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

@zleap I would suggest a better course.

* a simple graphics editor is a Must Have tool for any serious contributor. Along with a nice Text editor and a good file manager, so we can store and retrieve things with ease, organize and all.

Tools that I use and suggest -- Keep in mind that I am a seasoned Windows Server admin, and love #Windows10; not productive at all in Linux, although I recognize Unix is tops.

All recommendations are for Windows platform. Equivalents for other O.S.es abound.

* Image Editor -- the wonderful Irfanview does it for me. All. The. Time. Simple and powerful. Free. Does software get any better than that simple description?

https://www.irfanview.com/ for details and downloads. Get the Plugins package there too!

* Text Editors - these are like Religions, and equally charged discussions will come alive when what's best is discussed. Without opinions offered on others, EditPad Lite is the one I use and recommend.

https://www.editpadlite.com/

* File Manager -- essential, can't live without it. Used various over the past 30 years of intensive life in Computing. Nowadays the Windows 10 Explorer is good and daily used here.

Excellent ones can be found and used. Honours mention to MultiCommander, I use the x64 bit version.

http://multicommander.com/

#rgxJournal #NewUsers #Tips #Tools #Fedi

#FediReporter ToolKit explained. Blog post upcoming!

And a reminder to any readers, local here at Qoto or remote, anywhere, that if you have a Git account, you could consider commenting in this Suggestion if you found the proposal worthwhile.

Explained in detail in the Git submission, and in more layman terms in our Discourse Forum topic here :

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/mastodon-screen-use-in-wide-screen-displays-a-search-for-better-results/280

If you feel this is a worthy cause --> Your support of the suggestion would be appreciated.

Thank you!

#rgxJournal for Better #UI #UX in Fediverse.

And today's Web Magazine topic will be...

Already written, and just begging for publishing.

https://qoto.org/@design_RG/104186637189016772

Partners.

#Firefox to the #Rescue #Waterfox 4 me.

Update :

I have just finished posting a new Suggestion issue at Glitch-Social's Github.

...which summarizes the findings I described in a Forum post, and requests consideration of the idea of adding these enhancements into the Glitch-Social code base.

Forum post : https://discourse.qoto.org/t/mastodon-screen-use-in-wide-screen-displays-a-search-for-better-results/280

If that was done, and the source for Eskuero's Collapsed Mastodon is available for review and adoption, all users could benefit, without the need of using an add-on, and better compatibility with future releases as changes are made.

The Suggestion is on this page. https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon/issues/1359

#GlitchSocial #Mastodon #UI #UX #Improvements

#rgxJournal #FediReporter

OP : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104362526801485058

....and a question was asked recently, in our Discourse Forum. Right on my popular "Discover Pleroma" topic.

>> Is Pleroma still a thing and can there be a QOTO version of Pleroma?

Yes.

There's Work in Progress, a Qoto-Roma so to speak (being creative here, might not stick).

>> I have an account on QOTO and I want the Pleroma interface.

You would get it, as #Pleroma comes with two front end or User Interface options -- details in the post bellow!

>> Wondering if there is a ‘best of both worlds’ scenario there.

I am wondering too, as it's something I am getting adamant about.

Mastodon limitations are Intentional in some cases, and I am tired of waiting for progress.

I am charting my own course and sailing the seas, finding nice harbours and dropping in.

Won't stay using mastodon much longer, as I already have nice Glitch-Social and Pleroma accounts.

Hopefully it will happen here too, as I have a lot invested in this instance, my main account.

Pleroma project at Qoto ? Details in this post :

https://discourse.qoto.org/t/discovering-pleroma-an-alternative-to-mastodon-upcoming-blog-post/357/2

#FediReporter on the job. #rgxJournal archived.

The Coolest Badge in our Discourse forum, imo.

Elite Users. Zleap should be snagging one soon I imagine.

(it's system assigned, not human given)

https://discourse.qoto.org/badges/44/new-user-of-the-month

@fristi Fristi started, like a number of other #Pleroma Admins, at FAB (the instance also know by an unpronounceable name) (ok, it's Absturztaube -- https://fedi.absturztau.be/ )

...fristi started at FAB, like I was saying; and like many others, started her own Pleroma node.

