Bryan HanselJul 4, 2023

For new Mastodon users, you likely aren't seeing art and photos fully. Most instances crop images by default, and if you don't want to have to click on images to see them fully, you need to turn off the setting.

Turning off the setting makes the Mastodon experience better.

Go to your settings. Find Post Layout. Uncheck the box next to "Crop images in non-expanded posts to 16x9." Enjoy art and photos fully.

#MastoArt #photography

Show threadBengalBrianJul 4, 2023
@bryanhansel Can you get Gifs to play without clicking on them?
Show threadBryan HanselJul 4, 2023

@BengalBrian yep. Find the

ANIMATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY

Auto-play animated GIFs

Checkbox

Show threadBengalBrianJul 4, 2023
@bryanhansel Option is on, but it doesn't work.
Show threadBryan HanselJul 4, 2023
@BengalBrian best to ask your admin to look into it. It could also be the app. If it's the app, report it as a bug or feature request.
Show threadBengalBrian
@bryanhansel Dunno how to ask Admin. I have just done an update on Playstore, so using current version.
Jul 4, 2023 at 4:17pmWeb
Show threadBryan HanselJul 4, 2023
@BengalBrian are you using the official Android app? It kinda sucks. I just let Chrome install the Web version as an app, and it's much better than the official Android app. There are other full featured apps available as well. I've been meaning to try Fedilab.
Show threadBengalBrianJul 4, 2023
@bryanhansel Yeah... Am flipping between the Android App and Tusky.
Show threadBryan HanselJul 4, 2023
@BengalBrian try installing Mastodon as an app from your Chrome web browser. That might fix the issue for you.
Show threadBengalBrianJul 4, 2023
@bryanhansel I don't like downloading Apps from Chrome due to security risks.
Show threadBryan HanselJul 4, 2023
@BengalBrian it basically just creates a single chrome tab of Mastodon that acts like an app.
Show threadBengalBrianJul 4, 2023
@bryanhansel cheers for your help bro. I will figure it all out. Still getting used to the platform. Will take a bit of time to find all my Twitter people.
Show threadJay MillerJul 5, 2023
@BengalBrian @bryanhansel I heard Tusky was good for hash tags ? The official Android app does seem a bit meh