#Pixelfed’s major shortcomings, IMHO.
I realise some of these derive from the very proposition (ie, cloning #Instagram’s horrible UI), and perhaps others are configurable or specific to my instance (#pixelfed.de). Still.
0️⃣ No distinction between “title” (short & descriptive; shown on media previews and thumbnails) and “description” (long text; on post pages only).
1️⃣ Images are too small (on my laptop, limited to 732 px in width); no “open largest size by default” or “full screen mode”.
2️⃣ Can’t navigate between adjacent images; ie swiping or pressing →/← to move within a collection, tag, or profile.
3️⃣ Small thumbnails (mosaic on collection, tag or profile pages) don’t show the (beginning of the) description.
4️⃣ Small thumbnails always indicate zero comments, even when there are comments.
5️⃣ Large thumbnails (entries on home page) aren’t clickable; one has to click on tiny “x days ago” in footer.
6️⃣ New comments don’t appear under “notifications” (/account/activity).
7️⃣ Collections are limited to 18 posts.
8️⃣ “Edit” action fails consistently.
9️⃣ Even short descriptions and comment threads are truncated/hidden (eg, 4 clicks are needed to reveal/expand everything on https://pixelfed.de/p/tripu/265782587476283392); text is squeezed in that narrow column.
11. On profile pages, sometimes clicking the “collections” pseudo-tab “too early” does not work (it’s not a real link, stuff gets build client-side, and there’s a delay).
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12. Only the last 9 collections are available; older ones are hidden and inaccessible.
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@tripu I agree that the UX of @pixelfed could do better. I'm following the development closely, because I enjoy using the platform very much and many odds and ends have improved over time. So I hope there's more to come.
I'm afraid, comment and description handling is indeed unfinished. Other features have been dropped, like double-clicking the image for full size. Why?
Points 4, 6, and 8 seem to be bugs. An alternative view and navigation mode inspired by Flickr would indeed be very handy.
10. URLs in descriptions and comments do not become links automatically.
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