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Completely unrelated, but I’ve heard of mastodon a lot but never used it. Now I get it though - the UI is really nice and reminiscent of the internet I used to
by soared 4y ago
Completely unrelated, but I’ve heard of mastodon a lot but never used it. Now I get it though - the UI is really nice and reminiscent of the internet I used to know. I thought I opened an app somehow on accident… snappy ui, no ads, perfectly scaled to my device’s screen, etc.
- rsolva 4y agoAnother benefit to the Fediverse is that many clients exists to the same backend, and they all have access to the same API / features. No "official" or "third-party" clients or apps, which has proven to encourage developers to make apps for many platforms (JS, android, iOS, TUIs, GNOME, KDE, etc)
- jeroenhd 4y agoI think this is just a normal PWA,though. In fact, I think this is a rather website-like PWA at that, with the obvious links at the top. This is the system Google intends PWAs to be, just quick, snappy, easily accessible websites that behave like they belong on your device. Sadly, most "apps" seem to copy the bloated, heavy, mostly JS-based approach we find in native apps, which is besides the point. Take the Twitter web-app, for example, that's a bloated mess that needs some serious optimisation. The alternative front-end, Nitter.net, does a lot better in almost every aspect. It's fast, accessible, and does just about everything except writing tweets and putting together a wall of followed accounts for you. I like mastodon but I still prefer a native app over the web UI because it just feels that little bit too "web" for me. The main advantage obviously isn't the UI but the decentralized nature of the platform; a clean UI just helps them be a better alternative for the closed ecosystem of traditional social media.
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