it's such a shame. i used it despite the interface; but even if some site perfectly recreated the interface on a federated version, it wouldn't be the same. most of the older users wouldn't switch, and it'd be filled with non-tumblr early adopters
Zeus
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yeah exactly. that's why i don't like webp. i've nothing against it as a format, i would just rather use image format that's not backed by said corpo
i don't.[^1] but like it or not, chrome dictates what the internet does now. there's no point in sites hosting jpegxl images if ~3% of their users will see it, and there's no point in firefox developing a decoder if no sites host jpegxl. so even though it's objectively better, and is highly supported by non-browser programmes; it has no recourse for gaining traction on the web
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in fact, i loudly decry it to anyone who will listen. but the number of non-chromium browsers i can count on my fingers.
i personally have had no compatibility issues with webp - i would just rather my image formats are not owned by google, really. i would much rather use jpegxl, but chrome doesn't support it because it competes with webp and we couldn't have that, could we.
but also it's that webp only works if you convert to webp manually, i find. their automatic conversion just ruins the colours (particularly on pixel art). plus, i do actually prefer png. i can edit what i want in a hex editor, whereas i can't seem to do that with webp.
i have a browser extension that refuses webp, so i get served png where possible; but i can't make sure that images i upload are served as png for others
nah, i don't even really use tumblr because it is so painful to use. actually, it was their link shortener that was the last straw^[and the fact that they convert every bleeding image into a webp]. i'm just saying i don't think it's a site that can ever exist again.
reddit is just a link aggregator, that's easy to recreate. twitter is just individual paragraphs, as long as there are people any site will work. tumblr is so broken that it's used exclusively by people who started using it in the 00s, when it was popular, and never left. they're not really what i'd call friends, more monkeys in a zoo to laugh at. but as it's so broken and opaque to start using, it was never marauded by children; so everyone on there is in their 30s but pretending they're not.
it's a coincidence that can never happen again, as any alternative site would first be used by techie early adopters, who would be on average younger than most of the tumblr userbase. maybe we'll get another tumblr in 10 years though
i don't think there can be. tumblr's draw isn't any features it has (apart from maybe homepage customisation, but you get that with a website) it's the features it lacks (algorithms, etc). and it's the community, which was curated by a lot of coincidences at the right time.
you'd need to get everyone to up and move at once, with the ability to reblog posts from old tumblr. i think it's unreplicatable
yeah same. there are many youtubers whom i would have just left the video after the first falsely-cheery misleading promotion, whereas with sponsorblock i'll at least continue watching the video, helping them algorithmically and possibly allowing others who don't use sb to see their content
it's the same thing as "pirated copies ≠ copies not sold". skipped segments ≠ segments not watched
i think they are bad. i bought the steam deck specifically because of the trackpads, and they're just much too small and awkwardly placed. compare to the steam controller, the greatest controller known to man, they're just horrible
the steam controller also has slightly concave pads, allowing ones thumb to make contact with consistent pressure. the steam deck has flat pads
and they're square. why are they square? whose idea was that? my thumbs can move in a circle, the pads should be circular
gripes
i wish the smach z hadn't been a scam. i was so looking forward to that thing
however sensitivity-wise as he's talking about: i've had no problems. they've been perfect. and definitely needed if using the deck in desktop mode, much better than an awkward joystick mouse or using the touchscreen like some weird nintendo ds
how odd. firefox does tend to play better with gtk desktops though, unfortunately
you mean this tickbox?
that's weird, i just tested and it works for me (debian, kde 5.27.5, ffx v113)
Oh, I’m only on cinnamon atm because I was having issues with my mounted SSDs not working in steam and valve wouldn’t help unless I was on ubuntu. So here I am.
if you have to use ubuntu but want kde, kubuntu is very good (in my personal opinion, don't use neon).
Are there distros that come without this shit by default?
not to my knowledge, although it's a one-line fix (export GTK_USE_PORTAL=1)
If I can get a damn virtual machine to install properly I’m going distro hunting. ElementaryOS has been my favorite so far.
good luck. i tried that and couldn't find anything i liked..
ew. heathen
although if you like gnome, why are you on cinnamon?
probably not much on gnome/cinnamon, although i don't know. it might work if you install the qt file picker package (maybe) but i don't know what that is
on kde it forces gtk apps to use the qt file picker, so you don't have to deal with the useless gtk one
i'm presuming you know what i mean by qt and gtk. if you don't just tell me
okay i've never used ubuntu cinnamon, so most of this is conjecture:
if you're on ubuntu lts and already have everything set up, not much. mint is just ubuntu[^lmde fans don't @ me] with all the generally accepted as good fixes on the top (no snap, an easy driver manager, etc). they also add their own repos, a software manager, and some other software that's [objectively] better than the gnome/ubuntu default offerings[^they also used to have a much better de, but not anymore]. i don't ever see any point in using ubuntu cinnamon unless you want the non-lts versions; but if you're already set up you won't get that much out of switching