I took it for a spin the other day. I was disappointed to find that despite it being very lightweight in terms of client requirements (great!) it is extremely slow. I surmise that every page load is making requests to the Mastodon API on your mastodon instance (like a client app would, except this one is running on a server…) rather than caching anything locally. This kinda nullifies the benefits of being a ‘lightweight client’ in the first place - the UX is getting nerfed for no gain in speed.
Still I appreciate the no-JS ideal and the extreme compatibility and am looking forward to seeing where this project goes.
You can try it at https://smolfedi.pollux.casa/
I took it for a spin the other day. I was disappointed to find that despite it being very lightweight in terms of client requirements (great!) it is extremely slow. I surmise that every page load is making requests to the Mastodon API on your mastodon instance (like a client app would, except this one is running on a server…) rather than caching anything locally. This kinda nullifies the benefits of being a ‘lightweight client’ in the first place - the UX is getting nerfed for no gain in speed.
Still I appreciate the no-JS ideal and the extreme compatibility and am looking forward to seeing where this project goes.