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🎨 Palette: Enhanced Search Feedback & Accessibility

💡 What:

Implemented a series of micro-UX and accessibility improvements focused on background noise reduction and search feedback.

🎯 Why:

  • Noise Reduction: Decorative elements like particle canvases and CSS "terminal dots" were being announced by screen readers, cluttering the experience.
  • Search Feedback: Users (especially those using assistive technology) lacked clear confirmation when search results changed or returned zero results.
  • Visual Clarity: The Changelog lacked a proper empty state when filtered, leading to a confusing "blank" page appearance.

♿ Accessibility Improvements:

  • Added aria-hidden="true" to decorative <canvas> and UI dots.
  • Implemented aria-live="polite" on search count and empty state regions to announce updates.
  • Added localized "No results" messaging for English and Russian users.

🛠️ Changes:

  • docs.html, examples.html, roadmap.html, changelog.html, playground.html: Hiding background particles.
  • assets/js/changelog.js & assets/css/changelog.css: New dynamic empty state logic and styling.
  • assets/data/site.json: Localized strings for "No changes found".
  • .Jules/palette.md: Recorded UX/a11y learnings.

PR created automatically by Jules for task 16640027016986547481 started by @MilakyS

- Applied aria-hidden="true" to decorative background particle canvases and terminal dots across all pages to reduce screen reader noise.
- Added aria-live="polite" to search result counts and empty state containers for immediate feedback to assistive technology users.
- Implemented a localized "No changes found" empty state for the Changelog search using existing "reworking" design patterns.
- Integrated necessary localization strings and CSS for the new Changelog empty state.
- Cleaned up development artifacts and updated the Palette journal with accessibility learnings.

Co-authored-by: MilakyS <155958485+MilakyS@users.noreply.github.com>
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