Discussion about the aussie.zone instance itself
I just came here to say it wasn't working, but looks like it got switched off a few days back.
I really like the old.reddit layout, so I'd be a huge fan if it was able to be used here too. No biggie if it cant, standard Lamington is pretty uncluttered anyway. Just not very compact. Whats with web devs and whitespace? I'm here to see content, not empty pixels.
Yeah I like it too... but it was generating an abnormal amount of traffic. I'll see if I can figure out what is going on... but mlmym is pretty basic, doesn't seem to have much in the way of configuration options.
Old is always nice, but indeed the dev doesn't seem active anymore
For me the biggest advantage of old UI on Reddit was with what RES could provide in terms of keyboard shortcuts etc. Since this doesn't seem to have that, for me I don't see a whole lot of value.
I like it,but am scared to use it if it might be taken away
It's just a UI, all the content itself is in the same backend. It's very light weight to host, so I'd only shut it down if it has issues.. eg security or interop with future Lemmy versions.
Speaking of security,.an abandoned app is a prime candidate for capturing user/password....
Thing is... I'm not sure if its abandonded, or there have been no breaking changes in recent versions of lemmy so no dev work has been required. Last release was in July, and the dev himself has been active on Github recently.
It's nice to have access to a compact layout. The in-built Lemmy compact themes are ineffective, as far as I can tell.