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OC Prototype for new Kbin app: Interstellar

I've been working for the past week on a new kbin app. At the moment, it's just a prototype and only the "Feed" view has content (you can't sign into an account or post anything yet); you can see threads, thread images, thread comments, thread links, and thread votes/boosts. You can also change the "Theme Mode" and "Instance...

OC Updates on Interstellar kbin app: account login, voting, subscriptions, and more

If you haven't been following the Interstellar magazine, I've added a lot of functionality since the last thread here, including views for magazines/users/domains, better navigation for wider screens, QoL additions (like the @ button to reveal originating domain, inspired by Artemis), and a lot of different bug/functionality...

jwr1,
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Thanks, this looks better, but would you be able to try something that looks like a galaxy/solar-system? Technically the definition of "interstellar" is "occurring or situated between stars" so I'd prefer the icon to be of a larger scale; if you're fine changing it up more, that would be appreciated. Here are some examples:

Something like this would be my preference since it's the closest to "interstellar": https://en.pimg.jp/070/059/788/1/70059788.jpg
But also something similar to memmy's icon would work: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/138403836
Or like this, but more simple (at a max, 2 rings): https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/planets-solar-system-vector-icons-260nw-1702217212.jpg or https://www.shutterstock.com/image-vector/solar-system-icon-260nw-360886562.jpg or https://assets.dryicons.com/uploads/icon/svg/5244/0671d0ac-b74a-4bbf-ac5e-06c70478a7e9.svg

The larger center body (a sun, planet, etc.) could still have kbin's logo cut out.

I guess at this point I'd be getting closer to that icon I linked in my comment above, but I still prefer the color simplicity of your original icon.

jwr1, (edited )
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Looks fine to me; we'll see what other people think first.

Also, for reference, someone else had another icon idea: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SilkyPants/interstellar/icon/assets/icons/logo.png

Edit: Honestly, I like the simplicity of your icon better, but I'd prefer if the ufo were changed to something else.

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Looks great to me! I also like the gradient and the stars. The only changes I'd say are to increase the "galaxy" part (that has the gradient) slightly and also the radius of the stars ever so slightly, since this is going to be a small icon in some areas. I've attached a version that's scaled down to 60x60.

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ShadowRam, to kbin

@kbin kbin is constantly returning 50x and 404 errors to me for the last few weeks. It's literally unusable, even for browsing. What's going on? Is it just me? should I move on to a different instance?

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@ShadowRam, you're not the only one having that problem on kbin.social. It's also been happening for me (and probably everyone else). I'm sure ernest will fix it soon; it's probably been delayed because of the holidays. There's more info about the issue in this thread.

The People and Domains pages (in Explore) are now implemented

Both the "People" and the "Domains" tabs in Explore now have content. You can also click on individual people or domains to bring up a feed by that group. Threads now have a globe button that opens the corresponding domain page. Unfortenelly, the API does not yet support collections (correct me if I'm wrong), so I can't work on...

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Yeah, I'm actually surprised myself how snappy it is. I have a really slow tablet from 2018 that I use, and opening a browser (and loading the website) takes up to a whole minute, but opening the app only takes up to 5 seconds, the difference is crazy.

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