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I've been playing around with themes a bit, and also with the new user interfaces we just got on Lemmy.today, but I still think the default web theme is the best.

I'm on mobile apps most of the time but when I use the web version, I prefer the default.

Am I alone with this opinion? There seemed to be so much hype for the optional user interfaces. They look kind of cool at first but they are a bit too messy for me.

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Most of them are definitely in an early state and aren't as feature-rich as the default UI because they're still all relatively new. That said, https://alexandrite.app is definitely my favorite of the alternate UIs. It's very sleek and being able to open posts and read comments without having to leave the page you're scrolling is a big bonus for me.

[–] curiousmonkey@lemdro.id 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://nu.lemdro.id/

I use this, try it you will not regret. Its clean and modern looking .

[–] Xylight@lemmy.xylight.dev 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Photon dev here! The official website for it is phtn.app

[–] curiousmonkey@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

ohh, did not know that. will switch to this

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

I like this one, it's not bad :)

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Alexandrite.app is the front end I use daily on my laptop. Very sleek and it maximizes screen real estate. The dev is very responsive too and rolls out new features and bug fixes often.

[–] TheBananaKing@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

old.lemmy.world for maximal compactness and full-width layout.

I had to hack together some tampermonkey js to pin the page header and always open in new tab, but now it's just how I want it.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago

old is the fastest one for sure :)

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] ichimokuclown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

m.lemmy.world for that sweet Voyager UI on the desktop

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alexandrite for posting, https://phtn.app/ for mindless browsing.

Can't wait for Alexandrite to get the light theme though

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah it's coming? That's cool, I may like it in different colors.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember the dev talking about it as it was a popular feature request

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah sounds really good. I'm a huge terminal nerd so I use themes like Tokyo Night or Catppuccin for editors, would be nice with something like that too.