if i reply i usually open the whole thread anyways
I’ve noticed on both the official web UI and Thunder that the permalinks don’t always scroll to the right comment. Lemminator only shows the relevant part of the conversation, e.g. https://lemminator.netlify.app/c/lemmyapps/post/3824810/comment/2824106.
The former. The comment reply contains a path parameter listing the IDs of all its ancestors. I take its direct ancestor and fetch it.
What error were you seeing? If it’s unrelated to Lemmy.world downtime, I might be able to help.
Interesting, I hadn’t considered that before.
Suppose I modified Lemminator’s search bar so you could paste a link like https://lemmy.ml/comment/1234 or https://lemmy.ml/post/5678 in it and press Enter to navigate to the relevant comment/post within the web UI. I could automatically infer that these are permalinks from other instances. Would that help at all?
The link is https://lemminator.netlify.app/. While it’s still very much a work in progress, basic navigation and upvote/downvote are already working.
You’re hitting the nail on the head. Reddit-style websites are familiar to a lot of people, but we need to do a better job of explaining instances and federation. Not with text or technobabble, but with a UI that’s so intuitive it almost speaks for itself.
Prior to starting my own web UI I considered becoming an Alexandrite contributor. I like how colorful it is compared to the regular web UI. My vision is too different from a technical, design and UX perspective though, so I still think it’s worth pursuing a separate effort. I hope it’ll pay off.
Thank you! There’s obviously still quite a way to go, but I’m hoping I or someone else will get there eventually.
I agree that defaults matter a lot. You get only one chance to make a first impression, and most people will probably decide within a few seconds whether Lemmy is worth exploring. We need to get those users excited to explore the platform.
Granted, some people may be scared that it’s going to “dumb down” Lemmy. But Lemmy will always continue to be about freedom of choice: you pick an instance you like, instances can offer any selection of web UIs they want, and you pick from the offered web UIs.
The prototype is live at https://lemminator.netlify.app/ now! You’ll notice that it’s still readonly, so not quite ready to be a daily driver, but gotta start somewhere.
I don’t have macOS/iOS available to test on, but in theory it should. I have a prototype up and running at https://lemminator.netlify.app/.
No worries. Here’s to freedom of choice!
Lemminator is a web UI that aims to make Lemmy more approachable for a broad non-technical audience. It can be hosted by Lemmy instance owners, and Lemmy.world users can use https://lemminator.netlify.app/.