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Photon v1.15.0 comes with Lemmy v0.19.0 support, and is backwards compatible with v0.18.0 instances.

• feat: add v0.19.0 support

• feat: add seasonal logo colors

  • I plan to add some colors on hover depending on the month. Since this month is spooky month, it's an orange to purple gradient!

• design: make search buttons look much better

• misc: fix some signup issues

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/compare/v1.15.0...v1.15.1

It looks like v0.19.0 support will keep photon compatible with v0.18.0. I just need to send both query parameter and a header, so that v0.19.0 will accept the header and v0.18.0 will accept the parameter. I thought v0.19.0 would deny the query parameter, returning an error. Thankfully, the Lemmy devs were sane.

Photon has had a lot of progress made recently. From a new design system to becoming a drop in replacement, changes are made constantly.

This is not everything that has changed, but there's a lot.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.xylight.dev/post/245558

I've added the following:

• password resets
• verify email routes
• option to change password when logged in
• a warning message when your session expires

Photon can now be used as a default UI with (hopefully) no issue!

However, Photon cannot setup a new instance currently. This only works on instances that have already been setup with lemmy-ui, you can swap it out.

v1.15.0 will add a UI to do this.

instance admins, a docker image and setup instructions are available here. It is recommended you set the PUBLIC_SSR_ENABLED env var to true to let search engines crawl the site.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.xylight.dev/post/237690

Lots of updates were pushed today, here's the changes since v1.10.3:

v1.12.0

• feat: multiple removal reply presets
  • you can now have multiple presets for removal replies/messages.

v1.11.2

• feat: add voting animations
• misc: add warning toast when trying to vote while not logged in

v1.11.1

• feat: add a route indicator in the top left

v1.11.0

• Center images and set max height by @sant0s12 in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/153
• Show "hidden" for missing mod names in modlog by @sant0s12 in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/156
• Added photon.zhenyapav.com as a public instance by @ZhenyaPav in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/154
• Better images
  • Show a blurred background behind images
  • Use a default width to decrease CLS
• Add an option to limit layout width for better readability

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.xylight.dev/post/233948

Yet another view type has been added: cozy

It is essentially just the card view, but without a background. I quite like it.

• feat: made images slightly more round
• feat: add lemmy version to site card
• upgrade: mono-ui: 0.3.3 -> 0.3.5
• feat: copy community id to clipboard when clicked
• feat: only show comment form when you click "create comment"

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.xylight.dev/post/203455

I've tweaked the colors for light theme quite a lot. I think they look nice. It means I can make the background of buttons white, giving a clear separation.

• Tweak light theme colors
• Overhaul community page
• Add Inter font
  • I kept the default as System UI. You can enable Inter from the settings.
• Upgrade to Mono v0.3.2

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.xylight.dev/post/176453

What's new:

• feat: Add ability to manage federated instances
  • You can even upload a CSV!
• feat: Add markdown to post titles
  • Since this is a rare occurrence i didn't turn the title input into a markdown editor.
• feat: Use notification date instead of submission date for inbox
• feat: Expand images on click
  • I've made this an option since some people might dislike it.

Other stuff I haven't mentioned from previous updates:

• fix: Subscribed text being cut off
• change some wording
• Add a back button and reload comments button to post pages
• Add error handling to RelativeDate

Thanks for all your support on Photon! I'm still working on localization.

I've added the following:

• password resets
• verify email routes
• option to change password when logged in
• a warning message when your session expires

Photon can now be used as a default UI with (hopefully) no issue!

However, Photon cannot setup a new instance currently. This only works on instances that have already been setup with lemmy-ui, you can swap it out.

v1.15.0 will add a UI to do this.

instance admins, a docker image and setup instructions are available here. It is recommended you set the PUBLIC_SSR_ENABLED env var to true to let search engines crawl the site.

i wonder if i should copy alexandrite

if i do this we get infinite scroll

Lots of updates were pushed today, here's the changes since v1.10.3:

v1.12.0

• feat: multiple removal reply presets
  • you can now have multiple presets for removal replies/messages.

v1.11.2

• feat: add voting animations
• misc: add warning toast when trying to vote while not logged in

v1.11.1

• feat: add a route indicator in the top left

v1.11.0

• Center images and set max height by @sant0s12 in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/153
• Show "hidden" for missing mod names in modlog by @sant0s12 in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/156
• Added photon.zhenyapav.com as a public instance by @ZhenyaPav in https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon/pull/154
• Better images
  • Show a blurred background behind images
  • Use a default width to decrease CLS
• Add an option to limit layout width for better readability

It improves readability quite a lot

edit: it's been added as an option. "limit layout width"

I forgot to make the site actually accessible for keyboard users sooo

• added a "skip navigation" button
• trap focus inside modals

Yet another view type has been added: cozy

It is essentially just the card view, but without a background. I quite like it.

• feat: made images slightly more round
• feat: add lemmy version to site card
• upgrade: mono-ui: 0.3.3 -> 0.3.5
• feat: copy community id to clipboard when clicked
• feat: only show comment form when you click "create comment"

I saw someone ask what Photon is, so I decided to make a sticky post for this.

Photon is an alternative client for Lemmy.

You probably have heard of "clients" like Sync for Lemmy and Jerboa, Connect, etc. Photon is another client, but instead of being an app, it is a web app. You can essentially use it as a website, by going to https://phtn.app . It's like the client Voyager.

The part that confuses a lot of people is that some people self-host Photon for their instance. Instances can host their own version of Photon if they wish, and can set a setting to add some flair for that specific instance. This is still "photon", it's just on a different domain and linked to that instance essentially.

Photon is currently one of the only clients with full feature-parity to the default interface, lemmy-ui.

Link to this post if someone asks what Photon is.

Lemmy v0.19.0 is introducing some breaking changes that, if I add support for in Photon, will break compatibility with instances before v0.19.0. If I don't add support for v0.19.0, instances with that version or higher will break. How should I proceed?

A: Keep an old version of photon available for people who need to use a pre-0.19.0 instance (medium difficulty)

B: Add a message to login saying the instance must be v0.19.0 or higher, nuke all backwards compatibility (easiest solution)

C: wait until most instances are on v0.19.0 to proceed with B

D: Add code to handle different versions (hardest solution)

I'd prefer that people be able to rely on Photon, and anything that prevents them from doing stuff on photon I see as a catastrophic issue. A looks the most appealing right now.