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Alternative UI: Photon (photon.lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by antik@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

We added an extra UI for our users. Photon by Xylight is an interface with a sleek, modern look and has all the bells and whistles you would need. Moderator tools included! You can access the UI from https://photon.lemmy.world.

Visit Photon's project page on github or get in touch with the developer in the !photon@lemmy.xylight.dev community. If you want to use photon on other instances you can do so from https://phtn.app.

Update: @Xylight has set up a donation link so if you like photon as much as I do, show him some love! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xylight

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[-] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

Side note, if anyone also misses the Old Reddit style, lemmy.world also has an easy way to do that, just visit: https://old.lemmy.world/

For more info, visit the devs GitHub: mlmym - GitHub

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[-] basskitten@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

The fact that the login UI has username, password, and 2FA code all on one screen means this immediately wins. I hate this new trend of "put in your email, now go to another screen, put in your password, now go to another screen...." Ugh. My password manager can autofill more than one box at a time, you know!

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago

I don't know why websites do that, it doesn't look better, is probably more confusing and in general just slower for everyone

[-] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's a small piece of a security gate to slow down bots trying to login

[-] Emerald@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Its probably also more difficult to program the functionality into multiple pages as well.

[-] nicoweio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've never seen this separated into multiple actual pages. As long the “multiple pages” are done in JavaScript, they don't add much complexity.

[-] attaxia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It allows you to direct users with specific usernames/domains to specific login pages. For example for Single Sign on.

[-] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Maybe I'm confusing instances but I was almost positive they all have all those on the main screen?

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[-] maxk@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago
[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 21 points 1 year ago

Thanks a ton for hosting this!

[-] KrisND@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

502 Error but I look forward to checking it out, sounds like its quite an improved interface.

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 20 points 1 year ago

if you're getting a 502 on photon.lemmy.world, you can still try Photon at phtn.app

[-] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

I love your project so much!

[-] TheMadnessKing@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Have been using your app on Desktop. Instantly upgrades the entire Lemmy experience for me. Thanks a lot for building it out.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Took a while before we announced it but it was running on photon.lemmy.world for a while already. Love how fast you implemented the changes that were brought up by everyone that was testing. Absolutely amazing job. I think you are the first one to get the admin tools in too!

So where can I donate as a thank you?

[-] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm a minor and can't set up a donation link legally. Any bug reports are very useful though!

Update: you can now donate here!

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[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Haven't seen anyone else mention this yet, but this seems to be the only app (installed as PWA) that has mod options. Well done!

[-] antik@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago
[-] theUnlikely@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Awesome! For some reason I thought that one was desktop only since last time I tried it, it didn't load well on mobile at all.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh yeah actually Alexandrite is not really suited for mobile. The developer is working on improving the mobile experience but it's main focus is desktop.

BIG EDIT: Actually @sheodox@lemmy.world just released an update and it now looks pretty frickin sweet on mobile with a new cards layout.

[-] Hikiru@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

This is probably the closest to new reddit we have so far, lots of people won’t use Lemmy because it’s “ugly” so this would be good to recommend

[-] TheSambassador@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I mean, even with RES, I'd argue that Reddit is also kinda ugly

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[-] Molecular0079@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I think the only thing I find "ugly" about the default Lemmy UI is the green buttons and inconsistent border radii on them. Everything else looks rather decent and very functional.

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[-] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Looks fantastic, thanks to the dev for their great work on this!

[-] Krachsterben@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Too much text. I much prefer a compact view so I can easily scroll past posts that are irrelevant to me

[-] eatisaiy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks great! :))

[-] sezey@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This actually isn't half bad. I've been using a.lemmy.world as default for now, and it been really solid

[-] antik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Updated the post to include the new donation link.

[-] quinten@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[-] trachemys@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I like that photon doesn’t use the user’s display name in place of just the user name. That’s an annoying twitter-like feature.

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[-] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

DAAYYYUUUMMM. That is stunning! Lemmy should make this theme the default across the verse!

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[-] pkrasicki@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Looks great!

Would you consider adding my Lemmy theme as well? https://github.com/pkrasicki/lemmy-modern-ui-theme-addon

[-] deanne@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] GrapinoSubmarino@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[-] Devion@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Lemmy.world is having some serious issues lately. See https://lemmy-world.statuspage.io/

I'm seriously considering switching to a different instance.

It's unrelated to Photon.

[-] antik@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You do what you want to do, you can still reach the communities here.

But let me repeat that these are DDOS attacks. There are a few who want to see this server go down and/or push us to 'close registrations'. Also the deferation from the extreme right and left instances made us some more enemies.

They're trying to make it look as if we can not handle the load for their own benefit. But it's a targeted attack by people who know the inner workings of Lemmy.

[-] ewe@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Has there been any posts on this outside of discord? Anything we can do? It's been noticable and I have an alt I can use when lemmy.world is down, but I didn't even realize this was happening.

[-] fushi01@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

was wondering where the rss feed link is now in the new UI

[-] victron@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's been a lot of lemmy web UIs as of late, but I think this is my favorite so far.

[-] teranex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
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