I can't go to another instance directly, and click communities while also being signed in. I can search for other communities on other instances, but I can't get a list of communities while signed in.

I should be able to go to Lemmy.Zip, and it should route me to something like Lemmy.World/Lemmy.zip so I'm viewing Lemmy.zip while still signed into Lemmy.World.

That way you can browse other instances communities and just hit subscribe without having to do the extra work of copying [email protected] then going BACK to Lemmy.World, searching for [email protected], clicking the search result, and THEN you're inside the community while still signed in.

It would save several steps, plus retain my settings as I do it, and make Lemmy seem like a more seamless experience. Rather than a hodgepodge of various patched together pieces cosplaying as a website.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No. You don’t stay logged in when you go there.

There is a button on the right to set your home instance. If you set it, you'll get to the community from your instance

[–] Lost_My_Mind 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ok.....that did nothing. I'm not logged in. My settings aren't loaded. The little home button turned green......but nothing changed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Are you using this site and Lemmy in general from a desktop browser?

I just did the test:

configure the home instance to lemmy.world on lemmyverse.net
click on a community on lemmyverse.net, in this case [email protected]
this opens the community in a new tab with https://lemmy.world/c/[email protected], so that I am actually logged on lemmy.world, instead of opening https://lemmy.ml/c/memes

Is this not what you were describing above as desired behaviour?