chore(main): release 1.0.0

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1.0.0 (2026-06-06)

⚠ BREAKING CHANGES

• snappier startup, relocate data to %APPDATA%, lighter Mica
• settings and rules now live under %APPDATA%\Earmark. Config saved by a pre-1.0 build under the old location is not migrated and must be recreated after upgrading.

Features

• ✨ add Now Playing media strip to device cards (#55) (94ec4f2)
• add per-device display overrides (cb4efd1)
• add Quick Controls overlay (#52) (b6dd130)
• add taskbar thumbnail media controls and playback badge (cb4efd1)
• adopt WinUI TitleBar control with working back navigation (cb4efd1)
• channel-aware MSIX identity and DisplayName per build channel (5bd1957)
• collapse nav pane on backdrop tap (cb4efd1)
• hide taskbar playback indicator after 30s paused (cb4efd1)
• now-playing leniency grace window and artwork cross-fade (cb4efd1)
• refresh rule summaries during in-place session reconcile (cb4efd1)
• resolve session icons from the IconPath fallback (cb4efd1)
• slide-in animation for quick controls windows (cb4efd1)
• strip '- Topic' suffix from now playing artist (cb4efd1)
• strip redundant artist prefix from now playing titles (cb4efd1)
• taskbar media controls, startup performance, and UI polish (#56) (cb4efd1)
• theme-aware card surfaces, Mica uniformity, and tighter page (cb4efd1)

Bug Fixes

• animate page transitions on every nav, not just first load (cb4efd1)
• keep card at row height as a floor when rules expand (cb4efd1)
• lower audible threshold so faint audio keeps app chips lit (cb4efd1)
• mask black flash on quick controls open with backdrop-matched (cb4efd1)
• MSIX Store-readiness - brand icons, identity, and Quick Controls polish (#58) (5bd1957)
• quick controls scrollbar gutter, disconnected dimming, scroll (cb4efd1)
• refine now-playing band layout in strip and fill modes (cb4efd1)
• render real brand icons for the Start tile, taskbar, and tray in (5bd1957)
• roll up hosted webview sessions to owner apps (#50) (8d162b6)
• show device card menu on right-click, not backdrop menu (cb4efd1)
• size the SplashScreen scale-200 asset to 1240x600 for WACK (b19e517)
• stop replaying the Quick Controls slide-in on device state changes (5bd1957)
• strip Official tags from now-playing title and artist (cb4efd1)
• suppress the Quick Controls right-click context menu (5bd1957)
• WACK splash-asset size and gate package builds to releases (#61) (b19e517)

Performance Improvements

• snappier startup, relocate data to %APPDATA%, lighter Mica (cb4efd1)

Documentation

• remove shipped customization panel feature doc (8d162b6)
• rewrite README for the audio companion scope (#57) (89343fb)

Miscellaneous Chores

• remove custom smooth-scroll and update AGENTS.md (#53) (82b639f)

Code Refactoring

• ♻️ slim down the Quick Controls overlay (#54) (9ad54c6)
• remove unused volume-controls toggle from DeviceCard (cb4efd1)
• render now-playing backdrop with in-app acrylic (cb4efd1)
• stop persisting and restoring window size (cb4efd1)
• unify card section dividers and modernise now-playing slider (cb4efd1)

Build System

• drop Win2D, render taskbar icons via System.Drawing (cb4efd1)

Continuous Integration

• emit an unsigned-namespace test MSIX for sideload testing (5bd1957)
• fix WACK being skipped on the release-please PR (#62) (7fdda09)
• only build the MSIX/MSI package on main for release-please releases (b19e517)
• stop WACK being skipped by the release-please skip propagation (7fdda09)

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