Alexandrite - Account switcher, shareable URLs, comment reply context hints

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2238542

alexandrite.app - !alexandrite@lemmy.world - Github

Some big updates just arrived!

First, the instance you're on is now in the page URL, which means now you can send links to posts on Alexandrite to friends without them having to set an instance first (or know anything about Lemmy).

That helps to power the next feature which is an account switcher. This lets you switch between all of your accounts on the instance you're browsing! You can also set a default account to use for that instance. Now you could be logged in on multiple accounts across multiple instances just in different browser tabs if you wanted.

Because the instance is now in the URL, if your main account is on lemmy.world but you have an account on programming.dev and a friend sends you a link to a programming.dev post on Alexandrite you'll be signed in as your programming.dev user in that browser tab.

Two clicks to switch which instance you're using (based on what accounts you have)

If you have accounts on more than one instance you can pick which instance you see by default when you go to https://alexandrite.app with no instance in the url, or chose to login on any of the accounts you've signed in as previously from the login page. (And in case anyone was curious, no it does not store passwords).

Another new feature I recently added is a little hint for what a comment is a reply to once you finish reading a deeper thread, easier to understand with a screenshot:

You can also favorite communities to make them show up on the top in the left hand sidebar.

Next I planned on working on stuff for self hosting, so stay tuned.