With the PieFed API support having been enabled for about a week now, a lot of you have been trying Interstellar for the first time.

What do you feel is missing? What is the feature you would like added most? What pain points do you run into? Also, feel free to include what you already like about the app.

This is no guarantee, btw, I just want to get some feedback from y’all and hopefully we can find some points of improvement.

Lastly, there are a lot of PieFed specific features that are not supported by the API, and we obviously wouldn’t be able to add support to Interstellar until they are in the API. We can still discuss them here if you’d like. Those features include Feeds, Topics, Polls, Flairs, Tags, admin/mod tools, and probably more.

  • mintiefresh@piefed.caEnglish
    7·
    3 days ago

    First off, thank you for supporting PieFed and providing us with an app that we can use. I know it’s a lot of work and so far it’s been decent.

    I only have small minor gripes but most of them are cosmetic and could just be specific to my own taste.

    1. Could we add an option to show some of the ‘action buttons’ in compact mode? I generally prefer using compact mode as opposed to a full card. And it would be nice to be able to upvote/downvote a thread quickly. I think the compact threads are a bit crammed as is, so it might require some adjusting to make it work and look nice. Just a suggestion though.

    2. Not sure if we could do this already, but could we sort the communities in alphabetical order in the pull out drawer?

    3. The compact mode card … the titles are always cut off at the thumb nail. Perhaps it would be better to just make the card taller to accommodate the title. They could just be varying card heights depending on the title of the thread.

    4. Maybe some colored text highlighting to separate either the user or instance, rather than have everything just one color.

    Okay, that’s it for now. Again, these are just suggestions for aesthetics and more my own personal taste. They could be something everyone else hates lol. And ofc, some of the things you mentioned already such as flairs would be nice to have … maybe once they appear in the PieFed API.

    Anyways, thanks again for all your work and finding a way for us to give feedback. I don’t want to come off as demanding or anything as you don’t owe us anything.

    Cheers!

    • jwr1@kbin.earthOP
      2·
      3 days ago

      Not sure if we could do this already, but could we sort the communities in alphabetical order in the pull out drawer?

      The starred communities and users in the nav drawer are already alphabetically sorted. However, neither the Lemmy, Mbin, or PieFed APIs allow you to get a list of communities sorted alphabetically; so that wouldn’t be possible for the subscribed communities list.

      Could we add an option to show some of the ‘action buttons’ in compact mode? I generally prefer using compact mode as opposed to a full card. And it would be nice to be able to upvote/downvote a thread quickly. I think the compact threads are a bit crammed as is, so it might require some adjusting to make it work and look nice. Just a suggestion though.

      The compact mode card … the titles are always cut off at the thumb nail. Perhaps it would be better to just make the card taller to accommodate the title. They could just be varying card heights depending on the title of the thread.

      It sounds like maybe an option in between compact and non-compact would be best for you.

      Maybe some colored text highlighting to separate either the user or instance, rather than have everything just one color.

      That’s definitely something we could add. I know Thunder already has an option like that, right?

      Anyways, thanks again for all your work and finding a way for us to give feedback. I don’t want to come off as demanding or anything as you don’t owe us anything.

      You’re good, you don’t come off as demanding. Asking for feedback and suggestions was the whole point of the post :) Thanks!