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Gone ar the days I'd use the Run dialog for everything. These days it has become almost a list of favourite things, and anything else can be run from typing into the start menu.
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in reply to Andre Louis

I still use the run dialogue. Haha. But gone are the days when I used Windows, so I have forgotten a lot of things. Typing into the start menu is too slow for me. the days of having a giant destktop list with icons, however, haven't gone yet.


It would be nice if Microsoft could stop breaking the accessibility of the Windows clipboard history panel.
in reply to Jamie Teh

Lost all hope in that years ago. Now I just set HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\AllowClipboardHistory to 0, and use ditto. If that key doesn't exist, make it, it needs to be a DWORD.
in reply to Quin

@TheQuinbox This entire thread is everyone else praising the holy word of Ditto and I'm so here for it. Ditto is the understated productivity boost that everyone needs in their lives.
@Quin
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @TheQuinbox I haven't heard of Ditto, but the homepage makes it sound good. How's the accessibility? Does it use its own hotkeys, or can it take over the default Windows ones? This one doesn't matter much to me, but I'm curious: can syncing be done by hosting a local service, or does it always use Ditto's servers?
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall @TheQuinbox I don't think it can take over the default Windows hotkeys, but I've never tried. My muscle memory is quite comfortable with the defaults now. It's 100% local; I host my ditto.db on my NAS and have access to it from anywhere using the LAN or Tailscale. There's a system that you can set up that allows "friends" (other machines) to send you clips, via a server-client model, which I've never messed with.
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @alexhall @TheQuinbox no, the windows copy and paste keys remain as is.
Ditto hooks into copy so you can retrieve any number of previously copied items, I suppose is the best way to put it.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @tristan @TheQuinbox Ah, that makes sense. So it automatically saves everything I copy, but pasting previous clips is done with ctrl-`. Really, it just replaces win-v with ctrl-`. I assume that if I select a previous clip, my clipboard is set to that clip so I can ctrl-v the same clip later if I want to.
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall @tristan @TheQuinbox ctrl+V will always paste the last thing on your clipboard of course. And yes by default, entering on an item in Ditto's interface will put it back there for you, although it also attempts to paste it where you are if it can.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo @alexhall @TheQuinbox You can always press ctrl+c on any entry in the list to just copy it without it trying to paste.
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @alexhall @TheQuinbox I never knew that. Is it weird that i've been using this thing for a decade or so without ever needing to recopy but not repaste an item?
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall @TheQuinbox Oh, right, and the accessibility is great. I press ctrl+` and get dropped into a list of my latest items. I can arrow up and down the list, start typing to search, and press applications/context menu on clips to view more details. It's literally that easy. There's an options dialog that is also pretty usable, although Sean mentioned there were occasional issues with setting hotkeys upthread. I've not changed my hotkeys in a very long time so I can't comment to that.
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @TheQuinbox Thanks. I just installed it and will play with it. I use Windows clipboard history a lot, and like Jamie, and tired of never knowing if it'll work after an update. It also feels slower in recent updates than it used to.
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall @TheQuinbox My ditto.db:
Created: 12/25/2018 11:08:08 AM
Last modified: 10/17/2024 8:46:33 AM
Size: 7.48 GB (8,038,252,544 bytes)
Searching still happens instantaneously, even over the network.
Consider this me vouching for it's stability and longevity over Windows clipboard history.
in reply to Tristan

@tristan @TheQuinbox Meanwhile, I copied one URL to my clipboard, opened Ditto, hit f3, hit ctrl-g, and froze it. Windows just offered to restart, after the usual warning that I could lose data if I didn't wait for Ditto to respond.
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall That tracks, I never use groups or F3 at all. I just tried doing that here and it didn't crash. I wonder what happened there.
in reply to Tristan

@tristan Does the applications key work? That does nothing either, though maybe that's only for certain entry types.
in reply to Alex Hall

@alexhall @tristan Curious. I just installed Ditto and have used both groups and the applications key with no problems out of the box.
in reply to Jamie Teh

You mean it would be nice if Microsoft would just stop breaking things.. LOL. I don’t think they’re capable of not breaking something at this point.


