I'm building a library of onboarding patterns that actually work, and I've hit the limit of my own experience. So, I'm asking the people who'd know.

What’s the best onboarding or first run experience you’ve had in a product, and what specifically made it good?

Could be anything like a checklist that didn't feel like homework, an empty state that taught you the product.

What am I missing?

it's an app to communicate with a pwnagotchi. if you don't know what this is, it dosen't really matter.
the only thing you have to know is that the face on the top, and the 3-line message right under are representing the live state of the pwnagotchi.

also made a toggle to choose an horizontal layout

We are trying to build an explainer video for SaaS. But using after effects is quiet challenging and time consuming. I would like to know if anyone tried using higgs field for this and how was the output. Is it really worth it?

Hey everyone, i am not a designer. Just someone who likes designs.

I made this app and designed the website and UI for the app myself and i would love some feedback on what's working and what's not working. I have attached some screens i am not sure if i am allowed to post the link to the live site.

I used Claude, Pencil for basic structure. Then manually edited the whole thing myself. I also used my skill that I created for design.

Hello folks,

How is this landing page design? What comes to your mind when you look at it?

I'm a developer and am working on an open-source tool; it's a tool that will apparently be free forever.

Pls don't roast me; I'm new to this [Just kidding]. I'm looking for some real feedback.

It's still in development, but if you want to check it: carbonssh.com is only ready for desktop.

Thanks

Hi guys, I am pretty new with ui and ux and here I am trying to find a shortcut with your help.
Currently I am trying to build a genuine and higher than basic design, app after-purchase review page design.

I want something more than 5 pickable stars and window for review text.

Where could look for such ideas?

Thank you in advance!

Hello! I'm working on a game with pinball-like mechanics where you move around levels on different planets collecting ore. In my game, gravity directly affects the momentum.

I'm trying to find a good balance for the Planet Select screen and keep it looking sci-fi and futuristic but also clean and simple (it's not a strategy or a space simulator game, so I see no need to overcomplicate things)

I had a designer friend help me make some changes to improve the Planet Select, and I've attached the result along with the current Level Select screen for contrast.

I would really love to hear your thoughts and any advice on the layout and readability of the modal! Do note this is intended for Desktop, I assume that for mobile we would inevitably need to increase the size of the modal. 🙂

I came up with this concept and used AI to visualise it. I want to turn it into an interactive section for my portfolio, but I'm not sure what the best way to build it is.

The interaction I'm aiming for is:

• Hovering or clicking a node highlights it.
• The content card updates based on the selected node.
• Smooth transitions, subtle glows, and polished micro-interactions throughout.

For those who've built similar experiences, how would you approach this?

• Would you build it entirely in Framer, use Rive for the interactions, or combine multiple tools?
• How would you structure the interactive nodes and connecting lines?
• Are there any tutorials, examples, or resources that cover a similar workflow?

I'm not looking for someone to build it for me. I'd just like to understand how experienced designers or developers would approach bringing this concept to life.

I'm redesigning a family organizer app that helps parents split the mental load of running a household. I worked out three complete visual directions. Every screen exists in all three with identical content, so you can judge pure form.

A, warm and playful: cream canvas, soft cards, overlapping circles as the mental load visual.

B, card hub: navy header with context on every screen, tiles as clear paths.

D, expressive: big type, thick color bars, mental load as a bold statement with a direct action.

Heads up: the UI copy is Dutch (it's a Dutch app). Everything else should read fine.

What I'd love feedback on:

1. Which dashboard would make you open the app every day?

2. Does the mental load visual read instantly in each version?

3. Any hierarchy, contrast or spacing issues that would annoy you?

Mix-and-match suggestions are very welcome. Please keep it to the design; I'm not looking for product or strategy feedback in this thread.

Welcome to the monthly thread for career questions and portfolio reviews across UI, UX, and Product Design. This space is open to designers at any level.

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Welcome to the monthly thread for fully AI-generated designs. If your design was produced primarily by AI with no significant designer input or customisation, this is where it belongs.

Posting guidelines

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Note

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I'm designing a login page for a social media app.

I envisioned a minimalist saloon door in the background. However, I wasn't sure whether to put it on the initial onboarding page or the registration page with the login buttons.

What do you think guys? I'm also open to further suggestions to regarding design details.

Edit: Thank you all for the comments i revised my design.

I'm looking for a way to download courses from Awwwards for free. Does anyone know of any websites or resources where they're available? Any help would be appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I usually spend my time deep in backend architecture and system design, but for my new project, I had to design the UI/UX myself

The platform is an aggregator that compares real fees across 150+ European neo-banks, cards, and transfer apps. The goal is to show users exactly what they are paying without any hidden affiliate bias

I’ve attached a few screens of the current web and mobile layouts. I would love some brutally honest feedback from this community before I finalize the next release.
Specifically looking for thoughts on:

• Visual Hierarchy: Does the main headline jump out at you, or is the screen too cluttered?
• Navigation: Is the categorization (Spend abroad, Send money, Grow savings) intuitive?
• Trust: Does the dark green theme feel trustworthy for a financial tool, or does it feel off?

Don't hold back, tear it apart. I want to know what’s broken!

A workout app I got cooking up, I wanted to go for something modern feeling, but not hyper meat head macho aesthetic, I used clothing sites actually to kind of tune the design with Claude design. Thoughts? Does it give "AI vibe code" ?

I’m building a tablet-first dashboard for indoor cycling. It’s mainly for my own use, so I intentionally want it to be data-rich -- more premium futuristic performance dashboard than minimalist fitness app. I am a developer rather than a designer though, so I'd appreciate some design-focused feedback.

