Posts by rgx@muensterland.social
(DIR) Post #A46JPoaMFFx3Lch6Po by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T14:57:40Z
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@joaopinheiro Thank you, João - I am tempted now to take some older, but really good laptops I have, and trying a light Linux install. They have less ram, and single core processors, but if I chose the right option could be back in use rather than sitting on the shelf, neglected.This brings so many possibilities. Here in Canada there's many more computers than people; used machines are cheap and easy to find.Great ones, Business class devices like Thinkpad T or X series, or HP EliteBook or Probook models, are so well built and outstanding.I feel sad for many of my Slowly pen pals in other countries, many with only a mobilde phone as their sole internet access - a second class device, imo.@nipos @globcoco @joaopinheiro
(DIR) Post #A46JqylEWNFoj0jZAG by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T15:02:32Z
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@nipos LOL, I can see your point, Niklas. Linux Lite wasn't listed as the lowest resource using version, there were others with lower requirements.But it suited this 4 GB machine well, with a dual core 2.4 GHz CoreDuo Intel processor.I loved the long articles comparing the different versions - some listed there would run with amazingly low requirements, and would work in much, much older machines.Like my other Thinkpad, a PIII 1.1 GHz, 1 GB of ram laptop, which was a power user's dream on it's days - and accompanied me to work everyday for years.With a single core processor, I left Windows XP on it, as it is the same vintage, more or less, and performed well. But it's not good for net use as it's so out of date.This one would be a good candidate for some experimentation, possibly.I will be writing about this and documenting the various possible experiments I have in mind. Thank you for the feedback!! 🙂👍@joaopinheiro @globcoco
(DIR) Post #A46K78wCS3OgvBZTN2 by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T15:05:30Z
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@joaopinheiro I have seen news articles showing kids in Indonesia and the Philippines having to go out of town, sit at the road side at a hill -- just so they can get a signal and open their classes on their parent's cell phones.The work of teachers dealing with this situation is a difficult one. Being a retired Tech Education teacher, and gone thru online learning myself for Uni courses and updates, I can see how hard it would be for teachers and students, both, to deal with this.
(DIR) Post #A46ckX4ATTRMDuEK5A by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T18:34:19Z
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@joaopinheiro For the less motivated students, this gives them an easy way out of putting an effort in, and they will fall behind further.Online and solo learning takes effort, focus and discipline.
(DIR) Post #A46gWOABB8IiNDYLuy by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T19:16:35Z
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@nipos Wonderful tips -- thank you so much, Niklas. A good alternative to check out.Adding to the project ideas list! ✔😉🙂@globcoco @joaopinheiro
(DIR) Post #A46q7skZJqcvXUWjQ0 by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-09T21:04:11Z
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And for comparison purposes, here is a maximized Twitter window in Brave browser. I scaled it up by 125%, while also scaling down the text size. (this to collapse the sidebars wasted spaces)The content column in this case is 750 pixels wide - close to my Pinafore other wider mockup at 800 pixels above.
