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Bookface Version 1.7 Release


These are the changes and fixes in this release:

* Restyled “New Message” button to make it more obvious.
* Fixed Profile Pics and Cover Photos not working in old iOS browsers
* Moved Postbox styles to the end of the stylesheet
* Minified Postbox CSS.
* Restyled Item Responses
* Action Buttons you’ve interacted with before now adopt accent color.
* Fix for disabled Action Buttons to make it clear they are disabled.
* Fixed issue with slow-loading secondary toolbar in Safari
* Updated with Postbox version 1.1 styles
— names of solid colors now match HTML color names
— 24 new solid colors
— 5 new gradient backgrounds
— 17 new pattern backgrounds

Some of these will be fairly obvious. The big one is that the Action Buttons below posts and comments used to change to the accent color on hover and there was no indicator if you’d previously interacted with any of them. NOW they have a slight shift in darkness/lightness on hover and the accent color indicates you’ve previously clicked the Like, Dislike, Share, or Event buttons (the exceptions being Comment or Quote). If a post's scope is limited (not public) the "Share" and "Quote" buttons are now obviously disabled by being faded out.


Action Buttons with accent color indicating previous interaction.


Engagement Counts also now show an icon indicating the type of engagement, which should make it easier to see what kind of engagement a post or comment is getting. And if there are 2+ the individuals are revealed in a pop-over box rather than pushing the entire layout down.

Engagement counts with icons and detail pop-over

The new Postbox pattern backgrounds are done with pure CSS, no images! So they’ll load and display fast and don’t incur additional server calls. Postboxes are just a nice looking way to dress up your text-only posts. Of course only Friendica users will see them, and only if they are using the Bookface scheme or their instance has installed one of the Postbox add-ons. The styling doesn’t transfer to other platforms (Note: there are still issues with Postbox posts shared to Diaspora and Hubzilla).

The new Postbox Pattern Backgrounds


Thank you to everyone who gave me feedback, reported issues, and tested things for me to help improve Bookface for everyone. :D

#Friendica #Bookface @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins

Server Styles:
gitlab.com/randompenguin/bookf…

User Styles:
gitlab.com/randompenguin/users…

#friendica #BookFace @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins
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Be My Eyes and Innosearch Join Forces to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users

‍Be My Eyes announced today – on Global Accessibility Awareness Day – a strategic alliance with Innosearch.ai, an AI-powered eCommerce portal. The alliance will provide super-accessible online shopping to the users of the Be My Eyes app,, without the clutter and noise present of many other websites.

Be My Eyes users will benefit from an exclusive 2% cashback credit into their Innosearch account for use against future purchases made through the Be My Eyes app. The service is currently available in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia, with more regions to follow.

The alliance represents a significant step and new direction for Be My Eyes, as it lays the foundations of the Be My Eyes app and the underlying technology platform becoming the de-facto access-tech of choice for people who are blind or have low vision, wherever they are – at home, at work or at play.

bemyeyes.com/news/be-my-eyes-t…
#globalaccessibilityawearnessday
#gaad #a11y #bemyeyes #innosearchai #innosearch #blind #shopping #disability #assistivetech


Be My Eyes to Provide In-App Accessible Shopping for Blind and Low Vision Users with InnoSearch AI - Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes and Innosearch Team Up to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users
andyb (Be My Eyes)
#a11y #blind #Disability #GAAD #shopping #bemyeyes #assistivetech #innosearchai #innosearch #globalaccessibilityawearnessday
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Big news for #GAAD2025! 🎉 Accessible online shopping is now built into the Be My Eyes app, thanks to our collab with InnoSearch AI.

Shop products, book travel, earn 2% cash back.

No fees, no barriers. Just tap + shop! 🛒

bemyeyes.com/news/be-my-eyes-t…

#BeMyEyes #AccessibleTech


Be My Eyes to Provide In-App Accessible Shopping for Blind and Low Vision Users with InnoSearch AI - Be My Eyes

Be My Eyes and Innosearch Team Up to Bring Seamless, AI-Powered eCommerce to Blind and Low Vision Users
andyb (Be My Eyes)
#bemyeyes #accessibletech #gaad2025

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Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026.

It says it is testing the types of advertisements its subscribers are willing to endure. If you want to opt out you have to pay more money.

