leeleedeeIs there a way to NOT have infinite scroll on #mastodon ? Like have pagination instead? I've already got slow mode activated, but would like pagination.
woffs@leeleedee that's a good idea. Something like https://github.com/ihabunek/toot ?
yazomie (she/her)@woffs @leeleedee vanilla Mastodon is so basic-ass* it nearly makes more sense in CLI.
*actually, GoToSocial, snac2 or Mitra go even further, into minimalism.
*actually, GoToSocial, snac2 or Mitra go even further, into minimalism.
EndlessMason@leeleedee
I think you need a relatively stable dataset for "pages" to make sense. A database of products or upcoming events paginates real nice.
But if you're getting a new item pretty frequently "newest 20" only makes a bit of sense, and 100th to 120th newest doesn't make much sense at all because the window changes as time passes, and time passes as you navigate through the paginated set...
Maybe basing "pages" on post date ranges make more sense? I saw a "today on fedi" mockup that turned each day worth of toots into a frozen, broad sheet style front page ... That might be something?
Christer Enfors@leeleedee Hmm, interesting. Is this to encourage not spending too much time here?
FinchHaven sfbaIt's how the Internet works -- it's not instantaneous, constantly
If you're offline for five hours and you start up your "app" which "page" does your app pull down from across the entire Fediverse first?
The oldest pages you're missing?
Or the very newest pages you're missing?
150 of the oldest pages, or 25 of the newest pages?
And then "show" them to you, starting where?
cc @leeleedee
@FinchHaven @leeleedee Well, if I were to implement something like this, I would probably have it work exactly like it already does - you get a set of posts, but only the first X number of them will be displayed. Then you get a "Next page" button, which gives you the next X number of posts, etc.