p.p.s. Sorry about problems with buttons not displaying properly, it seems to have been caused by an automatic update of the website's software while I was asleep.

I've fixed the buttons, they should work properly now! 😅

If you're still seeing the buttons as totally black with no text, that's probably a cache of some kind showing you an old version. It should go away by itself.

@FediTips fyi, i loaded it on my ipad, safari, and all the options were blacked out :(

@FediTips @kate here the options look like this

@FediTips @kate this is amazing! I’m so glad there’s a website like this to make joining Fedi easier

but, on my version of Firefox 145.0.2, the buttons look pure black and the text is only visible when I mouse over them

@kate @FediTips There's a rendering error on Firefox Focus for iOS:

@FediTips @kate Tested this out on my aunt-in-law.

She got two sentences far before she gave up with a condescending handwave motion, giggling to herself that "oh honey, this already sounds way too complicated, you lost me, you know I'm too old for this". She went on to prepare some tea.

Apparently the phrase "join Mastodon and the Fediverse" did the job. She doesn't want to sign up to something that 'comes with some secondary contract to something else, and who knows when you can cancel that or if I even need it'. She reiterated that she doesn't 'need two social medias' and that it can't be easy if it's two things in one. 'Facebook is just one app and that's perfectly fine', after all.

She apparently had made bad experiences with a TV sat salesman 30 years ago who sold her a combo contract that included not only the TV connection but also an internet connection she didn't need, and she felt cheated and deceived.

Of course she didn't read the Fediverse explanation link because she doesn't click links. 'If it doesn't fit into the same page, it's too complicated anyway.'

When prompted to click regardless, she reluctantly did, and upon spotting multiple paragraphs worth of text and more links, she immediately decided it'd be too long and complicated anyway. She condescendingly said it's very nice of me to try and help her but that she's too old for nerdy hobbies.

She's back on Facebook now, complaining about people she doesn't know putting photos on her timeline, and about all the right-wing fake news she's correctly identifying as such (thank god).

@FediTips very smart flow chart-y redesign

@FediTips @Firlefanz

Ohh, no, on mobile, this looks like a site dedicated to a chatbot. That's uncomfortable.

Is there a search field buried somewhere, or is it all stripped-down black-and-white browsing with little visibility of what info is provided by Fedi Garden?

Also, can you add colors to the buttons so they stand out better? Ideally, the first four buttons presented would have different tones or colors to make it faster on return for repeat actions (like helping others choose) to remember which to pick.

@FediTips @gwww @kate wow! Usability ftw! Thanjs 🙏

@FediTips @kate if I may suggest, change “good servers” to “curated servers”.