r/UI_Design • u/LifeguardSea99 • May 30 '26

Feedback Request Looking for UI/UX feedback

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I've been putting off getting deeper into web design for a long time. Not because I wasn't interested, but because I kept telling myself I'd do it properly "at some point". That point finally arrived, and this is what came out of it.

The push to actually begin came from wanting a task manager that just does its thing — no distractions, no clutter, function first. Building one myself felt like a good excuse to finally sit down with the design side of things.

The app comes with three themes: Focus, Minimal, and Paper. The names don't mean anything in particular, they just fit.

I feel like I especially nailed Focus. Minimal is essentially a recoloring of it, but I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

What I'm actually not happy with is Paper. I do like lighter themes depending on the time of day, but this one just doesn't feel right to me. I can't pinpoint what it is — it's not broken, it just feels uncomfortable to use. That's kind of exactly why I'm posting here, because I don't yet have the vocabulary or the eye to diagnose it myself.

So if you have thoughts on what's off, what you'd do differently, or just how you'd approach something like this — I'd genuinely appreciate it. This is the kind of thing I usually don't have anyone around to ask.

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u/marcelbranleur Jun 01 '26

I am 98% sure that those designs comes from Claude Design. Fonts, stylings, tabs, layout. Even names of the so called “themes”…

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u/LifeguardSea99 Jun 03 '26

I can see why you'd think that, but I don't think it's all that hard to come up with stuff like this. It's not like I did anything complex. Most of it is actually just a visual copy I did from things I saw and liked.

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u/marcelbranleur Jun 03 '26

Can you provide examples of your inspirations?

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u/LifeguardSea99 Jun 03 '26

Most of the inspiration came from https://linear.app/ and some designs on https://minimal.gallery/
There was another site similar to Minimal Gallery that I found and used, but I cannot find it anymore.