*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@darwish Just looked at your profile, great job. A lot of info so people know what your interests are, perfect.

Keeping the kids from peeking...

Now that I have found a good layout, the Advanced Widescreen Interface in the mastodon web client is really wonderful.

Thanks @freemo, I believe you have added enhancements to the code that really make it shine. Kudos!!

@realcaseyrollins I have collected a lot of things that today are hard or impossible to find. Lots of DVD-r disks, plus HDDs when the cost of large ones came down.

Streaming services are handy to load a file casually, but they are missing a lot of content.

@freemo, just got a reply from Nolan, Pinafore's developer, about the issue of client max toot size limit. He responded:

"- The char limit is really on the instance to support; it's as simple as returning max_toot_chars in the HTTP response for /api/v1/instance, bug your admin. ;) "

...so, I am bugging you. Would this be a config file edit or something more difficult?

Thank you.... 😉 🍷

@darwish ahhh! 😃 Wonderful

I wasn't sure if you needed a guide or not, but took the chance. Only started here in the fediverse a month ago, but loving it.

Any questions just ask. Glad you found us, this is a great instance to be in.

@realcaseyrollins Ah, ok, I canm't stand busy screens like the TV with the scrolling thingies on the bottom. Wish we had controls to disable that.

Alas, I just don;t use the tv at all, othe than to watch some of my local media collection.

@chikara Take a look at my topic from earlier today. There are screenshots of my wide screen setup, and I am quite happy with it.

https://qoto.org/@design_RG/103312531138742364

You might need to play with the controls at the top right side of each pane to get to where I am.

Now I want the same setting in my other instances too. Just nice to use all the screen, finally.

@darwish Hello Darwish, and welcome to Qoto.

Enjoy the network and all it has to offer. If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

Any question, just ask, and someone will try and help out.

Have a good day!

@namark That is good advice, thank you. 👍

Uhmmm... 1000 Tera Boobs?

[ resized for Byte savings. Larger here: https://i.postimg.cc/YqRZgDSQ/1000-Tera-Breasts-recompress.jpg ] #jokes #owa

@namark In a network where we see jokes about people running Ubuntu as being #lame and a guy replies saying he's on Android, PlemeLame, yeah. 😜

You could say there's some subtle peer pressure, lol...

j/k, I don't mind. I am a power user in Windows environment, with network and sys admin skill I don't have in other systems. Never used a Mac. Linux is something I tried, and should do again for the technical merits.

I enjoy performance, and good tools. whichever system you are on, if it makes you productive, I would say it's a good one.

Thanks for the suggestions though. I have seen some pointers to OpenSUSE recently, any thoughts on that one?

@zsc And now I managed to get it even better. Toot composer on far left. Local feed on center column.

Clicking on any post on Local, expands it full on Rightmost column, Nice to see the post fully expanded, click on reply arrow, jump to Column 1 and type in a reply.

Now, that is using a full screen. 💯 🆗

Full Size screenshot at : https://i.postimg.cc/KYmYH9TG/Qoto-3panel-LOCAL-Reply-thread-1600x824p.png

@namark I have been using Microsoft op systems for a long time, and can work very comfortably in them. Windows 10 is their best version in recent times, although I do love NT 4 Workstation, now left as a memory.

I have tried and installed Linux in the past, the first time as a full night dial up download session. But never stuck to it, asa I felt uncomfortable and unproductive.

Will give it a try again, have free space reserved in various systems for that eventually happening.

@zsc I liked it too - can live with it, unlike if it had all 3 feeds.

So, I posted to share and let people know there's hope for us wide screen users.

The Whalebird fediverse client is nice and allows full width control by simply dragging the frame edge on the column and dropping when satisfied.

But it runs as a separate process, and any clicks on links will jump into a browser - so it's better to have a client that runs natively in a browser.

Asked the Pinafore developer today if he could offer better support for us desk and laptopers.

Trying to get use of the width on a real computer, laptop full screen is my preferred way to work.

Advanced Web interface can be enabled in Settings. CAN be overwhelming, I would agree, if you have Home, Local and Federated feeds all pulsing at same time. So I left it off.

BUT -- a little patience and you might find a pleasing arrangement. Reduced size image, the full size is: https://i.postimg.cc/zG6rb2d0/Qoto-3panel-full-sized.png

I like this one, wider Local feed show more than default.