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Wow I can't believe I've missed that the whole time!

I also only realized this after reading the other guy's comment; I came to the thread to support this feature request lol

This site could use a lot of UX improvements. It's nice that it's not bloated, but it's not striking the right balance, IMO.

The API is public, you could always design a client ;)