[Feature] List view for posts

Created by: Tirokk

Authored by alina-beck Feb 3, 2020

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To avoid overwriting your issue @alina-beck @Raimundo-dev and I (@Tirokk ) created a new one here: #3460

Feature

Users should be able to switch between the grid view we currently have on the index page and a new list view.

User Problem

Not sure – there are different opinions on this:

@ogerly said that the list view is supposed to be a lightweight alternative to the current index page – with no images, so users can choose to save data traffic, e.g. when they're on mobile.

@DennisHack and Viktor suggested to add thumbnail images. In that case the list view would maybe just cater to a different taste and offer users more freedom? Could you clarify your intentions in a bit more detail?

Implementation

This is already half-implemented in this PR: #2964 – it adds a button to toggle between the two views on the index page. (It doesn't play nicely with loading more posts yet.)

Design & Layout

Current status of the design:

Validation

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Open questions

• Which problem are we trying to solve with this feature?
• Do we want to save the preferred view for each user?
• Should we automatically detect if a user is on mobile and activate the list view if that's the case?
• Do we keep the grid view as the default?
• Should we add thumbnails to the list view or keep them text-only?
• Is this setting only valid on the index page or also for the posts on the user profile pages and the related posts section of the post page?