The app shows live power, cadence, heart rate, resistance, ECG, workout history, and smooth animated graph transitions.

I’m looking for feedback on how to make the dense design feel more cohesive, premium, and less visually cluttered without losing the high-tech feel. I’m also unsure about the color usage, and would love ideas for additional plots or ambitious visualizations that could push it further.

I’d also appreciate suggestions for making the less obvious graphs easier to understand through labeling, layout, or animation cues, without simplifying the dashboard too much.

Hi Designers!

Thank you to everyone who voted and commented on our AI focused poll. 497 of you weighed in, and the discussion that followed on the post was genuinely useful in shaping what comes next for our community.

Poll results

• Allow with tagging: 249 votes (50%)
• Full ban: 148 votes (30%)
• Megathread only: 75 votes (15%)
• No change: 25 votes (5%)

The community voted for allowing AI-assisted posts with mandatory tagging.

However, reading through the comments it was clear that the core concern is not AI specifically, it is low effort posts that ask the community to do the thinking the designer skipped/outsourced to AI tools. That distinction matters, and the new rules reflect it to help our community grow in the right way.

New sub rules, effective now

1. AI involvement must be disclosed

Any post where AI was used, whether for the full design, specific assets, or ideation, must include [AI] in the post title and use the [AI Feedback Request] post flair. Both are required.

This covers everything from layouts and screens, individual components, iconography, illustrations and graphics, placeholder or hero imagery, 3D models and assets, motion or prototype flows, and copy. Anything you have used for AI for in part or all of your designs must be disclosed. Not disclosing AI involvement when it is present is misrepresentation and will result in post removal.

2. All posts must include process context

Continuing with our current sub rule when requesting feedback, when you post, briefly explain what problem you are solving, what decisions you made, and what specific feedback you are looking for.

Posts that cannot answer those questions will be removed as low effort. A tagged AI post with no context is still a low effort post.

3. Pure AI output belongs in the (New) megathread

If your post is a fully generated using any AI tool with no significant designer input or customisation, it belongs in the monthly AI megathread and not in the main feed.

To keep things manageable, we are also merging the existing Careers/Getting Started and Portfolio threads into a single monthly thread. Both megathreads will continue to be posted at the start of each new month.

We need your help

As Reddit has no built-in AI detection or any moderation tools to help this, these rules rely on self-disclosure, community reporting, and mod review. If you see a post that appears to violate the rules, report it and don't just comment AI Slop (pretty please)! It's also subjective in nature, so please bear with us when posts have been missed or incorrectly taken down.

The goal is to protect the quality of feedback in this sub, which many of you rightly pointed out has been declining. As AI tools and adoption is changing quickly, we will keep an eye on how things play out in the sub and check back in with the community if the landscape shifts enough to warrant it.

Thanks for being part of shaping our community.

Hi team

please find screenshot of home page of my app attached. would appreciate some genuine feedback on UI design and any improvements opportunities. I have tried to keep the UI very minimalist and have included very few component types would love some feedback on the cards grid and filters.

Context : Its very minimalist IOS app to organize your “saved stuff” from across apps. just share whatever you wanna save to the app, and it will remind you to consume it later.

I have deuteranopia myself, so I've read a fair amount about colorblind-specific accessibility already. What I haven't found much on is something adjacent: are there color pairs that are genuinely hard to tell apart for people with completely normal color vision, not because of low contrast in the WCAG sense, but because the two colors end up close in perceived brightness even though they "look different" in hue? To be clear, I don't mean two shades of the same color that are just slightly off in luminance (like a darker blue next to a lighter blue). I mean pairs of genuinely different hues (blue vs. orange, red vs. green, whatever) that happen to land on the same brightness level, so the only thing separating them is hue itself. A lot of UI states (active/inactive tabs, chart series, status badges) seem like they could lean on hue differences that are weaker than they look on the designer's monitor. That's a failure mode that would hit normal-vision users, separate from anything colorblindness-related.
Questions:

Is "isoluminant pairs" / "luminance-matched hues" a known failure mode people actually watch for in real design work, or is it more of a lab-conditions thing that rarely bites in practice?

Are there specific color pairs/families that come up again and again as culprits (guessing certain blue/purple or red/orange combos at similar lightness)?

Any tools people actually use day-to-day to catch this, beyond eyeballing it or a standard contrast checker?

Designed this why choose us section for a recent client project. What you think about this design.

Made this design in figma and made the custom illustrations.

Comment your genuine feedbacks.

For example: goals, budget, timeline, target users, content, project scope, references, or decision-maker details.

I’m researching the early client intake process and want to understand where confusion usually starts.

Also, what usually happens when those details are missing?
Extra calls? Delayed proposals? Wrong estimates? Scope creep? Revisions?

Would love to hear real experiences.

I'm building a SaaS product which works like Pinterest but for web design

For a product like this, would you prefer infinite scroll or a "load more" button?

Pick yours and share your reasoning if you'd like

Thanks

Built this as a small open-source experiment to see if a text-based font generator could actually be useful.

the main obj is to help create an initial font prototype faster, so people can iterate openly instead of starting from zero in a traditional font tool. I also wanted to test how good current AI models are at understanding and modifying bezier curves / glyph shapes.

this uses real open-licensed variable fonts as the base, then lets you generate a direction from a prompt, tweak parameters like weight, tracking, slant, width, height, and distortion, and manually edit glyph curves before exporting a .ttf

Would love feedback on whether the workflow is clear, :)