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pixelfed

We're redesigning profiles and want your feedback! Let us know what you think about this design and how we can improve it.

Boosts + feedback are greatly appreciated, the smallest gestures can have the biggest impact, and we are forever grateful for people like you! ❤️

#pixelfed #pixeldev #feedbackWanted #activitypub

21 comments
Michael Zeevi

@pixelfed I'd like the ability to open a post from the home-feed by clicking on it, and not just via it's menu or timestamp links.
Also, once in an open post, I'd like to be able to swipe left/right to cycle to other posts by that user.

ImaCrea

@pixelfed looks neat :) keep pushing further, I believe the next movement in UX/UI will happen from the libre community and you're on the right direction to make it!

madcap

@pixelfed I would prefer something like the Flickr's photostream page (see screenshot), where you can see the entire photo, not a square cropped version of it.
I would also like to have an option to show photos instead of posts.

Folket

@pixelfed overall I think it's pretty, but it could use some more distinction between the profile picture and the other pictures. It looks a little like one of other pictures got misplaced :)

stux⚡

@pixelfed Very nice Daniel! This looks gooood!

🐬 I'M YourOnly.One ❄️ 🔏 🦣

@pixelfed I like the new desktop design.

For the mobile design, while it still looks Instagramy for me, I think there's no need to change it much currently (as shown in the screengrab). Sometimes what works is best retained especially when it comes to mobile layouts.

But yeah, that new desktop layout is awesome!

FOSS.Tech :fosstodon:

@pixelfed The design is decently good, and definitely an improvement.

Few suggestions :
- Masonry grid layout.
- Overwhelming with a lot of boxes.

Not sure ?
I am right-handed, and unknowingly i feel comfortable looking at the left side of my screen for longer times rather than to the right side.

Allowing me to select which side i see the profile details would be nice. And i am not sure about it, It might be just me.

FiXato

@pixelfed doesn't seem to be a lot of contrast between the bio and the background. Kinda hurts the #legibility.
Same with the pronouns prefix. Also, is that prefix in a smaller font size? If so, why?

Lapineige

@pixelfed that has been said in the replies, and several other times, but for me the main issue is the forced square aspect ratio.

The second main (but way less critical) issue would be the small display size of the pictures (on relatively big screens).

I'll elaborate on that first point:

1/x

Artha

@pixelfed As someone who doesn't have a Pixelfed account, and has just been lurking, I'd say this is a lot better.

tdubs42

@pixelfed I love the feel of the redesign! Slight critique: the font color in the bio is a bit light against the white, and could be a bit bolder to help with accessibility :D Great work!

Michael

@pixelfed Hi, it would be great if this could work with @keyoxide to provide proof of ownership of an account, as is currently possible with Mastodon.
The profile provides proof of ownership of a key, and the key provides proof of ownership of other profiles. In this way a Pixelfed profile and a Mastodon profile can prove themselves to be the same person through a common key.
Better still, can the proof be implemented directly from Pixelfed<->Mastodon?

az

@pixelfed looks good, I'm going to look into setting up an account now!

I've seen a few calls for allowing users to change the way in which images are displayed, which ratios to use etc.

I'd say this will probably be an impedance for creators who decide to start producing work for pixelfed in the same way they might for Instagram.

Having a guarantee about how your work will be displayed to others allows you to make informed choices about composition, sequencing, etc. This is the reason design for print is often much more exciting than the web. The interplay between these things are the building blocks of semiotic meaning and changing them after the fact is not improving user experience.

@pixelfed looks good, I'm going to look into setting up an account now!

I've seen a few calls for allowing users to change the way in which images are displayed, which ratios to use etc.

I'd say this will probably be an impedance for creators who decide to start producing work for pixelfed in the same way they might for Instagram.

Mariusz K. Grzeca

@pixelfed I don't want to sound too harsh, but it looks quite old-fashioned, like it was designed in the early 2000s. I really like the look of the profiles in EyeEm:

Lien Rag

@pixelfed
Get a better haircut.

(well, you asked for feedback, didn't you ?)

Lost Boy :fatpikachu:

@pixelfed I like it better than the previous one. The interactive elements are more separated and larger. Visually it is coherent and seems much more comfortable to use.

testing1234

@pixelfed
i am into the squares tbs but i do not really like the web format because i like it when the user info disappears when you scroll down.

testing1234

@pixelfed
or there could be the option to choose whether or not your own page displays photos in square or not

Chris Wood

@pixelfed how will you display thumbnails for posts with multiple images?

At the moment, they have a large “image gallery” icon in the corner of the thumbnail. I find the icon looks quite large and dominating on mobile compared to the other UI elements on the page and would love to see it made smaller.

I prefer circular profile photos, and I also like the square grid. It’s neatly aligned, works well on mobile, and most importantly, it gives equal weight to each photo.

Alan Grant

@pixelfed I'm not sure sure if feedback it still requested on profiles. If it is, I wanted to mention that there seems to be a big difference between the appearance of the profile to logged in users versus people who are not logged in.

(Also the non logged in version doesn't seem to respect line breaks so several lines in my profile are run together).

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