Lemmy.world improvements and issues - Lemmy.world
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In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world. Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here. Issues can be: - Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues) - Lemmy software issues - Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc) - Remote server related - (User error? …) ## Known issues ### Websockets issues There are some issues with the Websockets implementation used in Lemmy, which handles the streaming. Websockets will be removed in version 0.18 so let’s hope these issues will be all gone then! - Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue - You’re suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue - Your profile will briefly display another name/avatar in the top right corner ### Spinning wheel issues Error handling is not one of Lemmy’s strongpoints. Sometimes something goes wrong, but instead of getting an error, the button will have a ‘spinning wheel’ that lasts until eternity. These are some of the known cases: - You want to create an account but the username is already taken - You want to create an account but the username is too long (>20 characters) - You want to create an account but the password is too long - You want to create a community but the name is already taken - You want to create a community but the name is not in all lowercase letters - You want to create a post over 2000 characters - You want to post something in a language that isn’t allowed in the community ## Enhancement requests - Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code. For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community [https://lemmy.world/c/support].
  • solrize@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    How about making it so that logging in keeps you on the same page you were previously on, or alternatively navigates you back to it. Old.reddit.com does that, but here it goes back to the main page which is confusing.

    I also very much dislike the behaviour of the main page, but I think that is a federation-wide style decision. Basically it mixes up the posts from all the different communities that you subscribe to or whatever. I think Facebook works something like that too (idk, I don’t use Facebook). I find it completely disorienting. It means instead of focusing on some single thought or catching up on what is happening in a community, you see a never-ending stream or “feed”. I have heard in many places that Facebook messes up people’s minds, and I suspect this is why. I hope the UI can be reverted to show just one community at a time.