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So I've been thinking about what work I want to do next on QOTO that might be accessible given my current busy schedule. These are the TODOs I'd like to do int he immediate future:
1) Fix character limit on mobile devices.
2) upgrade server to latest source
3) Create a static website to replace the default mastodon one that explains QOTO's mastodon instance but also our other services and directs links for them..
#3 may mean more of an edit to Mastodon than you guys realize as right now if you go to the root domain and you are logged in it will redirect you to the social media interface. We cant change the subdomain without breaking federation. So means I'll have to edit the mastodon source code again most likely.
@crackurbones I think that may be possible soon in the next upgrade, thats what I hear
@freemo #1 I am looking forward to -- not only since it fixes the character limit to match the instance own, generous 65 K chars.
Most specially, that fix will help ALL clients, which currently only allow using the dumb 500 chars default of Mastodon source code. I would be using Pinafore all the time here, if not for that problem. Halcyon, has the same problem, and all the mobile clients too.
If I could suggest yet another request, Renato Lond has contributed a patch to Mastodon git which incorporates the Strictly LOCAL post, not Federated at all. It came from the GlitchSoc project, where it is in use everyday on GS instances.
Renato's has it in place and I see users posts showing it -- they show a icon (a broken chain) in their post lower area, indicating it was intended for that instance only. Example below.
Renato pointed me to https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/pull/8427 for the code in question.
Adding another two screenshots of this feature at the user side as a toot option.
Thank you for considering this!
@design_RG I can attempt to get that in, do you know what versions the patch works for? Does it include 3.0+?
@freemo I can ask Renato, just a sec, let me see what version they are using now.
@freemo Yeah, he's using a forked v.3.01 with some of his own patches.
@design_RG I'll attempt it
@freemo Wonderful -- Thank you!
That will make us unique in yet another way. 😛
@freemo I really like his Green Theme as well, if you think we could add another choice of Theme for colour variations. Easy on the eyes and has some nice contrasting elements.
I can request a Theme file if it's possible. A couiple of screenshots, the Default web client and one with AWI enabled.
@freemo Is it possible somehow to let users change their username?