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The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client
I love the Fediverse. I have been on it for years, and it remains the only social network where I actually enjoy spending time. No algorithmic feed pushing outrage, no dark patterns, no surveillance capitalism. Just people talking to each other over an open protocol.
But every time I wanted to recommend it to someone, I ran into the same wall: the clients are heavy. Mastodon's web interface ships megabytes of JavaScript. Elk, Phanpy, Ivory, beautiful apps, but they require a modern browser, a fast connection, and a device manufactured in the last five years ...
New blog post :
https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/the-fediverse-deserves-a-dumb-graphical-client.md
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@adele This is neat, and definitely fills a gap within the landscape of fedi clients.
(Also, hi from SmolFedi! ๐)
@adele There's also Brutaldon
https://brutaldon.org/
which is very usable within Lynx & other minimalist browsers.
#fediverse #feditip
@adele After seeing that you built your own, I almost feel bad in recommending it... but have you tried Pinafore?
I've switched to it as a web frontend to my instance whenever I'm on a PC. It's lightning fast and super easy and comfortable to use. ๐
@adele or even non js light web client /embed not works anymore...