in reply to Hubert Figuière

Indeed, that's the sort of thing I was wondering! If they've thought intently about it and actually want a trade association that is focused on & driven by the interests of commercial members, then it's a salient comparison.

Alternatively, if they just meant "steward org for some open stuff" then there's a looooot of room for more awareness-advocacy.

Me, I've got *no idea* who in the FOSS-ish gaming community is on top of those things and stands up for indie interests....

@conservancy

Desktop 1.34.2 is coming soon, we fixed two annoying IMAP connection issues that could result in not being able to receive more messages and also wasting your data plan on mobile. For me that Bug was triggered by a malformed spam mail.
New Mobile versions (iOS & Android) should be already out AFAIK.

Also the archived chats pseudo chatlistitem now is on top of the chatlist and has a new design.

github.com/deltachat/deltachat…

Also for #BlackFriday I've found another streamer! I first saw Peas last night on #GamesDoneQuick, livestreaming Mario Kart 8 DLC and that Puyo game with surprisingly deep lore.

twitch.tv/peassmb

#Twitch #BlackMastodon #BlackFediverse

"User Stylesheets Are Still Pretty Great and Should Be More Widely Supported" pxlnv.com/blog/user-stylesheet… Custom stylesheets also for accessibility reasons, of course, but isn't mentioned in the article. #css #a11y #browsers

The European Commission organise an online webinar on the Horizon Europe call for Next Generation Internet topics on 26 January 2023, 14:00-16:00 CET. In particular, if you are interested in using/implementing open source solutions developed/supported by NGI funding (for the pilots) or knowledgeable in open source policies (for the policy support action) please join this information and brokering event :
joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection…
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A few seconds of time here and there can really add up! When you need to send an email NOW, you don't want to backtrack through menus...

So we've added a floating Compose button to K-9 Mail version 6.500 -- available now to test in Beta, on both F-Droid and Google Play.

(Learn how to access the Beta here forum.k9mail.app/t/how-do-i-be…)

#Email #Android #FOSS #K9Mail #Thunderbird #Productivity

Los que hemos cubierto manifestaciones sabemos que si esto se produce se reducirían los disturbios porque la mayoría son provocados por la policía.

La Policía deberá emitir un aviso previo “verbal” y “audible” antes de cargar contra una manifestación
elpais.com/espana/2023-01-13/l…

Je recommande chaudement « La dernière nuit d'Anne Bonny », un feuilleton radio sur ARTE Radio. Bien joué, bien monté, drôle, intéressant, émouvant…

arteradio.com/serie/la_dernier…

Et mettez ARTE Radio dans votre application de podcasts favorite, il y a régulièrement des perles comme ça.

Something new I learned today: Atkinson Hyperlegible Font is a font designed with low vision readers in mind.

Can be downloaded off of Google Fonts or directly from the Braille Institute: brailleinstitute.org/freefont

[ #FediArt #MastoArt #typography ]

in reply to Null 🌲🐌

This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.

An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.

It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Rober…

Here's where you can read about the font and download it: brailleinstitute.org/freefont

#Accessibility

Via @tombofnull

I'm a really big fan of TalkBack 13.1 so far. Currently, it's not on the Play store, but you can get it from APK mirror. It now allows you to swipe up and down to select actions, just like voiceover, has spell checking for text fields, supports USB for Braille displays, is generally much faster, made touch typing much more responsive, as well as introducing a new way of typing in which you drag your finger around, and then tap with another finger to select that letter, you no longer have to be focused on a text field to navigate by letter, word, etc. In a text field, you can be on gthe keyboard, and much more. It's still marked as a beta, for good reason, multiple times while swiping up and down through this post, I got jumped to the keyboard and random letters got typed, but overall, I'm really happy with it. .. .

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wallabag.it a 6 ans

linuxfr.org/news/wallabag-it-a…

#opensource #wallabag #entrepreneur

7 years ago, while trying to get approval to operate in cities all over the world, #Uber insisted that it would actually reduce traffic. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber & Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic, & now admit they actually increase congestion.

So much for “making cities better.”

wsj.com/articles/the-ride-hail…

#Cities #transportation #urbanism #cars #ridehailing #ridesharing #traffic

Sabina Slonková: Zbabělého a neschopného prezidenta nepotřebujeme.

Naopak žádný z demokratických kandidátů nám ostudu neudělá.

neovlivni.cz/sabina-slonkova-z…

in reply to Chris Trottier

That said, if you're new to physical music media, I highly recommend starting with CDs.

Why? Because the value is unparalleled.

Thrift stores are selling them for $1/each -- sometimes even less.

Do the math. If one CD contains 12 songs, that's pennies for a song.

Which you can then rip to FLAC, store on your computer or DAP.

And owning a copy on optical disc -- with artwork! -- isn't bad either!

