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Notices by Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)

  1. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Oct-2019 14:07:24 EDT Nolan Nolan

    In the 2010s people decided they didn't like writing blogs and instead preferred to write "tweetstorms," which is like a blog except randos can start replying to you after you're only halfway done, and you can get realtime feedback on whether the mob likes or dislikes every single sentence in your post. People vastly preferred this new system

    In conversation Wednesday, 30-Oct-2019 14:07:24 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  2. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:39:41 EDT Nolan Nolan
    in reply to
    • Darius Kazemi

    @darius I tend to agree. Theoretically SPAs are superior, but in practice it's really hard to get things like history, focus, scroll, perf, and accessibility correct.

    Wikipedia is a great example of a site that has no business being an SPA and would be much worse as an SPA (slower bootstrap, multi-tab would consume a lot of CPU/memory, too much data to reasonably prefetch it all). It's good that they've stuck to their guns.

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 16:39:41 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  3. Darius Kazemi (darius@friend.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 15:21:05 EDT Darius Kazemi Darius Kazemi

    While I understand that in theory, a single page application done right enhances user experience:

    - almost nobody does it right because it is way, way harder to write a SPA than a "traditional" web app
    - almost every list of justifications I see for SPAs focuses more on benefits to DEVELOPERS rather than benefits to USERS
    - SPAs seem to be optimizing for streamlining sites that are full of adtech

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 15:21:05 EDT from friend.camp permalink Repeated by nolan
  4. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 15:06:38 EDT Nolan Nolan

    "Improving form controls in Microsoft Edge and Chromium" by Greg Whitworth https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2019/10/15/form-controls-microsoft-edge-chromium/

    Have to admit, this looks nice. I'm a fan of using native form controls instead of building everything from scratch in JS, especially if the defaults actually work well.

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 15:06:38 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  5. Darius Kazemi (darius@friend.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 14:36:34 EDT Darius Kazemi Darius Kazemi

    NYC folks: if you'd like a free ticket to my day long workshop this Friday about, essentially, how to run a great Mastodon instance for your community, I have discount codes!

    It's based on my https://runyourown.social guide but it uses the guide as a jumping off point and I get into some of the nitty gritty, including things like "how to stay on top of Mastodon releases and keep your community informed of new features if you don't know anything about programming"

    https://www.eventbrite.com/e/radical-networks-tickets-72061121755

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 14:36:34 EDT from friend.camp permalink Repeated by nolan

    Attachments

    1. How to run a small social network site for your friends
      This document exists to lay out some general principles of running a small social network site that have worked for me. These principles are related to community building more than they are related to specific technologies.
    2. Radical Networks
      from Eventbrite
      A community conference for artistic, dissident, and critical investigations and applications of telecommunications, the Internet and WWW.
  6. Darius Kazemi (darius@friend.camp)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 14:56:39 EDT Darius Kazemi Darius Kazemi

    An awful thing about the new Eventbrite website is that if you load a page for an event, wait for the page to completely load, then switch tabs and switch back, you get a loading screen overlay???

    Truly grateful for this age of Single Page Applications

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 14:56:39 EDT from friend.camp permalink Repeated by nolan
  7. Zack (zack@toot.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 11:16:20 EDT Zack Zack

    Has anyone heard anything about #deno? It seems like a nice alternative to #node, but it's still prerelease and I don't know the status/health of the project.

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 11:16:20 EDT from toot.cafe permalink Repeated by nolan
  8. sheltering under cats (ceejbot@rafting.io)'s status on Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 13:50:03 EDT sheltering under cats sheltering under cats

    I write so much throwaway code just to understand problems. I rewrite once I understand.

    In conversation Tuesday, 15-Oct-2019 13:50:03 EDT from rafting.io permalink Repeated by nolan
  9. Satsuma (satsuma@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 16:50:15 EDT Satsuma Satsuma

    #cats

    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 16:50:15 EDT from wandering.shop permalink Repeated by nolan
  10. Bofa Updog (shriekingmarxist@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 10:33:04 EDT Bofa Updog Bofa Updog

    i know next to nothing about music theory, but this guy's vids are fucking awesome https://youtu.be/JknOdnEtwxs

    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 10:33:04 EDT from mastodon.social permalink Repeated by nolan

    Attachments

    1. How To Write A Song From The Mega Man 2 Soundtrack
      By 8-bit Music Theory from YouTube
  11. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Monday, 14-Oct-2019 10:50:13 EDT Nolan Nolan

    "Cascading Cache Invalidation" by Philip Walton https://philipwalton.com/articles/cascading-cache-invalidation/

    Really interesting post on JavaScript caching strategies.

