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   FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 04:29:44 JST FediTips has moved!

   Are you using Mastodon through a computer?

   Do you wish there was a multi-column TweetDeck-style interface?

   There is! It's called the "advanced web interface" and you can activate it any time you want. It lets you add many specialised columns, subscribe to hashtags and all kinds of stuff suited to large wide displays.

   Log into the website, go to Preferences > Enable Advanced Web Interface, tick the box and click "Save Changes".

   (To restore the default single column interface, do the same thing but untick the box instead.)

   This used to be the default interface on Mastodon, and very old articles about the platform will have screenshots of the multicolumn interface.

   #MastoTips #Mastodon #TweetDeck #FediTips #Interface

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     Stephen Davey (stephengdavey@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 04:29:43 JST Stephen Davey

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     @feditips Can I display multiple profiles on it? In the same way I can on Tweetdeck? I use work and personal accounts side by side.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 04:47:32 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Stephen Davey

     @stephengdavey

     No, but you can open other accounts in their own separate tabs on your browser.

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     el Xu4N (xu4n@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:06:04 JST el Xu4N

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     @feditips damn, this is useful AF, thanks!

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     Brìghde (bgly0@mastodon.scot)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:08:32 JST Brìghde

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     @feditips Is there a user guide for the advanced web interface somewhere? I activated it, but struggle to adapt it.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:08:32 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Brìghde

     @bgLy0

     Basically... it IS complicated! I never use it.

     Some of the functionality comes from the settings buttons in the top right corners of columns. They let you pin columns open permanently, so you can extend the interface sideways. This is suited to wide monitors on desktop computers.

     You also need to use the icons in the top left corner a lot more as the labelled links are hidden easily.

     I just use the normal mode ? But a lot of people swear by the multicolumn mode so this is for them!

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:18:44 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Mark Dennehy

     @markdennehy

     I think you can fiddle with the CSS ?

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     Mark Dennehy (markdennehy@mastodon.ie)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:18:49 JST Mark Dennehy

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     @feditips but how do I get a one column display using the full width of a wide screen?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:43:27 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Matt T. Wood

     @matttwood

     Search for a hashtag, then click on the slider icon in the top right corner of the column and select pin. You can then search for another hashtag and it will appear in another column. The slider icon lets you do all kinds of stuff in this mode.

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     Matt T. Wood (matttwood@mastodon.gamedev.place)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 07:43:30 JST Matt T. Wood

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     @feditips So cool. How do you get additional columns (like the one showing hashtags)?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 08:27:47 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • Diana Barbosa 🇺🇦🇵🇸

     @diraquel

     It isn't on the website or the official app, but I think some third party apps offer this? FediLab and Tusky for Android offer this for example.

     (There are also some website scripts out there which do this but I don't know how maintained or reliable they are.)

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     Diana Barbosa 🇺🇦🇵🇸 (diraquel@masto.pt)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 08:27:48 JST Diana Barbosa 🇺🇦🇵🇸

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     @feditips is it possible to schedule posts? I was looking for that option, but was not able to find it.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 08:29:26 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • David Young :funkypenguin:

     @funkypenguin

     Search for a hashtag, then click on that column's slider icon and select "pin".

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     David Young :funkypenguin: (funkypenguin@so.fnky.nz)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 08:29:30 JST David Young :funkypenguin:

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     @feditips how'd you get 5 columns? Best I can do is 4.. is there a trick to adding a column?

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     Amanda Finley Digs All Things (rubyslippahs@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 08:31:09 JST Amanda Finley Digs All Things

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     @feditips okay okay. Why did I not come here long ago? ?

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     Allus Miserable (klydj@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 09:32:01 JST Allus Miserable

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     @feditips Definitely a top tip! Cheers! :thumbsup_hmn_h2:

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 20:16:58 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • katzenberger

     @katzenberger

     The best place to suggest things to Masto developers is on the github at:

     https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

     If you're not comfortable using github, message me and I'll try to help.

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     katzenberger (katzenberger@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Thursday, 03-Nov-2022 20:16:59 JST katzenberger

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     @feditips I wish there were

     - a dedicated column for "subscribed to" #hashtags; clicking on a tag shows tagged toots in toot column

     - a dedicated column for #lists; clicking on a list name shows toots of list members in the toot column

     While I absolutely enjoy the local and federated #timelines, they're not my main "home" on #Mastodon. I need way more #focus than these can offer.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 04-Nov-2022 00:07:17 JST FediTips has moved!

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     • S. L. Crane

     @slcrane

     Not that I know of. Bear in mind this is a very old interface that most people don't use. I don't know how much development it still gets.

     If you're comfortable with the platform, I would submit suggestions as issues to the github if you can, to show that there is interest in development?

     https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

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     S. L. Crane (slcrane@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 04-Nov-2022 00:07:19 JST S. L. Crane

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     @feditips Is there (going to be) a way to also move the "Getting Started" column around? I'd love to have it on the left rather than on the far right. I use multiple columns, so for example, when I click on someone's profile in one of my first columns, it'll open in the "Getting Started" column all the way on the right. This leads to lots of horizontal scrolling. (On Tweetdeck, I used to move less important columns to the right half of the layout.)

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     Kelly Lawler (klawls@mstdn.social)'s status on Saturday, 05-Nov-2022 11:17:14 JST Kelly Lawler

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     @feditips that’s what I need!!!