Update: @[email protected] has been kind enough to add Rediggit as a native theme to the lemmy.ca instance. You can now access it from your account settings page, without the need of another browser add-on.

Just posting an update on my Rediggit theme, in case anyone else prefers a reddit/digg-style interface for the desktop.

Highlights include:

  • Flexible full-width layout, with fixed width for vote buttons and thumbnail columns
  • Strong focus on content and discussion (improved comment legibility)
  • Decreased font size throughout
  • Increased post list density
  • No user or community circle-icons
  • No community banners or logos
  • Few rounded buttons or boxes
  • Re-sizable comment box
  • smorksMAEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I still need to make this into a theme! I’ve been busy this weekend since my son has baseball playoffs, but will be mostly over by tomorrow.

    so hopefully should be able to get to this soon.

    • thayerOPEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Sounds great. Shoot me a message if you want a version with your instance logo and title back to normal. The latest version I pushed is just playing around with some design concepts on a unified branding, and I’ll probably revert things or try something new in the coming weeks.

  • SpaceCowboyEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for this!

    The default style is ok, but how threads are displayed with only 1px difference in the lines doesn’t look right to me and is hard to distinguish.

    Your theme makes things much more readable.

  • MisterDEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The procedure to replace my antennas with a tail to become a lemming was almost painless. This theme will prevent scarring. Thank you!

  • kiaEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Amazing theme! Any way to also get a dark version of the full-width style?

    Also, it’s somewhat broken on mobile.

    • thayerOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks! It isn’t really meant for mobile, since there are plenty of apps already which provide a superior UI. I do plan to do a dark version of Rediggit eventually but it’s not there yet.

      Lemmy’s frontend templating keeps changing with every release, which is expected but also presents a challenge to keep the themes working. For example, there are currently three different versions of lemmy-ui in use across the most popular instances, each requiring slightly different tweaks. Hopefully, things will stabilize a bit in the near future.

      • kiaEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Ah, that makes sense. I can’t stand the narrow width of the default lemmy theme.