stefan, 21 days ago to mastodon

Mastodon really needs to catch up.

"Quote and reply controls appear to be bundled together in a single dropdown menu, where users can open the conversation to “Anyone,” or limit it to “Profiles you follow” or “Mentioned only.”"

https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/04/farewell-dunks-threads-launches-quote-controls-for-all-users/

#mastodon #QuotePosts #threads

aral, 21 days ago to javascript

Just deployed a new Kitten¹ version 🎉

• Adds database backup and restore in your app’s Kitten settings page (/💕/settings)

• Upgrades version of JSDB from 4 to 5²

• You can emit and listen for events on the session object you get from request.session in your routes now.

¹ https://codeberg.org/kitten/app
² For migration notes, please see: https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#migrating-from-earlier-versions-of-jsdf

#Kitten #backupAndRestore #JavaScript #NodeJS #database #JSDB #sessions #SmallWeb #web #dev

Screenshot of output of the kitten --version command in terminal: Illustration of minimalist grey kitten sitting on a green hill in front of a blue sky. Kitten by Aral Balkan, Small Technology Foundation Version 1-b8d459-20.12.2-20240504203731 Born 2024/05/04 at 20:37:31 UTC (Taurus) Fav. colour #b8d459 [colour swatch] API version 1 Runtime Node.js 20.12.2 Like this? Fund us! We’re a tiny, independent not-for-profit. https://small-tech.org/fund-us Need help? https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/issues

mcc, 22 days ago to random

So Tusky development is picking up! We have a new social person so community communication should be better, we have a version 25 out and the pace of development has been speeding up lately.

The new version's big feature is it supports the server translation feature; if translation works for you on the web app but doesn't work for you in Tusky 25, we'd be curious to know about it.

https://mastodon.social/@Tusky/112377458150191677

tillybridges, 21 days ago to random

heya friendos! our next watch party for MATRIX REVOLUTIONS is on the way! and i do a live Q&A on its trans allegories while we watch!

MAY 18, 1700 GMT (9 am pacific)! trans folks and accomplices welcome!

https://discord.gg/EXF5JAtMxg

vasta, 22 days ago to random

Working in an organization that has adopted Teams as its primary communication tool (though our department still uses Slack), this piece on “Why does Teams make us feel so disconnected?” by Martha Edwards is remarkably astute: https://www.marthaedwards.ca/why-ms-teams-is-not-a-good-alternative-to-slack/

trunksapp, 22 days ago to random

1.2.23 Beta

• New recent activity in profile pages
• Recent activity contains new posting behavior signature
• Match mathstodon.xyz delimiters for latex support (inline and display)
• Import translations (added portuguese)
• Improve bottom bar contrast
• Improved scroll away bar experiment (scrolls away app bar too!)
• Improve profile page
• Improve general performance
• Simplify layouts
• Fix hashtag highlighting in compose preview
• Misc fixes

#trunksapp #trunkssoccial #trunks

box464, 23 days ago to random

A new fediverse iOS app called fedicat @technicat (TestFlight) has a feature I’m calling “bloosts” which is a boost and a like in one button. I love it.

Now I want a “bloostmark” that boosts, likes and bookmaks a post at the same time. 😅

#MastodonApp #FediverseApp

feditest, 23 days ago to random

FediTest is progressing. Major update this week.

Blog post: https://feditest.org/blog/2024-04-30-update/

Want to try the work-in-progress? https://feditest.org/docs/quickstart/

alexandra, 23 days ago to random

Today's #WeblogPoMo2024 post is about how I was asked to take a giant leap of faith ... out of a helicopter!

https://marginalia.micro.blog/2024/05/02/taking-a-leap.html

FedicaHQ, 23 days ago to news

@Potus just joined the fediverse via Instagram Threads #News #Mastodon https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/02/potus-just-joined-the-fediverse-via-instagram-threads/

hello, 24 days ago to fediverse

The #Fediverse has, not one, but two streaming platforms. Both of them are great. Both of them work with OBS Studio. Here's how to get started with @peertube and @owncast!

https://wedistribute.org/2024/05/streaming-obs-studio/

hannah, 25 days ago to accessibility

Hi friends,

The http://alt-text.org alt text library project needs a new leader, because I have brain cancer.

I would like to connect with the #accessibility dev community, something I have never figured out, probably in part for neurodivergence reasons. I want to hand the project off to a team or a leader if anyone is willing to take it over.