Včera som zase musel vyhadzovať nejakého týpka z bytu. Majiteľka ho tam našla spať, včera prišiel s tým že si tú izby prenajme na dva mesiace. Tak volám majiteľke a ona ho tam nechce. Majiteľka potom volá späť spolubývajúcemu a sama mu hovorí že ho tam nechce, neviem čo budem robiť keď ho tam nájdem znova.

Najlepšie na tom je že začali chodiť už dvaja čo tam nemajú čo robiť a podľa mňa veľmi dôveryhodne nevyzerajú.

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in reply to Stevez

@theron29 ono je to taká prekérna situácia tým že ten spolubývajúci tam býva už 5 rokov a teraz to trochu vyzerá že stále niečo riešim sa mi nepáči. Ten zámok je bezpečnostní to nejde len tak.
in reply to SuspiciousDuck

"natrel" som spolubývajúceho majiteľke, nech si každý myslí čo chce je mi to šum a fuk. Kačica rieši.
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Oh dear.
I've been told I need a waited blanket today, because 'a well-known blind influencer' said they're good for blind people. Obviously this person is a follower and has just assumed I have trouble sleeping because I'm blind.

In the same discussion, she tells me that audible have great offers on this week, which will be brilliant for me. Because I'm blind.

I wish people would stop telling me I'm blind (hint: I already know), and secondly maybe not assume that what works for one blind person works for everyone. My blindness may be one of my most obvious characteristics, but it certainly isn't the only one.
For the record I sleep very well and don't listen to audiobooks.

in reply to Sean Randall

did you noj? your blind? what a stupid consept, to be toald a think you auto to no!


#ECJ: The Directive on the legal protection of computer programs does not allow the holder to prohibit the marketing by a third party of software which merely changes variables transferred temporarily to a game console’s RAM @Sony #PlayStation 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…



I've complained about this before, but GitHub projects with a stale bot make me far less likely to want to take the time to carefully report issues. I think it's disrespectful of reporters' time to auto close issues they possibly put a lot of effort into filing. I don't often file bugs against Apple products for the same reason: the bugs just go into a void most of the time with absolutely no feedback, especially if they get closed as duplicates. What's the point of me investing possibly hours of my time writing thorough bug reports if they might just get closed and practically lost without a glance?

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in reply to Jamie Teh

We use stalebot only to close issues where we ask the reporter a question and add an "Awaiting OP Action" label, and they don't reply in a week.


What are the best cover songs you've heard? Covers so radical they obliviate the original song.
in reply to Jeff Atwood

scary pockets did some great covers, I never got their MMBop cover out of my head: youtube.com/watch?v=fiShsfvbFU…


¡Buenos días con sueño! No hay nada como entender lo que sucede ahí arriba para que haya paz aquí dentro. Anoche tocó dosis de turbulencias, pero incluso sin medicación, todo fue bien. No me voy a aficionar a los aviones, pero al menos ya creo que puedo soportarlos un poco mejor que antes.


"Meloni no es que sea la Capilla Sixtina del pensamiento" Dani Álvarez en radioeuskadi, clavándolo once again.
in reply to Petarda of the dead

Están hablando de los "cordones sanitarios" con la extrema derecha. Ponen el caso de que la semana pasada en el parlamento de Navarra no debatieron una mocion de vox sobre inmigración porque estaba llena de "mensajes de odio". El supremo (o la AN, no sé) dice que es censura y se debe debatir todo lo que se proponga según las vías, sin embargo en otros casos ha prohibido debates en Cataluña sobre la monarquía.

Porque una cosa es debate y otra debatizaje.




Growls like a mad wuff puppy! Don't run a data center in your bedroom, if you intend it for sleeping, LOL.
But if you're like me, and won't give up your local data center, and don't have any other rooms for it, then this happens.
Ziggy? What's the outdoor temperature?
Right now, it's 2° Celsius...
Ziggy? What's the bedroom temperature?
The bedroom temperature is 26.4°.
It didn't say it was celsius, but it is.
in reply to Adam MacLeod

Yeah, warm for me to sleep in probably too. Although, the fact it's 7degrees sometimes is a bit. Bleh. So maybe I could sleep. If I am tired. Haha.


