bluewinged_songbird | Hermit Tutorial Part 2

Part 1: Setup Tutorial

So we've setup Hermit and made our first lite app! High-five everybody! Now what? We customize the hell out of it of course!

I'm using the Lynx site skin because I feel it's less cluttered on mobile but, ughhh, the glare! If you feel the same way then swipe left, gentle dreamers, for Settings, and scroll down until you see Night Mode.

Customization Screen

Much better. Here is my Reading Page in default mode and night mode:

bluewinged_songbird's Reading page in default mode

You can also turn on full screen and frameless if you want a more immersive experience. It looks like this:

Frameless and Fullscreen Reading Page

You'll notice that you can also Bookmark a page in a tap. I have Home, Recent Entries, Search, and Site Map bookmarked for easy access. Your Bookmarks can be found by swiping right.

[Bookmarks page]

You can delete then any time under More Customization. Here are some of my other settings. One thing I really appreciate is that Dreamwidth isn't a total privacy nightmare ~~unlike Youtube, the reason I downloaded this app~~ and I've left all my privacy controls turned off.

Behaviors Content Privacy and Permissions

So there you go, a knock-off Dreamwidth app that'll do in a pinch. If you want more, here's a list of features from the developer's website. I think you can do a lot more customization if you're paying for it's premium service since you have the ability to write scriptlets (which are a bit like bookmarklets apparently) but this will do for most people I think.

*Edit: I am adding a text area with a link for easy sharing as suggested in one of potofsoup suggestions for reblog alternatives. In a way, you're also achieving Pillowfort's "opt to reblog" function because you have to manually add the text box for the link. <user name=bluewinged_songbird> has a <a href="https://bluewinged-songbird.dreamwidth.org/1924.html">post</a> about Customizing your Hermit app for Dreamwidth.