{"generator":"GNU social 2.0.2-dev","title":"Conversation","totalItems":2,"items":[{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/OrionKidder","displayName":"Orion Ussner kidder","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161509-original-tmp20240309074421.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":104,"height":104},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161509-96-20240320110253.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161509-48-20240309122423.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161509-24-20240320110253.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"161509"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161509-96-20240320110253.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF\/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange).","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"OrionKidder","displayName":"Orion Ussner kidder","note":"English prof at FDU Vancouver, specializing in composition and comics scholarship. Dad, nerd, writer of SF\/F fiction (see me on writing.exchange)."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/LiquidGlass\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#LiquidGlass<\/a> is *nothing*. It's not even terrible enough to be remarkable. It is, however, confirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Apple<\/a> has no ideas for improving <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/UI\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#UI<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/UX\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#UX<\/a> and isn't truly interested in it. They've got nothing because that's not the business they're in any more.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/FOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/FLOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FLOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#OpenSource<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/Linux\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Linux<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/OrionKidder\/statuses\/115914062657941489","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/OrionKidder\/statuses\/115914062657941489","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/LiquidGlass\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#LiquidGlass<\/a> is *nothing*. It's not even terrible enough to be remarkable. It is, however, confirmation that <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/Apple\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Apple<\/a> has no ideas for improving <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/UI\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#UI<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/UX\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#UX<\/a> and isn't truly interested in it. They've got nothing because that's not the business they're in any more.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/FOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/FLOSS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#FLOSS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/OpenSource\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#OpenSource<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/tags\/Linux\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#Linux<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder\/115914062657941489","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"apple"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"floss"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"linux"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"liquidglass"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"opensource"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ui"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"ux"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-19:objectType=thread:nonce=b0baf326a0c90ad4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11956902","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-19T00:03:05+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder\/115914062657941489"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rspfau","displayName":"rsp","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/224084-original-tmp20241223210933.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":338,"height":338},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/224084-96-20241228080255.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/224084-48-20241228072451.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/224084-24-20250201200033.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"224084"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/224084-96-20241228080255.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I&#39;m passionate about biological diversity--always poking my macro lens in the faces of insects and spiders to reveal the details. My academic research focus is population genetics. Because I work at a university that (historically) has been teaching focused, my research questions and methodology are relatively simple. If I come across as rude, it&#39;s not my intention. It&#39;s something I struggle with. Assume that I have good intentions and am just not good at communicating that.","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rspfau","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"rspfau","displayName":"rsp","note":"I&#39;m passionate about biological diversity--always poking my macro lens in the faces of insects and spiders to reveal the details. My academic research focus is population genetics. Because I work at a university that (historically) has been teaching focused, my research questions and methodology are relatively simple. If I come across as rude, it&#39;s not my intention. It&#39;s something I struggle with. Assume that I have good intentions and am just not good at communicating that."}},"content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder\" class=\"u-url mention\">@OrionKidder<\/a> I'd suspect actual improvements in UI are getting very difficult. Not just change for change sake but changes that genually make things easier. I'd love to see a list of genuine UI improvements made in the past 10 years. Being able to rename a file while in the Save As or Open menu counts as genuine (cant do that in Nemo but can in Windows).<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-10-14:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rspfau\/statuses\/115918830410026363","object":{"id":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/users\/rspfau\/statuses\/115918830410026363","objectType":"note","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder\" class=\"u-url mention\">@OrionKidder<\/a> I'd suspect actual improvements in UI are getting very difficult. Not just change for change sake but changes that genually make things easier. I'd love to see a list of genuine UI improvements made in the past 10 years. Being able to rename a file while in the Save As or Open menu counts as genuine (cant do that in Nemo but can in Windows).<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rspfau\/115918830410026363","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/OrionKidder\/statuses\/115914062657941489","url":"https:\/\/mas.to\/@OrionKidder\/115914062657941489"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mas.to\/users\/OrionKidder"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-01-19:objectType=thread:nonce=b0baf326a0c90ad4","notice_info":{"local_id":"11956903","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-01-19T00:03:04+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/ecoevo.social\/@rspfau\/115918830410026363"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6071360","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}