Do people actually like all of the overdesigned clutter to the point where it makes them not want to switch sites?
To me, the stripped down clarity on Lemmy is a feature. I remember back in the day when people flocked to Facebook from MySpace, in large part because they were sick of eye gouging customized pages and just wanted a simple, consistent interface. The content, not the buttons to click on it are the draw right?
I’m pretty sure Reddit UI/UX isn’t very well designed either lol. Especially new reddit.
I’m especially annoyed by the way videos are shown on every Lemmy UI, I can’t be bothered to click on a link every time there’s video content on my feed
This is a highly requested feature and in the process of being implemented. I believe it will be available next update.
Reddit’s UI and performance was pretty horrible for me in the browser. That being said, I find Lemmy’s UI and performance worse. 😢
They definitely need to hire a real designer and work on performance. It’s pretty bad when I try to subscribe to a community on lemmy.ml from lemmy.world. It takes like minutes for me for the request to go through.
The contrast between white and lime green is pretty bad too. The design makes the app feel cheap. That matters for a lot of people.
I’m hopeful Lemmy will get better over time. 👍
Everything looks better on Jerboa. I went back on the browser to see what you’re talking about and immediately saw what you’re talking about!
Shouldn’t be too hard to change the CSS, but I wish this isn’t the default. Even grey would look better.
I hope the devs check these posts out.
I honestly have a hard time using it outside of Jerboa. It’s not just UI, but functionality issues as well. I don’t blame people for being turned off. It’s a big part of the reason why I don’t think we’ll see large scale adoption. And I don’t even think the current way things are set up can handle large scale.
Lemmy is a good experiment, but I’m not sure this form of federation is going to work.
In FOSS there’s two kinds of people. Those who contribute to the change they want to see in the world, and people who bitch about unimportant things.
Lemmy hosters don’t need to use the official UI, it’s just the only one that currently exists, we just need a better front end developed by someone
I will say for me that kbin looks extremely outdated. I’m very much a fan of newer layouts and in my opinion (at its current stage) kbin doesn’t look nearly as attractive as new Reddit (at least on mobile).
It is WAY more responsive though, and I also have faith it will improve. I’m definitely here for the long haul as it has way better content and a better community. I am definitely looking forward to the apps though!
I like it. And with users creating user scripts, a nice interface like RES is bound to appear.
I like a simple design. Lemmy is simple.
I do think there’s opportunity to refine the UI. Doing simple but also beautiful and intuitive isn’t easy, and Lemmy isn’t all the way there yet. I think there could be benefit from a few really good design nerds working on the design.
This is an actual use case for ‘the customer is always right’. No matter how much you prefer the layout, there will be others that prefer something else. And if we want to attract more users, that’s something that we’ll need to consider.
By far the most off-putting thing about lemmy is how people think themselves too good to consider the preferences and experiences of the average user coming from reddit.
“The customer is always right, except in matters of taste” is the full quote I believe.
I love the homogenized look. If any chances are made I would hope they’d be optional so people who want the current look can keep it.
The customer is always right,
exceptin matters of tasteYou got the quote exactly backwards
Personally, I love the clutter-free design of lemmy.world it’s a good mix of looking pretty without being too empty.
That being said, this is a refreshing take after reading through some of the top comments. I wish more people were a little more level-headed like this.
Maybe there could be other instances with different themes that appeal more to the casual reddit user? I’m still not sure how the themes work when it comes to Lemmy and its instances.
I do use Lemmy because the whole thing with Reddit just sucked, but holy hell yeah, new Reddit looked so much better. It’s not the world, I can get used to it and it’s fine, but the preference is clear.
Reddit is ridiculously slow in the last several years. When I click CMD+F to start search I need to wait several seconds because of all the JavaScript running.
Idk, customized accents and images/identity is an accessibility thing for a lot of people, helps them have a sense of being where they’re intending to be & not lost in the content soup, which I do think a lot of decentralized projects do fall a little flat. It’s a tough line to toe!
(edit: i think i maybe misunderstood some here, but imo lemmy’s ui could use a little more clarity and polish, but ultimately like its lighter load visually)
Yes people do like nice design and user interfaces. Apple managed to grab a large market share by understanding that.
It doesn’t have to be cluttered but it doesn’t have to be … this.
If you want things to improve, you are going to have to accept criticism that your current crush isn’t perfect. There is already a lot of the toxic Reddit’ness that has come over, we don’t need more.
Personally I like the custom CSS each subreddit could apply but to each their own I guess.
Yep, I usually turn it off, but for particularly inspired ones I like to leave it on, like the reddit sub (mildlyinfuriating I think?) where the text is slightly crooked and there is a hair in the background.
I think kbin is pretty nice as it is and I am sure the developers will make it even better in the future.
A really nice bonus is the lack of advertisements on the platform (or maybe I am blocking it, I dont know?). compared to official reddit it feels very refreshing to only have content to focus on.There will never be ads on this platform or any other fediverse platform.
With Meta’s “Threads” on the horizon, I’d be careful saying stuff like that
Don’t jinx it man!!
It feels familiar to old.reddit so i like it. Squabbles has an interesting approach to displaying posts + comments tho
The color schemes seem good enough to me. I mean, sure it could perhaps be more interesting or vibrant but ehh. There are way more important issues to focus on, in my opinion.
Kbin has support for custom CSS. There are still some bugs and plenty of things to iron out, but once the platform matures, expect there to be plenty of color and vibrance haha.
These people are why new paint colors are a major selling point for cars, or new default wallpapers are at the top of the changelist for an OS release. They are why “all new cars look the same” memes have to blank out the rims/hubcaps, because some people think different wheel decorations fundamentally change the aesthetics of the vehicle, and the aesthetics are a primary factor for them.
I like to watch Brandon Butch on Youtube doing his thing for the beta releases for the new iOS 17 coming later in the year. I understand why he does, but every single time it’s “Check out the new wallpapers!” like okay…? That’s great, but definitely not a new OS feature 🙄
Simple and clean UIs are an improvement over what’s now considered “modern web design” meant to manipulate your attention to particular things. It feels like the agency is taken away from the user. I am loving the fediverse for this reason and have been a fan and user of FOSS apps for over a decade because the design goals of the software match the actual use-case of the app without trying to tie you in to something else. No distractions, no advertisements, no walled gardens. Just, here’s the app, here’s the functionality, it’s been delivered. Now use it as you see fit without an ulterior motive from the developer or their investors (or lack thereof.)
