Hey friends — quick accessibility question for the blind Discord users out there.

I’m on macOS using VoiceOver and trying to set a custom Discord keybind for “Disconnect from Voice Channel.” I’ve added it in Settings → Keybinds, but I can’t tell if it’s actually saving, and the shortcut never fires when I’m in a call.

Has anyone gotten this working reliably on Mac?
If so, what key combo are you using, and did you have to do anything special to make it stick?

Any tips, workarounds, or confirmations that this is just a Discord bug would be super appreciated.

Thanks in advance 🙏

#accessibility #a11y #blind #VoiceOver #macOS #Discord #screenreader #AssistiveTech

Monal 6.4.17 (Build 1072, PR #1541) released.

- Removed christmas special again
- Added Estonian and Telugu translations
- Fixed random black video feed on video calls
- Make it harder for spammers to mention everybody: ignore mentions if more than 5 participants are mentioned per message
- Properly display Visitor role in Channels
- Add "Request Voice" button to contact details of moderated Channels

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

J'en ai eu marre de voir un ami galérer avec un client XMPP sur Mac…

Et bon je suis impulsif·ve vous le savez, donc comme j'adore le client Gajim, bah ça fait 4 semaines que je travaille sur le fait de pouvoir enfin utiliser Gajim sur MacOS, vous avez du le voir passer ici vu mes demandes en décembre :D

Et ça y est on a enfin des .dmg qui marchent bien et que vous pouvez tester en nightly ici :
gajim.org/download/#install-ma…

N'hésitez pas à nous faire vos retours sur le salon de Gajim !

#XMPP #MacOS

Install

Free and fully featured chat app for XMPP

^gajim.org

If you use a Mac computer with MacOS 14 (Sonoma), 15 (Sequoia) or 26 (Tahoe), you can maybe help me test Gajim (a cool XMPP client) for MacOS!

You can follow instructions on this page and then tell me if it's working (or not):
lithio.fr/gajim/

For now I can only build a x86_64 (Intel) dmg.

Boost can help understanding if a version built on MacOS 14 also work on MacOS 15 and 26 :D

Thanks for your help!

#MacOS #XMPP

BorgBackup 1.4.3 was just released!

This is primarily a bugfix release, the Linux and FreeBSD binaries built on Github now have working FUSE support (borg mount).

Our CI testing now includes *BSD and Haiku OS!

github.com/borgbackup/borg/rel…

#borgbackup #linux #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #macos #haiku

Release Release 1.4.3 · borgbackup/borg

borgbackup 1.4.3 borg 1.4.x is kind of a refreshed 1.2 with mostly the same features and behavior, but a few bigger changes that could introduce issues and thus were not suitable for just releasing...

^GitHub

After six years of relentless development, Orion for MacOS 1.0 is here! Read the full announcement: blog.kagi.com/orion

Also: Orion for Linux is currently in Alpha, and Orion for Windows has officially started development with a target launch for late 2026.

Orion also has a dedicated website now: orionbrowser.com

#Kagi #Orion #Browser #Linux #MacOS #Windows

@opensourceopenmind @kolev What #XMPP clients would you recommend (doesn't have to cross-plattform) for

#linux
#android
#macOS
#iOS

?

Anyone have a recommendation for a macos local kanban board style todo list manager? I checked the app store and there are quite a few.

Single user, non-shared data is fine/preferred.

One thing I would like to have is auto archiving of old tasks. Like the last week or two of completed tasks stays, but older ones are archived where they can still be viewed if needed.

#MacOS #Kanban

After reading this thread, I don't want a new Mac anymore. I do wish there were posts like this going over Android and Windows' accessibility frameworks, but I'll take what I can get.

applevis.com/comment/188396#co…

#apple #accessibility #VoiceOver #MacOS #mac #blind

Monal 6.4.11 (Build 1040, PR #1416) released.

