Another #CSS find this weekend was the Dracula css theme. I mean, I've used it. But I didn't know how much fun the creators were having with it! Now it has a dear place in my heart. :BlobhajHeart:
Interesting find tonight. You can load alternate stylesheets. Just add the "title" attribute to your <link>s and "alternate" to the rel tag. Makes theme switching a breeze!
Out of the box it's Firefox only, but with a tiny bit of javascript you can make it work with all the other browsers, too. I'll blog about the specifics.
@box464 understood. Just mentioning that it was "trendy" and cool when a bunch of web dev folks implement their own style switcher and themes, which the trend then faded away after few years 😆
So when I see the auto/light/dark mode implementation now, it feels rather nostalgic, but technically only 2 themes (unless your site is dark by default 🙄).
Some (old-school) sites still preserve/maintain the style switcher, e.g. https://adactio.com/
@cheeaun I remember those days. When you would create stylesheets that didn't just change the colors, but made your site look totally different. I think that was when CSS was really taking off and people were having fun with the concept.
This is the one I think about most. Same HTML, all kinds of creativity with CSS to bring your own idea to the content. The site is updated and still around, kind of an archive tho.
I was up too late having fun adding a few themes to the #MastodonStarterKit because sometimes you just need to do silly things. Here's a scooby-doo theme and I have to say I kinda like it! Maybe I should make it a Mona app theme. 😆
@takahe is going in an interesting direction. The app experience will be profile centric, but posting and consuming will be done with other apps like @elk.
What jumped out for me is they will be working on account migration. Being able to import not only followers and lists, but your entire post history including media. That’s big!
Tonight, I realized that when a post is submitted with visibility set to "Followers Only", none of the #MastodonApps display that intent other than a tiny lock icon (sometimes). It's not differentiated well.
Yes, it's not a direct message, but it IS something the author wanted to specifically share with their followers rather than the general public.
In my #MastodonStarterKit, I tried a border glow for them. Makers of official apps can do better - this is just a concept! :blobcatcoffee:
@box464 Mona for Mastodon, which is in my view hands down the most accessible Mastodon app, makes this very clear, at least to VoiceOver users. I can't comment on the visuals.
@JonathanMosen Hi Jonathon, I just listened to your Mona related podcast yesterday! Very informative, thank you. I'm glad Mona is providing much needed accessibility features and hope it inspires other apps to do so as well.
Mona does include the words "Followers Only", but easy to overlook. Better than other apps for sure, where it
appears as a tiny lock icon near the top of the post with no text, which is difficult to understand meaning and often ignored with all the other visual clutter.
I'm curious how "roll your own" #ActivityPub backed personal websites are handling this influx of spam. What does it look like? How do you manage the incoming spam to your federated /inbox?
#TIL about #VueJS computed functions and refactored a bit of code.
Mastodon filters are complete - my little #MastodonStarterKit won't have a notification or account profile feed, so those aren't going to be added. Needs a bit of testing.
Also, I used #ChatGPT for the first time as a development partner...and...I found it extremely helpful while learning something new.
I get that it's not 100% accurate but it's a constant, calm partner that doesn't get annoyed with all my questions. 😄
As we edge closer to the #Google Analytics #GA4 switchover, I'm receiving more emails from our 3rd party site vendors with an interesting take. The basic message is this:
"UA is no longer going to work, we're not going to spend our time moving you over to GA4 ourselves because it's difficult. If you want to do it, you're on your own. Did we mention your existing data will be erased?"
Some have given alternatives or pointed to internally built analytic dashboards.
#Spoutible states that an upcoming feature will be “Cross-platform posting”, although it’s not quite clear what that means. Since the CEO constantly posts to Twitter, I assume that will be the first platform that gets integrated. But will it include #activitypub or #mastodon cross posting?
#MicrosoftTeams has an app called #VivaLearning which provides some basic "Getting to know SharePoint/Office 365" tutorials.
You can also include your organization's own training documents. It's nice.
But - Microsoft throws some "pay to play" guardrails and doesn't allow you to add links to external sites like YouTube. Lame.
You can get around it by creating a powerpoint and placing a YouTube or whatever link you want into a slide, then referencing the PowerPoint. #SharePoint#Tips#til