aes <she/her>

How would you make Lemmy nicer for yourself?

https://beehaw.org/post/514287

How would you make Lemmy nicer for yourself? - Beehaw

Heyo, what little things with Reddit and RES have you been missing with the Lemmy UI? For me it’s been keyboard post/comment navigation (like RES) and keyboard shortcuts. E.g. I can’t post this submission with ctrl + enter as I could on many other input forms.

Jun 12, 2023 at 9:40amWeb
Show threadkopper [they/them]Jun 12, 2023
RES's ability to resize images/video by dragging is one I'm definitely missing right now.
Show threadGhostMagicianJun 12, 2023

Keyword filtering from RES.

Also, equivalent of setting up and saving multisubreddits, which helps for accessing communities that are the same but across different instances.

Show threadaes <she/her>Jun 12, 2023
Ooh, I definitely agree with multireddits. I definitely want to be able to look at certain communities on the same feed without subscribing to them by default
Show threadSchedarJun 12, 2023
Just curious - what sort of keywords would you be filtering out if you could?
Show threadGhostMagicianJun 12, 2023

Very common one I did would be something I wanted to avoid spoilers for. So example would be blocking "House of the Dragon" and "Fire and Blood" so I didn't accidentally see any spoilers from random posts whether it be from before the episode aired, or from book readers who had read everything.

Particularly useful for anime where most stuff is based off the manga, which manga readers are sometimes really eager to give hints at. Like "oh don't be attached this character hehehe". "Oh you're in for a twist soon."

And of course games. I'm a patient gamer, so I'm not going often get games when everyone is talking about them the most. So I prefer to block out stuff so things can remain fresh when I get around to it.

Show threadLedgeDropJun 12, 2023

Oh, I like it! A multi-subreddit should be a must-have for a federated community like Lemmy.

It would create a simple way to lump together all these Gaming group (from different servers) into a single view. Such a feature would improve visibility and also (hopefully) reduce the amount of noise/duplicate content (ie: one trailer being reposted to each Gaming channel/server)

Show threadThekingoflordaJun 12, 2023
For me it’s filtering out posts that I’ve already seen. Now I get the same posts over and over again.
Show threadOptimusPrimeJun 12, 2023
That's a user setting Show Read Posts
Show threadReveredOxygenJun 13, 2023
Thank you so much for pointing this out?
Show threadhonkJun 12, 2023
I would try to find a solution for instance agostic links for posts or comments. afaik there is currently no way to do that.
Show threadcablepickJun 12, 2023
And to add to this the universal links with a ! should automatically be fetched by your instance instead of going 404 if they haven’t been searched before.
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
Jerboa needs a lot of work. Especially on the UI front.
Show threadmrmanagerJun 12, 2023
Did you try it recently? I think it looks great now.
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
I'm using it right now, yes.
Show threadmrmanagerJun 12, 2023
No just the default version. I think it's pretty great, just some things that I would change. But in general, the app really works.
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
Don't get me wrong, I'm happy it exists. Lots of good in this app. There are some key features though that I miss. Specifically the RiF interface for subs search and joining and the sub-grouping feature.
Show threadmrmanagerJun 12, 2023
Yup agree, some things can be improved and I'm very convinced it's being worked on. Many people are working together on the app right now to make it become stellar.
Show threadMacaDaMiAnutJun 12, 2023
The thing i haven't worked out yet, is how to get it to open links to lemmy communities by default. For example if I click on a link from community promo it opens in Firefox focus rather than Jeroba. If I search for said community on Jeroba, it usually won't find it.
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
Yes! How do you even search for a community in Jerboa?
Show threadBenruckerJun 12, 2023
To search on Jerboa I've been clicking the bookmark bar next to home icon, I can normally find communities this way
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
Thanks! I actually had somehow missed that.
Show threadJadedIdealistJun 14, 2023
There's a communities item, but some instances require that somone searched for that community by url (the full url of the community) on the instance main page before searching for the community in Jerboa will work. Be better if the Jerboa community search just scraped some master list or something.
Show threadBenruckerJun 12, 2023
You can get it to open some links by going to app info, by holding the app on the homesceen. Then default links, you can toggle open support links and add the links available from there
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
I'll give it a try later, but I think Google broke that in the current version of Android unfortunately. I personally have to use "Better Open With" and some odd assortment of settings to get some control back.
Show threadPenguinCoderJun 12, 2023
I want to be able to collapse children comments from the parent.
Show threadsandblastJun 12, 2023
You can, just tap the parent comment.
Show threadSneezycatJun 12, 2023
If I'm not mistaken, you can do that by clicking and holding on the parent comment name.
Show threadxavier666Jun 12, 2023
  • Ability to tag certain communities without manually copying the link
  • Create custom community collections (Technology collection, memes collection)
Show threadFracturedPelvisJun 12, 2023
I miss Apollo :(
Show threadPetriJun 12, 2023
And RiF. The ability to search for subs and create topic groups, etc.
Show threadDruidgroveJun 12, 2023
We have been spoiled by both! I use the Melm iPhone app which is still in beta, and there are a TON of features I want… which I realize was just Apollo! It stinks that the development of new features we enjoyed with Apollo is kind of back at square 1 with new apps.
Show threadshortwavesurferJun 12, 2023
I miss the information density of redreader. Everything just feels so spread out.
Show threadDimaJun 12, 2023
Yeah, I hope QuantumBadger goes through with making RedReader compatible with Lemmy
Show threadLanyrdSkynrdJun 12, 2023
A way to jump to the next comment within a level. Infinity had a big button to jump to the next top level comment, and the reddit web page you can click on the colored bar that aligns the comment levels to jump to the next comment.
Show threadkoenadaJun 12, 2023

