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Hello, this is a client-side theme focused on high readability and removing extraneous visual widgets and icons. It is based on the way I liked to read content on that "other site."

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For better or worse, the current kbin layout is very "mobile" in design and not the best for reading longform text on a desktop. This theme focuses on easing the layout and hopefully making threads look more forumlike.

It does take a "scorched earth" approach in removing stuff I don't like, but everything that starts disabled can be enabled again via the radio buttons provided, allowing you to toggle on/off various widgets on the fly.

This includes:

  • sidebar
  • footer
  • activity
  • thumbnails
  • previews
  • short description
  • avatars
  • upvotes, downvotes, or both
  • icons
  • elements of the text submission form
  • numerous other elements

In addition, you can change the base color scheme via the color picker in order to globally control things like:

  • body color
  • link colors
  • upvote/downvote colors
  • blockquotes, code blocks, input fields
  • hover/focus color
  • text color
  • etc.

Disclaimer: I have tested this at 1440P on a desktop environment at various scaling levels and dimensions and it seems to mostly be OK. I have not extensively checked for glitches on mobile aside from some rudimentary mocking. If you find something wrong, feel free to make a PR or inbox me.

Frontend is not my main focus area, so there may be some anti-patterns or things that are objectively stupid, particularly around the way I manipulated elements on the grid. Again, if something is being implemented wrongly here, please advise.

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[–] shazbot@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The mobile display is more compact and seems generally usable out of the box as a web app. On desktop it defaults to this mobile-style layout and it's not ideal.