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Here's a video I want to age like curdled milk. Age so quickly it's out-of-date a week after it's made. The issues I've outlined here should be fairly simple fixes if they follow Apple's accessibility guidelines, so here's hoping someone at Floatplane Media can get some eyes on this.
I've tried to be as fair as possible, not just to make a 'bitch and ditch' style video, and to showcase the issues I have.
Please boost if you have an interest, or know that it can potentially reach someone who can make a difference.
Not my cup of tea to ask for those under normal circumstances, so I will not be making a habit of it.
Thanks.

#Accessibility Issues With #Floatplane (from a #VoiceOver Perspective) youtu.be/2sZTsrek08M


Accessibility Issues With Floatplane (from a VoiceOver Perspective)

I've never made a video I wanted to age as badly as this one, but needs must.There are some glaringly obvious issues with LTT's Floatplane app for iOS if you...
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Pitermach

So, that play and close button, they’re actually completely unlabeled which makes it even worse. The only reason you hear “play” and “Close” there is because VoiceOver is doing its image recognition magic and guessing by how the graphic looks like (you can tell by the ding sound that goes with the announcement). If someone has this turned off, or the feature just broke randomly (which I’ve seen it do sometimes requiring a redownload of the models or a phone restart), you’d just get a click on those and nothing else.
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Pitermach

Oh yeah, that feature saved me so many times it’s not even funny. That’s why I pointed it out, if you can get in contact with a higher level tech support, or if you see this anywhere else in the future you want to tell them those buttons are just straight up unlabeled and need fixing. And yeah, you were. I find screen recordings do often help with situations like this.
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Talon

@pitermach my only complaint with the video I suppose is you were, in my opinion of course, maybe a little too nice at the beginning. You said multiple times that you're just trying to give constructive critique. I'd have probably just said hey floatplane, I'm a paying customer and as a blind person I have a few issues with your app. If you could fix them, that'd be really great.
Instead they just kinda... gave you a refund? I understand that this is probably some support misunderstanding but like... to an accessibility issue? That feels super tone deaf. lol. Come on LMG. You can do better than this! We know you can! You know we exist, you made a video including accessible Linux! Big sad puppy eyes
@Pitermach
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Robin Kipp has moved

@talon @pitermach Nothing wrong with being overly polite as far as I’m concerned, unless the company in question has clearly demonstrated that they don’t have a care in the world for accessibility. That person who offered a refund might just have been an underpaid support rep trained to resolve most situations of customers expressing some sort of negative experience with the app in this very manner.
@Pitermach @Talon

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Its been a long time guys, but I'm back, with a Final Hour stream with @meatbag, @TheFake_VIP and tunmi13.

We are starting at 08:00pm UTC.
To save y'all the trouble, here it is in different time zones.
British Summer Time: 09:00pm
Pacific Time: 01:00pm
Mountain Time: 02:00pm
Central Time: 03:00pm
Eastern Time: 04:00pm

You can watch on Youtube or Twitch:
youtube.com/watch?v=lUJg7ijvzY…
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Twitch is the world's leading video platform and community for gamers.
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@Michael Connor Buchan @The Programming Linguist

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Good morning everyone @Friendica Support

I would like to try to understand why from Friendica I can't connect to the Wordpress blog of @.mau. :friendfeed: already federated with @Matthias Pfefferle plugin, which is instead displayed correctly by Mastodon.
The blog is xmau.com/ while the user who publishes is @Notiziole di .mau.

If I paste the address of this post xmau.com/wp/notiziole/2024/08/…

in the Friendica toolbar, I get an error, while if I paste it on mastodon, I can view the post (here is an example: mastodon.social/@

Furthermore, if I try to search on Friendica for the user @Notiziole di .mau. I can see it, but if I try to follow it, I still get an error.

NB: I also have federation problems with Lemmy and not just with Friendica

Have any of you figured out what the problem might be that prevents Friendica and Lemmy from federating with that blog (but not Mastodon)?

@Matthias Pfefferle @Friendica Support @.mau. @Notiziole di .mau.

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@Tusky

Hi, thanks for your wonderful app. I am very grateful for all your work.

I've noticed the following case, when a caption for a video is long it covers the video controls.

I'm running 26.0

mastodon.social/@danluu/112947…

Thanks


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Attached: 1 image How good can you be at Codenames without knowing any words? https://danluu.com/codenames/
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@Tusky

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Určitě znáte skvělou webovou aplikaci pro Mastodon Phanpy 🐘. Nyní je možné pracovat na překladech do češtiny, a komunita kolem Phanpy by ocenila vaši pomoc. Pokud máte čas a chuť přispět, každá pomoc je vítaná! Překlad můžete začít na Crowdin zde: crowdin.com/project/phanpy. Díky moc všem, kdo se zapojí! 🌟 A za #boost fotku Wicka :-)

Phanpy — Translation Project on Crowdin

Help us translate Phanpy and bring it to the world!
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#boost
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Google might be cutting support for 'the world's most popular ad-blocker,' but this Windows Registry trick will help Chrome and Edge users keep intrusive ads at bay for a year longer windowscentral.com/software-ap…

Google might be cutting support for 'the world's most popular ad-blocker,' but this Windows Registry trick will help Chrome and Edge users keep intrusive ads at bay for a year longer

Using the Windows Registry, you can extend uBlock Origin's support in Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge for one year.
Kevin Okemwa (Windows Central)

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A person message from Big Finish chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery bigfinish.com/news/v/a-person-…

A person message from Big Finish chairman, Jason Haigh-Ellery - News - Big Finish

Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adaman…
www.bigfinish.com

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An update and an apology from Big Finish bigfinish.com/news/v/an-update…

An update and an apology from Big Finish - News - Big Finish

Award-winning, full-cast original audio dramas from the worlds of Doctor Who, Torchwood, Blake's 7, Class, Dark Shadows, The Avengers, Survivors, The Omega Factor, Star Cops, Sherlock Holmes, Dorian Gray, Pathfinder Legends, The Prisoner, Adam Adaman…
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Carl T. Bergstrom

Octopuses cannot be farmed humanely.

