NicoCharrua

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[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 months ago

I don't agree with most of these comments, except for the swipe down with two fingers. But it still looks like it's early in development, and it'll be a while until Android 16. I don't think they'd make a two finger gesture the only way to access quick settings, especially from an accessibility standpoint. They'll probably change it.

Current stock android quick settings suck. So much wasted space. Changing some settings is inconvenient. It looks quite bad, especially the brightness slider. And editing the tiles is currently extremely slow, difficult and janky.

This change improves the looks. The number of tiles per page is changed from 8 to 12/16. Toggling WiFi or Bluetooth on/off will now take only one tap instead of three. Editing tiles looks smooth and easy.

This isn't change for the sake of change, this is a fix for one of Android's weakest points.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

Sideloading is quite bad. If you're in the EU, I know you can use AltStore PAL, which costs money (~€1.50 a year), but all you'll be getting is emulators, virtual machines, clipboard managers, and torrent clients.

There is another method for sideloading that works anywhere and lets you download modified apps, but it is very limited, tedious, and probably insecure. I've done it, it's not worth it. Better to stay on android or use a browser with adblock or something.

I don't think iOS has any specific limits to do with NSFW stuff, I've never heard of anything anyways.

Pirating games is probably not going to be worth it either since you have to sideload apps with the second method.

Other types of piracy are probably fine. If you have AltStore PAL you can get a torrent client and an emulator.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 47 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft was claiming that the data would be inaccessible to hackers (which is not true).

Signal claimed the exact opposite: that once it's on your computer, messages can be seen by malicious programs on your computer.

Signal was caught having less than ideal security. Microsoft was caught lying.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

You can only do that for your own messages though. I'm guessing the messages from the prostitutes would be more than enough for the wife to notice.

Also I think the window is longer than 3 hours. Maybe a day?

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Signal also has a similar problem. If you choose the "delete for me" option, it only deletes it on one device and leaves it on the others, last time I checked.

He would have to set up disappearing messages aswell.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Moshidon is really good for android. I especially like that you can have custom timelines for basically anything

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If you mean live tracking like live location sharing then signal doesn't have that.

There's a location sharing feature in signal, but it just sends a Google maps link to a (non changing) location

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Doesn't necessarily have to be the same. Afaik the signal protocol is for sending messages, not for transferring backups of chats.

Whatsapp actually lets you back up all your chats, unencrypted, to Google Drive or iCloud. Definitely not the same as Signal.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 7 points 8 months ago

It's probably more expensive and inconvenient.

Also it might only take one report for an active mod team to ban a server. How long can that take? An hour? Less? If they're on servers that real people use, bots have to be banned one by one, so the spam can last a lot longer and reach more people.

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

It will work for a while until the guest account expires, but then you'll need to log in with a Twitter account.

(I think)

[–] NicoCharrua@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Usernames will (hopefully?) change that tho!

 

The beta for groups will release later this week, which won't be federated initially. Federation will be added afterwards.

Looks like it will have some interesting features like videos, polls, and events, as well as moderator tools like limiting what a user can do.

A menu in Pixelfed titled 'Limit Interactions' which shows that a moderator can prevent specific users from posting, commenting, or liking posts and comments.

Some links:

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110931821965407984

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110931868347117511

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110931984467276917

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110932004988109773

 

Last updated 27 Aug

Clicking Lemmy links usually brings you to the original instance of the link, which means you won't be able to interact (vote/comment). It also means it'll open in a browser instead of an app.

Luckily, for some apps, there's a better way to open links. The method in this post will work on Eternity, Sync, Liftoff, Summit, and partially Jerboa.

Eternity (Infinity)

When you see a Lemmy link, share it with the Infinity app, then tap 'Handle Link'. That's it.

To get links to open fully automatically, go to App Info > Open by default > Add link. (This won't work with all Lemmy links, only about 60 instances).

Sync, Liftoff, Summit, & Jerboa

  1. Download the Lemmy Redirect app:

IzzyOnDroid

GitHub

  1. Go into the Lemmy Redirect app, and tap 'Main' next to the app you use.

Now when you see a Lemmy link, share it and open it in Lemmy Redirect. It should open in the app you chose.

More info

  • On Jerboa, links to communities will work, and posts from your own instance will work. Posts from other instances will not.
  • Sync, Summit, and Jerboa have an option in App Settings > Open by default, to open links fully automatically, but this will only work with some instances (~60 in Jerboa, 51 in Sync, 14 in Summit).
  • Eternity also works with Lemmy Redirect but the other method is easier.

Opening Automatically

Lemmy Redirect has the option to open all Lemmy links fully automatically by either:

  • Using Shizuku
  • Manually adding all 1,500 links (Not recommended)
  • Using LinkSheet (IzzyOnDroid) (GitHub)

Other Apps

For other apps, I couldn't find an easy way to do it, but there is a more annoying way to do it:

  1. Copy the Lemmy link.
  2. Go to your instance's search bar in a browser, and paste the link.

The post should show up in a way you can interact with.

  1. If you really need to you can save the post and open it in an app.

That's it. If you think anything in this post should be updated, let me know!

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