It makes it easier to prioritize what I work on if I know someone’s wanting a feature. What sort of stuff do you wish Alexandrite had? Especially talking about missing features from the main UI.
If you can, please provide some explanation for why you would like that feature and what problem it would solve for you (unless of course it’s a feature that Lemmy has already but Alexandrite doesn’t support yet). Knowing what problem you want solved helps me work with you to brainstorm ideas for the best solution (see the XY problem).
I built a FFox add-on called Mullem which basically simulates a multi-reddit like experience. It’s quite basic so I’d love to see the same functionality in Alexandrite :)
Nice! What, and run you out of a job? No way! :P
I’ll put it on my todo list and try and brainstorm how I might do that (no promises though!)
Hahahaha :)
Mine’s limited (no login, pulls and combines RSS feeds via a 3rd party server due to CORS etc) but yeah - just a thought :)
You might not need the proxy stuff anymore. I believe Lemmy 0.18.1 added more permissive CORS settings, which is why I was able to move all of Alexandrite’s API usage client side.
A button to expand all image and ability to browsing page by page.
A button to expand all image
Do you mean a button that makes all the posts in your feed have their content expanded by default? Like the “Show Content” button does? Or only expand images and not link previews/text posts?
Do you want this because you want to be able to see the image attached to a post full size instead of a thumbnail so you can see it without clicking the post? I was planning on adding alternate layouts for the post list at some point. If you had the option to view the post list as cards with full sized images, like what Voyager (wefwef) does, would you prefer that instead?
ability to browse page by page
Do you just prefer having next/previous page buttons, or is it because you want to not lose your place if you scrolled a bunch? I ask because I’ve been trying to brainstorm a way to allow users to resume from the page they were last on. Like if you’re on the home page and click a link, then you go back to the home page I was thinking of having a button like Resume from page 37, and clicking that would clear the feed and start showing you posts from page 37 onward. Would that help?
Do you mean a button that makes all the posts in your feed have their content expanded by default? Like the “Show Content” button does? Or only expand images and not link previews/text posts?
I originally only wanted to expand images but expand all content work too. But I like it as a button then a layout, some times I wanted to find a post I had browsed past, I could collapse all post and then try find it.
Or maybe a button at the end of a post to collapse that specific post, most of the buttons to interact with the post is at the start too. Some posts could be very long, I might not want to scroll past it again.
This work best for me when I browse page by page on reddit with res, because the button show all images is at the top of the page :))
Or maybe a button at the end of a post to collapse that specific post, most of the buttons to interact with the post is at the start too. Some posts could be very long, I might not want to scroll past it again.
I just tried this and it’s nice, but when you scroll past a long post and then hit the “Hide Content”, unless I make it scroll back up to the post you just collapsed, now the space the expanded post used to occupy is filled with more posts you might have scrolled past some. Not sure what’s the best thing to do here.
been trying to brainstorm a way to allow users to resume from the page they were last on
This is kinda where my columnar layout obsession comes from (sorry!). Keeping each column as independent as possible can work really well (if you’re into columns like I am). I’ve mentioned this before, but mastodon’s columnar layout might be worth looking into, because they’re both independent, and, in the case of the “Main view column”, which shows the stuff you select to view, has a “Back” button at the top while keeping the others independent and static.
Let me know if I get too loud about columns! I know not everyone likes them!
That would be nice. I still haven’t played with it on Mastodon yet.
Nah you’re good! The current implementation is really simple, and the stuff you’re suggesting is a lot more complicated so I’m still just trying to figure out how I want to solve the technical challenges of it before adding anything. :)
I would really love to see a light theme. The current theme is absolutely gorgeous, but I’m one of those weirdos that just likes light themes better. During the day the eye strain on the dark theme is a bit much.
Being able to save/favourite a comment. It’s available for posts but not comments … even though the best stuff is always buried in the comments!!
Also, most or even all of the menu options lemmy provides for comments are probably useful. Seeing the source can be useful for seeing how markdown works and copying text. The blocking and reporting options are probably important too. And the “send message/DM” option could also come in handy (?)
Hey I just added all of this, and a few extra options on posts. Also you can manage blocked users in the settings too.
All of it is stuffed in an overflow menu, so I didn’t bother showing the loading indicator and stuff like I do with the other actions. Maybe I should add some more toasts for successful actions too (everywhere, not just here).
Yeah I’ve been meaning to add those but I had been waiting until I did the client side API usage rewrite before doing more stuff, now I can do that. I’ll throw it on my todo list for stuff to do after work today.
Is there any plan to add the markdown image functionality of the base U.I, either the small picture icon to prompt an upload or the ability to paste an image into the post/comment box to have it upload and inster with the proper markdown?
Also any thoughts on adding the archive prompt for a url post?
I’ve been recommending this project to everyone i know online that uses the lemmyverse
Image uploading is something I really want to add because it’s the biggest missing feature and I think it could be done better than the official UI does it. Unfortunately I can’t add it quite yet because I’m not able to upload images unless I proxy them through Alexandrite’s servers (which is what Voyager does). This is the issue on Lemmy’s Github that I’m waiting on.
I was thinking of adding the archive links around the time I add the image uploading.
I’ve been recommending this project to everyone i know online that uses the lemmyverse
Thanks! It’s been getting a lot of attention lately which is exciting and scary. This is by far the most attention any of my side projects have gotten, and it’s pretty cool to see so many people enjoying something I made!