# Bookmarked: Chat UI Glow-Ups

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-08-17
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/08/17/chat-ui-glow-ups/
- Categories: link
- Tags: code, css, development, llm, models, software, web

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> I watched a video recently, that had text fading away. I thought it’d be cool to recreate that type of effect in CSS!

*Source:* [Making a faded text effect in (mostly) CSS](https://cassidoo.co/post/faded-text/)

> I wanted to take a quick stab at my own LLM chat interface, see how far I could get and how many little details I could squeeze in.
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> [LLM Chat Prototype](https://nerdy.dev/llm-chat-prototype?utm_source=rss)

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<p>Both of these examples leverage text decorations in a meaningfully interesting way for the new chat interface. Very cool, very neat. </p>
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<p>Codepen links follow</p>
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<p><a href="https://codepen.io/editor/argyleink/pen/wBKWNwQ">[Code Pen] Adam Argyle's LLM Chat Prototype</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://codepen.io/cassidoo/pen/ogjYZGN">[Code Pen] Cassidy Williams Text fade away (mid sentence)</a></p>
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