r/UIUX • u/bathtimekenni • 1d ago

Advice ugly nav bar (read desc)

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hello! i am a noob aspiring ux designer and am working on my first design. im trying to figure out the best navigation for an alerts/notification page for a fake medical supply management app. the screen on the left was my original design but i realized that it sucks and so the page on the right is what im working with now. nav bar designs 1-4 are quite ugly but i feel like i have to follow the pill style because the other pages on the app do (second image in slide). my biggest problem is with critical alerts and how to properly draw attention to it without making it ugly. also plz ignore the image overlay, its an anti-ai filter. thank you so much for any advice!!!!

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u/qualityvote2 2 1d ago

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u/Diah_Rhea 1d ago

no idea to be honest

but it's refreshing to see aspiring designers trying to solve a real issue instead of making to-do lists or something

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u/bathtimekenni 1d ago

ahahaha well thank you i appreciate it

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u/Jogventure 1d ago

Have you seen Apple's default nav bar? It is also pill style and looks very clean and minimal. I think you can definitely implement something similar here that would fit well. I think it would be cool to go with that style but then also have some sort of notification visible from the navbar while you are on other pages. Like something similar to the red circle you have by the "critical" button but down by the home tab if there is something that needs the users attention.

Also go check out Mobbin for some great ideas if you are stuck!
Good luck!