Closes #590 feat: Enhance Navbar & UI for Better User Experience

[PriyankaGowda2005]

🎯 Issue Fixed
Fixes #590 - Enhance Navbar & UI for Better User Experience

📋 Overview
UI/UX updates to the navbar, typography, and layout to improve usability and visual consistency.

✨ Key Improvements

Navbar Enhancements

• Hover effects: Smooth transitions, underline animations, background changes, subtle transforms
• Active page highlighting: Scroll-based detection with visual indicators
• Mobile/tablet responsiveness: Improved layout, spacing, and touch targets
• Spacing: Increased gaps (1.5rem) and padding

Typography System

• CSS custom properties: Consistent sizing, weights, and line heights
• Color variables: Centralized theming
• Utility classes: Text styling helpers

Button Styling

• Rounded corners: 8px radius
• Gradients: Background gradients
• Hover effects: Transforms and shadows
• Ripple effect: Click feedback

Section Backgrounds

• Gradients: Subtle backgrounds
• SVG patterns: Light texture
• Contrast: Improved readability

Layout & Spacing

• Consistent spacing: Standardized margins and padding
• Responsive containers: Better padding across breakpoints
• Form and card layouts: Improved spacing

🔧 Technical Implementation

Files Modified

• styles/main.css - Navbar and section improvements
• styles.css - Button enhancements and typography
• scripts/main.js - Active page detection and smooth scrolling

Key Features Added

• Active Page Detection: JavaScript-based scroll detection for navbar highlighting
• Smooth Scrolling: Enhanced scroll behavior with proper offset handling
• CSS Custom Properties: Comprehensive design system with variables
• Responsive Design: Improved mobile and tablet layouts
• Animation System: Smooth transitions and hover effects

📱 Responsive Improvements

• Mobile: Better navbar layout and touch targets
• Tablet: Improved spacing and alignment
• Desktop: Enhanced hover effects and visual feedback

🎨 Visual Enhancements

• Color Scheme: Consistent primary/secondary colors
• Typography: Standardized font sizes and weights
• Spacing: Consistent margins and padding
• Shadows: Subtle depth effects
• Transitions: Smooth animations

🧪 Testing

• Navbar hover effects work across devices
• Active page highlighting functions correctly
• Mobile responsiveness verified
• Button styles consistent
• Section backgrounds render properly
• Typography system applied consistently

🔄 Breaking Changes
None

📚 Documentation

• CSS custom properties documented in code
• Responsive breakpoints defined
• Animation timing and easing specified

🚀 Deployment Notes

• No additional dependencies required
• Backward compatible
• Performance optimized with CSS transforms

✅ Checklist

• Code follows project style guidelines
• Self-review completed
• No console errors
• Responsive design tested
• Cross-browser compatibility verified
• Performance impact minimal

🎯 Impact

• User Experience: Improved navigation and visual feedback
• Mobile Experience: Better usability on mobile devices
• Design Consistency: Unified design system
• Code Quality: Maintainable CSS with custom properties
• Performance: Optimized animations and transitions

🔗 Related Issues

• Closes [Bug] <Short bug description>Enhance Navbar & UI for Better User Experience #590

📝 Additional Notes
This PR implements the requested UI/UX improvements while maintaining backward compatibility and performance. The changes are modular and can be easily extended or modified in the future.

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