Typst will support tagged PDF in a future release. The code has now been merged. Support for HTML output is also under development separately. I'm not involved in this project, but with these advantages, I'm becoming more tempted to use it routinely for document creation. github.com/typst/typst/pull/66… #Typst #accessibility #PDF

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Switching to Windows 7. That's right. I'm going back. I'm going to Run Windows 7 in a virtual machine under Linux, just as a multiuser target, no graphical. This way, I get to run Windows 7 on hardware that it couldn't normally run on, and also get to have it on the lowest-ram possible. I'm done with modern Windows, from now on, I'm going to browse sites using Windows 7 and latest available browsers.
in reply to Darrell Bowles

@vol4life8657 well, I think the big split was really with Windows 8 and Metro apps, so then you were not only running the old-style programs but had to install and run this entirely new platform on top of it, like with new drawing and graphics code it used, all of it came along with the ride there, and then by the time got Win10 I think Microsoft was all in on that new Metro language, which they by then called a Universal Windos app. But by then they also began porting some parts of Windows like the security center and even the Start Menu Experience host, as straight-out apps that run inside that shell. Boom. Disaster was born.

Anyone using YLight Music?

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.y…

it's a client for Youtube Music, but was last updated 2020. Still shows about 15 installs (downloads by F-Droid clients) per month here. We wonder if it still works, so we shall keep it – or not, and it should be removed. Feedback appreciated!

:boost_love:

#serviceToot #FollowerPower #IzzyOnDroid

Hey folks, If you’re developing an #XMPP server or server-side component, I’d love for you to check out the XMPP Interop Framework (xmpp-interop-testing.github.io). It’s an open-source test suite that runs your implementation through real-world XEP compliance checks.

The project supports a wide range of continuous integration solutions, offers flexible configuration options, and has matured nicely over the past two years. (1/2)

#xmpp

Alright so I know AI is so often being horribly misused, but I've lately been using it to read packages and get instructions from them that I wouldn't otherwise know. It's oddly very empowering not to have to cry to a sighty every time I have print I need read. I know, I know, it's not perfect, it's just a very good feeling to be able to do more of this stuff independently without having to enlist sighted help every 6 seconds.
in reply to Kaliah

I don't find it any more efficient than OCR much of the time. we use Seeing AI most of the time, but had Say Text back in 2010 on iOS, KNFB on Symbian in the noughties. Things have gotten much better across the board, but I don't feel that LLM's have significantly changed the way I access printed mail or food packaging, which are the 2 largest categories of print access I use day-to-day.

I still haven't solved my problem with @Libreoffice. Each time I try to open a document, there is a delay with a "waiting for printer" message appearing, which I have to cancel before the document will open. Looking online, it turns out it's been an issue for at least a couple of years. Something possible with printer or Windows settings? Can anyone walk me through a fix? (Pretty please)
And yes, I updated LibreOffice.
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Another curious #ActivityPub / #MastodonAPI issue.

A Mastodon server is sending me a DELETE message.

The delete is because a user has been deleted.

My server tries to validate the HTTP Signature.

My server looks up the deleted user's main-key.

The user has been deleted so the public key 404s.

My server never acknowledges the delete, so the other server keeps sending me the same request.

So… How do I validate the signature of a deleted user?

As I'm sipping my coffee here I notice a weird link at the bottom of Immich's site: "Cursed Knowledge"

This is incredible. It's like Hall of Fame bugs they encountered. More projects should do this.

immich.app/cursed-knowledge

Immich 2.0.0 is out which is now considered "Stable". I've been running it for 6 months and it's so good I paid for the fake license to support them at $100

They said in their release notes that this license key program has been wildly successful but I wish they were transparent about exactly how well this funding model is working. I'd like to see some real numbers.

immich.app

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In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/

This is standing ovation stuff by @sundress. Not a single word wasted, and so many quotable bits.

A threat model for #accessibility on the web: alice.boxhall.au/articles/a-th…

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Extremely pleased to announce the release of the ActivityPub Fuzzer! This is a tool that runs in a local development environment and (partially) emulates known ActivityPub software. It can even create a fake local "public fire hose" shaped like what you might see if you hooked your in-development software up to the real Fediverse.

I built this because I wanted ways to test in-progress fedi software for compatibility without actually making it live and breaking things.

asml.cyber.harvard.edu/2025/10…

Your Review: Project Xanadu - The Internet That Might Have Been
"...The original idea was to make a file for writers and scientists, much like the personal side of Bush's Memex, that would do the things such people need with the richness they would want. But there are so many possible specific functions that the mind reels. These uses and considerations become so complex that the only answer is a simple and generalized building-block structure, user-oriented and wholly general-purpose...."
astralcodexten.com/p/your-revi…