@pixelfed (From my reply to the previous post.)

This UI update is nice but posts in feed look like they are from a Facebook-like app and don't fit Pixelfed's concept. That should be updated to look more like the old UI with polishes in my opinion.

@pixelfed any news on when / how we can beta test an iOS app for PixelFed ?

@pixelfed I really like it! It's the nicest looking UI of 🤩 any social media

I think the main issues I've found are the resizing. On mobile, when looking at a profile, there seem to be large gaps on the sides and so the rows of 3 images look smaller compared to insta and the current pixelfed UI.

Also, some weird issue with text not resizing when looking it the home timeline when my phone is in landscape mode.

@pixelfed Also, bring back the original dark mode. It looks sooo good when using the dark reader add-on on the website. It complements the white theme much better imo.

The current pitch black dark mode doesn't look as good and will be harder to view when using the app on a bright sunny day.

@pixelfed I am sorry that each of my comments is negative and I can give the impression of being a cranky hater. In my opinion, the design of the user interface should first of all make the interaction with the content easier and more enjoyable. Changing the UI should take into account the type of content presented and the way users interact with this content.

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Ooof! Gotta check this!

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First of all, congratulations to the team for the great work! :pixelfed: :ablobnwn:
I've tested the new UI on mobile and I'm not sure this is the ideal way to go about it. Based on that, what I liked the most was the masonry layout! I think he values the photos a lot more! The visual details were very elegant too, like the rounded edges and the shadows.

@pixelfed Some issues I see:

- iPad portrait breaks the layout (squeezed elements, incorrect wrapping, etc).
- Top header not visible after scrolling down so have to scroll back to top to take action or navigate.
- Lots of unused/empty space on left and right after scrolling. Would be alleviated if sidebars were fixed.

@pixelfed it weirdly vanished for me on .social after a few clicks and i also can't seem to find a way to enable it on my instance :think_bread:

@pixelfed personally I kind of miss some aspects of the old one.

This new broad format really benefits for widescreen pictures but not tall phone pictures for example

with the old metro UI I liked that there could be different formats and that things can be big.

small tall phone pictures with black boarders don't looks so good. It's much nicer scrolling the feed with the different formats as well.

I love the rest though

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Maek it mor gud....

Just kidding! (and poking fun of the internet design pundits) It looks great! 💕

@pixelfed I'm too dump to find the switch to activate the new layout :bread_displeased:

@pixelfed i think it needs to be easier to click into a photo to see it enlarged, currently I need to open its menu or click on its timestamp (which are two quite small objects...).
I suggest making the images in the feed click-able!

@pixelfed On longer posts, I'm seeing text wrapped by character instead of by word in Chrome on Ubuntu. Chrome on Android wraps the text for the same post correctly, though.

@pixelfed in the new UI, I can't find the Search box (it used to be under "discover")...

@pixelfed hey, minor bug in new UI: words get broken when wrapping to new lines.
Example from mobile browser:

@pixelfed Is it possible to go back from a single post view to the last visited place on the page? Let me explain: I scroll through my global feed. There, I see a post from a user that is interesting. Then I click on the username to see the profile of this user. When I go back from there, it takes me to the global feed, but on the very top of the page. This is annoying, so I have to scroll down the whole feed again. Would be very nice, if I can go back, just to the place where I was before.

@pixelfed The hit areas for the “Like” “Share” and “Comment” buttons feel tiny on mobile and hard to press.

I agree with the comments about the UI feeling like a microblogging platform like Tumblr rather than a photo sharing one. If Pixelfed’s main purpose is to share photos, then I’d suggest removing the padding around images and turning off the “fixed height media previews” setting by default. Let the photos take up all the space available to them - that’s what we came to see

@pixelfed I really like the new profile view! The masonry and timeline views are brilliant. It looks so tidy, and the user’s posts really take centre stage.

In the grid view, I was pleasantly surprised to see video thumbnails auto-play. Is there any way to turn this off though for people with cognitive disabilities who would prefer not to have moving elements on the page?

@pixelfed I like this new UI set because it looks elegant and simple. However, when I toggled the display of images in the user's profile, I noticed that the effect of the second of these buttons was that the number of likes was no longer displayed on the image.