Tim Chambers @tchambers@indieweb.social

HTML still feels like the weird uncle living in the attic compared to the bling-bling-wearing celebrities that are modern CSS and ES2022+ JavaScript.

A renewed effort to modernize HTML and port more imperative JavaScript APIs to the world of declarative markup would go a long, long way in (a) placating the document web folks, and (b) encouraging the application web folks to bump HTML up in priority and prominence.

https://www.spicyweb.dev/web-app-and-web-site-should-be-friends/

Who Owns #4chan?

https://www.wired.com/story/who-owns-4chan/

#Mastodon 3.5.3 has just been released with multiple security fixes, as well as a couple cool improvements!

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v3.5.3

A 3.4.8 backport is available for those who haven't made the jump to 3.5 yet.

What strikes me is that the #Fediverse is such that wherever there's a talk about new alternative #social platforms, with institutions and NGO's etc. on the table, the fediverse has no one to represent itself as a good alternative that is ready and waiting for new participants.

At #SocialHub we had plans to start as Special Interest Group (SIG) but that never came to anything.

Without this it is likely we'll miss out on a lot of opportunity to make our social environment even more flourishing.

@mrbitterness Link to the original article about #DuckDuckGo making a deal with #Microsoft to allow trackers on their browser:

https://www.techradar.com/news/duckduckgo-in-hot-water-over-hidden-tracking-agreement-with-microsoft

FuckFuckNo.

Creating a new post with #ComposeUI6 is much better, a whole new experience that's optimized for desktop & mobile browsers with many new settings and features.

Shipping soon! #pixelfed #composeUI

Pixelfed Live - simple live-streaming

✨ Easy to use
⚡ OBS supported
✨ Optional live chat
⚡ Fedi + mobile api support
✨ Advanced admin config (limit broadcasts to users w/ 500+ followers, disable replays, etc)
⚡ Simple setup that scales, from a mono deployment to dedicated streaming servers

Shipping soon! #pixelfed #pixelfedLive

He's trying to hide his excitement for the official pixelfed mobile app!

If you'd like to participate in our mobile app alpha, make sure you follow this account and boost this post.

We'll be inviting a few people at random (that follow us and boosted this post) to test out the app before anyone else! #pixelfed #pixelfedMobile

Dark Mode Toggles Should be a Browser Feature
- Written by Bramus
https://www.bram.us/2022/05/25/dark-mode-toggles-should-be-a-browser-feature/

From the archive (2020): How the Instagram navigation became convoluted.

"With the introduction of significant layout changes — the tabs Reel and Shop — the Instagram navigation became convoluted. Let’s briefly explore how."

#UX #Design

https://silviamaggidesign.com/ux/how-the-instagram-navigation-became-convoluted/

Just yesterday someone noticed a rather mysterious issue in my RSS feed and DM'd me on Mastodon to help me find out a solution.

In half an hour, the bug was solved and the feed was up and running again. It never ever occurred anything like this on either of the mainstream social networks, in years.

I'm thankful for this community.

And thanks @wouter for your help 😀

Apple's 2FA - which cannot be disabled - pops up, asks me if it's ok that I'm on my own machine. I say yes and it gives me a code I need to enter. All on the same device. Think about it.

Jack Dorsey leaves #Twitter's board of directors

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/25/jack-dorsey-twitter-board

Good news about that Duck Duck Go story from earlier, they're only allowing you to be tracked in their...

*checks notes*

..."PRIVACY" BROWSER.

#Smithereen 0.4 is out!

There's quite a lot of changes, but notable additions are all about groups.
- Groups can now be "closed" or "private". Closed groups require approval by moderators. Private groups are invite-only. Speaking of which,
- Group invites. Pretty self-explanatory really.
- Improved sync for remote actors — it's likely that once you add someone as a friend, their profile will always be up to date.
- More bug fixes than I care to count

#activitypub #mastodev

Having learned we can't trust Duck Duck Go what to use? See replies to thread below.

TL;DR: Startpage with EU servers

https://twitter.com/alexanderhanff/status/1529601896947896320

#DuckDuckGo Isn’t as Private as You Thought

https://www.reviewgeek.com/118915/duckduckgo-isnt-as-private-as-you-thought/

Hello, again. Twitter is too clogged for today. Need a fresher place to be...

This seems about right.