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Alternative UI: Photon (photon.lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by antik@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

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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 !photon@lemmy.xylight.dev 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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[-] isdfoa@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks great! Wonder is there a way to reduce the size of the sidebar? It takes up a huge amount of the space on web (while still keeping the names visible, the minimized view with icons isn't super helpful)

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 5 points 1 year ago

You can resize the sidebar with the thing on the bottom right of the sidebar.

[-] isdfoa@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ohhh thanks - it doesnt seem like that setting saves on refresh of the page though :(

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 5 points 1 year ago

I made it as large as it is because it looks strange if the posts are nearly as wide as your monitor, it's quite hard to read

[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 4 points 1 year 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.

[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks fantastic, thanks to the dev for their great work on this!

[-] adeptnerd@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] luis123456@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Wow! It looks nice!

[-] Krachsterben@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Too much text. I much prefer a compact view so I can easily scroll past posts that are not irrelevant to me

[-] sezey@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

very well

[-] quinten@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Sick!

[-] pkrasicki@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Looks great!

Would you consider adding my Lemmy theme as well? https://github.com/pkrasicki/lemmy-modern-ui-theme-addon

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[-] JonnyJ@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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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[-] Asudox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] crabcake@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Works great on desktop!

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

[-] b0gl@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

I pressed the globe top right and then subscribed

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[-] QHC@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year 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.