If information had mass. I think its easy to conclude that information requires potential energy to represent it, since we know energy has relativistic mass it would make sense to expect information to have mass.
If we want to keep moderating this server effectively and allow all languages here (my preference) I think we really desperately need an inline translating service of some kind. I'm going to add it to my todo for new features to look into. I get increasingly worried as there are more and more posts I cant read and therefore makes it hard to be proactive in my moderation (which is just as important even on a server that doesnt have the need for such moderation)
@freemo And I have expanded the niceness of our optimized WideScreren Dark Theme even more with my usage of the Firefox Collapsed Mastodon add-on.
As shown in this screenshot attached, taken as I wrote the post above, it will open a Toot Editor right below a post, anywhere -- click the Reply arrow, and it pops up.
Which means we can free the vertical space at the Left side -- normally reserved for the Toot Editor and a Replied message preview above it.
Now this would be a tremendous thing to add to Mastodon itself. A great idea, imo.
I should go and dig up the Dark Green theme that Renato Lond has at masto.donte.com.br, as the colours he uses are great visually - comforting green background, but with some nice contrasting elements, like buttons and scroll bars, much easier to find than in the Mastodon Dark Theme (scroll bars particularly, as there's a small difference in shade between them and the surrounding areas only)
One of our moderators @design_RG wrote this excellent article on the QOTO discourse server that explains all the new features in QOTO along with screen shots and a detailed explanation of how to use it. Its worth a read if your feeling a bit confused:
https://discourse.qoto.org/t/qoto-org-new-january-2020-features-added-detailed-descriptions/192
@freemo @pschwede Could look at this Forum post as well, with each new major feature explained and illustrated.
https://discourse.qoto.org/t/qoto-org-new-january-2020-features-added-detailed-descriptions/192
@pschwede You asked what all the new features were, here is the official announcement where they were listed. Rob also did an extended post on each feature individually so if you want to learn more about a specific feature just ask and I can forward you that post as well.
Notice I used the quote feature to post this (that way I can show off a new feature while I answer your question :) )
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Dr. Freemo is the greatest teacher in all fediverse of #QOTO ! I would be very helpful if you could say so. However, English communication is also difficult SO SORRY🙇
For anyone not on the QOTO instance or doesnt use the web interface here is a screenshot of what the instance ticker looks like in the feed. Its optional and can be turned off by why would you want to!
The colors are based on what instance a user uses, red and yellow for QOTO, white and blue for mastodon, gold and grey for Pleorma. The icon is the favicon used for the server and updated every few days.
#instanceticker How wonderful it is!
The QOTO instance ticker accidentally introduced into the other themes have been removed/fixed. Should be back to normal. Refresh your browser if needed, if your on the default theme or a ticker theme you will see the new QOTO colors otherwise things should look like the classic theme again if your not on a theme with tickers.
Enjoy!
Minor Update just went down to the instance ticker. The qoto.org instance ticker now has its own custom icon and colors. Since we are a significant fork from vanilla mastodon it made sense that we have our own unique colors to represent QOTO instance and derivatives.
Please let us know if anyone sees any unintended side effects or if anyone doesnt like the new change. We can always fix it.
I'm starting to think Nazi might be getting a bit overused these days... apparently driving a car is exactly equivalent to mass genocide, who knew!
Seems we have been holding steady on #QOTO with about 500 new users per week, 80 per day. Very exciting!
The pengrams I use when practicing a new script...
It is designed so each word has the letter it represents twice, once at the beginning and once in the middle (never at the end). I picked these words for a few reasons.
1) I always practice the capital form of the letter in the word
2) I always practice the lowercase form of the letter
3) I get to practice both the lead-in connector and the outgoing connector for the lowercase form (by virtue of now being at the end of the word)
FYI last word should be Zanzibar
I was actually surprised I didnt get some pushback from our users on the new instance tickers in our UI. Personally I love it but I expected a few people to complain. But literally everyone who registered an opinion said they loved it.
Though Rob is in the dark theme where it doesnt exist, so i guess he isnt a fan.
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