Pro tip: #OpenSource projects are developed by Genuine Real Humans! Before telling tens of thousands of people something “absolutely sucks,” you could, idk, talk to those humans!
I’m not saying you have to fix it yourself (though PRs *are* welcome…) or even report an issue! Just, like, talk to the people.
You’ll have a more interesting story to tell, at the very least. But you’ll also avoid sending undue abuse to the people behind the project based on your incendiary blog post/video title.
Hey @TTimo, volunteer for Flathub here. Do you happen to recall the concerns or have a link discussing them that I can share with the Flatpak and Flathub teams? It would be great to learn if/where the tech falls short to see if we could remedy it. :)
Remember to share positive posts, memes, etc. about open source things you use and like. A simple “I like this” or “thanks for working on this” can go a long way!
Happy people carry on using things quietly while negativity gets shared, memed, and shoved in front of folks who work on your favorite projects. One negative comment too often outweighs ten positive ones, because human brains are dumb.
If I want to make a nice map overlay (say, like you’d see when attending an event in an unfamiliar city…), are there good open editors that can like, plug into OpenStreetMap somehow? Ideally something you could load into GNOME Maps, but I’d be fine with a web embed or even just exporting as an image.
My current idea is to screenshot the area on a map and overlay in Inkscape, but there’s gotta be something better?
Instead, if you have to link to something that happened on Twitter for some reason, I recommend:
• Reproduce the content locally! If embedding on a blog, just… quote the text inline. Style it up nicely if you want, but the content is more important than the tracking-laden embed code that could break at any time
• Nitter.net; replace twitter.com with nitter.net in links; it works like an archive version that includes important context
Only include a Twitter link as proof/a primary source imho
Stop linking to Twitter; it is intentionally broken without creating an account and signing into it, even just to see a tweet, now.
• No thread context: Link to a tweet in a thread, and visitors cannot read the other tweets in the same thread, including the immediate parent in the thread. So context is entirely broken
• No replies: If you link to a tweet, visitors cannot see any replies to said tweet
• Aggressive prompts to create an account when trying to find more context/clicking anything
GNOME users: do you use parental controls or digital well-being features, whether on GNOME or other platforms? What do you think is lacking in this area on the GNOME side?
I’d love to hear your feedback, as it sounds like we’ll be able to spend some time iterating on this soon.
Pretty wild to me that the mobile platform that has majority market share in the US, doesn’t allow users to install apps from outside of their own tightly-controlled store, requires all purchases to be served through that store with a platform fee, doesn’t allow users to sideload their own apps, doesn’t allow entire categories of apps like browser engines and game streaming, and doesn’t even allow users to set their own preferred apps in many cases is not a monopoly… but Android somehow is??
@gcvsa Apple has over a 50% market share in the US, and Android is the only platform between the two that actually allows you to use alternative app stores, install apps from outside of an app store, and bypass the default app store altogether. Google doesn’t control what apps you can install, whereas Apple literally does—and Apple has used their position to block entire categories of apps like browsers that actually compete with Safari and game streaming services that compete with Apple Arcade.
@gcvsa I'm not saying regulators shouldn't pressure Google, but also, the platform is far, *far* more open than Apple’s which has a *single manufacturer* absolutely controlling *the majority of smartphones* in the country, with zero real competition allowed on their platform.
@gcvsa so the fact that the majority mobile platform in the US (you know, where the case took place and the place where US regulators have jurisdiction) was able to shrug a similar suit off a couple years back is what is wild to me. Apple fully controls that majority platform on which Epic literally cannot offer an alternative game store, while Epic *does* offer a three-click install for Fortnite that easily bypasses Google’s entire app store on Android.
🚨 If you’re unaware of #Project2025, it’s a literal playbook to take permanent control of the entire US government—and Trump and the GOP are following it.
Trump and team have been systematically dismantling all checks and balances on the presidency—and are being blunt about their violent, vengeful plans for day one.
What do you think is holding Godot back from AAA game development, if anything? I’m aware of this¹ blog post (which has a lot of good information!), but I want to know what YOU think.
If you don’t think anything about the engine itself is holding it back, why do you think we don’t see more AAA titles built with Godot? Especially in the current market with other big engines doing their best to push developers away.
@forteller the convention I've always seen is Ctrl+0, presumably because it's right next to the Ctrl+Plus/Minus which is common for zoom in/out. It's what's used in every browser I've used, anyway. :)
Chrom(e/ium) even uses Ctrl+1/2/3... to switch tabs, but still uses Ctrl+0 to reset to default zoom.
• Issue templates help, but aren't a cure-all (people will find a way to ignore it)
• Phrase the issue template around the problem instead of a proposed solution
• It is always helpful to acknowledge an issue even if it's invalid in some way; to the reporter, they have spent their time interrupting their day to deal with a possibly-unfamiliar process of giving you feedback. Thank them!
• WONTFIX/INVALID labels come off as abrasive; labels should focus on the WHY, like “Duplicate” or “Out of scope”
• Whenever possible, someone more familiar with the issue tracking tools should take the time to clarify an issue or transfer it to the correct repository instead of demanding the reporter do so
Building useful, usable, delightful products that respect privacy.:eos: Partner success at @EndlessOS Foundation:gnome: @gnome Foundation member:flathub: @flathub contributorPreviously: co-founder and CXO at elementary OS, UX architect at System76.Frequently posting about #OpenSource, specifically in #GNOME and #Flatpak realms. I also enjoy #StarWars, #LEGO, #3DPrinting, and #SmartHome.I have a background in UX architecture, open source, product design, & communication.