Four upgrades that take the equalizer row from clean to vibey.
All tied together by the same --eq-accent / --eq-glow CSS
variables so future tweaks stay coherent across the four
animation layers.
1. Brand-color avatar disc above each bar. Circular chip with a
2-3 letter glyph (SP / AM / DZ / LF / GN / MB / ADB / TD /
QB / DC / AZ) and a radial gradient using the service's
accent. Inner highlight + drop-shadow for depth; slow halo
pulse when the worker is running. Anchors each capsule to
its identity so the row reads as "these are your services"
not "these are 11 anonymous bars."
2. Peak-flash detector. When ``cpm`` actually steps upward
between socket updates (above a small jitter floor so
near-zero noise doesn't trigger), the peak tip briefly
flares white-hot, the fill flashes brighter, and the
reflection puddle ripples — all on a 650ms one-shot the JS
removes after fire. Mimics a hardware VU meter's peak-
detect LED. Sells the "alive" feeling by tying bar
movement to real call activity, not just continuous
animation.
3. Rolling-counter number animation. The live count under
the bar digit-animates from old→new with easeOutCubic
over 520ms instead of snapping. Per-element animation
handles tracked in a WeakMap so a fast second update
cancels the prior RAF loop instead of fighting it.
Premium-counter feel.
4. Glass-surface reflection puddle. Soft accent-colored
blurred ellipse under each bar; opacity scales with the
real (unclamped) rate via the --eq-glow variable so idle
bars don't pollute the row with permanent ground-light.
Rate-limited bars get a red puddle. Peak-flash briefly
intensifies the puddle so the surface "ripples" with the
call burst. Mounted on the host button (not the track) so
it escapes the track's overflow clipping.
Responsive: avatar disc shrinks to 26px at laptop/tablet,
24px at mobile.