Elk

Elk 0.4.0 is out! 🧡

And we now feel Elk, our Mastodon web client, is ready to move into Open Alpha! The Elk repo is now public, and we're also opening the official deployment, maintained by the team, to everyone.

Sign in at https://elk.zone 

We hope you enjoy the app, and we invite you to collaborate with us to implement what's missing and improve our social UX together 🙏

Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

Elk
Jan 12, 2023 at 10:58amWeb
Show threadFellJan 12, 2023
@elk It would be great to have it compatible with #Pleroma / #Akkoma too! Apparently they use the Mastodon API, so it should be possible.
Show threadElkJan 12, 2023
@fell get involved! There are several folks working on supporting both Pleroma and Akkoma in Elk.
Show threadMichael P.Jan 12, 2023
@elk @fell and #gotosocial support would be awesome. Elk worked briefly with gts at around v0.2.0 but doesn't work now
Show threadFellJan 12, 2023
@moderation @elk Looks like it's all in the works. #gotosocial is very interesting to me too, I might try it out soon.
Show threadMichael P.Jan 13, 2023
@fell @elk #elk 0.4.1 is now working with #gotosocial. Woohoo
Show threadsteve Jan 12, 2023

@elk I'm excited to try it!

There seems to be some issues with it on my (admittedly outdated) version of Safari on Mac.

Works just fine in Chrome.

Show threadDeusJan 12, 2023
Looks lovely! Is adding custom link [title](url) with markdown in the roadmap? 🙂
Show threadBenny Powers 🇨🇦️🇮🇱️Jan 12, 2023
@elk is the code available now?
Show threadElkJan 12, 2023
@bp yes, the repo is now open at https://github.com/elk-zone/elk
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Show thread./orta theroxJan 12, 2023
@elk Congrats folks, I've been loving it
Show threadMihailik 🌼🌼🌼🏃🏿‍♀️🌼🌼🌼Jan 12, 2023

@elk

Love it already!

First of all, it feels less cluttered (although still WAY too many icons in that bar)

Second of all, it feels massively faster.

Thirdly, threading is way clearer than official #Mastodon or alternatives. And going back-forward is FINALLY respectful to scroll position.

That scrolling handling makes such difference to the UX feel. Sanity amongst the madness!

Show threadSean Boyer 🇵🇸 FREE PALESTINEJan 12, 2023
@elk
Absolutely stunning UX! Lightening fast, beautiful, and intuitive! And so early! GREAT job, all!
Show threadThe Febrile MuseJan 12, 2023
@elk Hello, I really like the feel of app! Do you have other color schemes and increased font sizes planned? Currently in dark mode w extra large font, but it is too dark and small of font to look at for very long. I love autoplay videos and the images are gorgeous!
Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jan 12, 2023
@CMDoran @elk there is only the two color schemes atm but there is a font size adjustment in the settings
Show threadElkJan 12, 2023
@liaizon @CMDoran themes are in the works too.
Show thread🇪🇺F/_0🇪🇺Jan 12, 2023
@elk
Dracula Theme pls.   
@liaizon @CMDoran
Show threadThe Febrile MuseJan 12, 2023
@liaizon the "largest font" is too small.
Show threadwakest likes your bugs ⁂Jan 13, 2023
@CMDoran @patak shall I open an issue for this?
Show threadThe Febrile MuseJan 13, 2023
@liaizon @patak for reference I like 140 on Fedilab (and I can go larger there). Their 140 is nearly 2x your largest size.
Show threadEric AmodioJan 12, 2023
@elk congrats! Loving this and where it's going!
Show threadElkJan 12, 2023
@eamodio 🧡
Show threadMoussa ClarkeJan 12, 2023
@elk congrats guys - awesome mastodon client all round!
Show threadKushal DaveJan 12, 2023
@elk hooked immediately
Show threadGeoffJan 12, 2023
@elk The app looks great! I'm sure a lot of work went into grouping tweets into conversations, but... is there a way to turn that off? Just show a reverse-chronological view of the posts? I'm sure you've already got lots of features you still want to implement but I just want to turn this one off.
Show threadElkJan 12, 2023
@OpinionatedGeek interesting, this is the first time we have a request for a preference to revert back to the original order. You should create a feature request, I think it makes sense to make this optional.
Show threadGeoffJan 12, 2023
@elk Heh, maybe it's just me then.
Show threadSaielle DaSilvaJan 12, 2023
@elk Elk is the best web client I've seen for mastodon since joining.
Show threadAnnekeJan 12, 2023
@elk @rulesbyrosita Rosita dit vind jij misschien wel fijner om te gebruiken, Mastodon lijkt hierdoor wat meer op die 👀 andere site 👀
Show threadRosita (she/her)Jan 12, 2023
@Anneke @elk Dat ziet er heel goed uit. 😀
Show threadRosita (she/her)Jan 12, 2023
@Anneke Hoe ben jij bij deze server gekomen @front-end.social en hoe bevalt het? Misschien dat ik verander naar die server. (Als mijn glasvezel kabel is gerepareerd)🙂.
Show threadAnnekeJan 12, 2023
@rulesbyrosita Ik kreeg er een invite voor van de mensen die de server hosten, (ook voor de @fronteers en @Fronteersconference account). Alleen de gastvrouwen hebben volgens mij vrij aanmelden op de server uitgeschakeld omdat ze natuurlijk willen voorkomen dat het wel heel erg veel werk wordt om te onderhouden. Zo nu en dan openen ze invites :)
Show threadRosita (she/her)Jan 13, 2023
@Anneke @fronteers @Fronteersconference begrijp ik. Nou ja dan houdt het op. 🙂
Show threadSteve WhiteJan 12, 2023
@elk