FAB is also considered the Mothership, I am realizing. Like mastodon.social for this side of the network (except, FAB is much, much nicer and cooler. NO comparison)

And she has an AWESOME listing, on her own instances, of Kudos and Friends instances.

A great idea! Thanks, Fristi for mentioning -- this is prime #FediReporter material, upcoming Blog page will include mention and your list.

On Kartoffel.cafe Terms of Service, aka /about page -- just scroll down to "Associated Instances".

https://kartoffel.cafe/about

LOL, proof that reading Terms of Service doesn't have to be the generally boring, legalese laden experience.

Heads Up to another cool #Pleroma #Instance -- The Potato Café, a member of the FAB Fabulous instances family.

https://kartoffel.cafe/about

@fristi is in charge. #NewUsers #Welcome

Mind Blowing. Check this image.

Thanks @feld -- I can't see the image you described in Roman's profile via browsers here, but your Attachment does it.

Looks nice indeed. #Pleroma #Love

Another reason?

MastodonT give you this kind of control.

ANY Background you want. Themes, galore. Here my new Pleroma workspace at FAB.

OP : https://fedi.absturztau.be/notice/9wB7RIvvw6xTXsp32G

Coralie was referring to this : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/nomad-is-my-heart

#Pleroma -- Need a reason ?

How about Pretty Posts ? #MarkDown #Love for me.

** And while I will be writing the long form Recommended Pleroma Instances as a nice Blog post, I am giving an advanced Heads Up for the good people who already asked me for suggestions.

@mewmew gets one too. https://blob.cat/ looks nice from the outside (and from my inquiring into its listing at https://fediverse.network/blob.cat page as well.

And -- a first hand, user endorsement in this post, from a recent thread.

#Pleroma #Instances for #NewUsers #Recommended by this #FediReporter

@absturztaube

One small snapshot, TWO big reasons why.

This is a nice instance. #MarkDown and 60,000 characters post limit.

FAB, Pleroma love. https://fedi.absturztau.be/

\(m^{ew^{mew^{mew}}}_{eow}\)

#Pleroma -- my Blog post yesterday on Pleroma as an Alternative to Mastodon was surprisingly well received.

I have received messages from various people, asking for recommendations of good Pleroma instances to join.

And i am working on it. Serious. As I write here, I am logged in and chatting with friends I just met, all in various Pleroma nodes, that responded to my #introductions post there, thanking the admin for the service.

I will prepare a detailed Blog post, with more suggestions and reasons, but for now, kudos and a mention are appropriate.

Highly Recommended -- FAB

Also known as the German instance with the impossible to remember name, which is *completely accurate*.

Thank you to @absturztaube

#Instance #recommendation #Pleroma for FAB

https://fedi.absturztau.be/

#InstanceAdminDay #rgxJournal #FediReporter

* Nomad is my Heart. *

To love is sometimes to let go, respect someone's need to be out and observe, marvel at so much the world has to offer.

Sometimes people have a hard time accepting that, while part of a community, or in a closer relationship with someone, all humans have curiosity and it's rich to see and let it blossom.

I offer this post to my friend Coralie, we met very recently, and yet she has such a sensibility, that it saw deeply into my heart and soul.

Yesterday she surprised me, messaging privately and offering a comment that delighted me -- that she could perceive my inner nature so clearly.

It closely related to the theme of this page. A toot, written from the hip, not polished or edited but coming from inside, prose flowing. A response to a local system administrator - https://qoto.org/@freemo/1043089546768, which sometimes shows concern about my wanderings all over the Fediverse.

This morning, she favourited and boosted it - which brought it into my notifications and a re-read confirms it's poetic, and should be published. To Coralie, I offer this.

Thanks dear friend.

> "One sees clearly only with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes." -- Antoine de Saint Exupery

That is the Topic of today's Blog : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/nomad-is-my-heart

#rgxJournal #FediReporter #Nomad #Prose

OP link : https://muensterland.social/@rgx/104359271649980459