in, narrowcast panel | v6 (Byron's bold/futuristic direction) | lineup.html | Live — current leading candidate |
| C4 | THE FACEPLATE — cluster/center-stack split (automotive), five fixed tell-tales, preset keys with standing intents, per-claim density, the lid (attestation sheet) | v7 experts | phone render · desktop render | WINNER — ships as homepage (Fable resolution) |
| C5 | NOISE FLOOR — squelch OPEN→JUDGED→VERIFIED→ATTESTED as the governance axis; SCAN plays highest-uncertainty claims | v7 experts | render | Ships as the Faceplate's first control; per-station defaults; catalog-slide is a demo gesture |
| C6 | THE CARRIER — 24/7 join-not-browse broadcast clock; killed episodes aired as dead air with the reason read | v7 wildcard | render | Live stream CUT (unwitnessed statement, legal risk, live infra). Salvaged: static Air Strip on the Faceplate + kill-notices as produced signed artifacts |
| C7 | Point-it-outward — paste a URL, get a claim table + floor reading for someone else's content | v7 Fable | — | Adopted, P2 flagship: the instrument stops being a trophy case |
| — | Supporting: STANDBY (event-driven idle), Second Needle (narrowcast presence), TuneStart rocker, /listen zero-UI pages | v7 users | — | /listen = P1; STANDBY + Second Needle = P2 |
| C8 | DAYLIGHT — bright editorial magazine: white, huge type, jackets as art prints, press-check overlay | v8 (Byron: "lighter, brighter — go for it") | clickable · render | Byron reviewing |
| C9 | FREQUENCY — Swiss minimal + luminous gradients; LOCK-ON stations resolve on focus | v8 | clickable · render | Byron reviewing |
| C10 | BLOOM — joyful color-field on cream; bloom row expands the focused station | v8 | clickable · render | Byron reviewing |
| C11 | PAPER — read-along broadsheet; transcript IS the interface; real Ep-1 verdicts as margin stamps | v8 | clickable · render | Byron reviewing |
| C12 | SKY — dawn gradient; move-the-sun day-arc re-lights the page and re-sorts the schedule | v8 | clickable · render | Byron reviewing |
| — | Light admin (shared): attestation-before-approve wired, governor pause disables generation | v8 | clickable | Byron reviewing |
Round 8 note (2026-08-23 evening): Byron rejected the dark/retro industrial direction outright ("lighter, brighter"). C4–C6's appliance aesthetic is dead; its governance furniture (tell-tales, attestations, Cutting Room, kill rate) carries forward into every light concept. Hub: /light.html.
