Hey there everyone. I think the Photon project has matured enough to the point where I feel ready to replace the default lemmy frontend with it. Since this instance serves roughly 1000 people now, I figured this was worth holding a vote on!
Please check out Photon as currently hosted at https://p.lemdro.id/.
If you support changing the default frontend to Photon, upvote my comment on this post. If you don't support it, downvote that same comment.
Thanks!
23 Comments
cole@lemdro.id · 26 pts · 2y
If you support changing the default frontend to Photon, upvote this comment! If you don't support it, downvote this comment!
Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me · 8 pts · 2y
My vote goes to whatever makes you feel like you're offering the best experience to your users. People that don't like it can always switch to the old one.
I think it makes sense as a mobile-focused instance. Wouldn't surprise me most of us are using mobile apps anyway...
cole@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 2y
Photon is quite good on desktop as well! I appreciate your feedback
Resolved3874@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y
Personally I very rarely browse on the web but the default web UI is kinda crappy imo.
ayaya@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
As long as old.lemdro.id stays I am happy.
cole@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y
it's not going away!
ldr7352@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
Has it been down the last couple of days? I'm getting a Cloudflare error
cole@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
Fyi, it should be fixed now
TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 2y
Photon has cards and looks so good. Take my upvote and set it default when possible.
ijeff@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
+1 for me with l.lemdro.id reserved for lemmy-ui.
ptz@dubvee.org · 13 pts · 2y
FYI: Photon doesn't have the routes for "verify email", "forgot password", or "change password" at the moment. You'll need to pass
/password_change,/verify_email, and/login_resetto lemmy-ui until support is added and add links to your site info or somewhere people can find them.Ran into that when I moved it to my Apex domain and demoted lemmy-ui.
Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev · 7 pts · 2y
Now it does!
ijeff@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
Amazing!
cole@lemdro.id · 6 pts · 2y
good heads up. I asked Xylight about it as well
worsedoughnut@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 2y
While I personally use alexandrite on desktop and Sync on mobile, I absolutely think that Photon looks fantastic these days and certainly deserves to be the default experience for lemdroid. I would feel proud to share a lemdroid link to someone random knowing that it would show them this nice of a front end.
Nunya@lemdro.id · 6 pts · 2y
Not being familiar with Photon vs. Lemmy front end, I'll risk sounding ignorant with the following questions.
Will anything change in my user experience? Can I still use the same app (Connect) and username to see the same fediverse?
cole@lemdro.id · 7 pts · 2y
Nothing changes if you already use a different frontend or app, so no action from you! But, for example, if you sent a lemdro.id post link to a friend the interface they'd see would be different
Nunya@lemdro.id · 3 pts · 2y
Thanks for the explanation. Seems good to me, so I'll upvote your original comment.
Paradox@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
Yes, move default to
oldordefaultorclassicor some similar subdomaincole@lemdro.id · 5 pts · 2y
I figured it would move to https://l.lemdro.id
SGHFan@lemdro.id · 2 pts · 2y
I often use Connect on mobile. Like what someone else said, maybe have a voting poll (or upvoting comments) for what front end is the best?
cole@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
I really think Photon fits my philosophy for what I want this instance to look like, which is why it isn't just a "vote for the one you like". But I have others available as options of course!
gelberhut@lemdro.id · 1 pts · 2y
cole@lemdro.id · 4 pts · 2y
it's going to happen, but I'm working on fine-tuning and testing Photon as currently hosted on p.lemdro.id before we fully migrate. Need to verify SSR support so we be properly indexed by search engines