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Darius Kazemi

Okay, finally did the last task for the new #Hometown release: improving the mobile layout. It's not perfect, but I got rid of the giant logo header bar at the top, and moved the account and post buttons into the sidebar.

I still don't love this layout, but I think it's an improvement. Before/after attached.

Next up, I install it on Friend Camp and run it for a few days. Then... release!!!

You can track the release here: github.com/orgs/hometown-fork/

Screenshot of the Hometown home timeline on mobile, before improvements. The top ~8% of the screen is taken up by a logo and then a couple of buttons off to the side.
Screenshot of the Hometown home timeline on mobile after improvements. There is no longer a header taking up the top 8% of the mobile screen. All of the vertical space on the phone is used for content.
30 Dec 2022 at 11:09 | Open on friend.camp
21 comments
Darius Kazemi

Oh right, also decided to turn the "hashtag" icon into a "search" icon... because that is where search lives.

The Mastodon sidebar but with the hashtag icon switched for a magnifying glass search icon.
30 Dec 2022 at 11:24 | Open on friend.camp
meduz'

@darius Great decision. I don’t understand why Mastodon went against that broadly accepted practice.

30 Dec 2022 at 12:10 | Open on m.nintendojo.fr
tswan :ct:

@darius how many of these are toggles that the admin can turn on or off vs things that are baked into the template as soon as you install Hometown?

30 Dec 2022 at 13:18 | Open on nutmeg.social
Jake Rodkin

@darius you love to see it. that hashtag-for-search-(because-really-you’re-searching-hashtags-not-text) icon is a great example of overthought ui

30 Dec 2022 at 18:05 | Open on idlethumbs.social
Darius Kazemi

@ja2ke that is a really good point. I hadn't even considered that because on many servers including my own you have full text search of a subset of posts, so it extra doesn't make sense

30 Dec 2022 at 18:08 | Open on friend.camp
Darius Kazemi

Ok I ended up with unexpected free time today so I went ahead and made the #Hometown mobile menu expand/retract with a button push.

31 Dec 2022 at 3:09 | Open on friend.camp
Darius Kazemi

Works in tablet layout too, though not quite so useful.

31 Dec 2022 at 3:14 | Open on friend.camp
Dan Phiffer

@darius the menu collapsing thing is such an improvement!

31 Dec 2022 at 3:38 | Open on social.coop
christa
Nick

@darius Very glad for the menu collapse, thank you! Gonna check the thread for other features in a bit when I have some time.

31 Dec 2022 at 12:40 | Open on friend.camp
Jocelynephiliac :reclaimer:

@darius this is my number one pet peeve with the masto web ui, and now I wish @mastohost supported hometown

31 Dec 2022 at 6:10 | Open on twipped.social
Miakoda
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bouncepaw 🍄

@darius wait, you're gonna keep that sidebar? :-( My biggest hope was that you'd remove it for good

30 Dec 2022 at 15:32 | Open on merveilles.town
Darius Kazemi

@bouncepaw I plan to but it is a lot of work and I can't get it in for this release

30 Dec 2022 at 16:49 | Open on friend.camp
Jason Cosper
Mark

@darius I know I’m a lone voice in the replies, but I like the 4.0.2 mobile layout as is. Any option to retain it?

To be honest, these UI changes seem very opinionated, and unnecessary (or not minimal for a minimal fork), for those tuning in for big features like local only posts.

Anyway, that’s just my opinion. I know you have to make calls like these.

30 Dec 2022 at 21:19 | Open on waterford.international
Darius Kazemi
Mark

@darius Well I don’t mind the top banner the way it is. I like the vanilla UI on mobile. To be honest I’d probably make minimal UI changes in order to support main features. But I know you have calls you have to make on these things and you’re never going to please everyone. 😊

30 Dec 2022 at 23:40 | Open on waterford.international
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