why dont any lemmy apps have a Create Post button?

All the apps make it very difficult to create a post. You have to know what community you will be posting to, search for the community, click the three dots, click create post, click whether it’s a photo/link/text and then start posting.

Why not just have a Create Post button with the title field, url field, body text field, and a button to upload a photo and then a choose community button

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plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 2y

Very easy from Sync too. Questioning this "all the apps" and "very difficult" business.

someguy3@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 2y

Jerboa's create button "+" is actually obnoxiously big on the front page. I should be able to hide it. It give the fields title, url, body, community, and nsfw toggle.

over_clox@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y

Jerboa has pretty much exactly that

Evkob@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Liftoff also has a create post button with exactly that.

You say "all the apps" but I've tried a fair number of Lemmy apps and they've all had some form of "create post" button except maybe some very early alpha releases.

thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz · 2 pts · 2y

Came here to say this

sane@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y

Eternity has a big plus icon in the bottom right corner, doesn't get much simpler than that

kokesh@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Boost has HUGE + , always visible. What are you blabbering about?

Lemvi@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y

Connect has pretty much exactly that

Rentlar@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y

After you click the green plus (+) in Jerboa, then you'll be presented with this screen featuring everything you asked for:

The submit button is the paper airplane in the top right.

eruchitanda@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Not on the title bar, but Liftoff has a really big button with plus sign on it. Hard to miss.

Overall the app has a great UI.

E: It may have sounded like I was sarcastic, I was not.

KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

In Sync, it's the "Submit" option in the ... menu of the feed.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

They do. In the most recognizable format ever. Are you missing something?

Aurelius@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y (3 replies)

The Quiblr web app makes posting pretty straight forward.

P.S. Im the dev of this app, so lmk if it isn't clear lol I tried to make it intuitive + I designed it to autofill community details if you click "Post" while in a specific community.

nix@merv.news · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Does the name mean something? Its quite hard to remember and spell. Looks great though

Aurelius@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Thanks! And I wanted a fun name that was short (which is difficult since domains are expensive!)

Also, I was later told that the "Quibbler" is a magazine in Harry Potter 😂 so I guess it's fitting in a sense

Theoldwarrior@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 1 pts · 2y

Liftoff and Connect both have a simple post button...

willya@lemmyf.uk · 1 pts · 2y

Majority are very Reddit app like where it’s exactly as you described and that would be why. There wasn’t a general post button. You always posted within the subreddit, at least in all the ones I used.

Sanctus@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y

Umm? The '+' button on Connect is exactly that.