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

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

Release Monal 6.4.11 (Build 1040, PR #1416) · monal-im/Monal

Properly open links in external browser, if configured to do so Fix accidental reordering of chats when opening a chat Fixed display of back button in omemo keys view Fixed display of back button i...

^GitHub

This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perp…

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

^{Julie Bort (TechCrunch)}

Are you going to listen to Microsoft or are you going to download Vivaldi?

#Windows #Linux #Macos #Vivaldi

Ryan Chenkie:

Developers, please be careful when installing Homebrew. Google is serving sponsored links to a Homebrew site clone that has a cURL command to malware. The URL for this site is one letter different than the official site.

Note: Google allows the ad sponsors to specify an URL that will be displayed on the ad (original brew.sh here), but the click takes you to the malware domain brewe.sh.

#Apple #HomeBrew #Google #MacOS

Monal 6.4.9 (Build 1019, PR #1360) released.

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

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

Release Monal 6.4.9 (Build 1019, PR #1360) · monal-im/Monal

Fix rare crashes on app startup Don't lock up app on close Improve internal logging Fixed background crash Revert christmas/winter special Fix crash on incoming non-spec-conformant LMC Make xmpp ga...

^GitHub

Celebrating our first anniversary, our next #NixOS meetup is scheduled for Wednesday, December 18 at the Mathematikon in #Heidelberg. For the first time, we are separating our Nix and Rust meetup, so be prepared for another announcement of our Rust anniversary meetup.

No matter if you use #Nix or #Lix on #Linux or #macOS, everyone is welcome to join us.

Pizza and drinks will be provided. If you plan to join us, please register for the event here:

rheinneckar.events/events/2f36…

Nix Your Bugs Anniversary

One year after our first Nix & Rust meetup, we are meeting again in Heidelberg for our first anniversary! 🎊 Note that for the first time, this meetup is only about Nix and NixOS, the declarative package manager and Linux distribution.

^{rheinneckar.events}

Super nice #macOS related fixes upcoming in #LibreOffice💪❤️
macOS dictation had a problem where dictated text would only show, once you make a pause speaking. That was inconvenient as it is much easier to gather your thoughts when spoken text appears immediately.

Another issue that has been ongoing for many many years was, that when you scrolled the sheet in calc and while scrolling was still ongoing pressed cmd for some operation, the zoom level would change. This extremely annoying behavior is no longer.

Both fixes done by #PatrickLuby of #NeoOffice - we should all thank him!

Will take some time for those to trickly down into stable, but 25.2 will bring those fixes for sure.

dictation: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163764calc scroll: bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=151423
@libreoffice

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

‎Monal - XMPP Chatting

‎There has never been a better time to get into XMPP, a free public chat network no one controls or owns. Monal is a fast and user friendly way to use XMPP. Just download the app, login or register and you are ready to chat in minutes.

^{App Store}

Chrome on the Mac uses less battery than Safari

It's one of the most pervasive common wisdoms shared all over the web, no matter where you go - it's one of those things everybody seems to universally agree on: Chrome will absolutely devastate your battery life on the Mac, and you should really be using Safari, because Apple's special integration magic pixie dust sprinkles ensures Safari sip

osnews.com/story/140751/chrome…

#macOS

I forget what the Drama™ was that caused me to stop using Bartender on #macOS, but I've been happily using Ice as a replacement github.com/jordanbaird/Ice

Today I just got Software Update message for the latest version, and it warms my heart because it adds #accessibility support

Whenever you see a good app adding or improving accessibility support, please share the news. We need to normalize adding accessibility to all apps.

1 year ago I switched from Mac to Linux for professional UX design work. In this article, I explain as simply as possible:
- Why I switched to Linux
- How you can do the same.

