Fediverse density • 8 months ago • 79%

in summer 2023, when I moved here from reddit, the lemmy instance beehaw.org was extremely divisive. they wanted to create a website according to certain rules rather than a free for all. some people were saying it would be the end of the threadiverse before it even began. since that time, there have been various other intrinsic and extrinsic threats. I do not see much panicking about beehaw. did the threadiverse survive beehaw? or is this only a shell of what we might have had otherwise?

Fediverse density • 9 months ago • 79%

When I join threadiverse (summer 2023), soon everyone was talking about Threads and how it was about to destroy the whole thing. Then nothing came of it and the whole convo kinda vanished. Why didn't threads destroy threadiverse already?

On desktop kbin is 5x better than vanilla lemmy. But on mobile I have several FLOSS lemmy clients. They all have their pros n cons. Their development is spread out with different projects. Work and the responsibility are distributed from the main lemmy maintainers. The kbin webapp is *pretty* good, but not as good as a native client. There is of course only one. My feeling is that designing for clients (having an API) imposes some kind of discipline on projects. Like you can't just do whatever willy nilly. My other feeling is that kbin is setting up to be like iCloud whereas lemmy is more akin to sftp. Thoughts?

Firefox density • 10 months ago • 92%

When I Find-in-page for a term using `ctrl`+`f` or "find as you type" with "Highlight all" turned on, all results will appear highlighted. *But* then much of the time several seconds (variable) later it goes away, as though I had hit `esc`. If I hit `ctrl`+`g` for "find again" it starts again at the top. So current place in page is lost. This happens even if I take my hands away from keyboard/mouse. It is not some kind of input I am doing. Does this sound framiliar to anyone? Is there a way to make the "find" results stay found? Or is there an add-on which reliably implements Find? I have problem on multiple devices, for a long time, and with linux, windows and mac.

Fediverse density • 10 months ago • 100%

One of the extremely useful things about reddit was that content was somewhat organized by URL. Each post was created in a subreddit. So you could do websearch like `keyword site:reddit.com/r/subreddit` This is more difficult/impossible on the threadiverse. I am not sure to what extent it is configurable on either platform, but quickly looking I see URLs like this: * lemmy: `https://lemmyinstance.tld/post/0000000`; no community/magazine context is present * kbin: `https://kbininstance.tld/m/magazinename/t/00000/the-title-of-the-post-is-optionally-included` I like the kbin way of doing this because it provides the possibility of searching as with reddit. Are there any potential solutions to this problem? I haven't even mentioned various other hurdles inherent to the distributed nature of the fediverse content. So feel free to enumerate those. I'm sure I'm not the only one to want this feature. What is the status of it?

Fediverse density • 11 months ago • 100%

Somebody who was previously active on the kbin codeberg repo has left that to make a fork of kbin called mbin. repo: [https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin](https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin) In the readme it says: > > > Important: Mbin is focused on what the community wants, pull requests can be merged by any repo member. Discussions take place on Matrix then consensus has to be reached by the community. If approved by the community, no additional reviews are required on the PR. It's built entirely on trust. > > As a person who hangs around in repos but isn't a developer that sounds totally insane. Couldn't someone easily slip malicious, or just bad, code in? Like you could just describe one cool feature but make a PR of something totally different. Obviously that could happen to any project at any time but my understanding of "code review" is to at least have some due diligence. I don't think I would want to use any kind of software with a dev structure like this. Is it a normal way of doing stuff? Is there something I'm missing that explains how this is not wildly irresponsible? As for "consensus" every generation must read the classic [The Tyranny of Stuctureless](https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen/tyranny.htm). Written about the feminist movement but its wisdom applies to all movements with libertarian (in the positive sense) tendencies. Those who do not are condemned to a life of drama, not liberation.