The thing I like most about the two minutes I've spent playing with Elk so far is that it has good threading, which Fediverse apps seem to be constitutionally opposed to implementing.

I might have to deploy my own instance to play with!
Show threadSteve WhiteJan 12, 2023

@[email protected] @elk

I see it's very "mastodon only, dummy" :D I tried to log into my Pleroma and Friendica instances and it was like "no, man."

Keep up the good work!

Show threadSteve WhiteJan 13, 2023
@stwhite @elk

Y'all are KILLIN it. Less than 24 hours later I can log into my pleroma account. Awesome sauce!
Show threadMike FraserJan 12, 2023
@elk Really like this so far. Honestly I'd be using it right now as my go to web app if it had support for lists. unfortunately lists are a deal breaker for me.
Show thread𝙹𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚢 :~$Jan 12, 2023
@elk I discovered https://elk.zone few minutes ago and I very love it !!! congratulations, this is really a great web client.
Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

Elk
Show threadDr. Lola PolitickaJan 13, 2023

@elk

This is beautiful! Highly recommended!!

Show threadPyŏngyang杏奴Jan 13, 2023
@elk 刚刚搞了一个ios桌面版 还挺好用
Show threadPer "Gimmic" JohanssonJan 13, 2023
@elk Congrats! I would love to be able to modify which shortcuts that are displayed in the bottom on mobile. An option to display follow status on profiles without hovering or visiting their profile page would also be greatly desired. Keep up the good work!
Show threadSheepnikJan 13, 2023
@elk So far I'm really enjoying using Elk, and one thing I particularly like is that using the back button on my browser takes me right back to where I'd been. I'd been using Pinafore before, and the back button on that would only take me back to an approximate position, so this is a great improvement for me.
Show threadNic DafisJan 13, 2023
@elk It looks and feels fantastic, on the desktop and on mobile. The only thing that’s stopping me switching immediately is that the “post language” picker seems to default back to English (or maybe whatever interface language you have selected) after every toot, even in replies to my own toots. I mostly post in Welsh, and that’s my default language on my server preferences.
Show threadNic DafisJan 13, 2023
I usually use Metatext on iOS, which doesn’t even have a language tag picker afaik, but does pick up the default language setting, or inherits the language tag of any toot I reply to, so I only have to switch apps if I want to post in English.
Show threadNic DafisJan 13, 2023
(Early days though, obvs. Good luck with it!)
Show threadDarkeSwordJan 13, 2023
@elk Really like the "Wellness" options.
Show threadJeffMar 31, 2023
@elk Congratulations!