Try https://b.piefed.social/ instead! Log in with the same username and password as piefed.social.
It works best on a phone / tablet but on a desktop it's fine too once you switch to compact mode.
It can be installed as a PWA.
There are also lots of themes you can try at https://piefed.social/user/settings. Here are some screenshots of them - https://join.piefed.social/screenshots/
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moseschrute@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 214d
Thank you for sharing my PieFed/Lemmy UI! Btw, if you're in the progress of migrating from Lemmy to PieFed, you can login to both Lemmy and PieFed simultaneously via blorpblorp.xyz. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me with bug reports or feature requests. The best way to report those is GitHub, but I also read PieFed/Lemmy comments.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 5 pts · 214d
Thank you for your continuous work on Blorpblorp!
Ulrich@feddit.org · 12 pts · 214d
Probably should include the name of the software you're using and credit the dev:
Blorp by @moseschrute@lemmy.world
rimu@piefed.social · 3 pts · 213d
That would be a nice gesture and I think I'll do that in future, if I have the spoons.
@moseschrute@lemmy.world have you considered adding "Powered by Blorp" with a link to your site at the bottom of the left column? That way every copy of the software has your stamp on it and SEOs you.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 213d
Thought about it. Blorp is a client side rendered app. It makes it really easy to host since it's just a collection of static html, JS, and CSS files, but not the best for SEO. From what I can tell, Google's crawler can run JS but I don't think Bing (which I think DuckDuckGo is based on?) can.
It's pretty difficult trying to share 99% code between web and "native" iOS/Android apps. I decided early on that SEO would add one too many constraints with not enough benefit. But SEO aside, I think linking back to the software somewhere in the UI would be nice so users can learn more about the app they're using.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 214d
Edit: the blorpblorp dev literally thanked the OP in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/21972414
The terms of use and privacy policy both acknowledge the name of the software
Ulrich@feddit.org · 5 pts · 214d
Great, I'm sure everyone who comes here will click through and read those.
E: the dev literally wouldn't even be here if I hadn't tagged them, because they were not mentioned anywhere, nor was the name or source of the software they created.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 214d
Photon doesn't add the app name or developer credits anywhere either, at least on mobile: https://photon.piefed.zip/
Ulrich@feddit.org · 4 pts · 214d
Photon did not share this post.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 214d
Nor did Blorp. Photon is the alternative front-ends, similar to Blorp.
Piefed.zip and Piefed.social are the instances adding those front-ends.
Ulrich@feddit.org · 3 pts · 214d
Yes, so they're also not the ones responsible for attribution, thanks.
I don't understand why you're arguing with me about something as simple as providing attribution.
Blaze@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 214d
The blorpblorp dev literally thanked the OP in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/21972414
He doesn't really seem impacted negatively by the lack of attribution, which is further evidenced by the lack of attribution in Blorpblorp itself, the same way Photon doesn't have it either.
Some people just want to create apps for the sake of it, without having people using their apps being pointed out that they don't give credits to them.
moseschrute@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 213d
I don't plan on adding credits, but if I did it would definitely be video game style auto scroll just for the lols
Something like
Blaze@piefed.zip · 1 pts · 213d
Would be fun ha ha
Ash@piefed.social · 8 pts · 214d
Much better, thanks
baguette@piefed.social · 7 pts · 214d
I like the logo with pixelated font.
tavos@piefed.social · 6 pts · 214d
Looks awesome!
fujiwood@piefed.social · 4 pts · 214d
nibble@piefed.social · 4 pts · 214d
I like the default theme. I just want to change the accent color.
cabbage@piefed.social · 5 pts · 214d
I'm sure this can be done with custom CSS in the user settings!
I don't really know how, but if nobody magically spawns with a solution in this thread you could consider asking in !piefed_css@piefed.social :)
nibble@piefed.social · 4 pts · 214d
thanks. i'm gonna look into that
wjs018@piefed.social · 3 pts · 214d
The Amethyst theme in your user settings is mostly a recolored version of the default theme that is pretty popular. You could give that a shot. The HPT themes are a bit more of a departure, but they have lots of fans out there as well.
The colors are all overwrite-able via custom css in your settings if one of those options doesn't work. Which elements are you looking to recolor? We use Bootstrap css for the web ui, so you would just need to overwrite the default colors that Bootstrap uses.
kip@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 214d
high contrast theme is the best one imo
cyrano@piefed.social · 4 pts · 214d
This is nice
Tywele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 214d
I really like it, much better than the default.
cile.sb@piefed.social · 3 pts · 214d
Very good
oilbin@piefed.social · 2 pts · 214d
Wow, looks nice!
Is it missing the feature to enable/disable notifications on communities/threads or did I just miss it?
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 214d
needs more random spez quotes in between comments ;)
Alaknár@piefed.social · 2 pts · 214d
That link should be "x.piefed.social". ;)
EDIT
I'm confused about the Themes bit - did you mean that as in "there are other themes than the default one for regular PieFed, and that's information that's unrelated to b.piefed.social"?
FAKE-EDIT
PLEASE add the Ctrl+Enter shortcut to send comment/post!
Blaze@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 214d
The themes are indeed for the default Piefed UI
manxu@piefed.social · 1 pts · 214d
I love Blorp and it's my default interface/Piefed app on mobile. It looks very polished and thought out.
That said, I am not happy with typography that modifies contrast for emphasis. It works alright in dim conditions and / or dark mode, but in bright environments the low contrast portions of text become completely invisible, not just unreadable. That's not Blorp in particular, it seems to be a design trend ATM.
moseschrute@piefed.social · 1 pts · 197d
Blorp dev here. Sorry I missed this. Which UI elements specifically are too low contrast? If you make a list, I can try and fix it.
manxu@piefed.social · 2 pts · 197d
Hey Blorp dev! Thanks for the hard work, love using your app!
The quotes are generally hard to read - the stuff that is marked down with '>'. Same contrast for the instance name of the poster and other metadata, but lower contrast there is useful, because it's normally not necessary information and it's presented in small quantities. If someone quotes extensively, the giant gray blob is really hard to read in daylight conditions.
Tywele@piefed.social · 1 pts · 214d
After using it the whole day now I don't like that you can't turn off infinite scroll.