[Akkoma] - Enable AkkomaFE #790

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opened 2024-02-14 17:06:05 +01:00 by giarminio · 7 comments

giarminio commented

2024-02-14 17:06:05 +01:00

Hello,
currently fe.disroot.org offers, as its only web frontend, Mangane, and although Mangane to me is very nice, readable, accessible and snappy, it has a lot of limitations, at the present time, compared to Akkoma's features, which are supported instead by AkkomaFE (the default Akkoma frontend) and other web frontends: it doesn't allow to do even basic things such as to set the default language for posts, to set it on individual posts, to enable the request for confirmation of follow requests, to put a "note to self" on other users' profiles, to easily check if a media attachment (image, audio, audio-video) has an alt-text description - which to me is important, since i avoid boosting posts with undescribed media attachments, because of this -, and it has no sound for notifications, plus a ton of other little but useful features that Akkoma has and AkkomaFE supports.

Another good web frontend for Akkoma is MastodonFE, that has a multi-column UI very similar to the "advanced UI" of Mastodon.

Some other users expressed similar wishes on fe.disroot.org in this thread.

Hello, currently [fe.disroot.org](https://fe.disroot.org) offers, as its only web frontend, Mangane, and although Mangane to me is very nice, readable, accessible and snappy, it has a lot of limitations, at the present time, compared to Akkoma's features, which are supported instead by [AkkomaFE](https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma-fe) (the default Akkoma frontend) and other web frontends: it doesn't allow to do even basic things such as to set the default language for posts, to set it on individual posts, to enable the request for confirmation of follow requests, to put a "note to self" on other users' profiles, to easily check if a media attachment (image, audio, audio-video) has an alt-text description - which to me is important, since i avoid boosting posts with undescribed media attachments, because of [this](https://mastodon.help/#DescribingMedia) -, and it has no sound for notifications, plus a ton of other little but useful features that Akkoma has and AkkomaFE supports. Another good web frontend for Akkoma is [MastodonFE](https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/masto-fe), that has a multi-column UI very similar to the "advanced UI" of Mastodon. Some other users expressed similar wishes on fe.disroot.org in [this thread](https://fe.disroot.org/@blitdev/posts/AesKpTnasL7Md2ayOW).

giarminio commented

2024-02-14 18:08:06 +01:00

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As a side note: i've just tried out the Whalebird and Fedistar desktop clients, which do support Akkoma, but they lack so many features, even in comparison with Mangane.

There are probably some alternative web frontend instances too which may work, but i don't like the idea of my "not public" posts being readable by two server admins teams instead of one :))

So i definitely think fe.disroot.org would be much better if it gave AkkomaFE and-or MastodonFE too :)

As a side note: i've just tried out the Whalebird and Fedistar desktop clients, which do support Akkoma, but they lack so many features, even in comparison with Mangane. There are probably some alternative [web frontend instances too which may work](https://docs-develop.pleroma.social/backend/clients/), but i don't like the idea of my "not public" posts being readable by two server admins teams instead of one :)) So i definitely think fe.disroot.org would be much better if it gave AkkomaFE and-or MastodonFE too :)

Shadowstreik commented

2024-02-14 18:57:32 +01:00

I've been on Fedisroot just before it went live and have seen its iterations on the front end. Mangane is a pretty decent front end; it's clean, uncluttered, minimalist... I like that.

I think what the bulk of what you may be describing is backend functionality with access to those functions available via the frontend for use. I think the FE functionality could certainly be improved, though I would like to see Mangane remain, in and of itself. Please correct me if I'm way off. I could adapt to a new FE, though I have to say, "I don't really wanna." XD (being silly, there)

I've been on Fedisroot just before it went live and have seen its iterations on the front end. Mangane is a pretty decent front end; it's clean, uncluttered, minimalist... I like that. I *think* what the bulk of what you may be describing is backend functionality with access to those functions available via the frontend for use. I think the FE functionality could certainly be improved, though I would like to see Mangane remain, in and of itself. Please correct me if I'm way off. I could adapt to a new FE, though I have to say, "I don't really wanna." XD (being silly, there)

giarminio commented

2024-02-14 20:59:31 +01:00

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I think what the bulk of what you may be describing is backend functionality with access to those functions available via the frontend for use.

No: as i've written (maybe not so clearly, but), Akkoma's backend already has or supports all those basic and less basic features that i cited, and many more, that Mangane doesn't currently support.

I think the FE functionality could certainly be improved, though I would like to see Mangane remain, in and of itself. Please correct me if I'm way off. I could adapt to a new FE, though I have to say, "I don't really wanna." XD (being silly, there)

Yes, as i've written: i'm not advocating for replacing Mangane, just for adding another web frontend next to it (my favorite is AkkomaFE), and maybe even one more, like MastodonFE. There are many Pleroma and Akkoma instances out there which offer two, three and more web frontends - but to me, AkkomaFE would suffice :))

> I *think* what the bulk of what you may be describing is backend functionality with access to those functions available via the frontend for use. No: as i've written (maybe not so clearly, but), Akkoma's backend already has or supports all those basic and less basic features that i cited, and many more, that Mangane doesn't currently support. > I think the FE functionality could certainly be improved, though I would like to see Mangane remain, in and of itself. Please correct me if I'm way off. I could adapt to a new FE, though I have to say, "I don't really wanna." XD (being silly, there) Yes, as i've written: i'm not advocating for *replacing* Mangane, just for *adding* another web frontend next to it (my favorite is AkkomaFE), and maybe even one more, like MastodonFE. There are many Pleroma and Akkoma instances out there which offer two, three and more web frontends - but to me, AkkomaFE would suffice :))

muppeth commented

2024-02-14 21:44:56 +01:00

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@giarminio Thanks for your report.
Initially we wanted to just setup one frontend to not make the onboarding too confusing. Since there is/was no easy way to switch between frontends other then running them on different subdomains, we decided to use Mangane as a default one. That being said we do intend to provide multiple frontends and AkkomaFE would be the first one to go. Since the start we personally were satisfied with Mangane and so were the users as noone requested other forntends (specially akkomafe), so we did not priorities on this.

February as far as work plan is full, so it is something to try to squeeze in March work.

@giarminio Thanks for your report. Initially we wanted to just setup one frontend to not make the onboarding too confusing. Since there is/was no easy way to switch between frontends other then running them on different subdomains, we decided to use Mangane as a default one. That being said we do intend to provide multiple frontends and AkkomaFE would be the first one to go. Since the start we personally were satisfied with Mangane and so were the users as noone requested other forntends (specially akkomafe), so we did not priorities on this. February as far as work plan is full, so it is something to try to squeeze in March work.

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muppeth changed title from ~~[Feature request] Please add AkkomaFE (or-and some other web frontend) to fe.disroot.org, because Mangane is cool but lacking so many (even basic) features~~ to [Akkoma] - Enable AkkomaFE

2024-02-14 21:46:07 +01:00

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giarminio commented

2024-02-14 22:17:35 +01:00

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