** Things to Keep an Eye out For **
A client for mobile devices that support the Enhanced Text format that Pleroma users enjoy in their instances.
We here in mastodon world, can always wish for, but they have it, NOW.
Mobile clients still not supporting these extensions, but I was just chatting with an admin of a Pleroma node who is building a fork of Tusky -- which will offer that and more.
Not released yet, he's waiting for Tusky release v.10, since his code is based on development versions of Tusky itself.
Thanks @a1batross !! Look forward to seeing it!
@a1batross Worth mentioning that GlitchSoc instances ( cutting edge branch of Mastodon development, various cool instances running it right now) , GS instances already support MarkDown formatting in text.
Which looks very pretty in the GS instances, and does NOT mess up or break normal Mastodon nodes. The same message shows as a plain Jane, no makeup, girl next door on a Monday morning version. lol...
Example below? GlitchSoc posted, with MarkDown rich text, and viewed in Pinafore client.
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@design_RG @a1batross where can I find a list of GlitchSoc instances?
@realcaseyrollins @a1batross Hi Casey, sorry I was a bit off line yesterday. REturning now, the coffee pot is on. lol.
A list of GlitchSoc instances. I will do a search in a minute and report back. Wanted to mention for now that EMR does have various possible front ends you can use to see it - it's another of those amazing things Pleroma has.
* The normal Pleroma UI ,which is all javascript and client side processed.
* A link to Pinafore.social is in the main front end list of options too.
* and another link, marked MastodonFE -- which will open EMR in a Mastodon interface, but is actually GlitchSoc, has the extra controls, I recognized it as soon as I opened the Settings app.
So if you joined there you could get the two experiences in one place.
Searched and it's hard to find instances with GS installed. I came across a couple that are closed membership, for the dev community. But Nikisoft has one and is open for signup (they are the developers of halcyon client as well.
https://blog.nikisoft.one/tags/GlitchSoc has a link to https://muensterland.social/about
"A small instance, mostly German speaking, for people around Muenster, Germany."
Ooh, very interesting! I might give EMR a go then!
I couldn't find a link in the settings tab but deduced from my previous experiences in ost.social that the Mastodon FE link could be found here: https://expired.mentality.rip/web/timelines/home
@a1batross @realcaseyrollins Casey --- see Mastodon FE here: https://expired.mentality.rip/web/getting-started
@a1batross @realcaseyrollins and that link you provided should work too. There was a set of buttons at the Pleroma front end, not there now, as A1batross mentioned.
@realcaseyrollins
It is a nice instance to see what Pleroma is like, which is really interesting. The controls it allows a user, you can change not only any of the different element colours in the UI, but even the Font style -- serif, sans, monospaced. Or specify one you prefer yourself -- I looked at it with Verdana, which is an Enhanced san-serif font (similar to Arial but better), and it looks pretty.
Where else can you get this kind of control at the user level? Not for everyone, but I like this option being there for power users.
And the Toot size limit is 65 K characters too; something I have begged some mastodon admins, and they refused. (ex-Twitter people, they don't see a need and mostly post one liners themselves.)
@a1batross