The enshittening of Netflix is almost complete

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0…


Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026

Netflix is trying to grow ad revenue quickly.
Scharon Harding (Ars Technica)
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Čerstvý NMS Market Research posílá za mimo Sněmovnu Motoristy i hnutí Stačilo. V pásmu ohrožení jsou i přes mírný růst Piráti.

ANO zaznamenalo solidní návrat +2,2
Spolu je na nejlepším výsledku letos 21.7
SPD upevňuje pozici na 13,7
STAN si vybral velkou oddechovku a klesl během 2 měsíců o 4 pb z 13,9 na 9,9
Piráti vyrovnali letošní maximum 6,1
Motoristé podruhé s nemalým poklesem, nyní až mimo Sněmovnu na únorová čísla
Stačilo poprvé měřeno pod 5% hranicí

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This probably has to be the worst speech synth of all time! It's called JS1k (JavaScript 1 KB), it's web-based, formant synthesis method, completely monotone, sample rate is 8 kHz, has very rough phoneme transitions, a terrible formant filter, and is entirely phonetic (i.e. you have to enter the phonemes in, so it's not doing actual standard English text-to-speech conversion). I'm glad this will not be one that us screen readers will ever use! If you don't understand what it's saying, the sample says, This is a speech synthesizer in one k, type any text and press enter.

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Today in the iOS app store in the Today tab, I encounter a heading with the title
Accessibility Awareness, the Best Accessible Apps and Games, Curated by App Store Editors

I swipe right and what do I then encounter?
Six separate buttons, all labeled "App Suggestion" with no accessible titles.
So, VoiceOver users just hear "app suggestion, button", "app suggestion, button", "app suggestion, button" ...
I have reported this to Apple Accessibility.
Happy Global Accessibility Awareness Day.

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The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is coming — is your website ready?
Accessibility expert Annelies Verhelst breaks down how you can get your WordPress site compliant in less than 3 weeks at #WCEU2025.
Whether you're a developer, site owner, or agency, this practical, fast-track session is your roadmap to action. #WordPress #a11y #a11yEvents
europe.wordcamp.org/2025/sessi…
WordCamp Europe 2025 speaker Annelies Verhelst on preparing for the EAA in less than 3 weeks

Prepare for the EAA in less than 3 weeks

The European Accessibility Act will take effect on 28 June 2025, three weeks from WordCamp EU. If your company sells products or services to consumers in the EU, you likely need to comply to new le…
WordCamp Europe 2025
#a11y #wordpress #a11yevents #wceu2025

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Measles case confirmed on board plane from Turkey to Montreal

montreal.citynews.ca/2025/05/1…

Masking is not just for COVID. And vax your spawn. It's not a personal choice.


Measles case confirmed on board plane from Turkey to Montreal | CityNews Montreal

Public Health officials at the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux (MSSS) are informing the public that a person with measles was on board a flight to Montreal from Istanbul, Turkey last week.
Pamela Pagano (CityNews Montreal)

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Today is Global #accessibility awareness day and I think I speak for a lot of people in the community when I say I'm tired. Particularly over the last few months, the overall climate towards accessibility and #diversity hasn't been super welcoming and while I have a good support network that can remind me that I am, in fact, human and worth existing, many do not. If you receive a request to make something #accessible, from anyone, keep in mind that may very well be the 5th, 10th or even 100th attempt this person has made today at screaming into the void hoping to be seen as a person rather than a potential drain on resources. Rather tna big companies showing off #AI gizmos that mean we've offloaded a problem we didn't want to deal with onto a fallible set of algorithms, maybe #gaad should be about being aware of how ridiculous it is that accessibility professionals and consumers need to fight to even be seen as human these days, because make no mistake, we do.
#Accessibility #accessible #AI #diversity #GAAD

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Zach Bennoui

Agreed with this. I really wasn't that impressed with Google's announcements this time around, not doing much to move the needle. Apple, on the other hand, actually had stuff that would likely be useful to more people, and while they have their problems, I think in general they have a better understanding of the challenges disabled people face on a daily basis, rather than trying to make everything about AI solving issues most of us didn't really have in the first place.

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Linux 6.15 is right around the corner, which means it's time for another progress report! We have been pretty busy behind the scenes and we have some exciting developments to share with you all!

