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On my computer I just Ctrl+click or middle-click posts to open them in new tabs, having them open in an overlay would have been nice but I understand it causes accessibility issues so I don't mind clicking with another button, I'm used to doing so on any other website so no hassle there.
On my smartphone I use jerboa which takes me back to where I was in the feed when I hit the "back" button
yea middle-click is the magic button I use since I was a kid
Hadn’t thought of the accessibility issues. Makes a lot of sense then.
The situation makes me think about whether browsers have stagnated for a while in their general interface. An ephemeral tab overlayed on its origin feels like something a browser should be taking care of.
Modern browsers can retain your scroll position for pages in your history. But Lemmy is a SPA (Single Page App) which means it uses a Javascript framework to manage most things that the browser normally does. When you go back to the feed in Lemmy, Lemmy loads your feed and positions you at the top not the browser.
I believe the dialog element has support in all the mainline browsers now, so again, if you want to load a page in an overlay, that is something browsers can do but Lemmy has to be written to do it that way.
I've just been opening the posts in a new tab. Though I only use the webview when I'm on a pc with mouse. Otherwise I've been using the Jerboa phone app.
I second new tabs for everything.
I do it the same way. Sometimes I open a post in a new tab.
Interesting question
There's a little book icon that opens up the body of the post. You won't be able to see comments though.
Thanks! Hadn’t used that before.
The webview is definitely lacking on mobile. I think it looks fine but the functionality makes it very difficult to use.
I just got into the mlem beta and so far I’m really like it. They’re trying to model it after Apollo so it has a lot of the features I’m looking for.