Blind Main density • 12 months ago • 100%

codeberg.org

hello friends of rblind. I am a sighted person who follows the [kbin-core](https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core) repo. I saw an issue [#1143](https://kbin.social/tag/1143) opened recently regarding the use of `alt` in markdown. I am having a hard time discerning whether it is a productive request or not. I understand that rblind is not a free-of-charge accessibility consultation company. But I thought I would point out this issue in case anyone had an interest in contributing to the discussion. If I am posting in error, please either remove it or notify me so I can remove or edit the post. Here is the text of the issue: > > > See [this post](https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisAppPlayground/t/467262/Testing-alt-text) > > > > Current widespread wisdom is that you should specify alt text with the format `` but this ISN'T behaving as alt text. It's behaving as a label. It needs to be set to the alt text attribute on the image. > > > > True alt text doesn't need to be rendered out. It's a nice feature that apps like pixelfed give you a button to see the alt text, because it can give extra context, but this is a secondary feature. This would be great to add as well, but it's out of scope here. > > > > Labels are meant for things like crediting the photographer. See any well written news articles for examples of this. [This one](https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/498248/grenadiers-leave-mysterious-markings-deep-beneath-aotearoa-oceans) has an image of some sharks as a header. You'll see underneath that it has an explanation and credits NIWA for the image. > > > > There IS a way to specify labels in markdown, and leave the alt text in tact. The correct format is `` but this isn't currently recognised by kbin and the label gets completely stripped out. ([link](https://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax#img)) > > > > You can verify this by using something like [this plugin.](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/image-alt-text-viewer/nhmihbneenlkbjjpbimhegikadfleccd/) > > > > Notice how all the post images are marked as "Missing alt attribute" > > > > Notice how things like the magazine icon don't render out their alt text "ArtemisAppPlayground Icon" > > > > Further, see codberg's handling of images: > > > > [alt text](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/SMPTE_Color_Bars.svg/320px-SMPTE_Color_Bars.svg.png) > > > > `` > > > > results in the following html: > `<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/SMPTE_Color_Bars.svg/320px-SMPTE_Color_Bars.svg.png" alt="alt text" title="Label text here">` > > > > (codeberg displays labels as tooltips) > > > > I honestly think it's fine to keep using the first `[part]` as labels, mostly because this syntax is already widely in use, but I think the second `(link "this bit")` should be set to the image's alt text attribute. > >

Free and Open Source Software density • 12 months ago • 100%

github.com

I just learned: [https://github.com/ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) the `ls` replacement has been replaced by [https://github.com/eza-community/eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) the `exa` repo says: > > > exa is unmaintained, use the [fork eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) instead. > (This repository isn’t archived because the only person with the rights to do so is unreachable). > > For the curious, looks like the story, contributor deliberations and conversations are here: [[Question] Is this project still being actively maintained? · Issue #1139 · ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa/issues/1139) hope everyone involved is OK & on to other projects both projects are MIT licensed and written in rust.

Linux density • 12 months ago • 100%

I just learned: [https://github.com/ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) the `ls` replacement has been replaced by [https://github.com/eza-community/eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) the `exa` repo says: > > > exa is unmaintained, use the [fork eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) instead. > (This repository isn’t archived because the only person with the rights to do so is unreachable). > > I didn't read it all, but for the curious, looks like the story is here: [[Question] Is this project still being actively maintained? · Issue #1139 · ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa/issues/1139) hope everyone involved is OK, on to other projects

Linux density • 12 months ago • 100%

I just learned: [https://github.com/ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa) the `ls` replacement has been replaced by [https://github.com/eza-community/eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) the `exa` repo says: > > > exa is unmaintained, use the [fork eza](https://github.com/eza-community/eza) instead. > (This repository isn’t archived because the only person with the rights to do so is unreachable). > > I didn't read it all, but for the curious, looks like the story is here: [[Question] Is this project still being actively maintained? · Issue #1139 · ogham/exa](https://github.com/ogham/exa/issues/1139) hope everyone involved is OK, on to other projects

Secure a place in history. Create the source material for hundreds of journalists, bloggers and shitposters writing about the downfall of reddit and the rise of the threadiverse. ([also missing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threadiverse)!) At some point, there will be some sort of drama involving kbin. It could be constructive drama or not; who knows. When it happens, whatever it is, lots of people will direct themselves to wikipedia to learn about what this website is. We all know wikipedia can be very influential. Even in the absence of drama.

