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moseschrute@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoRemember this is an onboarding flow for an app. It has to capture the user and explain things well without losing their attention.
What I want to avoid is “hey, select an instance from this menu”. “Wtf is an instance?”
Voyager gets around this by defaulting to an instance (lemmy.ee I think) before you log in, but my plan was to have them select when they launch the app for the first time.
What I want to avoid is “hey, select an instance from this menu”. “Wtf is an instance?”
Indeed, so just give them a link to an instance. Nowadays a give
- discuss.online if you’re American
- sopuli.xyz if you’re European vger.app if you want an app Feel free if you have any questions
Serinus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Picking a default instance seems like the right approach.