Rob G. (@[email protected])

Attached: 3 images ## The Need for Better UI Design and Wide Screen Support in Fediverse [In relation to an 11 months old topic](https://mastodon.social/@design_RG/103325326964788984) and a [mockup Pinafore 2 panels design proposal](https://mastodon.social/@design_RG/103342065065959547) Looking back at this proposal, and sadly we didn't get ahead in the months past. Pinafore is still my favourite client - speed, lightness, unobstrusive design and an attentive, responsive designer and project leader, @[email protected] I understood Nolan's reluctance of changing the basic design principle of Pinafore - the single column display is the chassis and engine of this project. Works wonderful in a mobile, small screen environment, and acceptably in a wide display setting for laptops and PCs. ## Clarifying - it works wonderfully in PC/Laptop mode, ...most of my posting in Fediverse is done via Pinafore. But we still haven't dealt with the fact that Wide Screen Displays can do better than a single panel of information, centered on screen. With acres of wasted pixel land around in unused side areas. My quest for better support and UI design for wide screen displays is not over. Maybe we can get progress? ## We had some excellent solutions, ...in the recent past, with the use of the 'Collapsed Mastodon' browser add-on for Firefox. Sadly, that add-on was broken by changes appearing in Mastodon 3.1.x code, and it has not been repaired. For anyone interested in a full explanation, [a detailed and illustrated Topic is presented in this Forum Topic](https://discourse.qoto.org/t/mastodon-screen-use-in-wide-screen-displays-a-search-for-better-results/280) I have made a [Suggestion and feature Request submission at the Glitch-Social GitHub - here](https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/issues/1359) - as suggested by one of the GS MastoFE project maintainers. Sadly, 6 months passed. I was off fediverse mostly. Not much has changed, other than some once good instances dropping in my estimation. ***But there's always hope, no?*** ## Wanted : Good support for wide screen displays. *2 Columns setup, with space to read and write properly*. A workspace for serious reading and write. Not a ***TweetDeck clone***, thank you. #Mastodon #UI #UX #mastodev #AWI needs improvement. #PleromaFE is pretty, but **it's a single column by design** -- which suffers from the same wasted space problem. #MastoFE in Pleroma is a compromise, and **we could optimize it's use of wide screens** (same as mastodon, as the FE is really Glitch-Social's web client software).

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