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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by antik@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

We just added Alexandrite to the server, it's an alternative desktop UI for Lemmy created by Sheodox who worked tirelessly to make the necessary changes to we could host it ourselves here. So go to https://a.lemmy.world and have a look!

He continues to update it constantly, you can follow the development on his github page or in his community. If you like what you see and want to support him, why not buy him a coffee? :)

For those who don't have Lemmy World as their home instance and want to use Alexandrite, either ask your instance admins to add it or go to https://alexandrite.app!

Edit: I should probably have mentioned that Alexandrite is meant for desktop!

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[-] Swarming@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Such a nice interface!

[-] XIX@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

This is amazing.

[-] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 2 years ago

I kinda like the general layout, but that color scheme is annoying. Can I change it somehow?

[-] leraje@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Yep, just go to 'Settings' under the Profile icon, top right.

[-] SomethingBurger@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

You can change the colors but not remove them entirely. It's not possible to have it entirely white on black.

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[-] abominabledrh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Nice! Thank you.

[-] MakeItCount@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Looks great but really needs a light theme

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[-] gon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Wow it looks amazing!!

[-] leraje@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

This is excellent news :) I've been using Alexandrite since u/sheodox announced it so I'm very pleased to see it added as a dedicated front end for .world :)

[-] Techie@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Looks really nice!

[-] TrismegistusMx@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Doesn't work. It says I'm temporarily banned.

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[-] personalife@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Says I'm rate limited, then on refresh, banned. I don't think any other person in my household uses lemmy.world at all, so I wonder if it's just the high amount of traffic going to it from Comcast users.

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[-] valen@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

And the developer is quick to add features. Highly recommended for desktop.

[-] nanny07@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I like it but one thing I would change is the position of my subscribed community: from the left self-hiding sidebar to the righ always visible one

[-] sheodox@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

There's an option in the settings that makes the left sidebar not auto-hide if you just want to always be able to see them.

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[-] Nioxic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Great work Sheodox. Its beautiful!

[-] orphiebaby@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Looks great, but I need a light version. (Don't hate :P )

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago
[-] kalanthil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Thank you for all your hard work.

[-] gon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

looks great!!

[-] drasticpotatoes@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Totally my fault, but other than not reading that it was not designed for mobile and getting so excited that I tried it on my phone and wondering why it wasn't working, I really love it! It'll be my main theme on my laptop now. Any plans to also design a mobile interface?

Edit: found out there is already an alternate mobile interface thanks to the comments below. I'll give that a try later. I do really like the color scheme of Alexandrite though.

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[-] dimspace@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Working for me now.

just needs "alexandrite" in the header changing to lemmy.world i think, and maybe the logo changing

[-] sheodox@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Yep, I'm actually working on making those changes now.

[-] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago

Looks good! Sadly I can't seem to login with my lemmy.dbzer0.com account though.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, this is only for lemmy.world accounts but you can go to alexandrite.app and login there with any instance account.

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[-] s0phia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Very nice looking

[-] davetansley@mastodonapp.uk 4 points 2 years ago

@antik Amazing! Alexandrite has become my absolute favourite way to browse lemmy over the last few weeks. Great to see it become part of .world!

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[-] worsedoughnut@lemdro.id 4 points 2 years ago

Wow, I love this a lot. Initially chuckled at the theme color slider in the settings, but it's unironically a great way to edit that haha.

My instance (lemdro.id) has Photon as their modern look alternative, which also looks pretty sleek IMO, but I think I'll be using this going forward mostly because it's more desktop-looking than Photon's more mobile-centric layout.

Fantastic work on this, can't wait to see how it grows going forward.

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[-] gon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

looks great!!

[-] dimspace@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

rate limited and banned from server message for me as well.

[-] victron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Nice, the more options, the better. This looks gorgeous in a tablet.

[-] Ab_intra@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This is great! Going to be using this from now on! I would love it if the content was centered tho. Other than that this is what I've been looking for!

I also love that they added endless scrolling. This is really a must in any social networks nowadays.

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