Github: https://github.com/alt-text-org
WIP MVP: a site designed for writing alt text with a private library: https://my.alt-text.org

Boosts appreciated

molly0xfff, 25 days ago to web

If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?

No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.

adele, 24 days ago to SmallWeb

And now, pages.casa complies with #smolweb guidelines

https://pages.casa/register-on-pagescasa.html

Even @dillo can display it.

And #netsurf give the same render as firefox.

#smallweb #indieweb

Jeehut, 24 days ago to ethelcain

I gave myself 2 years as a full-time #Indie #iOSDev to make a living with my own apps. Today marks the end of it! ⌛️

📝 Time to evaluate:

1st year I focused on a single app which Apple sherlocked in last #WWDC. 😔

2nd year I released 8 apps (9th ongoing), only one of which makes over $50/mo.

My key learnings so far:

1. Ship an idea fast to evaluate interest.
2. Don’t get stuck with one idea, pivot.
3. Don’t stop marketing or sales go down.
4. Growth…

👉🧵(1/2)

gotosocial, 24 days ago to random EN

Hi everyone! From the 8th of May up to + including the 22nd of May we'll be on holiday here at GoToSocial :)

This means we'll be making the Github repository read-only for issues for the duration, and making the Matrix help/general channels read-only too.

We have a tradition of doing this a couple times a year to chill and refresh ourselves, step away from the computers and do more stuff IRL without feeling the pressure to check our notifs all the time, and just generally recuperate, and it's worked out pretty great so far, so we'll keep doing it!

If you need to reach us about anything urgent between the 8th and the 22nd we will still check our email address inbox (admin@gotosocial.org) occasionally.

After the break, we'll start gearing up for the 0.16.0 release, which should be a good one ^_^

Thanks for reading! <3

mmccue, 25 days ago to random

In this episode of Dot Social I interview Ryan Barrett, a talented bridge builder focused on connecting people across the open web. Ryan ignited a firestorm of excitement and criticism with his latest project, BridgyFed which connects Mastodon and Bluesky, two communities that share a passion for the open social web but are powered by two different protocols.

Listen to our conversation here or wherever you get your podcasts. Fediverse Threads

https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR

stefan, 25 days ago to accessibility

I was saving this for the upcoming one year anniversary of the Alt Text Hall of Fame in August, but I figured I'd share some thoughts on how the project started while it's getting a bit of attention.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/why-i-made-alt-text-hall-of-fame/

#AltTextHallOfFame #AltText #accessibility #a11y #BeAnAlly

jenniferplusplus, 25 days ago to design

This might be a bit of a stretch, but do I know anyone who does something like brand identity #design work? Or who wants to? I'm thinking about stuff like logos, #typography, brand colors, and related. This would be for a personal #OpenSource project, so the budget is small but non-zero.

peertube, 26 days ago to fediverse

PeerTube 6.1 is out!

We're pleased to announce the 6.1 release of #PeerTube 🥳

Integration of account import/export, shorter duration to count a view, 2 important security vulnerabilities fixes, and more!

It's time to upgrade your instances!

Check out: https://joinpeertube.org/news/release-6.1

:boost_requested:

jenniferplusplus, 26 days ago to random

I don't know who needs to hear this, but I'm getting tired just thinking about the testing path you would need to follow in order to fork mastodon and keep it as an in-place upgrade from baseline.

1. stand up a baseline mastodon instance
2. federate with some peers
3. fill it with realistic data
4. migrate to the fork
5. test the fork
6. test federation
7. repeat across several combinations of mastodon base versions and other fedi servers
8. rapidly, during development

scalzi, 26 days ago to random

This and the Humane pin have the same problem, which is that literally anything they can (or ever could) do can be added into your smartphone for no additional cost, and then you only have to carry around one thing, which can also make, you know, phone calls

https://youtu.be/ddTV12hErTc

Decad3nce, 26 days ago to random

Heard you guys like full screen scrolling. 👀

(Yes, it works on tablets and web too, real pain in the ass)

#trunksapp

Video showing trunks app full screen scrolling

pixelfed, 26 days ago to Pixelfed

✨ Hello v0.12.0!

Now available

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/releases/tag/v0.12.0

#pixelfed

firefish, 26 days ago to random

A critical security issue has been fixed in version 20240430. Please upgrade your Firefish server as soon as possible.

Upgrade guide: https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish/-/blob/main/docs/upgrade.md
Changelog: https://firefish.dev/firefish/firefish/-/blob/main/docs/changelog.md