I’d like to invite you all to share your thoughts and ideas about Lemmy. This feedback thread is a great place to do that, as it allows for easier discussions than Github thanks to the tree-like comment structure. This is also where the community is at.

Here’s how you can participate:

  • Post one top-level comment per complaint or suggestion about Lemmy.
  • Reply to comments with your own ideas or links to Github issues related to the complaints.
  • Be specific and constructive. Avoid vague wishes and focus on specific issues that can be fixed.
  • This thread is a chance for us to not only identify the biggest pain points but also work together to find the best solutions.

By creating this periodic post, we can:

  • Track progress on issues raised in previous threads.
  • See how many issues have been resolved over time.
  • Gauge whether the developers are responsive to user feedback.

Your input may be valuable in helping prioritize development efforts and ensuring that Lemmy continues to meet the needs of its community. Let’s work together to make Lemmy even better!

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
    1·
    2 days ago

    That would require some kind of local client side software.
    Some kind of browser extension.

    • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      have you seen the “Subscribe from Remote Instance” feature that already exists in Lemmy?

      Could be identical to this

      • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
        32·
        2 days ago

        You’d have manually enter your home instance on every site you visit. Super annoying. Not a solution.

        • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          it’s better than nothing, users get so confused currently when they see this

          that message would be greatly improved if it said “or open this in your home instance by clicking here”

          also if it uses a common input name (which it would because it’s the same Lemmy software) then your webbrowser would suggest/autocomplete it

          • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
            21·
            2 days ago

            also if it uses a common input name (which it would because it’s the same Lemmy software) then your webbrowser would suggest/autocomplete it

            That’s exactly the local software I’m talking about! Now we’re on the same page. Rather than being a form, the local software could just detect and do it all seamlessly.

            • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
              2·
              2 days ago

              yea the web browser is local software lol

              but really this feature should exist regardless of autocomplete, just to reduce user confusion, so people are aware of how this stuff works instead of trying to click the login link and then failing to login and making an angry Reddit post about it

              the fact that it presents a link to solve the user’s problem means that the user will click on it, and currently Lemmy only shows the login link as the solution to the problem, so of course the users will click on that and then they’re lost

              Rather than being a form, the local software could just detect and do it all seamlessly.

              the web browser won’t grant access to cross domain storage

              even if it did some people have multiple accounts, or may not have logged in on the current device yet, or might be browsing incognito/inprivate, so it would still have to be a form of some kind