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  • Simon Reppfreebliss@post.lurk.org
    Oct 22, 2026, 3:29 PM

    @chris_radcliff That's very helpful and thank you for taking the time to elaborate in detail! :)

    If I read you correctly, you're also a proponent that theater mode should be something different than (or maybe rather: "a bit more of") what it is right now:

    In your third screenshot the video is maximally enlarged (it's constrained by the window width already), but there is still stuff above and below it – going by what you write (less visual clutter) I'm assuming you would prefer the stuff above and below the video to be replaced with black bars and the video just be centered vertically?

    Likewise in the fourth screenshot, if theater mode would also get rid of the stuff above and below the video, the video could be shown much larger and without any visual clutter, which I'm assuming would also be what you prefer?

    Let me know if I got that correctly. :)

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  • Chris Radcliffchris_radcliff@spaceup.city
    Oct 22, 2026, 3:35 PM

    @freebliss Yes, well spotted! If I can get that without losing the ability to scroll up or down to the usual elements, then that’s an improvement

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  • Simon Reppfreebliss@post.lurk.org
    Oct 22, 2026, 3:40 PM

    @chris_radcliff Gotcha, one last question then: Is the ability to instantly scroll down/up vital, or would it be ok if it required one click to go out of theater mode before the rest of the interface becomes accessible again? Thanks a lot!

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  • Chris Radcliffchris_radcliff@spaceup.city
    Oct 22, 2026, 3:46 PM

    @freebliss Thanks for asking! Yes, I essentially want the page to still function as a page, so my mental model sees the elements above and below the viewing are to be instantly accessible and partially unhideable when I choose to. I realize this makes implementation tricky

    I often do check comment updates and metadata. I might even underprovision width so that a little bit below is peeking out, depending on the stream

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  • Simon Reppfreebliss@post.lurk.org
    Oct 22, 2026, 3:50 PM

    @chris_radcliff Perfectly put, I see what you mean now! Thank you for taking the time to feed my curiosity on this, much appreciated! :)

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