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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 01:19:58 JST FediTips has moved!

   If you are using Mastodon on a computer or tablet through your server's website, there's an optional Tweetdeck-style advanced web interface which lets you add lots of columns.

   Here's how to activate it:

   1. Log in through your server's website
   2. Go to Preferences
   3. Tick the box marked "Enable Advanced Web Interface"
   4. Click "Save Changes" at the top

   More info about the advanced interface including how to add columns and more at https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface/

   #Mastodon #MastoTips #FediTips

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:54:13 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • bazpoint

     @bazpoint

     Yeah, if you resize the multicolumn mode's window to be narrower, it automatically defaults to a single column mode. Then when you enlarge the window again, it goes back to multicolumn.

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     bazpoint (bazpoint@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:54:14 JST bazpoint

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     @feditips

     Worth noting that this also works rather nicely when set up as a web app on the Galaxy Fold series of phones.... it somehow automatically goes to single column when folded then the full multi-column when unfolded - it's great.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:58:25 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sunny 🟦

     @Sunny

     It's not the default interface, it's an optional mode that people have to switch on if they want it.

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     Sunny 🟦 (sunny@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 04:58:26 JST Sunny 🟦

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     @feditips
     All that, and you still end up with a 1.5" x 2" field for composing new posts in. USE THE SPACE WHERE ITS NEEDED! You can't read multiple columns at once anyway!

     Absolutely ridiculous... Open Source people shouldn't be allowed to design a UI.

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     Sylkeweb on Friendica (sylkeweb@loma.ml)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 06:52:26 JST Sylkeweb on Friendica

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     @feditips I switched to this in Chrome on one of my Tablets to see what it’s like and wasn’t too impressed. I then tried to switch it off again and now my display is stuck in a weird in-between state but it has a bigger posting area which I actually like.
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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 18:55:03 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sunny 🟦
     • Flippin' eck, Tucker!

     @losttourist @Sunny

     Oh my goodness! Today I learnt!

     Yes, this works on vanilla Mastodon! Thanks for the tip 👍

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     Flippin' eck, Tucker! (losttourist@social.chatty.monster)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 18:55:13 JST Flippin' eck, Tucker!

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     • Sunny 🟦

     @Sunny @feditips I don't know if this is just a feature of the glitch-soc version of Mastodon that my server uses, or whether vanilla Mastodon does it as well.

     But for me, the reply box in the advanced interface grows in size according to how much content you've typed there. Especially useful as this instance has a 1000-character limit.

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     Sunny 🟦 (sunny@universeodon.com)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 19:02:32 JST Sunny 🟦

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     @feditips
     Yes, I realize that. I've tried it. It still gives you a tiny field for composing THOUSAND character posts.

     I'm bitching at you about your screen utilization priorities. Users do two things: They read posts, and they compose posts.

     The Adv. Interface does nothing to enhance either. While you save a click not having to switch timelines, you give up a LOT of scrolling due to skinny itty bitty columns that are not resizeable.

     And

     The field for composing posts is just as pathetically tiny as it is in the normal web interface layout.

     I would LOVE to see one interface, with resizable columns and some user options for the composition field.

     That's all I got.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jun-2023 19:02:32 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Sunny 🟦

     @Sunny

     As someone just pointed out in another part of this thread, the field expands as you write, in both advanced and default mode.

     Resizeable columns would be nice though, yes 👍