As always, we want to thank everyone who support us as none of this would be possible without your generous support.

asahilinux.org/2025/05/progres…


Progress Report: Linux 6.15 - Asahi Linux

Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
asahilinux.org

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Today is the day for a new release! This one comes with:

- Added toggle for enhanced text size
- Better unifiedPush support
- Improvements to Iceshrimp by Jacocococo
- A bunch of small fixes and improvements

Download it at github.com/LucasGGamerM/moshid…

#Moshidon


Release 2.3.0+fork.109.moshinda · LucasGGamerM/moshidon

What's Changed Added toggle for enhanced text size [#346] Fix Akkoma translations. by @blacklight in #606 Add reply_to_user string by @TRMSC in #608 Unifiedpush/push settings by @p1gp1g in #589 St...
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#moshidon
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Blind software developers on fedi, I have a question!

Have you used GDB? and if so, do you still use it? I'd love to hear experiences from blind users because I can't tell how good or bad our interface is for users.

For more context, GDB is the main debugger (that I know of, at least) for C, C++, Rust, Ada and Fortran. If you used a debugger for a program in one of those, you probably used GDB with maybe some interface on top.

Because GDB is all text based, I'd think it could reasonably well suited for blind users, but I'm sure being accessible isn't as easy as "the text is there" so I'd love to hear the experience of blind users!

I tried searching online but couldn't find any experiences from GDB users specifically (only general tool advice from coding with eyes closed), so direct experience would be appreciated!

Boosts are welcome!

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Lightweight open source Google reCaptcha alternative: ALTCHA leverages a proof-of-work mechanism to safeguard your website, APIs, and online services from spam and abuse. Unlike traditional solutions, ALTCHA is self-hosted, does not rely on cookies or fingerprinting, and ensures complete user privacy. It is fully compliant with GDPR, WCAG 2.2 AA-level, and the European Accessibility Act. github.com/altcha-org/altcha

#privacy #webdev #security #opensource


GitHub - altcha-org/altcha: GDPR, WCAG 2.2 AA, and EAA compliant, self-hosted CAPTCHA alternative with PoW mechanism and advanced anti-spam filter.

GDPR, WCAG 2.2 AA, and EAA compliant, self-hosted CAPTCHA alternative with PoW mechanism and advanced anti-spam filter. - altcha-org/altcha
GitHub
#opensource #privacy #webdev #security
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🔥 The EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD) is LIVE at euvd.enisa.europa.eu/homepage 🇪🇺💪

Finally, we've got our OWN vulnerability tracking system that's not dependent on …

Three awesome dashboards: critical vulns, actively exploited stuff, and EU-coordinated disclosures. … intel we need to patch our systems PROPERLY!

This is digital sovereignty and resilience in action, folks! No more single points of failure in global vuln tracking. 🧙‍♂️🖥️

#Cybersecurity #EUVD #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #NIS2


EUVD

European Vulnerability Database
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
#foss #cybersecurity #digitalsovereignty #euvd #NIS2

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I was searching for an #googlemaps alternative for rating places but based #openstreetmap data

For example the Eifel Tower:
maps.app.goo.gl/9fxtCpPF8WB71Z…

A friend told me about #mapy that does pretty the same with OSM data.
Ofc it is not used that much in comparison to gmaps:
mapy.com/s/kelazoboma

Even if this is a company driven service, I will give it a try.
Do you know about other tools to cover this part of #googlemaps ?

A bit of #unplugtrump might also be a valid reason here.


Eiffelova věž · Av. Gustave Eiffel, 75007 Paris, Francie

★★★★★ · Historická památka
Eiffelova věž · Av. Gustave Eiffel, 75007 Paris, Francie
#openstreetmap #mapy #googlemaps #unplugtrump
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contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Seconding @mangroveReviews ; @lib_reviews is also worth looking at. Both are libre data, so no corporate monopolies.

Adding ratings and reviews for OSM places is currently broken on the Mangrove Reviews website, but check out
@MapComplete - an OSM browser/editor with many themed maps. It supports viewing and adding ratings and reviews to Mangrove Reviews.

