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Alternative UI: Photon (photon.lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by antik@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world
 

We added an extra UI for our users. Photon by Xylight is an interface with a sleek, modern look and has all the bells and whistles you would need. Moderator tools included! You can access the UI from https://photon.lemmy.world.

Visit Photon's project page on github or get in touch with the developer in the !photon@lemmy.xylight.dev community. If you want to use photon on other instances you can do so from https://phtn.app.

Update: @Xylight has set up a donation link so if you like photon as much as I do, show him some love! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xylight

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[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't know why websites do that, it doesn't look better, is probably more confusing and in general just slower for everyone

[–] XaeroDegreaz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's a small piece of a security gate to slow down bots trying to login

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its probably also more difficult to program the functionality into multiple pages as well.

[–] nicoweio@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've never seen this separated into multiple actual pages. As long the “multiple pages” are done in JavaScript, they don't add much complexity.

[–] attaxia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It allows you to direct users with specific usernames/domains to specific login pages. For example for Single Sign on.