Don't like the PieFed UI design? Try this! (b.piefed.social)

submitted 8 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social

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Try https://b.piefed.social/ instead! Log in with the same username and password as piefed.social.

It works best on a phone / tablet but on a desktop it's fine too once you switch to compact mode.

It can be installed as a PWA.

There are also lots of themes you can try at https://piefed.social/user/settings. Here are some screenshots of them - https://join.piefed.social/screenshots/

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[-] manxu@piefed.social 1 points 8 months ago

I love Blorp and it's my default interface/Piefed app on mobile. It looks very polished and thought out.

That said, I am not happy with typography that modifies contrast for emphasis. It works alright in dim conditions and / or dark mode, but in bright environments the low contrast portions of text become completely invisible, not just unreadable. That's not Blorp in particular, it seems to be a design trend ATM.

[-] moseschrute@piefed.social 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Blorp dev here. Sorry I missed this. Which UI elements specifically are too low contrast? If you make a list, I can try and fix it.

[-] manxu@piefed.social 2 points 7 months ago

Hey Blorp dev! Thanks for the hard work, love using your app!

The quotes are generally hard to read - the stuff that is marked down with '>'. Same contrast for the instance name of the poster and other metadata, but lower contrast there is useful, because it's normally not necessary information and it's presented in small quantities. If someone quotes extensively, the giant gray blob is really hard to read in daylight conditions.

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