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Oh my goodness, been using the Mastodon web client basically since it first came out and only just saw/unchecked the “Enable advanced web interface“ option in Preferences and… ah, bliss!

*exhales*

#calm #simple #design

Screenshot of single-column “non-advanced?” Mastodon interface, showing the Home timeline tab (with separate tabs for Notifications, Local, and Federated timelines and a hamburger menu in the top bar).
#design #calm #simple
in reply to Aral Balkan

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I love it a lot more than the noisy all the columns interface. And so nice that you can actually change it.
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Paul
Paul
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The simple web interface is so much more pleasant to use.
in reply to Aral Balkan

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Also ever tried something like pinafore.social which can make it even more minimal.

Pinafore · Home

An alternative web client for Mastodon, focused on speed and simplicity.
pinafore.social
in reply to Aral Balkan

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same for me, but if you want more minimal, there is always the possibility. :)
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Markus Mann
Markus Mann
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How did you get this fancy design? When i switch off the advanced web interface, it still looks very similar to advanced except 2 of the 5 columns disappear. But "Home", "Notifications" and the other buttons are still ordered as a list on the right of the timeline.

Our server runs Mastodon v3.5.2, my browser is Safari 14.1.2 on macOS (yes, i'm a cutting edge user, but on the lower edge ;-)

Mastodon screenshot with the advanced web ui setting turned off
in reply to Markus Mann

Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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Apparently they show on narrower viewports. (I usually have my browser take up half my screen width.)
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cruzin
cruzin
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@markus Got it. It's window size. If you're window is too wide it won't show the tabs.
@Markus Mann
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Bix Frankonis
Bix Frankonis
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Alas if you expand the browser window past 1190px you get a huge right-hand navigation pane and that nice, simple tabs bar goes away. I wish there were a way to just have what you see there. I find even that right navigation pane that appears too busy.
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