I got tired of the LET layout, so I built BetterLET (free Chrome extension)

MakersHelpDesk

@itzsenu said:

@MakersHelpDesk said: This was opus 5.5, loaded with a few design skills I hoard.

Yeah, I guess so. In my opinion, don't rely too much on design skills. That's one reason everything ends up looking the same. You could use reference websites from award-winning designs on Awwwards, or prototype with your own ideas. You could also tell AI to use the information from those skills as guidance without strictly following them. use Markdown files to document every prompt, decision and piece of information in detail. Organise them with date-based names, including the month and year. It helps a lot when modernising a project. But as I said before, it has lost its soul.

When @jbiloh added the leaderboard, I thought it was over. It looked completely sloppy and generic. Anyways, it got removed. It was a good idea, but I hope it comes back in the same style as the rest of the site. Also, nice to see I was the third person on the leaderboard!

Im defintely going to add and work on the OG layout and just breath a little bit of spacing into it and just add those QOL features. Ill pull the sidebar back out too. I can see why people like it. Its got OG flavor. Someone did it by hand.

MakersHelpDesk

@jbiloh said: The standard LowEndTalk theme will continue.

Future updates will be strictly focused on retaining the flavor that makes LowEndTalk special.

I hope you'll take a look at the OG enhanced I put in. I'll add it in a bit. Claude is already cooking.

Is there something you would like added to the site as a feature you havnt had time for that doesn't involve database modifications? Im totally down to work on it. Fun weekend project for me.

ascicode

It looks more like an email client in this design. A little more compact with burger menu would fit well.

zed

some good ideas but googlebrowser

MakersHelpDesk

@ascicode said:
It looks more like an email client in this design. A little more compact with burger menu would fit well.

I actually think I based one of the design skills from an email client I really liked at one point. its been used over time and it has all kinds of influence in it. haha.

itzsenu

@zed said: some good ideas but googlebrowser

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cold

what was wrong with NOT so better LET ?

bomber12

Chrome extension

Shame. Make it a userscript and I'll test it.

MakersHelpDesk

@bomber12 said:

Chrome extension

Shame. Make it a userscript and I'll test it.

Repo is there. throw it into your favorite ai and ask it to do that and youll be set. Have fun.

bomber12

I asked Claude Sonnet 5.5 to turn it into a userscript:

https://txtbin.org/?b26692eb2c062a4f#4eSeqbQrrXEtvsscLKQjKuwZcMhZr9tR57QC3UFBAX5E

I like the overall theme but I'm going to modify it to my liking.

emperor

How can you watch all that ads ? Even looking at your pictures my eyes bleed man..

Saragoldfarb

@jbiloh said:

@itzsenu said:

@jbiloh said: @MakersHelpDesk I respect the time you put into this.

Hi Administrator, Veteran @jbiloh,

Yes, it's good, but please don't change the current one.

itzmurv,
representing the community.

The standard LowEndTalk theme will continue.

Future updates will be strictly focused on retaining the flavor that makes LowEndTalk special.

Saragoldfarb

Hell nah. Definitive proof AI is evil!

MakersHelpDesk

@bomber12 said:
I asked Claude Sonnet 5.5 to turn it into a userscript:

https://txtbin.org/?b26692eb2c062a4f#4eSeqbQrrXEtvsscLKQjKuwZcMhZr9tR57QC3UFBAX5E

I like the overall theme but I'm going to modify it to my liking.

Nice!

@emperor said:
How can you watch all that ads ? Even looking at your pictures my eyes bleed man..

because their not mine to turn off and LET/LEB run on them. Unless you would like LET/LEB to not exist any more?

emperor

@MakersHelpDesk said: because their not mine to turn off and LET/LEB run on them. Unless you would like LET/LEB to not exist any more?

You my friend, lurked on wrong threads if this is your knowledge about LeT
EDIT: Since you use AI, why not asking it. Im interested in what would answer. If you like, no hard feelings.

matze00

hey, thanks for the development. for me the BetterLET layout looks great.

Roxyrex

@MakersHelpDesk said:

@Roxyrex said:
What's wrong with the let layout?

You know, nothing inherently! Its a bit dated, it was missing a few features and I didn't want to take away from its layout or the way it does things either, so I would say 95% of it is still here. I think the added features like, hover on user cards, how you can hide threads youve seen and a few others.

I could even rework it and keep the OG styling and just add the features too and maybe add a little bit of spacing. The dark mode gets closer, the V2 mode matches LEB.

Yes, but why?