diff --git a/backlog/tasks/task-71 - Gradual-zoom-toolbar-reorganization-pinch-to-zoom.md b/backlog/tasks/task-71 - Gradual-zoom-toolbar-reorganization-pinch-to-zoom.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+---
+id: TASK-71
+title: 'Gradual zoom, toolbar reorganization, pinch-to-zoom'
+status: Done
+assignee: []
+created_date: '2026-02-28 00:53'
+labels:
+  - canvas
+  - UX
+  - mobile
+dependencies: []
+priority: medium
+---
+
+## Description
+
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:BEGIN -->
+Three improvements to canvas UX:
+1. **Gradual zoom** — button zoom 1.25x→1.1x, wheel zoom 0.9/1.1→0.95/1.05, cursor-centered wheel zoom
+2. **Toolbar rename** — "📝 Create" → "📝 Note", removed quick-add "+" button
+3. **Redistribute rApps** — removed standalone "📱 rApps" dropdown, moved 16 embed buttons into thematic groups (Note, Media, Embed, Decide, Creative)
+4. **Pinch-to-zoom** — added two-finger pinch gesture with center-point zoom, alongside existing two-finger pan
+<!-- SECTION:DESCRIPTION:END -->
+
+## Acceptance Criteria
+<!-- AC:BEGIN -->
+- [ ] #1 Zoom buttons use 1.1x multiplier (10% steps)
+- [ ] #2 Ctrl+wheel zoom uses 0.95/1.05 (5% steps)
+- [ ] #3 Wheel and pinch zoom center on cursor/pinch midpoint
+- [ ] #4 Toolbar shows '📝 Note' not '📝 Create'
+- [ ] #5 No '📱 rApps' standalone dropdown exists
+- [ ] #6 All 16 rApp embed buttons distributed into thematic groups
+- [ ] #7 No quick-add '+' button in toolbar
+- [ ] #8 Pinch-to-zoom works on touch devices alongside two-finger pan
+- [ ] #9 All embed buttons still create folk-rapp shapes when clicked
+<!-- AC:END -->
+
+## Final Summary
+
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:BEGIN -->
+Modified `website/canvas.html` (58 insertions, 62 deletions). Zoom made more gradual across all input methods. Toolbar reorganized — rApp embeds distributed into thematic groups. Added pinch-to-zoom with center-point tracking. Cleaned up quick-add button and mobile menu rApps auto-open logic.
+<!-- SECTION:FINAL_SUMMARY:END -->
diff --git a/website/canvas.html b/website/canvas.html
index a04dceb..039c452 100644
--- a/website/canvas.html
+++ b/website/canvas.html
@@ -702,8 +702,6 @@
 		</div>
 
 		<div id="toolbar">
-			<button id="quick-add" title="Add rApp" style="background:#14b8a6;color:white;font-size:18px;font-weight:700;padding:6px 10px;border:none;border-radius:8px;cursor:pointer;text-align:center;line-height:1;">+</button>
-			<span class="toolbar-sep"></span>
 			<div class="toolbar-group">
 				<button class="toolbar-group-toggle">✏️ Draw</button>
 				<div class="toolbar-dropdown">
@@ -717,13 +715,17 @@
 			</div>
 
