Re: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/08/5.0-laying-the-foundation/#quiet-public-leaves-the-chat
I wish web design folks would stop building drop-downs from scratch, missing basic functionality that has existed for decades. A drop-down item should be selectable with a single quick action: click-drag-release. As shown here in System 7.
Phanpy gets this right. The visibility selector is a regular `<select>` with four options. If I want to set it to Quiet public it's a quick action, compared to these pop-up dialogs disguised as drop-downs. #UI #UX
Wesley Moore
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2026-08-19 00:19:50 UTC
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