# Evaluation — Attempt 1

## Overall Verdict: PASS

## Overall Assessment
The confirmation experience successfully turns the member portrait into the emotional center of a dignified, usher-like interaction, while the toast is clearly separated from page content. The forest, ivory, and brass treatment feels coherent with the existing church welcome page and the interaction is unusually complete: explicit consent, safe cancellation, real POST forms, focus trapping, Escape handling, fallback imagery, and reduced-motion support are all present.

The live route returned HTTP 200 and `checkin.php` passed PHP syntax validation. Browser screenshot tooling was unavailable in this environment, so pending-session states were assessed through the rendered PHP structure plus the complete CSS and JavaScript behavior.

## Scores

| Criterion | Score | Status | Weight | Notes |
|-----------|-------|--------|--------|-------|
| Design Quality | 2/3 | PASS | HIGH | The membership-card composition, portrait framing, brass hairline, restrained status marker, and editorial information hierarchy form a consistent premium church welcome-desk aesthetic. |
| Originality | 2/3 | PASS | HIGH | The identity portrait/verified lockup and membership details read as a custom church interaction rather than a generic confirmation dialog or SaaS card. |
| Craft | 1/3 | PASS | MEDIUM | Modal/toast spacing, safe-area treatment, 44px targets, fallbacks, semantic colors, and motion preferences are handled well. The page’s existing 760px breakpoint leaves a narrow tablet range—especially 768px—using a desktop grid whose declared minimum columns can exceed the viewport. |
| Functionality | 2/3 | PASS | MEDIUM | The modal cannot accidentally confirm: confirm and cancel are separate CSRF-protected POST forms, X/Escape use cancellation, focus is trapped, initial focus is explicit, the photo has a fallback, and the toast pauses on hover/focus and remains dismissible. |

## What's Working Well

- The portrait treatment is the clear focal point: the framed 132px image, initials fallback, and restrained green verification seal make recognition immediate without looking decorative or playful.
- The modal copy and hierarchy are excellent for mixed technical confidence: “Confirm your identity,” the member’s name, labeled ID/type/service, and the plain consent sentence clearly explain what will happen.
- Both “Not me” and the close button submit the cancellation form, while Escape invokes that same path. This is a strong safety detail because closing never records attendance.
- Toasts are fixed and do not shift the page. Semantic tone, title, message, optional service/time metadata, close control, live-region behavior, seven-second progress, and hover/focus pause provide a polished notification state.
- Mobile treatment deliberately becomes a bottom sheet above the fixed navigation, with a scrollable maximum height and stacked actions. All interactive targets meet or exceed 44px.
- Dynamic content is escaped, external dependencies were avoided, and `prefers-reduced-motion` is honored.

## Issues Found

### Issue 1: Tablet breakpoint can permit horizontal overflow
- **What**: At 768px, the page remains in the desktop layout because the mobile breakpoint ends at 760px. The main grid declares minimum columns of 280px and 440px, plus a 7vw gap and horizontal padding, which together exceed a 768px viewport.
- **Where**: `.welcome-layout` and the `@media(max-width:760px)` responsive boundary in `user-portal.css`.
- **Why it matters**: The brief explicitly requires a clean 768px presentation with no horizontal overflow. Even though the dialog itself fits, the visible page beneath its scrim can be wider than the tablet viewport.
- **Suggested fix**: Move the stacked-page breakpoint to approximately 900px, or add a tablet-only rule that reduces the right-column minimum, gap, and padding while preserving the 520px dialog width.

### Issue 2: No-JavaScript pending state stays hidden
- **What**: The dialog layer is emitted with the HTML `hidden` attribute and becomes visible only when JavaScript removes it.
- **Where**: `[data-identity-dialog]` in `checkin.php` and the dialog initialization in `portal.js`.
- **Why it matters**: The forms are genuine POST forms, but if JavaScript fails after a pending identity has been created, the user cannot reach either confirmation or cancellation from this page.
- **Suggested fix**: Render the pending dialog visible by default and use a short inline/document-ready enhancement class to suppress initial flash, or provide a `<noscript>` confirmation/cancellation panel containing the same real forms.

## Priority Fixes for Next Attempt

1. Cover 768px tablets by stacking the main page or introducing a dedicated tablet grid that cannot overflow.
2. Add a reachable no-JavaScript fallback for a pending confirmation.
3. If visually validating later, inspect very long member names and IDs at 375px to confirm the intended wrapping remains balanced.

## Should the next attempt REFINE or PIVOT?

REFINE. The core design direction and consent interaction are strong and production-appropriate. The remaining concerns are narrow responsive/progressive-enhancement refinements, not reasons to reconsider the visual concept.