I am excited to see the efforts behind endasfmascotry.com/ and perhaps it can spark momentum for even more settler allyship. #NotYourMascot #Apache

Let me share some of the things I have learned about being a better settler ally in support of reconciliation and #LandBack:

in reply to e. hashman

To this day, we still violate the most basic of treaty rights, while abusing the land we've taken. Hydroelectric dams threaten entire ecosystem collapse through the risk of salmon extinction. Widespread pollution has left traditional food sources unsafe to eat.

civileats.com/2021/06/23/reneg…
propublica.org/series/broken-p…
propublica.org/article/toxic-s…

in reply to e. hashman

If this is your first time learning this, you may find yourself a bit overwhelmed. Indigenous peoples have been living in some state of apocalypse since colonists arrived. I myself learned little of this in primary school, and such studies concluded with the silent assumption that "everything is better now!" It's not. Rather than look away, perhaps you'll be inspired to learn more? I highly recommend @pattyk's new book, Becoming Kin.

broadleafbooks.com/store/produ…

Programming
I have submitted yet another ticket to the #jetbrains #rider team to make their program #accessible for #blind users. Fellow #csharp #dotnet #developer friends, please share and upport my attempt as I think this is really important.
#a11y
rider-support.jetbrains.com/hc…
in reply to Arkadiusz Świętnicki 🇨🇳 I HAVE MOVED

asking out of the curiosity, how does the accessibility compare to VS 2022, or VS Code? Are they better, or is it the same everywhere?
I'm not blind, or disabled in any other way, but at least half of all the accessibility features I know about are useful to people like me, because they either speed up my workflow, or make it more comfortable.
in reply to y4si0 🇵🇱 🇳🇱

@y4si0 Hi, thanks very much for your interest. The short answer is that everything comes to speed. JBR is the fastest IDE, the reaction time is instant, but some things do not read. VS 2022 is a mess, its slow and some things do not read; VS 2019 is very good, but its function will be limited as time comes and VS Code I personally don't like very much as its web based. I hear blind developers like and use it, but not for C#, rather for Python, Rust, ETC.

Coming up live at 00:00 UTC (7:00 PM Eastern, 4:00 PM Pacific in the Americas) on The Global Voice Internet Radio: two hours of relaxing #newage, #ambient, and #meditationmusic on Northern Lights: The New Age Show with Kelly Sapergia. More information about the show is at ksapergia.net/northernlights/. Tune in either by visiting theglobalvoice.info and clicking on the Listen Live link, or put the following URL in your favorite media player: theglobalvoice.info:8000/broad… #audio

#GNOME 42.8 Is Out to Enable Atomic Mode-Setting for #NVIDIA/GBM, Improve #Wayland and #AMDGPU Support 9to5linux.com/gnome-42-8-enabl…

@gnome #Linux #OpenSource

With web forms, for birthdate, a text input should be used for the best usability. A dropdown for the year is bad, but this is ridiculous! Sorry, but no one will be born in 2055 for another 32 years. Found multiple instances in the same painful process to sign up my son for a sport. #rant #UX #UXfail #UIDesign #UIFail #usability #forms 😖
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Plenty of great people have cycled through #Medium at various points, but I would love to see a little bit of memory retention about their organizational history:

"Medium abruptly cancels the membership programs of its 21 remaining subscription publishers" niemanlab.org/2018/05/medium-a…

"‘We had no idea that it was coming’: Medium pulls the rug from under publications" cjr.org/business_of_news/mediu…

"The long, complicated, and extremely frustrating history of Medium, 2012–present" niemanlab.org/2019/03/the-long…

in reply to Erin Kissane

As far as alternatives go: I'm really excited to see more communities try out PubPub! pubpub.org

It's the most similar open-source option I've come across (e.g. has some social features and lots of ways to organize/layout content).

But open source CMSes and community-platforms are actually an embarrassment of riches. Just those pesky network effects/FOMO keeping people tethered to the VC clowncars.

in reply to Erin Kissane

I’ve been reading/publishing pieces on Medium for many years now. I’m aware of the myriad pivots, but had no idea about much of what I’m seeing here.

I love my Medium experience but I’m considering a move to Substack because I see a lot of good writers there, but would love to learn more about their experience.

Have you found a good home there? Is there anything problematic worth noting?

I've finally gotten around to publishing part 4 of my series on post-collapse computing.

blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2023/…

While this is the end of the series it's hopefully only the beginning of a larger resilience initiative within GNOME and free software more broadly. If you're interested in working on this I'd be very happy to hear from you.

#Akademy2023 will be a hybrid event in Thessaloniki, Greece from 15-21 July. Keep up to date on what goes on at KDE's yearly event by subscribing to our mailing list, following us on Twitter and Mastodon, or visiting our Facebook and LinkedIn event pages.

dot.kde.org/2023/01/12/akademy…

Latest from me: Merge sort in a memory constrained environment.
medium.com/@erik_68861/sorting…