Per-download chooser & provider-sectioned search UI #13

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   • Wayfinder map: Apple Music as a second provider in Waves #1
3. ranokay

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   • Apple catalog surface: search, quality tiers, lyrics formats, cover art #6
   • Lyrics & album-art policy matrix #10
   • Stereo + Atmos dual-download behavior #12
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   • Write the decision-complete spec #15
5. ranokay commented on Sep 1, 2026

   

   ranokay

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   The audio-type control you'll build is now decided: ticket #12 resolved the dual-download semantics — the chooser offers stereo / Atmos / both (defaulting to settings, overriding for that click only; Atmos-only tracks collapse to Atmos), and every version gets its own queue row. Read that resolution before designing the control.
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7. ranokay commented on Sep 1, 2026

   

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   Verdict: Variant A — provider groups + split-button chooser. Prototyped three structurally different variants in the Waves console theme (prototype branch prototype/chooser-search-ui, tools/prototypes/chooser-search-ui.html — throwaway, fake data); the human reacted and picked A outright.

   What the spec inherits (the A answer)

   1. Search results sectioned per provider = top-level provider groups. A phosphor TIDAL group header followed by the familiar type sections (ARTISTS / ALBUMS / TRACKS / PLAYLISTS), then an APPLE MUSIC group with the same sections. No per-row provider badges — group membership carries the identity (B's chip-per-row + filter chips and C's provider tabs were the alternatives; both rejected).
   2. The chooser gesture is a split button on every download control: main face = one click with saved defaults (the queued toast confirms provider/tier/files); ▾ face (or right-click anywhere on the control) = the full chooser as an anchored popover, never a dialog on every click.
   3. Chooser content (identical across variants, settled by earlier tickets): provider segmented control (fixed on collection rows — a collection belongs to its provider), the provider's quality tiers with detail text (Apple: ALAC 24/192 · ALAC 16/44.1 · AAC 256; TIDAL: its four rungs), audio type stereo/Atmos/both (collapsing to ATMOS ONLY on Atmos-only tracks), lyrics embed/.lrc/.ttml quick toggles, art sidecar/embed toggles, SET AS DEFAULTS (writes back to Settings) + DOWNLOAD. Choice applies to that click only.
   4. Standalone lyrics/art actions are first-class buttons beside DOWNLOAD on album and artist pages ("LYRICS ONLY", "ART ONLY"). Per-track placement follows A's first-class philosophy: a compact hover affordance beside the track's split button (the A-consistent extension; exact glyph/spacing is implementation polish).
   5. Apple's group renders only when the provider is enabled+signed in (capability flags from the Provider seam); disabled = today's TIDAL-only page, unchanged.

   Captured

   The full three-variant prototype (including the rejected B and C) lives on the throwaway branch as the primary source; this main branch records only the verdict. The wiring of A into Main.qml is implementation work — the map ends at the spec.
8. ranokay

   closed this as completedon Sep 1, 2026