Comprehensive UI/UX Enhancement: Dark Mode & Card Interaction Animations

[v-aibha-v-jain]

Summary

This issue proposes two key UI/UX improvements aimed at enhancing the application's aesthetic appeal, perceived performance, and long-term usability, particularly for users who spend extended periods viewing the screen (developers, creators, etc.):

• Dark Mode Implementation: Provide a user-toggleable dark color theme.
• Card Interaction Animations: Introduce subtle micro-interactions and animations on key UI elements, primarily cards.

Motivation

• Dark Mode
  The Dark Mode is a critical feature for a professional audience.

  • Reduces Eye Strain: A dark theme significantly reduces the luminance emitted by the screen while maintaining minimal color contrast ratios, making it comfortable for long working hours or low-light environments.
  • User Preference: Dark themes are the overwhelming preference among developers and technical users, contributing to better user satisfaction and adoption.

• Card Interaction Animations (Micro-interactions)
  Subtle animations make the interface feel more responsive, modern, and high-quality.

  • Improved Polishing: Hover effects, gentle transitions, and subtle movements on card elements create a polished feel.
  • Clearer Feedback: Animations can serve as non-intrusive feedback, indicating that an element is interactive or has changed state (e.g., a card gently elevates on hover).

Proposed Implementation Details

Dark Mode

• Color Palette: Define a comprehensive dark color palette that meets WCAG accessibility standards (especially contrast ratio).
• Persistence: The user’s selected theme preference should be persisted (e.g., via localStorage or user settings) and respected across sessions.
• Toggle: Implement an easily accessible theme toggle switch (e.g., in the header or user profile dropdown).

Card Animations

• Focus on subtle, non-disruptive animations using CSS transitions for maximum performance.
• Hover Effect: When hovering over an interactive card, it should gently elevate (increase box-shadow) and/or slightly scale up (e.g., scale(1.01)).
• State Transitions: Ensure smooth visual transitions (e.g., opacity or transform) when cards are added, removed, or their content is updated.

Acceptance Criteria

• The application successfully implements a user-toggleable Light/Dark theme.
• The Dark Mode is visually consistent across all main views and components (navigation, cards, forms, text).
• Interactive card elements (like project or task cards) exhibit a smooth transition/animation on mouse hover/focus.
• All new animations are performant and do not cause jank or frame drops.
• The theme preference persists after a page reload.

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[v-aibha-v-jain]

I would like to work on this
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