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   Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:57 JST Tim Bray

   0/ I have 4 Mastodon clients on my Google Pixel. Thought I’d do a quick illustrated run-through. It’s going to take a bit of time to construct this thread, so I'll boost the 1/ post once I’ve finished, wait for that to come around again if you want to read it in one sweep.

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:45 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Greg Bray :kubernetes:

     @GBrayUT
     Yes, in Settings > Timelines > Always display previews.
     @timbray

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     Greg Bray :kubernetes: (gbrayut@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:52 JST Greg Bray :kubernetes:

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     • Fedilab Apps

     @timbray does Fedilab @apps have an option for link previews in the timeline? I also enjoyed how active the developers are, but the timeline previews and better thread UI keep making me go back to Tusky.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:53 JST Tim Bray

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     4/ Fedilab: I paid for this one, $3 I think? It seems like every couple of days when I open it, it announces new features. Haven’t used many of them yet. The UI is pleasing to the eye but could be redesigned to be considerably more information-dense. It’s what I use these days.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:54 JST Tim Bray

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     3/ Chrome Web App: When I followed a few Masto links from Chrome, eventually Chrome asked me if I wanted a “Hachyderm” app - hachyderm.io is my home instance. This is that. I actually liked the visuals on this one the most, but it has a fatal flaw; it won’t open Web links in Chrome, just spawns tabs inside itself. I want all my generic Web content in Chrome, no exceptions.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:55 JST Tim Bray

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     2/ Tusky: This is the one that everyone recommended when I first joined. It’s OK too, but there isn’t anything I do in Mastodon where Tusky is clearly better. If you care about your follower count they give you an actual number, not rounded to the nearest thousand.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:09:56 JST Tim Bray

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     1/ Mastodon: This is the original “official”-ish client, called Mastodon in the Google Play store. It’s OK, really nothing at all wrong with it. I like that in the Notifications page it just has “All” and “Mentions” because I think that’s the only filter I care about. It’s what I used most until recently.

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:13:15 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Greg Bray :kubernetes:

     @GBrayUT
     For threads you can also reduce or remove the bars at the left.
     @timbray

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:36:08 JST Fedilab Apps

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     @timbray
     Currently, the only way is to change the max value for the indentation. By default, it is limited to 5, but it can be increased to 20.

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     Tim Bray (timbray@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 03:36:09 JST Tim Bray

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     @apps

     Hey FL, nice client but still work to be done on threads with forks in them. If you poke in my feed, yesterday there's this mega thread (I didn't start it) that started out talking about, well, threads, but diverged into subscription business models. I have yet to find any Mastodon client that allows me to navigate around it easily.

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 04:05:14 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Ila

     @ila42f
     Maybe the most important point when composing threads, they are stored in drafts so people can take their time.
     And also, media are not immediately uploaded, that allows to order them and to avoid the garbage collector from servers.
     But I think @timbray talked about reading thread.

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     Ila (ila42f@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 04:05:15 JST Ila

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     • Fedilab Apps

     @timbray
     I saw your experiment with threads. I think with Fedilab you can compose a thread and post all the toots at the same time, maybe @apps can tell you more

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 04:28:16 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • Ila

     @ila42f
     Ah OK. I got it.
     @timbray

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     Ila (ila42f@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Jan-2023 04:28:17 JST Ila

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     • Fedilab Apps

     @apps
     I was referring to a previous thread where @timbray experimented with unlisted posts to have the thread displayed only when the last post is published. I thought it was worth mentioning here that Fedilab had a tool for that but it would probably have made more sense if I had replied there instead
     https://hachyderm.io/@timbray/109660409653705403

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     Fedilab Apps (apps@toot.fedilab.app)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 02:55:30 JST Fedilab Apps

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     • sloot

     @sloot
     Very well. You can even long press buttons to pick up another account to finish the action (fav, boost, bookmark, reply, etc). That avoid to lose what you were doing with the current connected account.
     @timbray

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     sloot (sloot@ottawa.place)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Jan-2023 02:55:35 JST sloot

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     • Fedilab Apps

     @timbray how well does fedilab @apps handle multiple accounts?