Talking about using Mastodon in a web browser, not a phone app.
Using the standard web interface is awful for me. It took me embarrassingly long to realize it was showing me replies above showing me what they were replying to… sometimes. Often I can never actually find the post that was being replied to. Can’t find anything in Settings to fix it.
Quickly tried Phanpy and it seems do things right on first glance, but soon I realize that again, I’m being shown replies without being shown the OP. At least I can eventually get to see the OP if I click on two things (first, faded message above reply, then “Go to Top”). Again, can’t find anything in Settings to fix it.
I want something like below, that shows me (with no clicking required) the OPs in reverse chronological order but grouped (with obvious graphical indication like a box, borders or something) with its replies below in chronological order:
- Original Post 2
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- Reply 2.1
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- Reply 2.2
- Original Post 1
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- Reply 1.1
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- Reply 1.2
Is there a frontend that does this?
Not quite what you’re looking for, but the trunks app is pretty good. I have it set to “show context” so it shows whatever is being replied to, and you can also view multi-post threads as a single post