TIL: photon is an awesome opinionated web client for Lemmy to help users discover the fediverse.
TIL: photon is an awesome opinionated web client for Lemmy to help users discover the fediverse.
Github: https://github.com/Xyphyn/photon
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What does "opinionated" mean in this context?
It doesn’t try to cater to everyone and there might be controversial design choices. This can mean anything from something great and ahead of time to absolute horrors of user interface design [link removed] depending on your perspective and a particular app in question. I really like what Photon does and how polished it is but it’s definitely not for me.
Lol I tried the absolute horror pipilo for half a minute before I deleted it
That 5.0 out of 5 (1 Rating) seems a bit suspicious. You should leave a review to make it more accurate.
Eh, don’t bully some random developer that created an app few people like. It was made for weirdos and those weirdos must appreciate having their own app.
Its useful for ppl who like it, me not liking it is more of a personal preference, it didnt have any issues other than my subjective opinion
It means that design choices and features I implement will follow what I believe to be optimal. I still try to consider what the users think, but the overall organization will prioritize my thought. It sounds narcissistic, but other software often follows this pattern.
It's why Photon will rarely implement random features if I deem it to be something left to another tool, because my opinion is that it should remain simple unless the feature will significantly improve the user experience.