I'm actually trying to solve this issue on my own Lemmy app. It automatically switches instances when the requested one is down. Works only in the Feed right now and, of course, accounts are still instance-bound - but I will fix that soon.
I always wonder when people say something like this. I also develop a Lemmy app myself and don't understand this point, like are you afraid people will complain about your code cleanliness or commenting techniques?
I mean what extra work is there really? Moving secrets to environment variables is annoying, I get that at least.
I mean no offense to you at all, really, but when I check out other Lemmy apps I don't even bother with closed source ones since I can't possibly know if you just steal login information. Especially since this is so immensely easy with Lemmy.
Again, I'm not saying you do these things but it's always better being able to check yourself, you know?
Well it's open source, so whenever there's demand someone will fork and maintain it, if the original team ever leaves.
You could make like a circular shape on the screen with numbers correlating to the speed on different angles. Then maybe add some rectangle which points at the current speed and effectively changes the angle when the speed changes.
Oh wait..
This should be the community icon.
I just wished the Lemmy API docs were better lol.
Does anyone know how to get the trending communities? Or do you have to calculate that yourself?
I've studied the API docs like my life depends on it but I can't find it anywhere.
There actually were a number of French nazis in France during German occupation. It's a topic often disregarded by the countries itself. E.g The Polish government tries to sweep that under the carpet.
I mean there even were Nazis in the US.
You already have 13 on your comment. You're like a lemmy celebrity now.
What is it like being famous?
Maybe not having to clearly see that repost again is actually a feature :)
takes notes for my own App 👀
Very good point! I think @TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub has a good idea on how to circumvent that.
I could make my own database with hashed passwords using postgreqsl and RLS, which is pretty secure. The User then decrypts the hashed passwords once on login and is simultaneously logged into multiple instances of Lemmy to get the JWT of each instance, which is then stored in SessionStorage or even in a Cookie if the User wants to which would make this a one-time process.
On signup the User could just register to one instance and then I just generate random 32 Character passwords and hash them with the Users' password, then get the JWTs and if cookies are enabled the that would only have to be done every year or so (or when the User deletes the Cookies).
This whole process is seems pretty easy, especially if you've done something like this before and I'm betting some other App Dev is already taking notes lmao.
Edit: Let's also do a thought experiment on what data will be leaked if I did this 1:1 and the database gets somehow hacked:
For each User:
I'm making an App for Lemmy and I'm planning on adding that feature. I also want to make it so you only have to register once and the App can register you to all the instances you choose automatically.
Edit: The Webapp is Nemmy, also the Community !nemmy@lemmy.world
Edit2: Please note that Nemmy is early Alpha, so not really useable as a daily driver yet.
Edit3: Changed Community link to proper format
Today I didn't have much time to work on Lemmy, so not a lot has changed.
Nemmy is now available as an installable PWA for Android, IOS and Windows (10&11).
The App is also currently in review for a Google Play Store entry and I swear to god I only had bad experiences building Apps yet and this is just another one. So many errors and weird workarounds. Also, working with Java (Kotlin) sucks. (This also means that I will look for Alpha Testers soon)
However, Nemmy won't appear in the IOS App Store for at least some time since it's way too expensive (100$/Year just for the listing). So IOS Users will have to use the PWA (which is basically the same though).
With this update, Nemmy also received new Icons, Banners etc.
Previously, Nemmy was available via a temporary URL provided by the hosting provider (www.nemmy.vercel.app).
Now, Nemmy is reachable via https:/nemmy.app and, of course, https://www.nemmy.app
I will continue working on the community page, Login and User page over the next couple of days.
See you soon :)
To do that, visit the new URL nemmy.app and click the install button. On phones that's usually in the sidebar/options menu.
First off: As always, the live version is here for you to try out.
Today I mainly worked on the Post page, which "works" now.
And here's how the comment section looks (there should also be comment chain lines for nested comments but I'm still working on that)
For some reason, the post content fails to load frequently and I'm not too sure if that's a problem on my side or if the popular Lemmy instances are still overloaded - I will investigate that further over the next days.
I've also made a loading card animation, which should be a lot better than the plain "Loading" text (which wasn't even visible in light mode)
I also made big improvements to the Light mode (which right now can only be activated by setting the browser/OS theme)
Over the next days I will fix some current bugs and add more features like Login, Search and a Community Page. Thanks for stopping by!
That version is live on Nemmy. Heads up: The Post page is buggy as hell right now. If it doesn't load, just refresh until it does.
Hey everyone, I'm back with todays progress update :).
As always, you can try out the newest version for yourself here
I updated the color palette because the black background was a little harsh on non-OLED devices. So now it's a little more shaded. The Post and Navigation Bar designs got also a little update.
The new Mobile Design
The updated Desktop design
For now, I will continue working on the Feed design and will also start designing the Post page tomorrow.
After that is done, I will code the login process and then all the features related to a user (e.g. the "Home" feed, commenting, voting etc.).
All-in-all I think it'll take about a week or so until the features are all there and the design is passable as a prototype.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you next time :).
I'll start things off by answering a few questions you might have:
I love the idea of Lemmy being a federated Network rather than a single entity like Reddit and I want to fully leave Reddit behind me and use Lemmy. However, I'm not that fond of the default design for Websites right now.
There are a few alternatives for phones, but not really yet for Desktop Browsers, so I'm doing one myself.
The first goal will be to have all features a typical User would want working and a UX that's better than or on-par with the default Website.
Yes! This project is, of course, fully open source. Here is the GitHub Repo.
Currently, I'm designing the first iteration of the Website, this means that it's very rough (e.g. placeholder Images, Icons, Text).
As for the design, this is what I've got after around half an hour of trying things out:
The Posts are "inspired" by Reddits design right now, but I plan to change that
I'm also planning on adding a compact version (again, "inspired by Reddit for now)
As for the colors, I'm thinking dark mode by design with an optional light mode in the future. The Dark mode will heavily rely on black/shaded backgrounds, I'm going to refer to the Material Design 3 guidelines on that.
But I'm also planning on incorporating something like "Material You" into the Website, with which Users can change the complete color palette with ease.-->
If you have any questions, feedback, suggestions or anything else really, feel free to let me know :)
Welcome to Nemmy! This project is highly work-in-progress.
Right now I'm in the middle of the design phase and will be posting updates shortly.
If you have any feedback or suggestions, please feel free to share them with me :)
Out of interest, which places in Europe?