 			<div class="toolbar-group">
-				<button class="toolbar-group-toggle">📝 Create</button>
+				<button class="toolbar-group-toggle">📝 Note</button>
 				<div class="toolbar-dropdown">
 					<button id="new-markdown" title="New Note">📝 Note</button>
 					<button id="new-wrapper" title="New Card">🗂️ Card</button>
 					<button id="new-slide" title="New Slide">🎞️ Slide</button>
 					<button id="new-obs-note" title="New Rich Note">📓 Rich Note</button>
 					<button id="new-chat" title="New Chat">💬 Chat</button>
+					<button id="embed-notes" title="Embed rNotes">📝 rNotes</button>
+					<button id="embed-books" title="Embed rBooks">📚 rBooks</button>
+					<button id="embed-pubs" title="Embed rPubs">📖 rPubs</button>
+					<button id="embed-forum" title="Embed rForum">💬 rForum</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
@@ -737,6 +739,7 @@
 					<button id="new-drawfast" title="New Drawing">✏️ Drawfast</button>
 					<button id="new-freecad" title="New FreeCAD">📐 FreeCAD</button>
 					<button id="new-kicad" title="New KiCAD PCB">🔌 KiCAD PCB</button>
+					<button id="embed-swag" title="Embed rSwag">🎨 rSwag</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
@@ -746,6 +749,8 @@
 					<button id="new-transcription" title="New Transcription">🎤 Transcribe</button>
 					<button id="new-video-chat" title="New Video Call">📹 Video Call</button>
 					<button id="new-piano" title="New Piano">🎹 Piano</button>
+					<button id="embed-photos" title="Embed rPhotos">📸 rPhotos</button>
+					<button id="embed-tube" title="Embed rTube">🎬 rTube</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
@@ -757,6 +762,12 @@
 					<button id="new-calendar" title="New Calendar">📅 Calendar</button>
 					<button id="new-map" title="New Map">🗺️ Map</button>
 					<button id="new-social-post" title="New Post">📱 Social Post</button>
+					<button id="embed-files" title="Embed rFiles">📁 rFiles</button>
+					<button id="embed-work" title="Embed rWork">📋 rWork</button>
+					<button id="embed-inbox" title="Embed rInbox">📧 rInbox</button>
+					<button id="embed-cart" title="Embed rCart">🛒 rCart</button>
+					<button id="embed-data" title="Embed rData">📊 rData</button>
+					<button id="embed-network" title="Embed rNetwork">🌍 rNetwork</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
@@ -786,28 +797,9 @@
 					<button id="new-choice-rank" title="New Ranking">📊 Ranking</button>
 					<button id="new-choice-spider" title="New Scoring">🕸 Scoring</button>
 					<button id="new-token" title="New Token">🪙 Token</button>
-				</div>
-			</div>
-
-			<div class="toolbar-group">
-				<button class="toolbar-group-toggle">📱 rApps</button>
-				<div class="toolbar-dropdown">
-					<button id="embed-notes" title="Embed rNotes">📝 rNotes</button>
-					<button id="embed-photos" title="Embed rPhotos">📸 rPhotos</button>
-					<button id="embed-books" title="Embed rBooks">📚 rBooks</button>
-					<button id="embed-pubs" title="Embed rPubs">📖 rPubs</button>
-					<button id="embed-files" title="Embed rFiles">📁 rFiles</button>
-					<button id="embed-work" title="Embed rWork">📋 rWork</button>
-					<button id="embed-forum" title="Embed rForum">💬 rForum</button>
-					<button id="embed-inbox" title="Embed rInbox">📧 rInbox</button>
-					<button id="embed-tube" title="Embed rTube">🎬 rTube</button>
 					<button id="embed-funds" title="Embed rFunds">🌊 rFunds</button>
 					<button id="embed-wallet" title="Embed rWallet">💰 rWallet</button>
 					<button id="embed-vote" title="Embed rVote">🗳️ rVote</button>
-					<button id="embed-cart" title="Embed rCart">🛒 rCart</button>
-					<button id="embed-data" title="Embed rData">📊 rData</button>
-					<button id="embed-network" title="Embed rNetwork">🌍 rNetwork</button>
-					<button id="embed-swag" title="Embed rSwag">🎨 rSwag</button>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 
@@ -2377,12 +2369,12 @@
 			}
 
 			document.getElementById("zoom-in").addEventListener("click", () => {
-				scale = Math.min(scale * 1.25, maxScale);
+				scale = Math.min(scale * 1.1, maxScale);
 				updateCanvasTransform();
 			});
 
 			document.getElementById("zoom-out").addEventListener("click", () => {
-				scale = Math.max(scale / 1.25, minScale);
+				scale = Math.max(scale / 1.1, minScale);
 				updateCanvasTransform();
 			});
 
@@ -2398,22 +2390,9 @@
 			const toolbarEl = document.getElementById("toolbar");
 
 			mobileMenuBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
-				// On mobile, first tap opens rApps group in the popout panel
-				const rAppsGroup = toolbarEl.querySelector(".toolbar-group:has(#embed-notes)")
-					|| [...toolbarEl.querySelectorAll(".toolbar-group")].find(g =>
-						g.querySelector(".toolbar-group-toggle")?.textContent.includes("rApps"));
-				if (rAppsGroup && !toolbarEl.classList.contains("mobile-open")) {
-					toolbarEl.classList.add("mobile-open");
-					mobileMenuBtn.textContent = "✕";
-					// Auto-open the rApps panel
-					setTimeout(() => {
-						if (typeof openToolbarPanel === "function") openToolbarPanel(rAppsGroup);
-					}, 50);
-				} else {
-					const isOpen = toolbarEl.classList.toggle("mobile-open");
-					mobileMenuBtn.textContent = isOpen ? "✕" : "✚";
-					if (!isOpen && typeof closeToolbarPanel === "function") closeToolbarPanel();
-				}
+				const isOpen = toolbarEl.classList.toggle("mobile-open");
+				mobileMenuBtn.textContent = isOpen ? "✕" : "✚";
+				if (!isOpen && typeof closeToolbarPanel === "function") closeToolbarPanel();
 			});
 
 			// Auto-close toolbar after tapping a shape-creation button on mobile
@@ -2495,21 +2474,6 @@
 				}
 			});
 