    In conversation Monday, 14-Oct-2019 10:50:13 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  12. jomo :verified: (jomo@mstdn.io)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2019 03:22:37 EDT jomo :verified: jomo :verified:

    The ultimate messenger protocol comparison chart

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-UlA4-tslROBDS9IqHalWVztqZo7uxlCeKPQ-8uoFOU/htmlview

    In conversation Wednesday, 09-Oct-2019 03:22:37 EDT from mstdn.io permalink Repeated by nolan
  13. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Sunday, 13-Oct-2019 09:56:09 EDT Nolan Nolan
    • Charlag

    @charlag A lot of Android users don't know how to install apps from outside the Play Store, and in many ways it makes your phone less secure to do so, since installed apps can have such wide-ranging privileges.

    But yeah PWAs come up short in many other areas like performance. I'll also add gestures and animations which are not great compared to native apps. :)

    In conversation Sunday, 13-Oct-2019 09:56:09 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  14. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 12:24:31 EDT Nolan Nolan

    "Tech Companies Didn’t Plan for Chinese Censorship" by Caroline Haskins https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a35yke/tech-companies-didnt-plan-for-chinese-censorship

    Another good reason to write a PWA and avoid app stores. Google and Apple can't censor you in China if you're a website hosted in the West. (Although obviously the Great Firewall is another thing.)

    In conversation Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 12:24:31 EDT from toot.cafe permalink

    Attachments

    1. Tech Companies Didn’t Plan for Chinese Censorship
      from Vice
      Tech companies are censoring information about the demonstrations in Hong Kong. Civil liberties experts say this is symptomatic of larger problems.
  15. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 11:35:44 EDT Nolan Nolan

    Since learning more about #accessibility, I've had some fun tabbing around different websites just to see what the experience is like. Sometimes it's actually more comfortable than using a mouse.

    Slack has a neat feature: if you start tabbing around, it pops up an info message telling you about the keyboard shortcuts.

    In conversation Saturday, 12-Oct-2019 11:35:44 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  16. Srol (srol@mellified.men)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 18:05:41 EDT Srol Srol

    Please do not let your web app hijack the control-F/command-f shortcut in a browser window. I need it more than you do.

    In conversation Friday, 11-Oct-2019 18:05:41 EDT from mellified.men permalink Repeated by nolan
  17. Eugen (gargron@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 23:33:31 EDT Eugen Eugen

    Adding sign-up to your #Mastodon app: A guide for app developers

    https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/adding-sign-up-to-your-mastodon-app/

    In conversation Friday, 11-Oct-2019 23:33:31 EDT from mastodon.social permalink Repeated by nolan
  18. Baldur Bjarnason (baldur@toot.cafe)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 09:54:54 EDT Baldur Bjarnason Baldur Bjarnason

    Modern Operating systems

    https://notes.baldurbjarnason.com/2019/10/11/modern-operating-systems.html

    It's genuinely a mess out there.

    In conversation Friday, 11-Oct-2019 09:54:54 EDT from toot.cafe permalink Repeated by nolan
  19. Nolan (nolan@toot.cafe)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 08:50:06 EDT Nolan Nolan

    "Challenges in the Decentralised Web: The Mastodon Case" (PDF) https://emilianodc.com/PAPERS/mastodonIMC19.pdf

    Interesting academic paper analyzing the fediverse and how different instances and users are connected to one another. It's cool that the Mastodon API is open enough that researchers can do this kind of work.

    In conversation Friday, 11-Oct-2019 08:50:06 EDT from toot.cafe permalink
  20. Mastodon (mastodon@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Oct-2019 02:40:50 EDT Mastodon Mastodon

    #Mastodon 3.0: A short overview of some of our newest features

    https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/10/mastodon-3.0/

    In conversation Friday, 11-Oct-2019 02:40:50 EDT from mastodon.social permalink Repeated by nolan
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