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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • Not a Mac user, so I’m seeing this for the first time. At first I didn’t get what you meant, but the longer I looked the more things I found that bothered me.

    Here’s a list (feel free to add things):

    • corner radius on rounded edges is too large
    • sidebar menu blends poorly with the rest of the UI (lighter color, white frame, no horizontal padding)
    • status line at the bottom is inefficient (could be one line instead of two, not sure why one has a close button) and seems inconsistent with the rest of the UI (thinner lines, no padding at the line ends)
    • horizontal separators in the file tree are too thick (makes them look like scroll bars)
    • tabs at the top look like a giant toggle button (not like tabs)
    • buttons on the top right have a white background that seems unnecessary (the active button goes from light gray to white to medium gray, which is too busy)
    • forward/back buttons on the top right have inconsistent design and look like one of them is active
    • colors for active elements in the outer UI don’t match (light gray in the sidebar menu, medium gray for the top buttons, white for the tabs)

    This is just visuals. I can’t judge the functional aspects of the design.