Is there any interest in SDF hosting MLMYM front end for Lemmy

Submitted ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org⁩ to ⁨sdfpubnix@lemmy.sdf.org⁩

I noticed that lemmy.world and slrpnk.net host old.lemmy.world and old.slrpnk.net and I was wondering if there was any interest in doing that here. Personally, I think it meshes with the SDF vibe.

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bsammon@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
It would be great to have a lemmy interface that does not require Javascript (even if only for reading) I notice that old.slrpnk.net does not require Javascript to read posts.

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KonQuesting@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The default Lemmy interface already combines everything good about old.reddit’s design with additional quality of life features, faster performance, and Fediverse-oriented functionality.

No, I do not want to use an old.reddit clone. Lemmy is already better and can be further improved by the community itself. We should be encouraging newcomers to embrace innovation, not encouraging them to go back to Reddit.

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- scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I had meant in addition to the regular Lemmy UI as something cool for people to use if they want to… not force everyone to use it 🤣. When I tested lemmy.world vs old.lemmy.world just now, respectively, I got 14.31 seconds vs 6.98 seconds with 32 requests each and 1.5MB vs 4.8 MB transferred (all this was done un-cached in Chromium). So on my end, old is heavier, but also more faster.
  
  Regardless, I just think that the old front-end is cool and retro looking, and I was wondering if others here thought the same or not.
  
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wesker@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I wish it didn’t look like a Reddit clone. I just think it’s a bit of a disservice.

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lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Any effort to place a frontend that can be browsed on a terminal / without 123456 Javascript frameworks, is welcome. And I remmeber clearly that no matter how corporate Reddit is, at least it can be browsed on a terminal. It’s incredible that a software for the people and for federation, doesn’t support the absolute simplest interface possible.

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- user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I am not sure how you mean “browse on terminal” but it can be done through lynx already.
  
  Image Image link for compatibility
  
  old.lemmy.sdf.org
  
  But it wasn’t ready yet when you wrote the comment, only 3 hours later.
  
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jtk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I thought I wanted it but now that I’m using it, I realize I don’t want to feel like I’m on Reddit ever again. Maybe instead of “old” there could be a “min” or “lite” that isn’t a direct Reddit clone.

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lackthought@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
looks like they added it

mastodon.sdf.org/@SDF/110781912764919017

old.lemmy.sdf.org

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- wgs@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Definitely a nice move as I couldn’t browse with netsurf/Dillon ! But why old.lemmy.sdf.org ? I get that it’s the old reddit interface, but hey, why not just “alt.lemmy.sdf.org” ?
  
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- scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Nice! Thank you @SDF!
  
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scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Doesn’t look functionally that different, really, just more Reddit-y. The default Lemmy client has none of the new Reddit bloat to start with.
  
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  - scroll_responsibly@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    It does seem a little faster… not that that would be the main reason to host it (and to clarify, I wasn’t suggesting getting rid of the default by any means). It just seems like something interesting and slightly retro and I thought people on here might be interested in it.
    
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nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I may have changed my mind based upon what I’ve seen. Is the old.lemmy.sdf.org terminal-friendly? If so, then, I think it was a good idea, despite the reddit-y UI, I think.

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cfenollosa@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
As a user, I have 100% interest! I still use old.reddit and it’s peak UI design. The feature I miss the most in Lemmy is “show images” to expand all thumbnails. Hopefully it can be deployed at SDF.

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