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What is minimalistic about this? It seems like a really nice interface but I don't understand that bit of its description.
by stonogo 3y ago
What is minimalistic about this? It seems like a really nice interface but I don't understand that bit of its description.
- genewitch 3y agoit doesn't show instance names (or usernames if they match the friendly name), it doesn't show threads out of order, it collapses hashtags and makes them less dark, it hides all the interaction buttons unless you click through to the post itself... This is all pretty minimal, and it's opinionated because it both doesn't look or feel like "social" media, it looks more like an RSS feed or something; and it goes against the design decisions of federation (that full instance names should be displayed, for instance).
- not2b 3y agoEverything that is hidden when large numbers of posts are displayed appears when a single post is focused on. Raw Mastodon will show a hundred different notifications for the same post. Phanpy groups them. If this goes against "the original design decisions of federation" then those decisions are broken. Less clutter and a more compact feed improves usability.