feditips, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

p.s. If you're wondering what the heck this post is about, Mastodon has an optional alternative web interface for use on computers which has lots of columns instead of just one:

https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface/

Tejas, 6 months ago

@feditips
Unable to open the link. Getting below error.
Error 503 Backend fetch failed

Please check and advise.

feditips, 6 months ago

@Tejas

Thanks for headsup, have just restarted site, it should be working now.

Tejas, 6 months ago

@feditips
Yeah. Now it's working perfectly. 👍

stpaultim, 6 months ago

@feditips

As a regular user of the advanced user interface who has created new columns in the past, I found it extrememly confusing and difficult to remember how to create one again.

This was helpful.

#feditips

4censord, 6 months ago

@feditips If it doesn't quite use all the available space with your configured columns, you can make the columns wider with some usercss:

@-moz-document domain($INSTANCE) {
div#mastodon .drawer,.column {
flex: 1 1 auto !important;
min-width: 300px !important;
max-width: 475px !important;
}
div#mastodon .drawer {
max-width: 425px !important;
}
div#mastodon .column[aria-label="Notifications"] {
max-width: 475px !important;
}
}
replace 475px as apropriate.
(check browser docs)

Leisureguy, 6 months ago

@feditips In my Advanced Web Interface there is an eye-icon at the upper right. If I hover, It shows "Show less for all," and if I click it, it then shows "Show more for all." It is unclear whether the displayed text describes the current state or the state that results after clicking.

Plus what does it mean?

Perhaps you can link to an explanation.

feditips, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago)

@Leisureguy

The Eye icon is in the upper right on the normal interface too. It only appears if you've clicked on a post to look at the thread the post comes from.

If the thread you are reading contains any CWs, clicking on the eye toggles them all open or closed.

This is really useful if you're reading a thread full of CWs and don't want to open them all one by one.

Leisureguy, 6 months ago

@feditips Ah! Thanks. I assume the eye with the line through it has the CW turned on (can't see content without a click) and the plain eye shows full content with no click.

The plain eye's popup text reads "Show less for all," so the text describes not the current state but what results if you click the icon.

I have my preferences set to ignore content warnings, so I in effect have plain-eye throughout.

feditips, 6 months ago

@Leisureguy

Yeah, it's not always relevant to a thread either, as the icon is still there even if none of the posts are CWed.

jetton, 6 months ago

@feditips
Besides lists, you can also pin a hashtag or groups of hashtags.

mjhn, 6 months ago

@feditips @grb090423
@renchap

Yep, but there's still a #HUGE mistake in the UI: the 'active' column is at the right, and going from left to right is *******.

External tools like @sengi_app are for better when willing to have more columns (and they offer some other pretty functionalities).

🙏​ 🌞​