Why do all lemmy instances have the same web UI?

whoamibro@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world – 29 points –
  • Have we collectively agreed to follow the same UI to ensure easier interoperability for users?
  • Can someone provide the link for the source code of the UI?
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Wow, talk about people clinging to old.reddit.com UI.

I fucking hated old.reddit.com lol

I didn't really hate it, but I never got how everyone seemed to love it, it was old and ugly.

I like that it's information dense. Posts don't take up a lot of space, comment chains are easier to track with the boxes, it's more obvious which posts will expand in window and which will go to a new link. I don't care if it's pretty, I find it far more functional.

Tbf, when people say they love old.reddit, they very well could be referring to some of the better-looking themes. A lot of old.reddit subs, for example, use Naut. Some also use Minimaluminiumalism, or Simplit.

Might also be about using RES; a lot of the cool stuff never got ported over to the new UI.

Old, and ugly are 2 very kind words for the outdated garbage it is.