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

See How much NICER the post above can look, easily polished and with added images, format.

...and Cats!

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/support-your-interest-and-topics-on-our-forums-suggestions-for-members-requesting-new-areas-added/352

@compass_straight_edge You could still add content -- it's easy to source some good articles in Economics topics. The Economist, articles on NY Times, The Guardian, it's a great subject.

I have personal interest and post here in the subject. Can collaborate but wanted to tell people that taking an ownership stake in the proposed forum is crucial.

@freemo Get back on task, Johnny.

@Kovaelin Distraction as usual. Clown in Chief needs those, so much wrong with the administration.

An idea and suggestion to Pinafore development.

Recently I have put together some posts, both here in Mastodon and in Blog form requesting consideration for a new way of presenting long posts. I frequently post Long Form (being a Forum veteran), and asked for:

* a way to collapse long posts, similar to a CW warned post, leaving only one line exposed (the CW warning, here meant as an Article Title -- catchy, crafted to attract readers)

* ...while leaving the Image attached to the post exposed. (which unfortunately cannot be done if a CW is used).

#Pinafore displays very neatly what I am tryign to achieve, when it encounters long posts; screenshot attached.

Suggestion for consideration :

1. if Pinafore could check for a Single Line at the top of the post, and identify that as an intended Title.

2. And use it in it's post presentation as in :

"An idea and suggestion to Pinafore development. (Long Post) "

My reasoning for the collapsed text, showing image is on my blog : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image

Thanks for considering - I know this is probably very niche oriented, but maybe there's value?

Cheers!

Rob.

* a question and suggestion to TeDomum staff, regarding the Write.freely blog display format *

@angedestenebres
@tedomum

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Hello Ange, TeDomum!

Bon jour, and thank you for the excellent service I enjoy with the Write.Freely instance at TeDomum.

I wanted to write to you and ask a question -- regarding the displaying of pages in the instance.

From the very beginning of my usage of WF, I tried to understand how it displayed pages and images, and realized that it defaults to a 640 pixels wide column on my desktop or laptop displays.

Since then, I have always resized any images I use to fit that exactly - avoiding on-the-fly scaling, which degrades the image and causes delay. So far it has worked well for me.

When I open the URL of one of my pages directly, for example :

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/firefox-add-ons-for-the-active-user

...it will display as created, optimally. Happy author!

However, when looking at my Blog view, the stream of all recent posts : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

...then I am dismayed to notice that my careful layout is mangled, since it seems to use a slightly narrower display width.

Sadly, that damages the presentation.

Could I ask you to consider reviewing the CSS for this function? I just took a screenshot (attached) and I do see the image size in a post is preserved at 640p, so no scaling is involved.

However -- the spacing on HR dividers is greatly compressed, and in general it seems to use a smaller size font, than the same page viewed directly by its URL.

[ Also posted at our Discourse Forums here : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/a-request-to-tedomum-regarding-the-write-freely-instance-post-display-css/348 - which might preserve the formatting and present better ]

Attachments, two images :

1. layout as seen on rgx blog feed stream (noticeable compression on vertical spacing; fonts seem ragged and possibly a bit smaller)

2. layout as seen on a page itself, with easier to read spacing on paragraphs and Horizontal Ruler breaks.

Views taken from this page : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/mastodon-collapsed-text-exposed-image

Merci !

Rob. #rgxJournal #WriteFreely #Blog

@Perico

Dolphin on the play store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser&hl=en_US

@nipos @freemo

@globcoco

And maybe look at my recommended Add on extensions blog post?

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/firefox-add-ons-for-the-active-user

@freemo @realcaseyrollins @Perico @mike

@globcoco

>> I actually do also but not as much as Firefox.
>> I would love to find out other ones.

Waterfox is the next step up in evolution. A Firefox variant, but better.

https://waterfox.net/

Get the "Current" version and it is the Aurora version of Firefox, stripped of some of Mozilla's tracking and other things.

Supports all FF extensions. There is another version, but Current is amazingly fast and stable.

@freemo @realcaseyrollins @Perico @mike

@freemo

You could use a Chromium variant and still have more control -- some of them I consider valuable and attractive products, although I abhor the lousy programming ethics that made Chrome a slug, a resource hog.

Not for me, no Chrome anywhere in this house and network. For many years now.

@stux @Perico

@splash730 And -- if you ever want to consider a better instance, Qoto has good features, come and visit.

Like huge posts being allowed, 65 thousand characters maximum, I love it. The 500 characters maximum at many instances is unusual and cruel punishment imo.