Retro Y2K Chat Inbox — Chat screen

Retro Y2K Chat Inbox

A ready-to-paste chat screen prompt for mobile apps. Paste it into Lovable, v0, Cursor, Bolt or Claude and you get this interface back.

  • Retro
  • Bold
  • Lime Shock

Prompt

Act like a frontend developer with 15 years of experience. I want the exact same UI with 95-99% similarity.

Platform: This is a RESPONSIVE design — it should work on both mobile and desktop. Use mobile layout patterns (bottom nav, stacked content) for mobile, and desktop layout patterns (sidebar/nav bar, wider content areas) for web.

Design a message inbox with a search bar, a horizontal row of story-style avatars, and a list of conversation rows each with avatar, name, message preview, time and an unread count badge.

Visual style — Retro Y2K:
Chrome and metallic silver gradient surfaces on a saturated background. Bubble-style bold rounded typography, with some headings filled by a chrome gradient. Pill shapes everywhere, star and sparkle motifs, thick white outlines. Loud, nostalgic, early-2000s optimistic.

Color palette — Lime Shock:
Background #B4FF39. Accents #FF3D00 orange-red and #7B2FF7 purple.

Typography — use these exact font families:
- Headings / display: "Arial Black", "Impact", sans-serif
- Body / labels: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", sans-serif

Commit fully to this style — it should be unmistakable at a glance. Use realistic content, not placeholder text. Keep animations smooth (200ms ease-out).

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt above.
  2. Paste it into your AI coding tool.
  3. Add your own product details — screen name, real copy, data fields.
  4. Attach the screenshot too. Vision models match a design far more closely when they can see it.