Steven Scott catches up with Freek van Welsenis, co-founder of Hable, to discuss their brand-new innovation: the Hable Easy.Steven Scott (Double Tap)
Apple has today released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 to the public; bringing new functionality for VoiceOver and braille users; several enhancements to Apple Intelligence, including priority notifications and expanded language support; as well as new em…applevis.com
The modern world thrives on innovation, and the best innovation comes from a multitude of perspectives working together. That’s what’s...Devon Price (American Printing House)
In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
New blog; alternate title: "in which the author attempts to both empathize with and critique the data-packrat impulse that seems to be driving a lot of toxic behavior in the software industry right now"
Discovered that #libadwaita apps can enable the convenience "What's New" button in their About dialog to show release notes: gnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/l…
Some #GNOME apps already use it: stable releases of Calendar, Shortwave, Showtime, Papers, System Monitor, Decibels, Warp, etc.
I've now filed RFEs for this in Tuba, Epiphany, Contacts, Fractal, Secrets, Warehouse, Maps, Apostrophe, Snapshot, File Roller, etc.
Ideally I'd want to suggest it in Ptyxis, Text Editor, Builder, Loupe & Pika…
Reference for property Adw.AboutDialog:release-notesgnome.pages.gitlab.gnome.org
Microsoft used its AI-powered Security Copilot to discover 20 previously unknown vulnerabilities in the GRUB2, U-Boot, and Barebox open-source bootloaders.
If you want to listen to some guy demo Siri and talk about TTS for four minutes and eleven seconds, here you go lmao.
I talk about Siri's new TTS improvements in iOS 18.4, and try unsuccessfully to get info about places in California. Amazingly, I have much better luck with getting answers about machine learning and what it's used for. What a time to be alive, or something.
So, we did a thing.
github.com/systemd/systemd/pul…
This PR introduces two new changes. A Go Library systemd is an important set of libraries and utilities on modern Linux systems. The need to remove C in favour of memory-safe alternative is of peak...GitHub
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian
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Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian officeLorenzo Tondo (The Guardian)
Have any of you used Codeberg static pages for your developer blog or for your Open Source project's homepage? 
I would love to hear about some experiences or see your Git repositories. 🙂
#Codeberg #Forjeo #Git #Page #OpenSource #FreeSoftware
TV Garden: watch free to air TV stations around the world. So cool (a nod to radio.garden, which is also amazing)
Watch Free Live TV from Around the World on tv.garden! Stream live news, sports, and entertainment—no subscription needed. Start watching now!tv.garden
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In the Linux world, your choice of shell can significantly enhance your command-line experience. While Bash is the default shell on most Linux distributions…Lubos Rendek (LinuxConfig)
Golf ball-sized hail pummeled Kerrville in South Central Texas on Sunday, March 23, causing damage to homes. This video, shared on Facebook by Terry Giles, s...YouTube
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Apple has today released iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 to the public; bringing new functionality for VoiceOver and braille users; several enhancements to Apple Intelligence, including priority notifications and expanded language support; as well as new em…www.applevis.com
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Working with git repos all day and I can't tell you how many times I've typo'd "merge" as "marge."
#git
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With 6G standardization work officially underway, Qualcomm is working to make its R&D work a commercial reality.Qualcomm and RCR Wireless News (Sponsored) (RCR Wireless News)
Sie verwenden die Managed Nextcloud von IONOS und möchten Ihre Daten gemäß Art. 20 der DSGVO (Recht auf Datenübertragbarkeit) exportieren. Dieser Artikel erklärt Ihnen, wie Sie dafür vorgehen.IONOS Hilfe-Center
This year's WebAIM Million is out! webaim.org/projects/million/
10% less detectable errors (fwiw), 7% more complexity in homepages.
A lot less errors at government, banks, non profits, many more in fashion, sports and ecommerce.
To fix the common issues, see (or send colleagues to) my two blog posts: hidde.blog/common-a11y-issues/ and hidde.blog/more-common-a11y-is…
Hidde's blogTips based on WebAIM’s “Million” survey.
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If Commodore hadn't gone bankrupt in 1994, we might have had an AmigaPhone in our pockets. 🥲
#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #VintageComputing #retro #commodore #amiga #1980s #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #old #nostalgia #graphics #mobile #design #artwork #digital #DigitalArt #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #image #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
I migrated my coding life, including my static websites, off GitHub. It's easier than you might think! Here's how I did it.
taggart-tech.com/migrate-to-co…
How much of your code do you feel like entrusting to Microsoft? How about American data centers? Here's an easy way to jump ship and maintain operations.taggart-tech.com
@IzzyOnDroid Right so that is where ssh-agent comes in. Don't add the key in question to ssh-agent, and you won't use it for auth. It's not a hard "no," but you can still configure Git to use it for signing.
I would contend though that if you have any reason to "revoke" a key, it should not be conditional.
There's a new product that has been gaining some buzz in the blind community, a Windows app called Guide that uses AI to perform tasks on your computer. It's pitched as a way to get around web accessibility problems in particular. I won't link to the thing itself, because I don't want to give it that validation, but I'll link to a previous discussion thread about it: fed.interfree.ca/notes/a5wf4ys…
I've spent some time taking this app apart. The level of shoddy work here is deeply disgusting. 1/?
