But why? What’s wrong with the current UI? Asides from the mild annoyance of having to click on “show context” every time I follow a comment link, the UI works well for me. Certainly much better than Reddit’s new design.
Did you see the option to choose a theme in your settings? Though, the problem is that some of them do not work well, and also it would be good to have more options…
Does Lemmy not already support inline GIFs? It would be nice to be able to post short GIFs or MP4s instead of a picture when making a post… But I understand the storage space concerns… Maybe a strict size limit on the GIFs and MP4s?
I just asked the maintainer of pict-rs. They said that gifs get converted into mp4s because mp4s take up less space, but that support for gifs might be introduced to support an upcoming custom emoji feature.
But why? What’s wrong with the current UI? Asides from the mild annoyance of having to click on “show context” every time I follow a comment link, the UI works well for me. Certainly much better than Reddit’s new design.
Did you see the option to choose a theme in your settings? Though, the problem is that some of them do not work well, and also it would be good to have more options…
Does Lemmy not already support inline GIFs? It would be nice to be able to post short GIFs or MP4s instead of a picture when making a post… But I understand the storage space concerns… Maybe a strict size limit on the GIFs and MP4s?
GIF test
It turns gifs into mp4s.
I just asked the maintainer of pict-rs. They said that gifs get converted into mp4s because mp4s take up less space, but that support for gifs might be introduced to support an upcoming custom emoji feature.