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Xylight

professional idiot.

I'm the developer of the Photon client. Try it out

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Lemmy resource usage

  • Glad to hear Photon has satisfactory performance, the new Svelte 5 version (use tag v2.0.0-rc.5) might even run faster, might want to give that a try.

  • I don't want phtn links to pollute things, because a lot of clients handle lemmy URLs in their own way, and phtn links would disrupt that. Instead, I could make the PWA open lemmy links in the app

  • Not sure why some UIs don't show it because the data is given straight to you anyway, and it actually takes more code to hide it under certain conditions

  • Looks like a cache issue. Clear the cache for Photon

  • Press F12 and go to the console. What error do you encounter?

  • Jokes aside, I'm excited to see where this project goes.

  • Generally a result of decentralization is that subjectively bad instances can arise, but the entire point of decentralization is that they can exist. I don't consider it a weak point.

  • Part of Gen Z and almost all the people my age I know are heavily conservative. It's pretty isolating.

  • If I unironically monetize photon in any other way than donations, shoot me.

  • i added that tier after you sent this to me

  • the cat and their invaders are taking over Photon. i will fight back.

  • Photon Premiumโ„ข๏ธ members will receive more incredible revolutionary unprecedented amazing features soonยฉ๏ธ on April 1st

  • "-1"

  • marking an inbox item as read just does $notifications.inbox--, but the number only updates every 5 minutes, so when you go to an inbox with unread items before it updates, and mark one as read, it does this

    i could easily fix it but i always forget right as i open the editor

  • Feed bug

  • I did. In the long run it's better for me to write my own since it's easier to update and debug

  • Feed bug

  • I'm definitely gonna have to write my own virtualizer. I tried using Tanstack Virtual but it definitely has too many issues with my setup to work well.

    1. If Photon hangs on load and the screen never goes away, that means its' crashed or it's taking ages for the server to load the posts. I think it's a rendering error, do you have infinite scroll off? If so, rc5 should have fixed that.
    2. rc5 should fix that. I assume you're not using infinite scroll
    3. I removed them because it complicated settings more, and all the "shortcuts" were available in nearly one click everywhere anyway.
    4. I've seen this issue for a while but it would require some pain to fix, and I consider it low priority

    I've been busy and haven't worked on photon for a bit, but i'll make sure to fix all these before merging v2

  • Photon will definitely keep being maintained by me for the foreseeable future, I don't necessarily like the Lemmy API but I still enjoy working on Photon

  • Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Photon v2.0 is now available on phtn.app

    It's been on a separate URL for a while now but it is now on phtn.app.

    It hasn't been merged to main yet and has not been put as stable release, but i believe it is stable enough to bring to my URL.

    Once the stable release is out, I will write release notes. This is the svelte 5 version.

    Mildly Infuriating @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Apparently Bluesky lets you require a sign in to view a post

    You have become the very thing you swore to destroy

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Asking for community input before messing with the navbar again

    So the overall layout won't change, and if you're using default navigation settings, you'll barely notice any difference.

    Instances using Photon with SSR have rightfully complained that there's a layout shift between server load and hydration. This happens because the current navbar's position isn't determined by CSS, but by calculations in JavaScript. This is pretty messy and bad.

    I rewrote it to be CSS based so that this shift won't happen, and it also simplifies the code quite a lot. However, there's one downside, you won't be able to manually customize the position: the navbar will be a top panel on desktop, and a bottom dock on mobile.

    One new feature in this is that on mobile, the bottom dock will hide when you scroll down and re-appear when you scroll up at all. You can disable that in settings.

    I consider Photon an opinionated client (of my opinion), but I also want to make sure this isn't a dealbreaker for anyone.

    Github Link

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Should I post frequent updates on Mastodon?

    I use Lemmy for bigger news and all that, but sometimes I like to showcase little things I've done in Photon or tweaked. Maybe even hold polls there.

    Should I post mini updates there? Lemmy will still be reserved for the big ones.

    @photonlemmy@mas.to

    aww @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    my dog (part 2)

    image may take a bit to load

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Photon 2.0.0 betas are out

    The Svelte 5 migration has progressed enough that I think it's safe to release betas now.

    Docker tags are released for 2.0.0-beta.2, and you can access the latest beta yourself at https://svelte-5.photon-8na.pages.dev/.

    I've made a few UX changes to match the new codebase, I hope that this release is good for you.

    Please let me know of any major issues.

