Cherrypick (another Misskey fork) has a Media timeline, IDK if it supports video and audio files though.
Having the grid fill the whole horizontal screen would be cool, but this is probably asking for something that's not technically feasible.
I wouldn't be too bothered if videos weren't included.

A masonry layout is the feature I seek in every media heavy feed since Tumblr times. Multiple columns are a lot more pleasant do scroll and, as images have multiple dimensions, a regular grid requires a lot of cropping to look good.
Also, I think in a media timeline the text should not be wholly show, bur cut to some number of characters, or restricted to titles/CWs. Red Note is the popular app that resembles most my ideal media timeline. Miniatures in a masonry layout with titles, but not interaction buttons or post content, only show in the single post view.

Thanks, this makes a lot of sense! Will work on it for the Media timeline when time allows.

@panos

Great! This was actually an issue I was thinking of opening myself. I've been considering for a while how to create an Instagram-like client for the Fediverse without having to create another account on Pixelfed.

I even built an Instagram-inspired interface on the custom frontend I created for my account.

For this feature in Catodon, here are the points that seem important to me:

- Like on double-tap on media – matches Instagram's core interaction pattern
- One media visible at a time in a carousel – keeps the focus clean and intentional, before the text.
- Make it a display parameter for a list or antenna – so you can choose which accounts are shown this way (not all my follows would be relevant for this view)
- (Bonus) In this view, redesign the post interface to focus on photo capture – make posting as photo-centric as possible