UI Design

Back to the future with mIRC mobile.

Designer: Roberto Terracciano

Profiles, Profiles, Profiles.
Today's internet rely on a profile-platform architecture.

The iconic internet relay chat for Windows granted absolute freedom and no account required.

The old client was

  • text-based
  • decentralised
  • anonymous
  • non-proprietary
  • for geeks only

For better or worse, there was a time where you could free yourself and make a new identity online.

That benefited many communities, minorities and made urban cultures expand beyond their limits.

Let's take some 90's magic back...

...by updating the design for mobile devices!

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A thorough study of Windows client's architecture was performed before redesigning it for a mobile friendly design.

A new brand identity was given to the product to be birght, young and simple.

The font "Sulphur Pro" provides freshness, and a Material Design 2 inspired interface conveys simplicity.

The smiley in the logo was turned into a bright quotation mark.

The first Iteration

It is based on material design 2 and sticks to the original app color scheme of primaries red, blue, and yellow, with full-width drop down menus, bordered dialogs and spinner loader.

In the second iteration

Modals are redesigned and made more consistent deleting the border and adding a 3D effect.

Drop-down menus are encapsulated in pill-shaped rows.

Flat is the word for the third iteration

  • Monochrome logo
  • Yellow header
  • Sand background for better readability
  • Input fields as boxes
  • Thin progress bar instead of the spinner

The prototype

Did you like what you saw?

Do you want to launch a chat? Or are you a fan of the 90's?

If you're up for some grunge or post-punk, or you just want to hire me Let's chat.