(DIR) Post #A48DNEesdgvdvy7GbY by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-10T12:59:21Z
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Wishlist - larger resolution screens layout supportIn the lovely #Pinafore. As a laptop user primarily, it's been an uphill battle getting good clients for #fediverse which recognize and respect the fact we have lots of pixels.Responsive Design is great - I have started learning and practising it, understand the logic. Good stuff.But, honestly - the internet has too much to offer for real work to be performed in a mobile device. Content creation, we need better software that allows us to use what's in our chosen platform.Case in point, Wide Screen Displays.Which I have made various attempts at getting improvements for. The default Mastodon web client is not very friendly to wide screens. Yes, there's the TweetDeck like AWI, and I have written and spoken to Eugen with some requests.Not much success there. I found a great way to use wide screens with the Collapsed Mastodon Firefox addon. It was working wonderful, and was so productive for me that I left aside #Pinafore, my client of choice - other than the small question of it using a single column content panel. (centered on the screen. On my 1600 pixels wide display, that is using 600 pixels, about 40% of my screen's width. Only. Arghhhhh)@nolan is a talented programmer, and gracious in listening to us users, he accommodated many requests to make Pinafore the best client for people using Screen Readers, for example.Now, I am tinkering and trying things out. Posted some screenshots yesterday here, with a comparison - the current layout, and a tweaked, wider content panel, showing 800 pixels screen width. Wowa! Much more information now. 50% of my screen in use! Maybe its too much?Eugen and I chatted, and he couldn't understand my wish of having TWO wide panels in the AWI setting, yet those two using the full width of my screen. That layout is perfect for someone reading and writing long form content, which is my case. It was possible, with Collapsed Mastodon, but changes in mastodon code starting at v.3.08 or so broke the add-on. What it did was no longer possible, so game over there.This Pinafore at 800 pixels content panel was done by a on the fly css edit, manual. (I scrolled around in the css code until found the right property to change. Worked!!)Sadly, hitting a Refresh wiped out my handy work. Oh, my.Is it too wide? Maybe, it's a question of taste; it makes sense to me.Pinafore Responsive LayoutsAre showing as 3 classes of devices, see my screenshot attached here.Mobile ( 320x480p) portrait/landscapesmall tablet (600x800p) 2 modes alsoTablet (768x1024p) iPad res, 2 modes alsoIf we could get a couple of added new classes it would be wonderful. Could we, please ??Desired new modes :laptop with MDPI screen at 1280 x 800 p.laptop with HiDPI screen at 1440 x 900 p.With these two added, I would be able to see Pinafore in all its elegance and using my screen more efficiently.I have spoken extensively with @lanodan about getting thise kind of support in place for #pleroma #mastoFE. He understands, and is working on it; being the only person maintaining that branch of Pleroma's FE project isn't easy, kudos to him.Now, maybe Nolan could accept this request ? It would be wonderful.Thank you all for the work you do in benefit of the many fediverse users. #FediReporter on the crusade for better wide screen devices support.(Uphill battle, but we shall persevere) #mastodev #UI #UX
(DIR) Post #A48JoFWm7AvUApac6a by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-10T14:11:31Z
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@lanodan maximum at around 80 characters wideAh, thank you -- I know there is a time tested optimum width for text readability, but wasn't sure of the exact number. Will experiment with that setting.My Write.freely blogs css code shows 50 em setting, I will try and see what they look like at up to 80 em like you suggested. Appreciate the insight!Ideally it would be best to have two panels, but I understand Nolan's reluctance in changing his default layout for one class of devices. (I made a mockup of a Pinafore two panels display once, lol. It really would kick the llama's ass. One Feed in one, Notifications in another.)I think the widening of the panel is manageable though, and it can incorporate the max chars width as you suggested.@nolan
(DIR) Post #A48K9cmspY6SOUJgfY by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-10T14:15:23Z
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@lanodan Here's the topic with the mockup Pinafore 2 panels.I am writing a blog post version of this new thread, and will include this as a mention too.@nolan
(DIR) Post #A48WywAXjEZcivcKqu by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-10T16:39:07Z
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Wishlist - wider rez screens layout support?In the lovely Pinafore client.As a laptop user primarily, it's been an uphill battle getting good clients for #fediverse which recognize and respect the fact we have lots of pixels.Responsive Design is great - I have started learning and practising it, understand the logic. Good stuff.But, honestly - the internet has too much to offer for real work to be performed in a mobile device. Content creation, we need better software that allows us to use what's in our chosen platform.Case in point, Wide Screen Displays.Which I have made various attempts at getting improvements for. I explain and show screenshots of some solutions and ideas on the post.Pinafore Responsive LayoutsShows 3 classes of devices, see screenshots in blog post.Mobile ( 320x480p) portrait/landscapeSmall Tablet (600x800p) 2 modes alsoTablet (768x1024p) standard iPad res, 2 modes alsoIf we could get a couple of added new, wider classes it would be wonderful. Could we, please ??That is the topic of Today's Blog post#FediReporter on the crusade for better wide screen devices support.(Uphill battle, but we shall persevere) #mastodev #UI #UX
(DIR) Post #A4AP7h26xjp94MG1aa by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-11T14:20:29Z
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Hello Niklas! @nipos Good afternoon, hope all is well with you. I have just installed a PWA version of the Pinafore client I always use, and am having trouble adding my Muensterland.social account to it. This is a new install, no instances are configured; the other install worked fine yesterday, it has an access token.Trying to add MS to Pinafore gives the error message shown in screenshot. I have added a couple of other instances, and it's working normally. I think the problem here is a CORS issue.Nolan has a page for admins explaining it ;https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/docs/Admin-Guide.mdWe need the access control I think; I don't see it on the source code for this page as I write, logged in via web client to the instance.Thank you!!#Pinafore #Mastodon #client of choice for me#FediReporter recommended, tools of the trade.
