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

@Lwasserman Gotta love Firefox Screenshot feature. :)

@Lwasserman you can use the Privacy control widget at the bottom of the post editor window.

Default is Public, with a Globe icon. And there are others, the last one down is Direct Message or DM -- it will only go to people named in the message with their @ usernames @ instance.name

For a local account, here at qoto, you only need @ username (no space in there).

@rw I like it. And still would like to create my own page for today. Been 6 days on a streak, but nice weather makes outdoors attractive, lol...

And, I have many letters pilling up to reply too. Congratulations on the posting!

From article text :

"Facebook's photo and video migration tool is a product of the Data Transfer Project, a joint initiative between Microsoft, Twitter, Facebook, and more that promises greater portability of data between services. After debuting in Ireland back in December 2019, Facebook's photo and video migration tool finally came to the United States and Canada in April 2020.

The tool is fairly straight forward in terms of functionality. In five simple steps, users can copy their entire Facebook photo or video library over to Google Photos, no special hacks or software necessary. The social media giant has promised that more photo services will be supported in the future, though Google Photos is the first one out of the gate. Here's how to make it happen:"

Tried and this REALLY works.

Copies over all of your Facebook photos. Creates Copies of the Albuns they were placed in, with the Dates.

Very nice -- and makes closing a FB account for Good an easier option. Lovely!

Available in USA and Canada since April 20, I beleive other countries - possibly EU ones as well.

See the Article here : https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/16/how-to-transfer-all-of-your-facebook-photos-and-videos-to-google-photos/

@freemo Gosh, my version is way outdated.

Whalebird home is https://whalebird.social/en/desktop/contents

@freemo Another screenshot.

Qoto local timeline, and the right side column will expand a selected toot, show any replies below it.

Here showing my long one that started this thread.

Pretty handy for normal, shorter toots too since it shows multiple replies in the wide column.

Resizeable panes -- see the slider at center of vertical divider. Hold and drag, it will resize and wrap text on left column.

https://i.postimg.cc/TwHjgcCh/Whale-Bird-Qoto-Expanded-post-FS.png

@freemo I am trying Whalebird client again, and it has some nice features.

Including, surprisingly the Load REmote Instance local timeline -- on screen are posts from Hackers.town, along with my ow profile in column at right side.

https://i.postimg.cc/WbzKB9QY/Whale-Bird-HT-Qoto-Profile-FS.jpg

Posting from Whalebird now too.

@freemo It is an add on for the browsers, and it does require AWI enabled.

So for the more dedicated users, unhappy with Eugen's handling of wide screens, which is pretty sucky IMO.

Not for everyone, yes,, but it's nice the Chrome users can benefit too.

@freemo Just visited the Github for Collapsed Mastodon and realized he HAS Chrome version as well -- just get it from the Git.

https://github.com/Eskuero/collapsed_mastodon

Eskuero, the author, is on Fediverse too, although I think his instance is kaput. https://github.com/Eskuero

@freemo Yes, I think that is indeed great, but few users (myself included) would have the knowledge of the platform to propose and add code to it.

Wish I could, but i am on the Writer's department, will support as much as possible with my own skills in the area I have some.

@freemo wow!! Very nice.

@freemo Yes.

And -- the editor box is a huge nice wide mama.... :)

Love it.

@arteteco
LOL!!!

Now don't go out and spending it up front, eh!! 😝

@freemo @miguel31416

@freemo How about this idea -- a Reply editor box in Real Writer mode...

Opening right below the post we are reading and replying to -- anywhere in the columns in the screen?

Collapsed Mastodon Firefox Extension adds this magic for me, great tool.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/collapsed-mastodon/

v------ Screenshot of this very post being typed in, right below your own post. This could be in ANY post, anywhere in the screen.

@freemo LOL...

> but still exploit the full width of our UI on a per-post basis when needed (most posts dont need it, in fact mostly just yours do, lol :) )

I consider this a mark of distinction. 😃

WEB Magazine UI for me!!!

BTW -- you should be using dual monitors no? 6 columns??? OMG

@freemo
> With the relatively narrow column based layout it doesnt lend well to formatting.

Narrow Columns? in most places, but not on my machines... (AWI on Steroids for me}

Screenshot : https://i.postimg.cc/K8jwB9Gh/Screenshot-2020-05-25-Qoto-Mastodon-recompress.png

Husky has it working for a Mobile client, also Pinafore, via web, both desktop and mobile.

High on the Suggestions & Requests list, at least for me.

Adding Rich Text, #MarkDown support would :

* make post much nicer on the eyes (for those who care to use it, an optional feature)
* Make text EASIER to read, for everyone (assuming active posters used it)
* and make #Fediverse another degree BETTER than the corporate networks.

Could it be done?

* YES, it is already supported in some cases -- in GlitchSocial and Pleroma instances.
* The GlitchSoc source code is available, and this could be back-ported to mastodon saving much effort.

And -- What about the CLIENT side to support this?

* Some clients already DO support this; the snapshot below shows a pretty Test post, made via and displayed in Pinafore -- https://pinafore.social
* Husky Android client has Rich Text support built in too.
* GlitchSoc and Pleroma FE also support it natively.

See the image in this post -- a Test with various Rich Text features applied, all done via a GlitchSocial instance where a friend has an account.

What is MarkDown ? How could I use it?

Markdown is a simplified and easy to learn text formatting system that is widely used in the Net.

It replaces clumsy HTML MarkUp tags with simpler to use ones.

Wiki : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown

Official site : https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/

#Qoto #Requests #wishlist #QotoJournal

@freemo

> The mods should be ready to do double-duty when that happens approving applications.

Well... Gotta talk to my union rep. We get extra moolah for that? 😝

Fediverse Mods United

@miguel31416 @arteteco

@DinkaChica @freemo Wikipedia page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4