One thing that Mastodon newcomers may not realize is how easy it is to turn Mastodon for web into essentially a Tweetdeck clone, with columns for search/compose, home, notifications, and any lists you've set up. It takes literally seconds.

Here's what mine looks like right now:

To get the Tweetdeck-style view on Mastodon for web, just go to Settings > Preferences > Appearance and check "Enable advanced web interface." Then "save changes."
To add columns to your default home screen on Mastodon for web, once you've enabled advanced web interface, select the tab you'd like to add from the "Getting Started" column. (E.g. "Local timeline," "Federated timeline," or any "Lists" you've set up.) Then click the "show settings" icon for that column, and click "pin." That's it.
@willoremus Any way to add columns for notifications other accounts, allow posting from secondaries, etc?