(DIR) Post #A4AoNvI1z3kEvj0AZk by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-11T19:03:36Z
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@nipos You are very welcome, and thank you for the excellent service, Niklas. Have a good night!
(DIR) Post #A4ApUubl17qInS7ocS by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-11T19:16:04Z
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@nipos Wonderful, logged in with no problems now. 😊✔What a delight to be back in my comfortable Pina client. 👍😎❤
(DIR) Post #A4ApfnnoezYssJxTd2 by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-11T19:18:02Z
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@globcoco this allows Pinafore to run in its own separate tab, and is quite neat! Writing from it now. Super easy...
(DIR) Post #A4GT9WaW5QVMZXq8O0 by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-14T12:33:39Z
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@joaopinheiro @joaopinheiro Hello João, thank you for the post -- I am glad you are enjoying Zot , and will read it with attention later. Very good to see your perspective.I have not logged into the other two accounts you tagged me with in the post, curious to see - but their logins are stored in pinafore in another browser, which I am trying to avoid using for now.Thanks, have a great Sunday, will get back to you on this. 👍🙂
(DIR) Post #A4KjsdRJFOWP7FYNcm by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-16T14:00:08Z
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Yes, you did. #humour
(DIR) Post #A4VHNwZBQJdZTyN9Xs by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-02-21T16:02:43Z
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Windows 10, change System Font for a better one?Something I have done, and planned to post aboutA simple change which I am really enjoying. For Windows 10 users, the default System font is the new 'Segoe UI' font and its variants, all included in the default Windows 10 install.However, it IS possible to change it, to whichever font you feel would be more readable, or prettier, or that you prefer for any reason. A quick search will reveal many pages written about this topic, and even videos for those who prefer that form of presentation.Why change it?Because, there are better alternatives. Microsoft itself developed at least two families of Fonts in the 1990's which were specifically designed and optimized for on-screen reading. They are outstanding for that. These fonts are:Georgia - a Serif font, which I would recommend as a replacement for your default Browser font, instead of the plain Times New Roman usually configured by their developer.Verdana - a Sans Serif font which is an improvement on the Arial font, and could also be adopted as a better one for Browser default. (Arial and Sans being usually the browser predefined picks).And now here it is. A Guide on how to easily improve system wide readability...That is the topic of Today's Blog Page#FediReporter information gathering for us all.. #Typography #UI #Windows #newusers #welcome #VerdanaPRO is beautiful.
(DIR) Post #A4uKRLl1NTlfIHDvKS by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-03-05T18:04:56Z
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@joaopinheiro Good afternoon, boa tarde! E bom fim de semana...Testando enviar mail direto para seu hub. cc: @yann2
(DIR) Post #A4uTsrbzx0YzUkCJFI by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-03-05T19:50:45Z
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@yann2 @joaopinheiro E esse comentário chegou aqui tambem - pelo menos posso vê-lo.O endereço na mensagem não parece ter sido reconhecido como válido pelo Hub, que mostra vários dos meus outros endereços, mas não o @rgx como deveria...
(DIR) Post #A4uYcTtoqTJh5aXaN6 by rgx@muensterland.social
2021-03-05T20:43:48Z
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Just read this on Reuters - I had seen some of the photos yesterday on The Guardian, and found it quite touching."The man who saves forgotten cats at the Fukushima nuclear zone"https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/the-man-who-saves-forgotten-cats-in-fukushimas-nuclear-zone#cats #mastocats