@modulux @swearyanthony Whilst #touchscreens can increase #accessibility and #longevity (no button / force needed) they also can hinder intuitive operation.

  • There's a resson we have buttons and knobs and levers in cars, ships, airplanes and even on bikes and scooters: You don't want to click through menues to be able to turn off the radio, activate warning lights or pull over...

You want immediate and blind control...

in reply to modulux

the only form of "accessibility with touchscreens" I've seen are either alternative menues & audio navigation (like on most modern ATMs in Germany) - bypassing touch entirely like a phone tree - or some #TTS reading where one swipes if not the entire screen.

I'd love to really dive into this...

#tts
in reply to Kevin Karhan :verified:

The model for touchscreen accessibility is mobile OSes like iOS and Android. They have the TTS approach, allowing to touch the elements on the screen and using double tap to select. It's not ideal for devices that may require quick action such as a cooker though, in my opinion.


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Digitale Erpressung durch App-Zwang: Immer mehr Dienste zwingen uns zur Nutzung von Apps – und das auf Kosten unserer Daten und Wahlfreiheit. Ob Online-Banking, Bonusprogramme oder Rabatte, ohne App geht oft nichts mehr. Datenschutz bleibt dabei auf der Strecke, während die Abhängigkeit von wenigen Großkonzernen wächst. Es ist höchste Zeit, Alternativen zu fordern und die digitale Selbstbestimmung zu bewahren! #AppZwang #Datenschutz #DigitaleFreiheit

kuketz-blog.de/kommentar-digit…



FINALLY! Open-source LIVE CAPTIONS for your Linux desktop that run locally! No internet connection, no spyware!

github.com/abb128/LiveCaptions

FUTO is a company that grants young developers means to build awesome tools like this one. Tools that help digital sovereignty.

futo.org/projects/

All I need now is a model that will translate all the Russians in #CounterStrike for me :D

#Accessibility #HearingAid #Deaf #FUTO #FreeSoftware #FairSoftware #MachineLearning



Users usually do not understand that it's not "their" #accounts, it's a #system #access with a
- #username (choosen by them) and a
- #password (not so carefully choosen by them)
cc: @tardis #ai #aiart by #dalle3
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in reply to iamdtms

I have no idea why I am tagged in this, and I have no idea what it means....


Last week the n0 team did get together in one physical place. We've figured out a path to 1.0 that all of us are happy with!
Why does 1.0 matter for you? It is when we'll promise protocol & API compatibility into the future. To get there we'll have to break the wire protocol one more time, but we'll roll this out slowly in a backwards compatible way and only actually break the backwards compatibility in a release candidate. Aiming for sometime next year!



Do you live in one of the countries in red?

If so, your government is pushing for the EU Chat Control law which mandates mass surveillance via fully automated real-time surveillance of messaging and chats

See:
patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/cha…



Accrescent recently surpassed 1,000 stars on GitHub 🥳! Thank you to everyone for your continued support!

If you'd like to help us grow, check out accrescent.app/faq#contributin…. There are lots of ways to contribute even if you can't code!

github.com/accrescent/accresce…

#security #privacy #appstore #accrescent #android



Monal 6.4.5 (Build 982, PR #1258) released.

To see the complete list of bugfixes and improvements, check our releases page: github.com/monal-im/Monal/rele…

Appstore install links:
apps.apple.com/app/id317711500 (iOS)
apps.apple.com/app/id163707850… (macOS)

#Monal #ios #macos #xmpp #im #chat #messaging

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We just added #forgejo and #sharkey integration to our list of tutorials, see: joinjabber.org/tutorials/integ…
Integrations like this make it very easy to add #xmpp accounts to existing services and #fediverse instances.


"You should be using an RSS reader" - yessss

for example the @delta bot at feedsb@mailchat.pl: i.delta.chat/#024C525D627CBF5A…

And then send "/sub pluralistic.net/feed" to it as the first command! You will not regret it.

