So, PieFed's way of retrieving a post that you're viewing on a "wrong" instance is quite slow for the user. You press the icon with the magnifying glass, scroll to the bottom of the page, read texts on both of the buttons, choose the correct one (Retrieve post), then wait for the page to load – which is suprisingly slow, then paste the URL in the field and press enter, and then wait for the next page to load and still have to press a link.
What I'm envisioning is that if I'm viewing a page such as https://sopuli.xyz/post/32069389 , I could just write "Piefed" in front of the URL, making my browser load the "Retrieve remote post" page with the relevant field prefilled with the URL after that word. So, if the URL says "Piefed https://sopuli.xyz/post/32069389", I then get to the page with a link to https://piefed.ee/post/85356 , enabling me to click that link and get to comment on the post.
This would streamline browsing threadiverse a LOT, because it keeps happening that I find links that throw me to "wrong" instances. Sometimes they are in threadiverse comments, sometimes* they are out there in the big internet. It's an annoying chore having to click a button and wait and click a button and wait and then click a link and wait again. Anything that streamlines this experience would be very welcome!
So, is there a way to make this happen on Firefox? (Also, could we please get the field for writing the URL to fetch right on the Piefed UI? Such as, click "Communities ▾", then throw the link into a field on the bottom of the thing that opens that way (and maybe get to the requested page immediately without having to click an extra link first?)
*) Still very rarely, but it has already happened!