v3: play and open stop competing on a card — list thumbs carry a quiet corner ▶ badge that grows a touch on card hover and a touch more (with a soft dim) on the thumb itself, while the title's "open" cue stands down; link-out thumbs show ↗, compact audio gets its ▶; journal image cards move ▶ to a top-corner badge that settles while the title or vote is hovered; nyt image-card headlines stay white on hover instead of going ink-on-scrim

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

src/components/FilePreview.tsx

@@ -208,9 +208,12 @@ export default function FilePreview(
             e.stopPropagation();
             play(filePlayerItem(dump, fileUrl, mime, token));
           }}
+          aria-label="Play"
         >
           <VideoThumb src={thumbUrl} fallback={mimeIcon(mime)} />
-          <span className="rich-content-play-overlay">▶</span>
+          <span className="rich-content-play-overlay" aria-hidden="true">
+            ▶
+          </span>
         </button>
       );
     }
@@ -226,6 +229,7 @@ export default function FilePreview(
             e.stopPropagation();
             play(filePlayerItem(dump, fileUrl, mime, token));
           }}
+          aria-label="Play"
         >
           {thumbOverride
             ? <VideoThumb src={thumbOverride} fallback={mimeIcon(mime)} />
@@ -234,6 +238,9 @@ export default function FilePreview(
                 {mimeIcon(mime)}
               </span>
             )}
+          <span className="rich-content-play-overlay" aria-hidden="true">
+            ▶
+          </span>
         </button>
       );
     }

src/components/RichContentCard.tsx

@@ -96,8 +96,14 @@ export default function RichContentCard(
         rel="noopener noreferrer"
         className="rich-content-compact"
         onClick={(e) => e.stopPropagation()}
+        aria-label={richContent.siteName
+          ? `Open on ${richContent.siteName}`
+          : "Open source"}
       >
         {thumbnail}
+        <span className="rich-content-open-overlay" aria-hidden="true">
+          ↗
+        </span>
       </a>
     );
   }