-			// Desktop quick-add button → opens the rApps popout panel
-			document.getElementById("quick-add")?.addEventListener("click", (e) => {
-				e.stopPropagation();
-				const rAppsGroup = toolbarEl.querySelector(".toolbar-group:has(#embed-notes)")
-					|| [...toolbarEl.querySelectorAll(".toolbar-group")].find(g =>
-						g.querySelector(".toolbar-group-toggle")?.textContent.includes("rApps"));
-				if (rAppsGroup) {
-					if (activeToolbarGroup === rAppsGroup) {
-						closeToolbarPanel();
-					} else {
-						openToolbarPanel(rAppsGroup);
-					}
-				}
-			});
-
 			// Collapse/expand toolbar
 			const collapseBtn = document.getElementById("toolbar-collapse");
 			collapseBtn.addEventListener("click", () => {
@@ -2520,11 +2484,11 @@
 
 			// Mobile zoom controls (separate from toolbar)
 			document.getElementById("mz-in").addEventListener("click", () => {
-				scale = Math.min(scale * 1.25, maxScale);
+				scale = Math.min(scale * 1.1, maxScale);
 				updateCanvasTransform();
 			});
 			document.getElementById("mz-out").addEventListener("click", () => {
-				scale = Math.max(scale / 1.25, minScale);
+				scale = Math.max(scale / 1.1, minScale);
 				updateCanvasTransform();
 			});
 			document.getElementById("mz-reset").addEventListener("click", () => {
@@ -2534,8 +2498,9 @@
 				updateCanvasTransform();
 			});
 
-			// Touch gesture handling for two-finger pan
+			// Touch gesture handling for two-finger pan + pinch-to-zoom
 			let lastTouchCenter = null;
+			let lastTouchDist = null;
 
 			function getTouchCenter(touches) {
 				return {
@@ -2544,6 +2509,12 @@
 				};
 			}
 
+			function getTouchDist(touches) {
+				const dx = touches[0].clientX - touches[1].clientX;
+				const dy = touches[0].clientY - touches[1].clientY;
+				return Math.hypot(dx, dy);
+			}
+
 			canvas.addEventListener("touchstart", (e) => {
 				if (e.touches.length === 2) {
 					e.preventDefault();
@@ -2552,6 +2523,7 @@
 					panPointerId = null;
 					canvas.style.cursor = "";
 					lastTouchCenter = getTouchCenter(e.touches);
+					lastTouchDist = getTouchDist(e.touches);
 				}
 			}, { passive: false });
 
@@ -2559,13 +2531,30 @@
 				if (e.touches.length === 2) {
 					e.preventDefault();
 
-					// Two-finger pan (no zoom)
 					const currentCenter = getTouchCenter(e.touches);
+					const currentDist = getTouchDist(e.touches);
+
 					if (lastTouchCenter) {
+						// Two-finger pan
 						panX += currentCenter.x - lastTouchCenter.x;
 						panY += currentCenter.y - lastTouchCenter.y;
 					}
+
+					if (lastTouchDist && lastTouchDist > 0) {
+						// Pinch-to-zoom around gesture center
+						const zoomDelta = currentDist / lastTouchDist;
+						const newScale = Math.min(Math.max(scale * zoomDelta, minScale), maxScale);
+						// Adjust pan so zoom centers on pinch midpoint
+						const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+						const cx = currentCenter.x - rect.left;
+						const cy = currentCenter.y - rect.top;
+						panX = cx - (cx - panX) * (newScale / scale);
+						panY = cy - (cy - panY) * (newScale / scale);
+						scale = newScale;
+					}
+
 					lastTouchCenter = currentCenter;
+					lastTouchDist = currentDist;
 
 					updateCanvasTransform();
 				}
@@ -2574,6 +2563,7 @@
 			canvas.addEventListener("touchend", (e) => {
 				if (e.touches.length < 2) {
 					lastTouchCenter = null;
+					lastTouchDist = null;
 				}
 			});
 
@@ -2581,9 +2571,15 @@
 			canvas.addEventListener("wheel", (e) => {
 				e.preventDefault();
 				if (e.ctrlKey) {
-					// Ctrl+wheel (or trackpad pinch) = zoom
-					const zoomFactor = e.deltaY > 0 ? 0.9 : 1.1;
-					scale = Math.min(Math.max(scale * zoomFactor, minScale), maxScale);
+					// Ctrl+wheel (or trackpad pinch) = zoom centered on cursor
+					const zoomFactor = e.deltaY > 0 ? 0.95 : 1.05;
+					const newScale = Math.min(Math.max(scale * zoomFactor, minScale), maxScale);
+					const rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
+					const cx = e.clientX - rect.left;
+					const cy = e.clientY - rect.top;
+					panX = cx - (cx - panX) * (newScale / scale);
+					panY = cy - (cy - panY) * (newScale / scale);
+					scale = newScale;
 				} else {
 					// Regular wheel/two-finger scroll = pan
 					panX -= e.deltaX;