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Alternative UI: Photon (photon.lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

We added an extra UI for our users. Photon by Xylight is an interface with a sleek, modern look and has all the bells and whistles you would need. Moderator tools included! You can access the UI from https://photon.lemmy.world.

Visit Photon's project page on github or get in touch with the developer in the [email protected] community. If you want to use photon on other instances you can do so from https://phtn.app.

Update: @Xylight has set up a donation link so if you like photon as much as I do, show him some love! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xylight

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Very nice. I've been using the various apps but so far nothing has really stuck so I'll probably just stay with the web version.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Looks great! :))

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Ooooh, this looks great!! Especially on mobile too! Thank you so much!!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Wow! It looks nice!

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Works great on desktop!

Q: On mobile, how to quickly access subscribed communities?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

I pressed the globe top right and then subscribed

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Looks fantastic. Only nag so far is I'd like the side-bar to be resizable as well as collapsible.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Both are possible already! You can resize with the little thing on the bottom right of the navbar, and the collapse button is on the top left of the navbar.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for pointing out the resize widget thing! I did see the collapse button, just worded that poorly I guess.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It looks awesome! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

This actually isn't half bad. I've been using a.lemmy.world as default for now, and it been really solid

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Nice UI! I can't view the modlog though...

[-] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Ah yeah, I need to add that. The way the API works makes it a literal nightmare to get the modlog working, but I'll get to it.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Updated the post to include the new donation link.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Nice to have some variety and choice, and this is certainly a very solid first version! Always room for improvement, of course. :)

  • How to log in the first time is not at all obvious. If that empty circle was not in the corner where most Lemmy instances have a login link I would never have found it. At least this is only necessary to find once, but still, there's room to put "Login" text in that space.
  • I like that the left sidebar with my subscribed communities is collapsible, but the community sidebar on the right is not collapsible. I think the latter is much less useful or commonly used for most users, so this is an odd choice IMO.
  • Three vertical scrolling areas is not super great. I also get a horizontal scrollbar in the community list when collapsed. Why make the left and right panes "sticky" and scroll with the main column, then remain in place with further scrolling. If the right sidebar was collapsible, I don't see why scrolling with the main column would cause problems.
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[-] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

this is dope. is there a way I can set it as my default so when I go to lemmy.world i'll have this theme?

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