[feature] Host an instance of standalone masto-fe and recommend it in clients list

[tsmethurst]

Iceshrimp has made available a standalone version of the Mastodon frontend client that works very nicely for GoToSocial instances, barring a couple 404s for API endpoints we haven't stubbed yet:

• https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/masto-fe-standalone <-- source
• https://masto-fe.iceshrimp.dev <-- running version

It might be nice if we host our own instance of the standalone frontend at something like masto-fe.gotosocial.org, and then add it to our "try these clients" list, as a way of easing the way for people who are used to Mastodon and want to try GtS.

[rkingett]

Does Glitch have something like this? Because the Mastodon front end has some embarrassing accessibility issues while logged in, such as the main navigation links, home, notifications, edit profile link, aren't labeled and appear as empty links and the search button isn't even labeled, and Glitch and even Hometown patched these up long ago!

[Fastidious]

It worth noting that that Masto-FE is not the front end on the current Mastodon version. It seems to be based on Mastodon version 3.5. People used to Mastodon interface might still find it awkward.

[tsmethurst]

@rkingett I think the standalone masto-fe is based on Glitch :) You can try the version hosted by iceshrimp now at https://masto-fe.iceshrimp.dev, logging in with either your Mastodon account or a GoToSocial account, and see how it is screenreader-wise. Would be good to have some feedback on that before we go recommending it :)

[rochacbruno]

@tsmethurst I tested it yesterday and I found it interesting that it has Local Only as an option but I tried and did not work.

https://masto-fe.iceshrimp.dev/@bruno/01JETZ3BK51GWJ61KY6ZAN5WG7

Is that supported? as far as I understood the local-only marker for this client is adding the 👁️ emoji.

[tsmethurst]

Local only is supported in GtS but we use the api flag local_only rather than the emoji code. We'd probably have to lightly edit a fork of the client to get it to work 100% nicely with GtS :)