Is there a way to have Lemmy instances render in wide-screen mode (sort of like old reddit or older themes of Wikipedia)? I really dislike the default look of everything being in the center with tons of blank space on both sides (I use 1440p monitors).
For what it’s worth, I came up with the following Stylus css script to work on the lemmy.ml (also works on github.com for what it’s worth if you so choose):
.container,
.container-lg,
.container-md,
.container-sm,
.container-xl {
max-width: 2560px !important;
}
.col-md-8 {
flex: 0 0 85% !important;
max-width: 85% !important;
}
.col-md-4 {
flex: 0 0 15% !important;
max-width: 15% !important;
}
Can just adjust max-width under the .container* options to whatever you want (I chose to set it to my monitor’s width). The col-md-8 and col-md-4 are for the main content and sidebar respectively, so I have main content at 85% of the width and sidebar at 15% of the width. Result looks similar to this: https://i.imgur.com/FMAZYbh.png
Published my style here for use on Stylus: https://userstyles.world/style/10168/1440p-lemmy
I’ve seen two major items on Reddit that are annoying redditors from switching over. First is an old-reddit style wide mode (this could be a toggle in the settings, compact or wide mode). Second is user signup. While we here know that users should spread out, most users find that confusing and just walk away from it. Lemmy should follow the mastadon approach and decide on a simple to use portal to guide users in.