Final update: The developer is now on Mastodon via @andrew_guide.Update: The developer has removed the ability to download Guide until the security issues mentioned in the linked thread are fixed.
Update: this product contains some code flaws that are concerning from a security perspective, beyond just giving control of your computer to an LLM. You might want to read this thread before installing the product: toot.cafe/@matt/114258349401221651
Update: I've exchanged some long emails with Andrew, the lead developer. He's open to dialogue, and moving the project in the right direction: well-scoped single tasks, more granular controls and permissions, etc. He doesn't strike me as an #AI maximalist can and should do everything all the time kind of guy. He's also investigating deeper screen reader interaction, to let AI just do the things we can't do that it's best at. I stand by my thoughts that the project isn't yet ready for prime time. But as someone else in the thread said, I don't think it should be written off entirely as yet another "AI will save us from inaccessibility" hype train. There is, in fact, something here if it gets polished and scoped a bit more.
Just tried guide for fun. It's supposed to be an app to use #AI to help #blind folks get things done. I asked "Where are the best liver and onions in Ottawa?" It:
1. Decided it needed to search the web.
2. Thought that the "stardew access" icon on my desktop was a kind of web browser, so clicked it.
3. Imagined an "accept cookies" dialogue it needed to accept.
4. Decided that didn't work, so looked for Google Chrome (I don't have chrome installed on that machine)
5. Finally opened edge from the start menu. By the way, it just...left Stardew open and running. Because apparently having Stardew Valley running in the background is a vital part of finding liver and onions in Ottawa.
6. Opened a random extension from my edge toolbar (goodlinks).
7. Clicked the address bar and loaded google.com, instead of just doing the search right from the address bar.
8. Got blocked because it couldn't sign into my Google account, even though it could have also searched from the Google homepage.To be fair to AI, that was the kind of open-ended task AI is terrible at. If I had asked it to check an inaccessible checkbox, or read a screenshot, or something, I'm sure it would have been fine.
Anyway, I'm still better at using a computer than an AI. So is my 87 year old grandfather, for that matter. www.guideinteraction.com
Guide - AI assistant for people with low vision or blindness
With Guide, inaccessible doesn't have to mean undoable. Guide is a Windows AI assistant that helps people with low vision or blindness navigate the digital world.Guide
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J'ai installé la dernière version de @thunderbird (la version 136.0, canal release). Le module conversations a été désactivé car il n'est pas encore mis à jour... 😭 addons.thunderbird.net/fr/thun…
Cette extension vous sert sur un plateau une vue en conversation pour Thunderbird, avec les infobulles des contacts, des vignettes pour les fichiers joints, la réponse rapide, l'intégration avec les autres modules, et bien d'autres astuces encore.addons.thunderbird.net
Do you want new features in Thunderbird sooner? Learn how to switch from annual to monthly updates with the Release channel.Monica Ayhens-Madon (The Thunderbird Blog)
🏛️"Demos, not memos" is one of our mantras for #FWD50 2025.
On April 15, we're diving deep into Product Management for government, featuring alumni from #18F sharing what might have been.
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in reply to Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo) • • •Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)
in reply to Chris 🌱 • • •@brainblasted Well for sure those brief tickets I filed are more of a "raise awareness about a possibility introduced in libadwaita 1 year ago, after lots of apps had already built their About dialogs", and there's no rush to implement those ideas (if ever). They are free to decline the suggestion.
That said, for devs who already go through the trouble of creating AppData release notes, I personally don't know why they wouldn't want those notes to have one more publishing touchpoint available 🙂
Chris 🌱
in reply to Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo) • • •Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)
in reply to Chris 🌱 • • •@brainblasted It's at the very bottom of the list of things that would meaningfully change my life to have, honestly. I just think it's good for platform consistency across apps, and gives their release notes more shelf life.
I for one was unaware of the existence of this feature for the past 12 months; if an app I wrote was missing it, I'd appreciate the convenience ticket to let me know, because I ain't tracking every API change of every toolkit. Surely I'm not alone in that situation? 🤷
Maksym Hazevych
in reply to Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo) • • •Chris 🌱
in reply to Maksym Hazevych • • •@mks_h I think it's fine to request features, but reporting something like this and pointing at all of the other apps in the issue gives the impression that you're:
a) Implying there's some deficiency in the app when in reality it's just a minor difference.
b) You're trying to pressure them into adding it in order to be in line with other apps.
That may not be the intention, but that's how it comes across to others. Speaking as an app developer, it doesn't feel nice to be pressured into more work when you're barely keeping up with what you already want to do.
Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)
in reply to Chris 🌱 • • •@brainblasted @mks_h Oh, I see your point now about the apps list. For the record, I didn't mean it as pressure, but as reference implementations that can be used as examples / tried out for comparison.
From my own experience with Calendar it wasn't clear why I wasn't seeing it there; therefore I took great care in testing each app on the list to be *sure* whether it did or did not have the feature in practice (with stable versions), I didn't want to mistakenly report if they already had it.