I have a pet peeve for finding good mastodon clients that respect and take advantage of a FULL WIDE screen for those of us running on laptops and desktop PCs.
There's some support for Wide Screens - I have been able to get some really nice setup using the Mastodon web client's support for AWI, the Advanced Wb Interface. BUT -- your mileage may vary, greatly, as only TWO of the various instances I have tried this one do a really nice job, using FULL screen width. (continues)
The Admins at those two (Qoto.org and Todon.NL) have made customizations to the AWI default configs, and resulted in a very satisfying screen layout.
Here's an example - from Qoto.org.
Example 2 shows a more common, less optimal AWI web client with wasted space at the right side -- and that cannot be used at all.
Column width is quite narrow, resulting in less readability.
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I had instaleed and briefly tested the WhaleBird mastodon client, about a month ago. Then got busy with many other things and not looked back at it, until now, when I think it deserves mentio for some quite interesting features. Including:
1. It's a self standing client, which installs on the host operatting system, and runs seaparately. NOT in a web browser, like the Mastodon web client, or the excellent Pinafore client, which I highly recommend for its speed and lightness.
[ And as I work on this post thread, I noticed a limitation that sadly is present -- I could not Delete/Redraft a post I had just made in Whalebird, and had a missing image I needed to include. Bummer, had to switch to default web client, to complete that task ]
I would say Whalebird is worth mentioning and considering -- testing it, maybe it will offer you things you are missing in other mastodon clients.
A lot of development effort has been focused into the Mobile side, but the Fediverse is so rich in content and projects to explore that I feel anything less than a full size keyboard and full Desktop Browser and client is WAY less than a power user would require.
Signing off for now, honours mention to WhaleBird for the wonderful design of the app and for allowing user control over display panel widths -- this is Unique, as far as I know.
WhaleBird project, info, downloads at https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents