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do people really not like the way lemmy looks? I think it looks fine. But then again I'm in the minority that used the new reddit theme because old.reddit looked outdated (also the text I feel like was way smaller on old.reddit)
Lemmy looks too much like New Reddit for me. Lots of wasted space and mobile-centric UI.
Yep, I really miss the "old reddit" style. More information dense, I can see 10+ post on frontpage before I need to scroll.
Lemmy (and new reddit) only show 5-6 post on full screen laptop.
I am surprised that they went with such a modern-looking UI, as opposed to something older like Reddit's compact/old interface. Sure, Lemmy was not meant to be a Reddit replacement, exactly, but Old/Compact Reddit did have a nice, performance-friendly UI, even if it was a bit visually dated.
It's fine on mobile, but on desktop the default UI is ludicrously cramped.
On a 16:9 monitor, which the vast majority of people use, literally over half the screen is empty space.
Compare the default (top) to my custom CSS setup (bottom) in the screenshots below and you can see how much screen real estate is being wasted:
https://i.postimg.cc/PXsST8BZ/lemmy-UI-default-vs-custom.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/rcpfccHf/lemmy-UI-default-vs-custom-2.jpg