Notices by Daniel Gultsch (daniel@gultsch.social)

@apps I assume you are testing with this exact commit? https://codeberg.org/tom79/Fedilab/commit/db17df93f0bd3851941d948a8b6dbfed28d57481

If you wanted web+activitypub: to work (without the //) you can’t have host and pathPattern in there. Only <data android:scheme="web+activitypub" /> analogous to the gist I linked earlier.

However see my comments on the Tusky issue tracker on why I believe fedilinks is better than FEP-07d7: https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/issues/5027#issuecomment-2764451529

fedilinks uses :// anyway

@apps @jenniferplusplus Conversations has been able to open xmpp: URIs (without //) for years.

Just to be sure I tested this with web+activitypub: URIs quickly to make sure web+ URIs don’t get special treatment - and it’s working fine in both Firefox and Chrome on Android.

Here is the intent filter I was using: https://gist.github.com/iNPUTmice/79757b4edc5fbfc8c9aab2b965cdcb87

I have no strong opinions on whether the // should go in there. But I’m advocating for consistency. (And clarity in the FEP)

@jenniferplusplus @apps personally I belive it's fine to assume https as the transport. While ActivityPub may or may not work over telnet I don't think we'd be using a web+ scheme for that.

However - assuming that we can agree on https - my question was just: is it
a) web+activitypub:something
b) web+activitypub://something

The examples in the FEP indicate a although there isn't any normative text.

The web+soup example here https://html.spec.whatwg.org/#custom-handlers also uses variant (a)

@wiktor I understand the concern about bad fallback on the web. I just wish people would be a bit more pragmatic about it and at least add support for reading / opening such URIs. Nobody suggested replace all Follow buttons with web+activitypub: links.

Can we have support for FEP-07d7 in #Tusky and #Fedilab? (cc @Tusky @apps)

It shouldn’t be that hard to implement at least one of the possible URI schemes in #Conversations_im, #Lttrs, #Tusky and #Fedilab. Maybe get @delta on board too?

For the next #Conversations_im release I’m refactoring how URIs are linked / made clickable. I’m adding a bunch of URI schemes like tel and mailto on top of the existing xmpp, http(s) and geo but removing support for "things that look like web URLs but aren’t actually URIs" (like 'example.com') to avoid some false positives.

Once the 2.18.0-beta comes out tomorrow or so let me know if you see things that isn’t matched and should be matched or vice versa.

Is there any #ActivityPub / #Mastodon URI scheme used in the wild that would allow me to open an ActivityPub account directly in my Android app?

I've seen 'acct' and 'web+ap' mentioned but none seem to be implemented.

The goal is that given a text of "Here is my Mastodon profile acct:daniel@gultsch.social" #Conversations_im can link that directly into #Tusky. (Just like mailto and xmpp URIs open my E-Mail or IM app respectively)

Have @apps or @Tusky considered that? If not way not?

Das Komoot an private equity verkauft wird ist wirklich schade. Komoot war immer mein goto tool zur Routenplanung fürs Wandern und Radfahren. 😢

Nach außen wirkte die Firma eigentlich immer ganz cool. Ich hab da sogar 1-2 mal in die Stellenausschreibungen geguckt weil ich mir vorstellen konnte da zu arbeiten.

https://www.heise.de/news/Wander-App-Komoot-wird-verkauft-10324277.html (@heiseonline)

If you're still recommending #Signal, you may have missed the tech oligarchs' takeover of the US government. The best time to recommend European alternatives was 8 years ago; the second best is now.

#Conversations_im #XMPP #Jabber

For a protocol that's often accused of accumulating vast amounts of metadata, it's surprisingly difficult to determine how many people use #XMPP and which clients they prefer.

I don’t usually do this kind of evangelism, but if you’re looking for a reason to try #XMPP on #GlobalSwitchDay, now’s the perfect time: #Conversations_im is currently free on Google Play!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

The Matrix.org/Element saga isn’t about sustaining Open Source development—it’s a tale of venture capital and corporate greed playing out exactly as foretold.

#Matrix

I love open source, and I want young people to know there’s a career path outside of #FAANG. Open source can be financially sustainable—it just gets super hard if one of your key goals is making your investors even richer. #Conversations_im is about the same age as #Matrix. I never took VC funding, and I’m doing fine.

#OpenSource

Gerade ein sehr angenehmes Interview von Tilo Jung mit Jan van Aken zu Ende gehört.

Bei dem, was Jan van Aken über Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Verkehrspolitik zu sagen hat, gibt es von mir ja viel Zustimmung.

Ich würde mir wünschen, @dielinke hätte mehr Bewusstsein dafür, dass, wenn ein Autokrat in ein wehrloses Europa einfällt, wir die ganze schöne Sozialpolitik auch nicht mehr umsetzen können.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls0tBHgy_xI

#BTW25

@EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI @dielinke Stärker Sanktionen und ein wehrhaftes Europa 🇪🇺 schließen sich ja nicht aus. Ich für meinen Teil hätte mir im Februar 2022 gerne einen Pulli angezogen und den Gashahn abgedreht.

Just over three weeks remain until the 27th #XMPP Summit takes place in Brussels. If you’re planning to attend but haven’t registered yet, please make sure to add your name to the wiki by the end of this week: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_27

If you’re an XMPP developer or spec author and weren’t planning to attend, I’d strongly encourage you to reconsider

For those who can’t make it to Brussels but will be in Berlin on Wednesday, February 12th, we’ll be discussing the Summit at that week’s XMPP Meetup

⚠️ 🚨 It’s time to stop using Blabber.im 🚨⚠️

The abandoned fork of #Conversations_im has a critical security issue: attackers can bypass STARTTLS negotiation, resulting in an unencrypted connection to a fake server. This vulnerability is similar to the STARTLS attack discovered in various email clients¹

✅ Fixed in Conversations 2.13.1 (Feb 2024)

📢 Please migrate to Conversations immediately! It's free on Google Play until the end of the year and always free on #fdroid

¹: https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-2179--protocols-security-of-starttls-in-the-e-mail-context/

Continuing a decade-long tradition #Conversations_im is currently available for free on Google Play.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.siacs.conversations

Merry Christmas 🎄 Happy Holidays ☃️ and have fun at #38C3

Did you know that you can configure custom notification sounds per contact or group chat in #Conversations_im?

Apparently not many people knew that so the next version will make, what essentially is a native Android feature, easier to access via the overflow menu of contact or group chat details.

https://gultsch.video/w/8wZSkoad1bv4VHmuSPZWsV

It is pretty cool that #Conversations_im sales have been paying my rent for the last 10 years.

Not everything needs to be a subscription.

#XMPP #OpenSource

In 2015 I spent a couple of weeks in Singapore and I still remember sitting at a café and implementing the feature that merges multiple messages into the same bubble.

Today this feature has been removed from #Conversations_im in favor of moving the bubbles closer together. This gives better control over per messages actions such as sharing, quoting or adding a reaction.