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Svelte 5 migration

    Approximately 70% complete

    Photon uses Svelte.js as the main JS framework for the UI. Photon uses Svelte 4 currently, but Svelte 5 was released and has a lot of benefits for the codebase. It's also a lot faster.

    However, the paradigm for Svelte 5 is a lot different and almost the entirety of Photon might have to be rewritten.

    Luckily, there's a migration tool that can do a lot of the work for me. However, I've still got to fix about 3,000 lines of code and 70 different files to work properly with Svelte 5. There's also gonna be a lot of hidden bugs I'll need to fix.

    Because of this, I won't work on any new features for the next month or so, so that I can get this as done as fast as possible.

    Generally you won't notice much other than slight behavior changes due to minor code structure changes, or maybe a bug or two.

    Once I'm finished, I'll make another announcement and you might notice photon feeling a bit faster!

    Once it's been confirmed sta

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Pumpkin theme for Photon

    I usually don't like orange/brown themes but I think this one's cozy. I decided to make it for the autumn season.

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    To import, go to Main menu > Themes > Click the + to make a new theme > Import > Paste and import

    Dogs @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    sitting down calmly after 10 minutes of zoomies

    3 years old!

    cats @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    cozy cat

    hes my silly mainecoon

    pics @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    cozy cat

    Been posting a lot here, hope the mods don't mind

    This is my 4 year old Mainecoon cat :>

    Taken on Pixel 8

    pics @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Golden hour waves

    I took this in September 2022 on a Pixel 6 at 7:00pm, in Newport, Oregon.

    pics @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    A photo of Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS

    Taken on my phone so nothing special. Thought it looked cool!

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Photon roadmap

    I used to ask these a lot during Photon's early development, but I decided to do one now.

    Are there any major features you'd like added or issues you'd want fixed?

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Emerald theme for Photon

    Saw people on slrpnk.net were looking for a photon theme so I decided to make one. I'm not necessarily expecting this to be used at slrpnk.net, but I like the theme so I'll be using it. It has a nice light theme too.

    It's pretty similar to a recent post for a "wintergreen" theme, this one is less saturated.

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    Lemmy Apps @lemmy.world
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Photon survey 2024

    Even if you don't use Photon and have only heard of it, your answers can be useful for some questions!

    cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/13579151

    I'd like to learn about the community that uses Photon, so I've decided to make a survey! You can answer it if you like. In about a week I'll collect the responses and see if anything's interesting, and then I'll make a post showing any discoveries.

    The survey just has a few questions about demographics, Lemmy usage, and knowledge of Photon's features.

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Photon survey 2024

    I'd like to learn about the community that uses Photon, so I've decided to make a survey! You can answer it if you like. In about a week I'll collect the responses and see if anything's interesting, and then I'll make a post showing any discoveries.

    The survey just has a few questions about demographics, Lemmy usage, and knowledge of Photon's features.

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    Need suggestions, potential security issue?

    this security issue can only be triggered by users fault, but it's up to the UI designer to prevent user mistakes causing potential credential leaks.

    The login page

    The login page is designed to be as simple as possible. Only 1 page, no extra steps. It'll validate whatever instance url you type in to ensure it's actually a Lemmy instance.

    The problem

    If the user mistypes the instance url to a typo squatting instance, your credentials were just sent straight to them. Bad. For example, I could setup an instance named lemmu.world, and if someone accidentally mistypes lemmy.world as that, I get their credentials for free.

    Potential solutions

    I'm not sure which one would be best as they all have problems.

    • Require you to type the instance before you can start typing your credentials.
      • This complicates things and adds an extra step. This also wouldn't completely solve the problem.
    • Add an auto complete list
      • This will work for popular instances as they'll kno
    Programmer Humor @programming.dev
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    What browser is visiting the page?

    Photon @lemdro.id
    Xylight @lemdro.id

    phtn.app has moved from Vercel to Cloudflare Pages (+tips if you dont like cloudflare)

    TL;DR

    Vercel has been a PITA for a few reasons I won't go into, and I eventually reached a usage limit that made the site unusuable. Cloudflare pages has no usage limits, so I have switched to that. Nothing different should be noticable, except that initial loads might be slightly faster.

    if you don't like cloudflare

    I understand lots of people dislike cloudflare, so if you want to get away from it, here are some publicly hosted instances:

    Instance Location Contact
    phtn.app (Official) ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US West [photon@xylight.dev](mailto:photon@xyligh