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  • Not really a feature but I like the general look and feel of PieFed. I think the user interface feels polished even though it is still quite early in development.

    mbin on the other hand just doesn’t feel as comfortable to use. The layout feels unnatural and the buttons are in unexpected places. Also I really dislike the unconventional terms such as “magazine” and “boost”. (I know they came from kbin)

    I hope PieFed will keep the UI clean while adding new features. I am quite confident with the devs based on what I have seen so far.

    Thanks for all the hardworking devs providing such wonderful applications.

    Edit:
    Expanding on what I like about PieFed:

    • The “new communities” and “active communities” section on the sidebar are more useful than I expected.
    • Killer feature: Grouping cross posts and viewing comments from different posts in the same view
    • Voting is private. This gives me the peace of mind when I downvote a post from a snowflake.
    • Instance blocking that works


  • if we change the default to hide the UI, then it would also do that on larger devices,

    Understood. Let’s keep it as an option. I think the majority of Interstellar users would be on mobile.

    Do other apps have back gestures as well?

    It really depends on the app. I use Voyager and it supports back gestures everywhere.

    IMO, back gestures should be handled by the OS

    Unfortunately iOS handles back gestures differently. The problem is that without back gesture I need to tap the upper left corner every time I want to go back. With huge phones these days I have to use two hands to operate it.

    PieFed webapp supports back gesture (via Safari), and it remains my app of choice for this reason.