a_mJul 8, 2023

A designer looking to contribute to the Lemmy-verse

https://lemmy.ml/post/1840948

A designer looking to contribute to the Lemmy-verse - Lemmy

Hi everybody, I’m a UI/UX designer and I wanna contribute to the community here with my expertise. Here is a quick prototype for a Android Lemmy app with Material You Design, it’s a simple and customizable app. With this app, I also want to improve the experience when exploring different servers. Obviously, this is just a concept, so if any developer interest, I’m very willing to collaborate with 🫡 . Vice versa, if anyone stucks with designing his/her own Lemmy client, just reach out to me and I will give you a hand. Here is a quick demo of some basic features: https://vimeo.com/843481714?share=copy [https://vimeo.com/843481714?share=copy] And here is the figma file if you wanna take a look: https://www.figma.com/file/ZBR30l0ZcKuyKMPjeDmvdF/Lemmy-Android-app?type=design&node-id=53526-31054&mode=dev [https://www.figma.com/file/ZBR30l0ZcKuyKMPjeDmvdF/Lemmy-Android-app?type=design&node-id=53526-31054&mode=dev]

Show threadAndonomeJul 8, 2023
The apps are certainly in need of all the help they can get. I have Lemur and Jerboa, and they’re both janky as all heck.
Show threadSamJul 8, 2023
Liftoff is perfect.
Show threadGhostalmediaJul 8, 2023

Does liftoff look different on Android? I feel like it’s ugly as sin on iOS.

Show threadSamJul 8, 2023
I think it looks fine on android, but it probably doesn’t integrate in iOS nicely.
Show threadGhostalmediaJul 8, 2023

Here is iOS dark / compact

IMHO, the shadows, padding around cards, corner radiuses, drop down stylings, etc. are all pretty rough. It doesn’t feel as refined as Material You or iOS’s design system.

After driving in Memmy, Mlem, and Wefwef (now Voyager), Liftoff feels kind of janky to me.

Just my 2¢

Show threadno banana
If you go into settings and turn off card shadows and rounded corners it gets a bit better IMO
Jul 8, 2023 at 4:50pmWeb
Show threadGhostalmediaJul 8, 2023

Oh god, that’s way better. That stuff should be off by default. That said, I still feel like they need a UI person to contribute, and OP should hit them up.

As someone who does UI for a living, it feels rough to me. I wish I had the time to help out, but I’ve already got a couple other nasty side projects on my plate.