---> @pluralistic




7 Common Online Scams to Watch Out for and How to Stay Safe howtogeek.com/common-online-sc…



Star Wars Outlaws accessibility improvements of update 1.2 caniplaythat.com/2024/10/06/st…


Overcoming Barriers: A Blind Person's Take on Workplace Accessibility blog.usablenet.com/overcoming-…

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in reply to David Goldfield

I have to totally agree with the author of this article. It is amazing how many companies are running old everything from software to computers to totally outdated phone systems.


Black Friday Came Early! Act Now to Get 87% off Surfshark VPN thestreamable.com/save-87-perc…


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Odkud k nám přicházejí lidé navštěvit náš blog zaměřený na popularizaci vědy, mediální gramotnost, boj s dezinformacemi a knižní recenze?
pepikhipik.com/
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in reply to Archos

@archos Moc děkuju za nabídku. Od září jsem teď v jednom kole, ne, že by to přinášelo potřebné peníze do rodinné pokladničky :) Vidím to až na leden a třeba osobní setkání? Jsem tvým dlužníkem a rád se naučím nebo aspoň seznámím se světem technologií, kde nejsem úplně doma.
in reply to PepikHipik

Úplně v pohodě, já budu rád, že se budou aplikace víc využívat.


ACB was proud to stand with our partners to draw attention to Uber’s and Lyft’s failures to stop discrimination against people who are blind or have low vision, particularly those accompanied by guide dogs. Read the press release: acb.org/acb-sends-representati…

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I ordered a chicken and an egg from Amazon. I'll let you know.


Running #chatmail servers is <2h effort per month, according to an ad-hoc poll with 10 operators responding. Some have 10Ks of #deltachat users. Typically 300MB ram is used and max 60gb disc space per server. And all interoperate safely based on high security standards (DKIM and TLS enforced, and only no-metadata #openpgp encrypted messages allowed) .... with typically 0.5 secs end-to-end delivery. Who said again that email is insecure, cumbersome and slow? :)


Calling #MicrosoftDisabilityAnswerDesk because when I exit out of Outlook it isn't fully exiting and can still be seen in task manager and thus won't reopen fun for a Wednesday night.
in reply to Robin Frost

You know, I remember recently hearing someone else having that problem with Outlook but I never found out what they did, if anything, to resolve it. Please, let us know what they tell you when you call them as I'm curious.
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield I have a vague memory of having it on another machine in the past and back then I feel like it had something to do with a corrupted Outlook Profile but that's all I recall. The man who helped me tonight didn't mention that. Perhaps it was beyond his knowledge base. So he escalated me and supposedly an escalation tech will call me on Friday afternoon to solve this as a quick repair of Office didn't solve the problem.
in reply to Robin Frost

Robin, have you tried disabling (not removing) all of the Outlook addins to see if that solves your shutdown issue?
Also, what antivirus or antimalware program are you using and does that program have an option to integrate with Outlook? If it does, try temporarily disabling that option annd then see if Outlook shuts down properly.
in reply to Robin Frost

In case you haven't already seen this article, it may be worth reading. It's extremely detailed and much of it might not apply to your situation but, just in case ..
slipstick.com/problems/outlook…
in reply to David Goldfield

@DavidGoldfield Interesting read. Thank you for it. Only one add-in they mentioned do I find here. I'll keep you posted as to how it progresses.



At this point, can we all just agree that the menu options recently changing when you call a place is implied now?

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in reply to Justin Yarbrough

What, you mean you don't like waiting for an extra 75 seconds at the start of a call to hear those messages?


Subscriptions are getting much easier to manage thanks to the new FTC "Click to Cancel" rule that blocks companies from deceptive or malicious tactics that keep customers from canceling.

appleinsider.com/articles/24/1…



Good day people.
There any android OS with accessibility enabled or with accessibility related components bundled which I can install to my system? I know about android x86 project, but to my knowledge, they don't bundle talkback with it.
in reply to Thaqib

I know of Blue Stacks, but I've never tried it. bluestacks.com/
in reply to Cleverson

@clv0 That thing sucks. Can't even use ocr to enable accessibility. It uses some sort of bloated custom launcher with game installation ads.