I think the lack of hiding of previously viewed posts is one of my biggest gripes. I used to use Hide a lot in Reddit but all the alternatives are missing it.

A few other issues I have:

  • the need to click into threads to open a link is annoying
  • the inability to open comments and links in separate tabs/windows
  • lack of flair - /r/nfl flair were really nice, for example
Show threadArt [he/him] 🌈Jun 13, 2023
Yeah. For now, I figured out that if the post is "text", I can middle-click it and it opens in a tab. If it's a "link" post, I middle-click on the comments counter. It sometimes glitches a bit, but it generally works.
Show threadZapBeebzJun 12, 2023
So far everything is just a case of getting used to it for me. I'm using the Jerboa app, and the two biggest improvements I can see right now are 1) allowing me to change the default sort (top, new, active, etc.). I can change it every time I open the app, but I'd like to be able to set it and forget it and 2) I'm not a huge fan of pinned posts staying at the top of my feed no matter how I'm sorting it, although this would also be solved by hiding already read posts, I suppose.
Show threadScottJun 12, 2023

Hamburger > Settings > [username] settings ...

  • Default listing type
  • Default sort type
Show threadZapBeebzJun 13, 2023
Yuuuup. I found it an hour or so after making this comment. It just wasn't where I expected at first, which is really on me lol
Show threadriderantonJun 12, 2023
I'm on kbin, but one thing I miss from RES on desktop is the ability to click and drag to resize expanded images
Show threadDialectic CakeJun 12, 2023
I already saw one user who posted great content including citations -- adding user tags is what I miss.
Show threaddgendreauJun 13, 2023
Yes! Everything RES adds would be nice!
Show threadA_Chilean_CyborgJun 12, 2023

It really needs an app and page with a decent and clean UI. (most important)

It also needs a more streamline way of finding communities.

It would be nice as well to have better feeds as well.

Show threadultraHQJun 13, 2023
I'm presently working on changing the url schema to more match reddit's,
Show threadchunktoplaneJun 13, 2023
I'm on Beehaw with a couple of subscriptions to communities in other instances. I like viewing all of the local Beehaw communities as a "front page", but I'd like my other subscriptions to show up in that view without having to manually subscribe to all of the Beehaw communities.
Show threadAdaJun 13, 2023
Does local vs subscribed view not give you that?
Show threadSentenialJun 13, 2023
On the Jerboa app, swiping right to go back to to previous page. And the ability to hide viewed posts on both mobile app and browses.
Show threadgodofpainTRJun 13, 2023
I didn't know how much I did this until I used Jerboa
Show threadReveredOxygenJun 13, 2023
On jerboa, I wish there was a way to enlarge images posted in commdnts
Show threadZoopJun 13, 2023

Yes, I agree! I'd also love it if, when you click a link, it shows the full true link and then let's you choose whether or not you want to go there, like RiF does.

That way if someone posts a link behind some text, you have a better idea of what you're getting into before it just pops up on your screen. Could be what they said it was, could be a Rick Roll, could be awful brain-scarring porn like Leon Party...

Show threadSomething Burger 🍔Jun 13, 2023
This, as well as a builtin browser and a way to view URLs before opening them (like RIF does).
Show threadEamonnMRJun 13, 2023

I'd love a way to browse other instances "local" view the way I can browse my own home instance.

Incidentally, this is also a missing feature on Mastodon.

Show threadArt [he/him] 🌈Jun 13, 2023
From RES, I miss the little icon on the upper right corner that takes you to the top of the page.
Show threadRomanRoyJun 13, 2023
Lemmy Enhancement Suite
Show threadColdFenixJun 13, 2023
An easy way to search for and subscribe to non local communities would be great. Right now the search only considers "connected" instances and only considers the community name and not the sidebar or actual content.
Show threadGhostCowboy76Jun 13, 2023
A “Mark Read on Scroll” feature. I’ve noticed each time I’m entering a previously viewed community I have to scroll past the stuff I’ve already seen. This could be user error as I’m fairly new to this.
Show threadgiddyJun 14, 2023
Absolutely agree. THis is a big one for me
Show threadgiddyJun 14, 2023
  • stop refreshing the front page/inserting new posts automatically
  • mark as read on scroll past
  • multireddit
  • decent ipad app - mlem is a rgeat start on iphone but no ipad support
  • consistent 'go back' experience - I have on a number of occasions gone into a post then clicked browser back button only to be presented with a completely different list of posts on my front page