Slowly but forward. Main pages with no content, but they are there. Blog without pagination, but it works. Currently, the font jumping on swap annoys me the most.
After a few hours spent with #astro, I can say that it is more pleasant to receive than #gatsby or #nuxt. Developer mode starts faster, hot reloading is no problem, build is also faster.
The biggest pain I caused myself, because I chose the standard approach to CSS for this framework. Lack of SASS or other preprocessor hurts a bit. However, I will not give up and will not install any.
The fight, I suppose, mainly with CSS has begun. Such a simple design probably won't even require extending Astro's functionality. The blog and subpages are already working, and there is nothing else there. Well, except for the contact form. https://bit.ly/3OGpVN8
The subpage of followed channels, users and tags is still missing, but the general idea is already visible. GIF is animated.
I also updated the preview: https://bit.ly/3NRFQrH
The first version of the user account settings layout. View with icons from the Tabler family instead of Font Awesome. Due to availability, license, number of icons and their variants, all existing icons will be replaced with Tabler icons.
By the way, I would like to add that what I "draw" here does not have a 1:1 reference to the work of the author of the site, because these are only my suggestions. It doesn't have to affect #kbin at all. It also doesn't mean that I'm right and everything is logical :) I just decided to help in the development of the project, but slightly from the side. Unfortunately, open source projects tend to live as long as the developer (usually one person) is motivated. And motivations are easy to burn out, especially in this type of projects.
Font Awesome vs Feather Icons. CC BY 4.0 vs. MIT. Pack of 2020 icons vs 287. Despite the advantage expressed in numbers, I do not have feelings for Font Awesome. What's better? Or maybe looking at things like icons is just a designer's whim? #kbin#ui
@odddev Thanks. I know Tabler but completely forgot about it, and most of the listings now refer to icon search engines, icon selling platforms, not icon families. I guess I need to do some research after years and refresh this topic.
And a kbin icon in #3d to complete the set. The mesh is far from perfect and the model itself is ridiculously simple, so there's no point in sharing the .blend file. #blender#kbin
#fediverse logo in #3D for later use. Yes, I know that the colors do not correspond to the original, but the pattern itself is also an unofficial proposal.
Maybe after years and a few small attempts I will check if I can handle WebGL.
@ernest I only use blender to create web assets, branding, icons, etc. I'm a rather weak artist. I planned to expand my skills with animation, but it ended on the basics from years ago. In the fall I even bought an RTX4090 for this purpose, but it is still hanging in the PC unused.
The first approach to "warehouses", channels, rooms. Personally, I don't like the solutions seen on #reddit, but people seem to like them. And yet, the user interface is for people, not for themselves. At least to a large extent.
While reddit's layout isn't fully polished (many subreddit-related modules and pages still use the old layout), I decided to use a drop-down menu that I don't like and redesign it a bit.
@narF The letter "M" visible in the kbin address is the first letter of the word "magazyn", which in English translation is equal to the aforementioned "warehouse". Meanwhile, "magazine" in Polish is "czasopismo".
@Kierunkowy74 There may also be a "periodyk". Either way, it doesn't change much. The problem is that "magazine" is an unfortunate term for English-speaking users, and changing this element would be quite painful now.
Although it's better to change it sooner rather than later. On the other hand, this is a side issue that the creator can skip. A possible workaround is to change the text value, leaving the "mechanics" unchanged, in short leave the subkbin address with /m regardless of the translation.
Unfortunately, the information funnel is a matter that affects all media, the Internet, press, television, etc. Even if the operator does not block anything, a person is not able to assimilate all information. And what if we add information noise and disinformation to this.
In the case of a narrow topic such as #fediverse, there is also the issue of its low popularity. There are simply no users on the Polish #kbin instance who could at least point out the mistakes made. And since man is constantly learning, or rather should be learning, I decided to move to international waters.
In the Polish instance I was spamming as grumpydev @grumpyDev
