@Moon@i@pingviini@pomstan I pushed clients to use Docker because I got tired of the devs blaming the hosting environment for every problem. Now they've moved on to blaming the reverse proxy running in front of the container for every problem. And producing docker container with values hardcoded inside the container that should definitely be defined outside. "Oh yeah, we'll just make a new container to move into production!"
@Moon Don't worry, what you're accomplishing part time for free for us is already more than anyone could expect. I know how difficult that stuff is to keep working, I was hoping to keep self hosting my single user instance forever but had to call it quits when the database just shat itself, and that was a tiny instance. You've been running one of the flagship fedi instances for almost a decade, having to switch domain by now is not a failure, it's a bill coming due that you've been managing to heroically stave off for very long.
@why@Moon Yeah but I don't know if it's possible to have the mobile interface only (or the bloatfe interface) served on a different shitposter.land domain. Kind of a lost opportunity
@r000t >With all of the control means the onus to take that control because Android does not exist to hold your hand like iToddlers need.
I know, and I appreciate that I can replace the launcher. I'm just baffled by the way it's done by default. Most users would prefer the way it works on iPhone. I think Android phones just just have a default launcher that works exactly like that: just an app drawer that is organized however you want it, and if other want something more customisable they can download advanced launchers.
@mangeurdenuage I can't really explain it. Tech illetterate audiences would be better served by (and anecdotally I think they prefer) something like Apple's approach. Where the shortcut is the app and there's no homescreen just an app drawer.
Whenever I was using the stock launcher, I would force myself to either use one home screen period, or one with app icons, one with widgets. Mixing is just... Ugh...
I switched to Niagara Launcher recently and it's absolutely fantastic for productivity. There's no distinction between the app launcher and the home screen. The launcher has the time at the top, date/weather under, daily calendar events under, ONE widget space (optional) and a list of apps you set as favorites. After that, on the right edge of the screen is the alphabet which you can scroll through with your thumb to see all your apps. You can find any app in a second. Not free though, but worth it just for the time saved.
@Moon@arcana@bot I don't think it would have made a big difference if it had come earlier because the main issue is that consumers don't think "how does this enable me to be more productive" when they see a smartphone, they're wooed by capabilities they will never use (console quality 3D games) and approachable UI. If they did care about efficiency, it would have taken a lot longer for iOS and Android to displace old-school (pre-BB10) Blackberry. Outside of its stupid idiosyncraties (requiring BES/BIS) it was a productivity boost. Most people's smartphone are a productivity drain nowadays.
@Moon@arcana@bot Me, and another friend of mine. It had a striking and consistent across apps text centric interface that kept you on task when it came to using your phone for communication.
@icedquinn@RustyCrab@Moon@mrsaturday@teratology At this point, believing the press is the lizardman's constant, the baseline number of people who on any poll will express an opinion that's batshit insane.