Notices by Pachli (pachli@mastodon.social)

#Pachli account filter work for #antiharassment / #safety is coming along nicely.

This screenshot shows how it works for notifications.

I've got the "Show a warning for accounts created in last 30 days" option turned on (this could also be set to "Hide"), so some of the notifications are filtered.

@lauteshirn You mean the same options that are currently controlled by the Preferences > Tabs setting?

@lauteshirn there's a dark theme and a black theme.

@lauteshirn "Dark" is a dark grey, consistent with Android's normal difference between a light and a dark theme.

"Black" uses pure black (RGB #000) for the background. Some people think that may be more power efficient for AMOLED screens. Some searching shows lots of arguing back and forth about that online, I have no idea whether it has a benefit or not.

@lauteshirn ah, I understand.

It's darker than Tusky because if it wasn't there wouldn't be enough contrast between the lighter colours (eg text, links) and the dark background.

This lack of contrast can be an accessibility issue. This isn't a theoretical concern, see https://github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/issues/3477 for example.

@Piky_Nieves thinking about it, as a user choice.

There's some concern about what this would do to the F-Droid listing, so I've filed https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroid-website/-/issues/749 to get clarity from the F-Droid volunteers.

Hello, world! #Pachli is your new favourite Mastodon client for Android, with features including:

- "Load more" no more, posts load as you scroll
- As many tabs as you want for your content
- See trending posts, links, and hashtags
- Set the UI from a range of accessible fonts

Pachli is open source, with a cooperative governance model. Learn more at https://pachli.app.

Available on Google Play now, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.pachli and F-Droid very soon.

Should have mentioned -- this works in #Mastodon and #glitchsoc servers from 4.2.0 onwards. The "from" filter works from 3.5.0 onwards.

The "from" filter works in #gotosocial 0.16.0 and up.

And the "from" and "language" filters work in #friendica 2024.3 and later releases.

If other server types support these search queries let me know.

If you want to know more about these options Luca's (@luca) blog post at https://lucahammer.com/2024/04/25/mastodon-advanced-search-guide-and-operators is very informative.

#Pachli Current includes the new faceted search feature (https://mastodon.social/@pachli/112790851628572815), ready for feedback.

A couple of changes I'm planning on making before final release:

1. Allow searches without entering any text

2. (possibly) Arrange the UI in 3 rows with scrolling (similar to GMail search, see screenshot). This saves some screen space, but might require a horizontal scroll for some searches

Other feedback welcomed.

#androiddev