Mastodon 5.0: Laying the foundation
Summary
Mastodon 5.0 outlines foundational UI/UX changes aimed at improving posting, visibility, and navigation. Key changes include moving the composer to an overlay, simplifying visibility and quote settings, renaming private mentions to messages, separating DMs with their own composer, and a redesigned, single-column navigation with prominent custom feeds and de-emphasized Mastodon branding. It signals a broader open-source, federated roadmap with opportunities for testers and admins to adopt the changes in 5.x.