So here I can microblog
ah so it's not api compatible. does this mean bonfire won't work with existing fediverse apps?
Well we've implemented a GraphQL API for Bonfire, which is a much more flexible way for frontend apps to get exactly the data they need and provide a richer experience, so hopefully some alternative frontends and mobile apps will want to implement that at some point (maybe we can even standardise on a common GraphQL schema to be use by different federated platforms!)... The other option would be that we/someone implements the Mastodon REST API as a Bonfire extension.
@vera ah do you mean being able to turn that off in settings? currently when you scroll down your notifications feed it should auto-mark them as read one by one
oh cool thanks
@mayel how do you figure? I don't see any options
@vera ah do you mean being able to turn that off in settings? currently when you scroll down your notifications feed it should auto-mark them as read one by one
#bonfire_feedback
@BonfireBuilders from mobile the emoji picker breaks the layout 😶
that feature is already there but needs some improvements ;)
@mayel how do you figure? I don't see any options
@vera and yeah, that's us 😊
@mayel the "you can't destroy the master's house with the master's tools" saying comes to mind.
This is more like "renting a cupboard in the master's house, paying with your attention, legitimation and presence"
I'm somehow motivated to join some fb groups and try get them to come over....
I've always kept it mind what Dave Winer (creator of RSS) advised: to publish in a place under your control (basically hosted on your own domain name) with that always being the canonical home for your stuff, and then syndicating wherever you want (linking back to the source). I think the same can apply for community and discussions. Why not use the closed platforms like one would dump leaflets out of an airplane over an authoritarian territory?
#bonfire_feedback ability to configure notifications to be marked read on page view
that feature is already there but needs some improvements ;)
#bonfire_feedback ability to configure notifications to be marked read on page view
are there any instances running you know of that are doing federation?
not yet, we're planning to organise some install parties soon... focused first on testing federation (rather than being a place to host your main fediverse identity before being sure it's working as expected)
@vera that frontend only implements the Mastodon API
ah so it's not api compatible. does this mean bonfire won't work with existing fediverse apps?
Temporary solution to some of the slowdown issues is to use uBlock Origin to block the domain 'robohash.org' (used to generate the default avatars)
You can do this by:
- Right-clicking on any robot avatar
- Choosing 'Block element'
- Deleting everything after 'robohash.org'
- Pressing the 'Create button'
- Refreshing the page
Hopefully @BonfireBuilders will swap out the default avatars soon!
@dajbelshaw @BonfireBuilders @vera anyway, one lesson here is don't rely on any external services (which we've tried to do but obviously missed some! for instance you can choose among - at the moment three - different fonts in settings, and those are loaded from the instance rather than a CDN)
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@mayel the "you can't destroy the master's house with the master's tools" saying comes to mind.
This is more like "renting a cupboard in the master's house, paying with your attention, legitimation and presence"
I'm somehow motivated to join some fb groups and try get them to come over....
@dajbelshaw @barefoot_doc @mayel just had a bit of a browse around (home & local timeline, feeds in peoples profiles) and feeds were all loading within a couple of seconds for me. Went to local timeline and it took noticeably longer to load. Tapping to load the conversation and it was quicker again.
Looking at the local timeline it doesnt appear anyone else is posting - so Im guessing its not currently in heavy use?
@Dazinism @barefoot_doc you may want to give it another spin after we applied the fix @dajbelshaw found :)
#bonfire_feedback login doesn't work with https://pinafore.social/
@vera that frontend only implements the Mastodon API
is it doing it on demand? it might be waiting for data before it continues processing?
the code generating those URIs wasn't making any requests, but it's possible that it was happening somewhere else in the backend, since we we have code that compresses images for "lazy loading", though that usually applies only for locally-uploaded ones
