Lemmy is certainly a lot faster than new reddit, but I prefer the aesthetic and speed of old.reddit.com and hackernews. I like the minimalism and how everything defaults to the left of the browser rather than the center. I also really enjoy how I can expand the entire text of a post without actually clicking on the post’s link.
Just my thoughts. Hoping to see more theme and front-end options emerge over time.
Well you gotta do some integration work obviously instead of just changing the theme outright. Maybe add in a easy way to set themes and layout. Default will be whatever main Lemmy devs think is good, and optional settings that allow a style that OP wants.
It’s simpler than creating a whole separate client and then also having to maintain it whenever Lemmy’s backend changes or when they introduce a new feature.
Looking at the conversations they are having on GitHub, that doesn’t seem like a great idea. If I was going to contribute to the main repo, it would be to help with whatever they are doing, not to push ideas that they are not looking to implement at this time. They are working on rewriting the UI anyway. I really don’t see what would be the problem with having an alternative front for people with different tastes that those of the devs.
Maybe. But I wasn’t really looking for the simplest way to tweak the UI, I’m already doing that with my own scripts. Making a web client with a different UI that people can fork and make their own just sounds like a cool project to work on.