[1/7] Mit dem Standard-Web-UI von Mastodon hab ichs einfach nicht so, und nutze es üblicherweise über alternative Web-Clients. Auch den bekanntesten davon, #Elk, habe ich schon verwendet. Lange Zeit jedoch am ehesten den Web-Client von #Soapbox. Jetzt aber steige ich gerade auf #Phanpy um, das unter https://phanpy.social/ erreichbar ist.
Wie bei anderen alternativen Web-Clients für Mastodon muss man auch dort erst mal seine Heimatinstanz eingeben, also troet.cafe, social.tchncs.de oder wie eben heißt. Dann muss man noch die Erlaubnis erteilen, dass der Client die im Browser aktive Anmeldung bei der Heimatinstanz nutzen darf. Somit kann der Client die API der Heimatinstanz genauso nutzen wie der Web-Client der Heimatinstanz selber.
Obwohl sie auf die gleichen Daten via API zugreifen, können alternative Web-Clients diese Daten durchaus anders aufbereiten. Phanpy strengt sich dabei besonders an. Nachfolgend ein paar Beispiele:
La bellezza del Fediverso non sta solo nella struttura dei server, ma dipende anche dalla varietà di client disponibili per accedere alla rete. Laddove Twitter è ora estremamente severo su quali app possono collegarsi alla rete, Fediverse dà il benvenuto a tutti gli utenti sulla piattaforma! E sebbene Mastodon sia sicuramente l'attore più grande, non è assolutamente l'unico elefante nella stanza.
Scegliere il giusto client per il Fediverso può migliorare significativamente la tua esperienza con la piattaforma. Che tu sia un utente occasionale alla ricerca di un'interfaccia semplice sul tuo smartphone o un utente esperto che ha bisogno di lavorare su più account o istanze, c'è un client là fuori per te.
Phanpy is a fantastic alternative UI to Mastodon. I spend 98% of my time in Phanpy instead of using the Mastodon UI while on the web. I highly recommend you give it a try if you haven't already.
If you use Mastodon on desktop (as opposed to mobile), I cannot praise highly enough Phanpy https://phanpy.social/#phanpy
It really cleans up my timeline, handles replies very nicely, and allows for a great "refresh" (view updates) experience.
Feature request for #phanpy@cheeaun : when tapping the top of the iOS screen, scroll back to the top. The current mechanic (which works on all platforms) seems to be: scroll up, tap on “Home”
Checking out the listed web / desktop #apps for #Mastodon most of them are really underwhelming. They even fail to describe on why one should use them. I didn't find a single desktop app which was worth installing, just from the information provided on their webpage. Multiaccount usage is irrelevant to me, for now.
With the #webapps I am now briefly trying out #phanpy#tooty#statuzer#trunksapp#elk and #mastodeck
The Catch-Up Feed in #Phanpy is brilliant. Looking at screenshots, I was worried it was going to be super confusing…but, it’s honestly a lightning-fast way to catch up on everything.
It’s a PWA (a web-app) that is totally free, but the ui/ux is absolutely incredible. Works on all platforms you can think of (no settings are synced yet).
After the disruption from the nightly build on Monday, I began experimenting with both @phanpy and @elk, alternate Web interfaces for Mastodon.
While #Elk is quite nice with always-available mouse-based back navigation, it doesn't seem to support either multi-column views or auto-refreshing timelines.
So, #Phanpy is a much better fit for my use case. However, it suffers the same limitation sorting notifications as the current unfixed nightly build, i.e. no quick-access filter bar.
Je ne sais pas si vous connaissez #Phanpy, mais je crois que c'est la solution #Mastodon la plus élégante que je connaisse.
Au format WebApp, c'est convainquant ! Je ne peux que vous recommander de l'expérimenter.
But, I've been wanting to build the application myself because then it allows a bit of customization. While the pre-built version has no default login instance nor default sign-up instance, building it myself lets me make hear-me.social the defaults (although using it with other instances is still supported).
For the next few weeks, phanpy.hear-me.social will continue to reference the pre-built version, while https://phanpydev.hear-me.social references the custom-built version. I will personally use the custom version and if I don't experience problems, I will make it the standard here.
If anyone is using phanpy on hear-me.social, it would be great if you can try using the phanpydev version instead to help me test it.
You may need to log into phanpydev twice to get it to show posts. Sometimes I saw a blank home page after the first log in after switching from phanpy to phanpydev.
For those who haven't used Phanpy, the alternative Mastodon UI, you ought to try it. Reading messages is just much more pleasant.