2026-08-16 00:52 UTC
I've had the @threehillsfarm #Pixelfed account for the farm pics for a couple of weeks now, and this is what I found.
Good:
1. If you mouse over your pic, you see the alt text, unlike Mastodon (desktop)
Bad:
1. Instead of a grid like Mastodon, albums (multi-pic posts) are shown as the first pic plus some almost-invisible little dots for navigating to the others (desktop and mobile)
2. No arrow key navigation between pics in an album unless you magnify with the tiny icon in the corner (desktop)
3. If pics in an album are a different shape, the timeline content shifts as you navigate between them, and the navigation dots are often over the pic itself, so if it contains any blue and white, you have no way to tell it's an album and are totally screwed (desktop)
4. Clicking a pic to magnify it only works on single pics, not on albums (desktop)
The experiment is over. The Pixelfed UI is driving me crazy with its poor choices and I will not use it any more. As a UX specialist I'm perhaps more sensitive to this than some, but it is what it is.
My farm pics will stay right here on my Mastodon profile, and I will limit my multi-pic posts to 4 at a time.
I'll post something on the Pixelfed profile to steer people back here.
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