I cover design-specific concerns like:
- How to use Apple devices like the Magic Mouse in Linux
- Which design tools are available and how to install them
- How to find help if you get stuck

chris-wood.design/resources/li…

#Design #UXDesign #UIDesign #Linux #MacOS

We are pleased to announce that we got selected in another funding round by the EU’s NGI via the @NLnet Foundation @NGI0 Entrust Fund to work on some important features in Monal: nlnet.nl/project/Monal-IM-UI/

In short this consists of the following tasks (in no special order):
Implement Dialpad, Rewrite Chat UI, Implement Message Reactions, Rich Replies and Stickers, XSF work and a documentation of Monal's internals

#monal #ios #macos #xmpp #nlnet

Over the years, I have scoured the internet for various versions of the Mac HIG PDFs. Here is my collection so far.

Some neat ones include HIGs for Mac OS 8 & a preliminary Mac OS X version from the Public Beta.

These HIGs contain general desktop guidelines that still apply today & that you can't find in the modern HIG.

Please retoot! Everyone should read these.

iCloud: icloud.com/iclouddrive/03elmPn…

DB: dropbox.com/scl/fo/gziho6zcerb…

#Mac #HIG #Macintosh #UIUX #UserExperience #macOS #MacHIG #MacOSX

Some time ago I have written an article about interesting way to use Strings in #Swift. If you wish, feel free to take a look and tell me what I did wrong.

nunonuno.micro.blog/2024/05/01…

#programming #apple #iOS #macOS

Got very excited by @matt demo of AccessKit integration in #GTK

AccessKit is a cross-platform abstraction for accessibility infrastructure written in Rust.

His work will bring a11y support for GTK on macOS and Windows as well as for the new accessibility architecture on Linux code-named "Newton".

github.com/AccessKit/accesskit

blogs.gnome.org/a11y/2023/10/2…

#GNOME #rustlang #accessibility #a11y #Linux #Windows #macOS

Psst 👋 Email Preview for push notifications is coming soon!

Now you can know who is sending you an email before opening your mailbox! 🎉

Here's a sneak peek 🤫
#teaser #ios #android #sneakpeek #privacy #security #linux #macos #windows

If you use brew’s curl on macOS, are you really using it? I installed and had curl setup a couple of years ago. Today it appears that curl was now pointing to Apple’s version, which has this issue (daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/03/08…). Looks like brew doesn’t add a symlink for curl to /opt/homebrew/bin. Running `ln -s /opt/homebrew/opt/curl/bin/curl /opt/homebrew/bin` resolved the issue.

#macos #curl #security

"The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get", by @j9t

meiert.com/en/blog/10ish-tools…

Other suggestion: Slack, Zoom, Dropbox, Evernote, Sublime, Krita (graphics)

#macOS #dev #techie #tools

The 10ish Tools I Install on Every New Mac I Get · Jens Oliver Meiert

Are there going to be surprises.

^meiert.com

So uh, the Mac has this interactive fiction client, called Spatterlight. And it’s amazingly accessible! Anyone with a Mac should seriously check this out. It even has Voiceover actions!

#accessibility #macOS #apple #InteractiveFiction #Spatterlight

github.com/angstsmurf/spatterl…

GitHub - angstsmurf/spatterlight: Updated fork of Spatterlight

Updated fork of Spatterlight. Contribute to angstsmurf/spatterlight development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

Do you, or have you ever, used a graphical user interface? If you use #Windows, #macOS, or any version of #Linux with a window manager or desktop environment, you can thank Dr. Clarence "Skip" Ellis.

Dr. Ellis worked at Xerox PARC, the research organization that developed the modern GUI. Icons, windows, the mouse, Ethernet-based networking, laser printing - all of these (and more) came out of PARC. Dr. Ellis led the team that created Officetalk, the first program to use icons and the Internet. He got his start at 15 years old showing a local tech company how to reuse punch cards, which was a game-changer back in 1958.

Oh, and he was also the first black man to earn a PhD in Computer Science.

#BlackHistoryMonth #BlackHistory #BlackMastodon #ComputerScience @blackmastodon

elective.collegeboard.org/clar…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence…
redhat.com/en/command-line-her…