The beauty and sleek design of Pinafore client keeps growing on me.
The speed, it's clear at first trying it; for any discerning user, it's surprisingly fast and light.
But there's more, and months after first encountering it, Pinafore still surprises me. In good ways.
There is no real good manual for it, sadly (and a Google or Bing search won't find much, very quickly offering unrelated things).
But I will try to have creating one a personal goal, a small payback for all the work and expertise that Nolan Lawson, the author, has poured into it.
I have written to Nolan and occasionally visit Toot Café, his cool mastodon instance. Have an account there, as I thought it could be a good way to learn more and offer suggestions to the Pinafore daddy. 🙂
And that has worked, and my comments and suggestions, questions, have been well received and quickly answered.
@koyu@koyu.space has suggested a great idea just a bit earlier this morning, to create an #InstanceAdminDay to show comments and appreciation for the work they put in.
That is something I fully support -- and I thank her for the idea, the great instance she puts so much into.
As well as posting this, in recognition of the talent, brilliance and modesty of @nolan -- who deserves Kudos for both his instance and the wonderful client that Pinafore is.
** Never heard about Pinafore?
https://nolanlawson.com/2019/06/02/one-year-of-pinafore/
...and hopefully my own blog post about it, as it's seriously nice and enjoyed by those who already discovered it.
@nolan I think people like you who do great things mostly don't get the recognition they deserve.
So, my tribute. 😄
Honestly, Pinafore is not only very nice but it offers lessons to others - starting with your firm focus on keeping it light and fast, even in lower performance devices.
I have collected snapshots and notes, and will have great pleasure if I can create a detailed blog post, explaining what I see and why.
Another project would be a detailed User Manual, which I think would get people using it more, and learn the features faster. I can't handle the development work, look at or improve the code, it takes experience and mastery.
But I am good in another craft, and plan to use that. Have a great day, sincere thank you.
@design_RG Thanks, I think a user manual would be great! Looking forward to the blog post. 😀
@design_RG Thank you, this is really nice to say!! I'm touched. 😁