I’d like Lemmy to attract a wide range of folks who contribute to a diverse range of communities. While the official web UI is very rich in features, I think it might be a bit intimidating for non-IT people.
So I figured: why not try to be the change I want to see in this world? Here’s my attempt, implemented in SvelteKit.
I really don’t like that style of interface. But what’s cool is, it doesn’t matter what I think, because both can coexist so people who do like it can enjoy it. Looks good, Rock on!
Like not everyone liked new reddit UI, and not everyone like the old UI.
Having a choice is always better than force people to use something they don’t like. (this reminds me something!)
Will it be open source?
Yes. Maybe GPL, maybe MIT, maybe something else. But some flavor of open source license.
I have a readonly prototype up at https://lemminator.netlify.app/!
Works for me! Let us know when it’s ready to test drive…
Awesome. Read-only browsing is fairly stable at this point, but I think I’ll need to have basic account interactions like upvote, downvote and comment implemented before I have a minimum viable product. In general, I prefer to polish the experience before expanding the feature set.
Does it have a name or page so I can follow along/come back in the future? Looks great.
Its working title is Lemminator. You can try a readonly prototype at https://lemminator.netlify.app/ right now.
