It makes it easier to prioritize what I work on if I know someone’s wanting a feature. What sort of stuff do you wish Alexandrite had? Especially talking about missing features from the main UI.

If you can, please provide some explanation for why you would like that feature and what problem it would solve for you (unless of course it’s a feature that Lemmy has already but Alexandrite doesn’t support yet). Knowing what problem you want solved helps me work with you to brainstorm ideas for the best solution (see the XY problem).

  • mvmnts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I would really love to see a light theme. The current theme is absolutely gorgeous, but I’m one of those weirdos that just likes light themes better. During the day the eye strain on the dark theme is a bit much.

  • Valen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I have accounts on multiple lemmy servers (2 main ones, and one “alternate” one. I haven’t decided which main one to use exclusively). I’d like to be able to swap between them the way I can on the various android apps.

    • sheodox@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I was planning on implementing this soon! Because they are all pretty related I wanted to do an account/profile switcher at the same time as I also:

      • put the instance in URLs like Voyager does so links to Alexandrite are sharable and don’t require you to be logged in to the same instance as the person sending the link
      • support self-hosting Alexandrite
  • Paralda@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Default comment sorting would be awesome. I usually sort comments by “top”, and having to press that every time I load a new post is kind of annoying

  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Is there any plan to add the markdown image functionality of the base U.I, either the small picture icon to prompt an upload or the ability to paste an image into the post/comment box to have it upload and inster with the proper markdown?

    Also any thoughts on adding the archive prompt for a url post?

    I’ve been recommending this project to everyone i know online that uses the lemmyverse

    • sheodox@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Image uploading is something I really want to add because it’s the biggest missing feature and I think it could be done better than the official UI does it. Unfortunately I can’t add it quite yet because I’m not able to upload images unless I proxy them through Alexandrite’s servers (which is what Voyager does). This is the issue on Lemmy’s Github that I’m waiting on.

      I was thinking of adding the archive links around the time I add the image uploading.

      I’ve been recommending this project to everyone i know online that uses the lemmyverse

      Thanks! It’s been getting a lot of attention lately which is exciting and scary. This is by far the most attention any of my side projects have gotten, and it’s pretty cool to see so many people enjoying something I made!

      • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Makes perfect sense, didn’t see it on the feature request so thought I’d pop it in.

        Attention well deserved you’ve made something terrific.

  • scytale@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Minor suggestion: Return to top button. I know I can just refresh the page to get back to the top to change my sort settings, but I think it would be useful.

    Another one would be a black option for the interface color. The closest I could get for a “dark mode” experience is dark blue.

    Also, more compatibility with posts that have gifs so they can be opened within the page.

    Love the app btw, please continue doing what you do!

  • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Hello, really love the app it is beautiful.

    Could you please add the reports icon / ability to access it for moderators as of now I browse using this but i cannot access the /reports page

    this is on base lemmy

    and this is Alexandrite

        • sheodox@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
          0·
          1 year ago

          I actually haven’t added any of those popups when typing things yet, so you’ll have to wait I’m afraid!

            • sheodox@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
              0·
              1 year ago

              By the way, I’ve never really modded a community so I’d love to hear what you think would be useful features.

              So far I’m adding:

              • the reports page as it shows in the screenshot (you can ban/unban users, remove/unremove posts/comments) and ban reporters if they’re being bad (though this has some issues, I haven’t been able to figure out how to check if they’re banned unless they’ve made a post/comment that also shows up in the /report feed, hence the “Unsure if banned” messages)
              • remove/ban buttons from the little down arrow menu button on comments and posts
              • mod log page

              What else would you want?

              • 🌱 🐄🌱 @lemmy.worldEnglish
                0·
                1 year ago

                Those are all great, maybe adding the M and A badges to indicate a user is a moderator or admin.

                Having the mod tools available from the report screen is fantastic, along with the link to comment icon.

                Maybe a section in the three line menu in the top left that has “Communities Moderating” above the subscribed ones, or placing the communities you moderate at the top of subscribed communities list.

                The icon to pin / lock a post in a community is missing:

                Accessed through the little down arrow menu button on posts.

                Also the appoint as mod button that would be accessed from the little down arrow icon on posts/comments

                That is all I can think of at this point but I’ll edit this comment If I think of anything else.

                Thanks again!!!