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@ Xylight @lemm.ee

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  • are the low res images intended?

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  • Recent versions of photon should improve this (2.0). Based on what you posted before, you're using an instance hosting an old version of Photon. (this sort of thing is why I complain about instances hosting photon a lot)

    Photon uses some obscure Lemmy API things to download images that actually fit the screen so you aren't wasting tons of bandwidth on 4k images on a 32x32 profile picture.

    As far as I know, no other client does this when it really should. Because of this, Lemmy doesn't really support what I do all that well, and so the downscaling algorithm Lemmy uses causes images to look really low quality.

    Are you using phtn.app or some instance's hosting of it?

  • What is the dead-simple(est) way to onboard compeltely new people to Lemmy/Feddy

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  • Some awful domain parker yoinked photon.app and i'll forever hold a grudge against all domain parkers

  • Here's the scoop

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  • Seeing so much AI generated content shared to me by my parents, online in reviews, in my curriculum in school, and in comments has taken such a toll on my brain that I can recognize it immediately despite rarely using ChatGPT

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Future of Photon in 2025

  • Please use .config 😭

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  • Use xdg-ninja to help clear out unwanted files not in your home folder, and give tips to move them into a normal folder like .config

  • Photon hogs 100% CPU and crashes Firefox

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  • I guess pull out the dev console and when it crashes log the errors that come up somewhere.

    I can't work on this rn because finals

  • As an average OG ex-redditor, Lemmy needs to move away from it's base barebones UI to something like Photon by default, here's why.

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  • That's an option. You can change the thumbnail alignment to the left, then use compact instead of list mode. OP is using bad settings.

  • Lemmy.World ToS and the murder of the UHC CEO

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  • As an average OG ex-redditor, Lemmy needs to move away from it's base barebones UI to something like Photon by default, here's why.

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  • Hi everyone, I'm the dev. Reading all these comments really hurts when it's something you've poured your heart and soul into for over a year.

    There's reasons I do everything I do in this UI, and my primary goal is to make Lemmy accessible for everyone.

    This is the "cozy" view as well, but there's a "compact" view for people like me who enjoy more information density. Again, my end goal is to make Lemmy accessible. I don't do this for the sidebars for convoluted reasons I won't get into.

    I'm not the one trying to advertise it, and I've never really tried to because of the fear of disapproval. I think I should advertise it myself now because then I can showcase the best parts and not get misunderstood. This screenshot uses the "list" view, imo the worst one, with some cursed chrome scrollbars.

    Now that I see that the majority of users believe this sucks, I'm not sure if my mission is worth it or if I'm even doing it right.

    I'm probably being too sensitive to criticism which I should expect from any project. But this project is the only one I used to feel proud of, then people chiming in claiming it's the ugliest thing they've seen. I don't know im blind to design which is the only thing I considered myself "good" at in terms of web dev.

  • I hate when a PC game is ONLY available on Epic Games store

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  • If there's an epic games game you want but don't want to use the epic launcher or you're on Linux, Heroic Games launcher id a good choice

  • Reddit Got Rid of Their World Buffs

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  • That's a good point, i didn't consider the value of the content it creates

  • We need libre paste, people.

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  • why the hell do websites even have those 6 separate input fields? you can just have one and style it differently

  • Reddit Got Rid of Their World Buffs

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  • to play devil's advocate, from reddit's view those third party apps were just using server resources and making them no money.

  • Gabe Newell says no-one in the industry thought Steam would work as a distribution platform—'I'm not talking about 1 or 2 people, I mean like 99%'

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  • i'm pretty confused why people here understandably hate DRM, monopolies, and billionares, but are fine with steam and Gaben

  • community not federating

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  • I need to add language settings to communities and profiles. I really dislike how lemmy handles this though.

    If you change it in lemmy-ui, it will propagate to Photon because it's an account wide setting.

  • Replace lemmy-ui

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  • You should be able to just replace the lemmy-ui image with the photon image, but you'll need to set a few env variables

    PUBLIC_INSTANCE_URL: the domain your Lemmy instance is accessed from. (like lemmy.world)

    PUBLIC_INTERNAL_INSTANCE: the url and port for the internal server to access (eg lemmy:8536)

    PUBLIC_SSR_ENABLED: enable this to allow server rendering which improves SEO

    PUBLIC_MIGRATE_COOKIE: this will automatically migrate lemmy-ui logins to photon.

  • Warning to mobile Fediverse commenters

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  • Photon seems to have a semantic layout that firefox detects as settable into reader mode.

  • Request: translate option in sidebar.

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  • Photon technically has it but you need to use your own libretranslate instance since I'm not paying for that.

  • Thanks to all translators!

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  • Edit: there was an issue and the weblate got locked. I've fixed it now.

    I think you need to be logged in to the weblate to create a new language. Otherwise, I can create the new language and then you can make suggestions on the weblate anonymously.

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Photon theming changes, new markdown renderer, and lots of tweaks

  • 3D internet browser built with Godot Engine

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  • Why not?

  • Lemmy Apps @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemm.ee
    v1.31.2

    Photon theming changes, new markdown renderer, and lots of tweaks

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    How would you feel about this feature?

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Thanks to all translators!

  • Lemmy Apps @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    To any devs of a new Lemmy app... don't hardcode your app's strings!

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Which dataset should be used for Photon's media bias action?

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Admins: Photon now offers a node server

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Did people think the old dark theme was black?

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    i finally fixed user and community links

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee
    tag1 tag2

    [tag3] New markdown renderer

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Photon v1.31 -- Command Palette!

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Command Palette!

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee
    Released

    [1.31.0] Big speed improvements and infinite scroll

    github.com /Xyphyn/photon/compare/v1.30.4...v1.31.0-rc.1
  • Lemmy Apps @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemm.ee
    v1.31.0

    Big speed improvements and infinite scroll

    github.com /Xyphyn/photon/compare/v1.30.4...v1.31.0-rc.1
  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    test

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Big speed improvements and infinite scroll

    github.com /Xyphyn/photon/pull/349
  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemm.ee

    Lemmy now has alt text, photon is adding it