Editing Mastodon normalizer (section)

== Experimenting with normalization ==
[[File:Preferences for normalizer v0.2.7.png|thumb|Preferences pane]]When @futurebird@sauropods.win mentioned the fun idea of a [https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/109971101661561998 customizable timeline] allowing us to check in on our friends' latest posts, I was excited to see how it might be applied.  I'm happy with the results so far!  You can login to the [https://normalizer.webflux.us/ demo service] using your own Mastodon account and instance, or try out the [https://normalizer.webflux.us/help guided tour] as a guest.

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[[File:Equal height.png|right|thumb|Equal height for each author]]

The default view is called the "orthogonal" view, which gives each author '''equal vertical space''' in your timeline regardless of how many posts they write or how big their attachments.

A more extreme version of this view is the "Check in" mode which shows only one post from each account.  This can be seen as a normalization of both vertical and horizontal space.

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[[File:Normalizer with focused row.png|thumb|Focused and expanded row]]
Clicking on a row of posts will expand and focus.  To expand all posts by default, choose the "natural" row height preference.

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