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 | G5 lapis | `Theme lapis` (its `decor`) | a native theme with ornament: tag plaques with hard shadows inside their bands (the focused one striped), dots, rail checker, title shadow | .scratch/render/lapis/ (whole window at 1x and 2x, crops, a slide mp4) | pending |
 | G6 smooth scroll | follows `Motion` (on through the default smooth; `Motion off` lands at once) | a mouse wheel's notch glides, a touchpad follows the finger | .scratch/render/scroll/ (glide-<flavour>.mp4, quarter speed, strips) | pending |
 | G7 panel transitions | `PanelSlide`, `PanelZoom`, `PanelVertical`, `PanelDissolve` (off) with `Motion` | a moving pane casts a shadow; a retargeted move keeps its speed; the GUI's dissolve is a crossfade | .scratch/render/transitions/ (slide smooth, bouncy, retargeted; dissolve) | pending |
+| G8 notice chips | follows `Motion` and `Lift` | a notice floats in tier 4 on a lift (shadow) while Lift is on, drops in easing out and dissolves easing in, quicker than it came (150 ms against 180) | .scratch/render/notices/ (acme, forge) | pending |
 
 ## Motion flavours
 
@@ -176,3 +177,10 @@ its old one over it at 1 - progress; the blend is in sRGB, not linear
 light (a two-colour mix in linear light needs both in one shader; open
 point 3). The tty keeps its per-cell swap. GUI golden 18-mid-transition
 changes (the slide's shadow at frame 6).
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+Notes on G8: most of it was there: the drop eases out on the Motion
+flavour's spring (sxrrwplk), the dissolve eases in, and a notice floats in
+tier 4 with Lift's shadow at its fade while Lift is on, on the bodies
+alone. What G8 changed: leaving was slower than arriving (a 300 ms
+dissolve against a 180 ms fall); §8.1 wants leaving the quicker, in 100 to
+160 ms, so MessageDissolve now defaults to 150 (a test holds both bands).