YSK how to theme Lemmy's UI to replicate old.reddit's compact layout using Monkey scripts
YSK how to theme Lemmy's UI to replicate old.reddit's compact layout using Monkey scripts
*monkey scripts for Lemmy. Contribute to soundjester/lemmy_monkey development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Why YSK: If you previously preferred browsing old.reddit for its compact and information dense web layout, you should know that this theme can be replicated for Lemmy using monkey scripts.
For more information on installing browser extensions to use scripts linked by this post, checkout:
- https://greasyfork.org
- https://violentmonkey.github.io/
- Recommend given recent context:
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34830903
Jesus christ, that's so much better. The insane amount of negative space in the default lemmy look was extremely annoying to me.
3 0 ReplyThe negative space drives me INSANE, I don't get why they design it like that
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For posterity, I later stumbled upon the authors original post here:
- Tamper/Greasemonkey script to reformat interface to a style recalling old.reddit
The community that this was posted from also looks interesting:
- Lemmy Plugins & Userscripts
2 0 ReplyBless! I really like this layout, it's great. Thanks for sharing.
I like it so much that I could consider including it as the default for the lemmy instance I am building.
2 0 ReplyLooks like the script author is asking for advise on how to provide it as a theme. Perhaps you might be able to help them with just that:
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Hey thanks. This helps.
1 0 ReplyOh hell yes thank you.
1 0 ReplyI think I may love you a little.
Off to figure this out, thank you!
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