Hello, this is a client-side theme focused on high readability and removing extraneous visual widgets and icons. It is based on the way I liked to read content on that “other site.”
For better or worse, the current kbin layout is very “mobile” in design and not the best for reading longform text on a desktop. This theme focuses on easing the layout and hopefully making threads look more forumlike.
It does take a “scorched earth” approach in removing stuff I don’t like, but everything that starts disabled can be enabled again via the radio buttons provided, allowing you to toggle on/off various widgets on the fly.
This includes:
- sidebar
- footer
- activity
- thumbnails
- previews
- short description
- avatars
- upvotes, downvotes, or both
- icons
- elements of the text submission form
- numerous other elements
In addition, you can change the base color scheme via the color picker in order to globally control things like:
- body color
- link colors
- upvote/downvote colors
- blockquotes, code blocks, input fields
- hover/focus color
- text color
- etc.
Disclaimer: I have tested this at 1440P on a desktop environment at various scaling levels and dimensions and it seems to mostly be OK. I have not extensively checked for glitches on mobile aside from some rudimentary mocking. If you find something wrong, feel free to make a PR or inbox me.
Frontend is not my main focus area, so there may be some anti-patterns or things that are objectively stupid, particularly around the way I manipulated elements on the grid. Again, if something is being implemented wrongly here, please advise.
Conversely I found kbin much better to use on mobile and somewhat confusing on mobile 😅 Great to see work to help it be better to use in any case!
The mobile display is more compact and seems generally usable out of the box as a web app. On desktop it defaults to this mobile-style layout and it’s not ideal.