They are highly intelligent, extremely curious creatures that fare poorly in monotonous environment without natural stimulation. They are naturally solitary and experience intense stress in crowded environments.

Farming conditions are horrible for them.

(It's also highly inefficient, ecologically, to farm carnivores.)

Here's the full PDF: carlbergstrom.com/publications…

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Ahoj komunito! Určitě znáte skvělou aplikaci Phanpy 🐘. Nyní je možné pracovat na překladech do češtiny, a komunita kolem Phanpy by ocenila vaši pomoc. Pokud máte čas a chuť přispět, každá pomoc je vítaná! Překlad můžete začít na Crowdin zde: crowdin.com/project/phanpy. Díky moc všem, kdo se zapojí! 🌟 Díky za #boost :-)

Phanpy — Translation Project on Crowdin

Help us translate Phanpy and bring it to the world!
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#boost

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Since 2020, Next Generation Internet (NGI) programmes, part of the European Commission's Horizon programme, fund free software in Europe using a cascade funding mechanism. This year, according to the Horizon Europe working draft detailing funding programmes for 2025, we notice that Next Generation Internet is not mentioned any more as part of Cluster 4.

The signatories of this open letter say: The European Union must keep funding free software

apc.org/node/40261

@NGIZero #NGI0

The European Union must keep funding free software | Association for Progressive Communications

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#ngi0 @NGI Zero open source funding

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Generosity and dedication have led to over 250 issues of MicroTimes magazine to be scanned in.

archive.org/details/microtimes

But now we're looking for missing issues to scan in. Do you have: MicroTimes Volume 2 Number 12, Volume 3 1-3, 6-12, Issue 78, 151-152, 154-155, 159-160, 162, 165,182-199, 201-215, 217-end? Reach out.

Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine

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Spectrum Cable TV & Internet Customers Are Being Targeted With A New Scam cordcuttersnews.com/spectrum-c…

Spectrum Cable TV & Internet Customers Are Being Targeted With A New Scam | Cord Cutters News

Recently the number of scammers targeting customers of large cable TV companies have grown. One of the biggest recently has been callers claiming to give customers half off internet for a year if they prepay for six months in advance.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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SHIFTphone 8 Statusupdate August▶️

In unserem neuen Video nehmen euch Carsten und Samuel mit in die finale Phase des SHIFTphone 8.

Viel Spaß!🙂

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#shift #shifthappens #shiftphone #shiftphone8


SHIFTphone 8 - Statusupdate 2024 August

Liebe SHIFT-Community! In diesem Video geben euch Carsten und Samuel Einblicke in den aktuellen Entwicklungsstand beim SHIFTphone 8, der Beta Testphase und z...
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#shifthappens #shiftphone #shift #shiftphone8

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Draupnir is now being supported with a grant from NLnet NGI Zero. I've written up a post with some context, and to describe the goals for the project marewolf.me/posts/draupnir/24-…

If you do have feedback or questions you can reach out to me here or in our matrix room matrix.to/#/#draupnir:matrix.o… (which is preferred).

#Matrix


Matrix - Decentralised and secure communication

You're invited to talk on Matrix. If you don't already have a client this link will help you pick one, and join the conversation. If you already have one, this link will help you join the conversation
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IzzyOnDroid ✅

If you happen to find a "broken" app, please report it. Especially those ones where it's clear they cannot work (like the example I gave: bound to a single service that shut down; no guesswork there if it might still be useful for some devices). Either reach out here, or report in our issue tracker. We'll then check and, if justified, act accordingly.

Thanks a lot – also for asking!

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Am 23./24. August findet in Bonn das #Barcamp Kirche online statt, zu dem man sich noch kurzfristig anmelden kann. Die Teilnahme ist kostenlos. Alle Infos hier: barcamp-kirche-online.ekir.de/…
Bitte macht noch Werbung dafür! :boost_ok:
Details weiß @ralpe
#fedikirche #BarcampKirche #BarcampKircheOnline

„Barcamp Kirche online West“ am 24. August 2024 in Bonn

Künstliche Intelligenz besser verstehen und einsetzen, Social Media kreativ gestalten, einen Podcast selbst starten, neue Foto-Apps ausprobieren – über Themen wie diese könnt Ihr Euch […]
Barcamp Kirche Online
#fedikirche #barcamp #barcampkirche #barcampkircheonline @Ralf Peter Reimann

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The Matrix Conference approaches, thoughts on OIDC, updates on unauthenticated media sunset, Blender moving to Matrix, and progress with the Governing Board 🚀

This and more happened This Week In Matrix: matrix.org/blog/2024/08/16/thi…

#Matrix #TWIM #OpenSource #FOSS


This Week in Matrix 2024-08-16

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications
MTRNord (matrix.org)
#foss #matrix #opensource #twim

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#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 7 updated and 3 added apps:

* Mensinator: Simple & Private Period Tracker – and a #reproducibleBuilds
* SkillRack Tracker: Track and calculate your SkillRack points effortlessly
* Bloomee: ad-free tunes from various sources (music streaming)

Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo :awesome:


IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

This is a repository of apps to be used with F-Droid. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).
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#android #free #apps #AndroidAppRain #reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid
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