v0.6.0

Upgrading from 0.5.x

Several actions are renamed after what the avatar does on screen, instead of the situation they were first written for. The old names keep working in 0.6 and print a one-time notice in the browser console; they stop working in 1.0. To upgrade, replace the old names in play() calls and in action-state or face-state listeners:

Old name	New name	What it looks like
send	affirm	A nod
warning	wary	Head turned, one eye close, a guarded up-and-down look
error, system-error, connection-error	refuse	A head shake
blocked, policy-blocked	angry	Lowered, glaring eyes
wait	waiting-spin (or waiting)	The default waiting spin
failed, fail	failure
verify, review	inspect
slot	random

action-state now reports affirm, wary, angry and refuse, and face-state reports wary and refuse. A shake reads as "no", so use refuse when the Agent cannot or will not do something, and failure when a task or connection fails. Antenna blinking is removed: setAntennaFlash() now does nothing and prints a one-time notice, and it is deleted in 1.0. Packages that depend on ^0.5.x do not pick up 0.6 automatically.

Added

• Added the waiting-wave action: both eyes bob in staggered waves. startWaiting({ variant: 'wave' }) loops it continuously.
• Added waiting-spin as the explicit name of the default waiting motion, and startWaiting({ variant: 'spin' }).
• Added brand-inspired color palettes to the demo. Colors apply to a stage card around the avatar; hovering a swatch previews it, a dice button picks a random palette, a swap button exchanges the background and head colors, and a reset button appears on the stage while the colors differ from the default. The page opens by rolling the stage through the palettes in step with the eyes' reel spin, ending with a faint rainbow ripple.

Changed

• Renamed actions as listed above.
• Demo labels now describe the expression: Waiting · Spin, Waiting · Scroll, Affirm, Wary, Angry and Refuse. The toolbar row is one card as wide as the actions, with Head shape and a random-colors button.
• Refined the wary expression with independently tilted eyes, adjusted eye proportions and eyelids.

Also in this release

• The embedded eyes engine for robot and dev-board screens is still in development. It will get its own version number and release; progress is tracked in embedded/CHANGELOG.md.

Removed

• Removed antenna blinking (setAntennaFlash()), which added little and is no longer shown in the demo.

Fixed

• The demo no longer shows intermediate layouts while loading, keeps its action rows even and stable on phones and under browser page translators, and keeps an open panel on screen.