Call to Lemmy app/UI devs: please improve video support
Everyone knows what they want to improve in their software. However, I am opening this post to raise awareness on this issue. It’s just a humble request.
As you know, large video subreddits contribute greatly to Reddit reaching a large user base. For example, when you open the homepage, you can see many subreddits such as r/interestingasfuck, r/funny, r/yesyesyesyesno, r/unexpected etc.
Lemmy is Reddit's alternative for text posts, but unfortunately not for videos at the moment. To fill this gap, I have opened the [email protected] community and shared a few posts. But these videos are inconsistent between applications and UI’s.
For example;
Voyager can open videos inline without any problems.
Mlem showing it as URL and opens the browser instead of playing.
Lemmy default UI is worst. It doesn’t even show the link. You have to click it’s title to see the video but it’s visually not a link. (looks like this one only occurs on mobile)
Alexandrite shows as a link.
Yes, video hosting is expensive. However, before solutions such as torrents and IPFS, we must ensure that direct videos work smoothly. This is my $0.02 opinion.
Lemmy default UI is worst. It doesn’t even show the link. You have to click it’s title to see the video but it’s visually not a link.
If you click the thumbnail (or the arrow where the thumbnail normally is) it in-lines the video. So it works, it's just not the most intuitive behaviour.