@MapComplete @Open Reviews Association @lib.reviews
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mfuhrmann

@contrapunctus @eliasp @mangroveReviews @MapComplete @lib_reviews

#mapcomplete seems to be very easy to use. Mapy.com looks of course a lot better, but I like the spirit of having libre data. Let's hope someone is motivated enough in the future to polish the web UI.
Thanks for the hints 🤗

#MapComplete @Elias Probst @MapComplete @Open Reviews Association @lib.reviews @contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Am Welttag der Barrierefreiheit wollen wir, über digitalen Zugang/Inklusion und Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Behinderungen sprechen, nachdenken und lernen. Durch den Zugang zu digitalen Produktionsmitteln hat die Do-It-Blind Gruppe selbst herstellbare Beschriftungen für Menschen mit Blindheit oder Seheineschränkung entwickelt. oskars.org/posts/gaad-2025/ #make #blind #inklusion #gaad
Auf einem roten, rechteckigen Masten mit den Fahrtzeiten der Linie 46 befindet sich ein schwarzes Schild auf dem in weißer Profilschrift und Braille „Linie 46, Ottakring, Richtung Joachimsthalerplatz“ steht. Dahinter befindet sich ein Blindenleitsystem, eine Mauer und ein weißes Gebäude mit großen Schaufenstern.

Welttag der Barrierefreiheit

Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)
Oskar
#blind #GAAD #inklusion #make

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The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has lost access to his (Microsoft) email and bank accounts. Prosecutions are faltering now. This all due to US sanctions. 'Microsoft did not respond to a request for comments'. Yet European governments are collectively moving their email and files to Microsoft, risking similar problems if they ever upset the US administration. apnews.com/article/icc-trump-s…

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In 2010, #AaronSwartz downloaded 70 GB of articles from JSTOR. He faced a $1 million fine and 35 years in prison
➡️ Aaron took his own life in 2013.

#Meta illegally downloaded over 80 terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train its #AI models
➡️ facing no consequences.

Information is power, knowledge is power.

Beware and fight against those who want to keep you ignorant, unaware, and misinformed.

#digitalrights #openknowledge #opendata #privacy

A black and white line drawing of Aaron Swartz with wavy hair, wearing a t-shirt and smiling.
#privacy #AI #opendata #meta #digitalrights #aaronswartz #openknowledge

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Für die neuen Versionen der @joplinapp@mastodon.social wurde nicht nur die #ScreenReader Kompatibilität für #Desktop und #Mobile verbessert, es gibt auch eine #Accessibility #Hilfe.seite für #Entwickler, die neue Komponenten ergänzen oder alte ändern möchten:

joplinapp.org/help/dev/accessi…
#a11y #Joplin #ToDo #Inklusion #digitaleTeilhabe #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay

Development: Accessibility | Joplin

Joplin has a strong focus on accessibility. It's important to make sure that new pull requests and features keep Joplin accessible. Making new components accessible When creating new components, it...
joplinapp.org
#a11y #Accessibility #mobile #screenreader #hilfe #desktop #joplin #inklusion #ToDo #entwickler #digitaleteilhabe #globalaccessibilityawarenessday @Joplin
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Weitergabe europäischer Flugdaten an US-Behörden: Flugdaten-Riese reicht Milliarden Passagierprofile weiter nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1191234.…

Flugdaten-Riese gibt Milliarden Passagierprofile an US-Behörden

Eine kaum bekannte Luftfahrt-Datenstelle liefert Profile von Milliarden Passagieren an US-Behörden. Diese nutzen die Informationen für ihre verschärfte Einwanderungspolitik. Experten warnen vor Grundrechtseingriffen.
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Štěpán Škorpil

Then I persuaded my mum to call there as she is in different flat on different account with modem in standard router mode and to collect more reports. That finally made them look for cause.

3️⃣ No no one reported any problem on your address. Your neighbour called? Aha. Let's have look. Oh, there seems to be some outages occurring. Oh. It seems to be happening in whole street. Ok, sending technicians right now.

😤

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Stefan Eissing

When we do the right de-complications, the number will go down.

But it‘s refactoring on how things operate, not „just“ splitting up high-scoring functions into pieces.

Complexity, to me, is dominated by the amount of state functions operate on. Not the if/switch paths. When all functions have access to a couple hundred state variable, things remain very complex.

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The picture of President Trump on a giant banner "is reminiscent of portraits of leaders hanging from public buildings, often seen in dictatorships, monarchies, and in descriptions in George Orwell’s 1984 of 'Big Brother.’” - The Independent (UK) independent.co.uk/news/world/a…

‘Deeply creepy’: Enormous brooding banner of Trump now hangs alongside Lincoln outside Department of Agriculture

X users are scoffing at the banner, saying it has a ‘North Korean aesthetic’ and gives off ‘Saddam Hussein vibes’
Oliver O'Connell (The Independent)
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