Fediverse density • 1 year ago • 100%

Links: * [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/lemmy-instance-assistant/) * [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/instance-assistant-for-le/mbblbalkjcikhpladidpimlfiapdffdh) * [Edge](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/instance-assistant-for-le/hnlndgeokcaocdklkbfjbfjplfnedehb) - v1.2.3 is still being approved, you can grab the release from Github if you are eager * Opera: Still under review, please download from Chrome webstore or Github release. For questions / support: [https://lemmy.ca/c/instance\_assistant](https://lemmy.ca/c/instance_assistant) (alternate: [lemmy.ca/c/instance\_assistant](https://lemmy.ca/c/instance_assistant)) ### What’s new? ### ([read on the wiki](https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant/wiki#recent-updates)) * You can now customize the instance list to match which instances you actually use. This should be helpful for those that have accounts on different instances. * Added a settings page so that you can turn off features that you don’t want active * Added buttons for helpful tools that let you explore Lemmy/Kbin communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com). * Added a sidebar for those that prefer it (works on Firefox, Chrome & Opera; Edge doesn’t have sidebars yet but the code is there) * Fix for issues with the search trigger on the community not found page (thank-you to [whqwert](https://github.com/whqwert)!) * Various bugfixes, small theme changes, and improved wording ### What’s coming up? ### ([read on the wiki](https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant/wiki#recent-updates)) * Working with the amazing /u/howdy@thesimplecorner.org to bring over features from the LemmyTools Userscript^1^ * Integrating lemmyverse.net and search-lemmy.com so you can do everything right on your community page^2^ * Adding icons and simplifying the design, as the UI is getting wordy * Adding support for alternative home instances (ex. Alexandrite - [Issue 14](https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant/issues/14)) * Ability to have multiple ‘home instances’, so you can open it in any without having to change your home instance each time. * Finishing the setup so that people can contribute translations / other languages to the extension. * Getting the extension on Opera (no immediate plans, but this would be good to have) More details: 1. /u/howdy@thesimplecorner.org has created a really useful userscript that you can find here: [https://kbin.social/search?q=lemmytools@thesimplecorner.org](https://kbin.social/search?q=lemmytools@thesimplecorner.org) (alternate: [thesimplecorner.org/c/lemmytools](https://thesimplecorner.org/c/lemmytools)). We’re going to be working together to bring those features into Instance Assistant, so that you can have all the features in one place. 2. Right now there are buttons to explore Lemmy/Kbin communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com). Both of these take you to the respective webpages. Instead, it might be nicer to have a lightweight version right on the Lemmy/Kbin community page (or in the extension popup/sidebar). This should be possible using their APIs/data access, and I have a little working proof of concept already (see GitHub) I’m new, what is this? ========== Instance Assistant is a browser extension that started out as a way to quickly jump from one community to the version on your home instance, so that you could subscribe/participate immediately. Since then, a few other features have been implemented: ### Features ### * **Redirect to your home instance:** * Buttons will be added to the sidebar of any Lemmy or Kbin community you visit, which will let you open the same community on your home instance. * **Open links in home instance:** * Right click context menu will allow you to open any links in your home instance * **Improved Error Pages:** * ‘Community not found’ pages now have better information, a button to trigger a fetch, a button to open a community in the source instance, and more. * **Customizable popup & sidebar menus:** * Customizable list of instances to let you quickly switch home instances. This is great for if you have multiple accounts on different instances. * There are also buttons for helpful tools that let you search for communities (with lemmyverse.net), and search across Lemmy sites (with search-lemmy.com). * **Settings:** * You can change the default behaviour of the extension, customize the popup & sidebar menus, and turn off features you don’t want to use.

Instance Assistant for Lemmy and Kbin density • 1 year ago • 83%

I can't believe how fast this addon was developed into something that is super useful. A month ago I made a list of all the available addons to address this need. There were I think 4-5 of them and I actually didn't end up using any of them because they were too simple and didn't add much for my usecase. In the intervening days (days!) this project has really fleshed out. I am impressed that you've managed to make an interface that makes sense. I wasn't sure if that would be possible because it is kind of an inherently complex situation. And on top of that, it *works*. There are issues with federation which are network wide and not much you can do about that. But as much as the threadiverse is willing to cooperate, this addon smooths the experience. Thanks, I really appreciate this.

I am not sure what is correct to put in [kbin-core/issues](https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues) without cluttering it up with somewhat speculative requests. I have no idea how to implement this or whether it is possible. So I will post here? This is a response to issue [\#635 - Editor support for autocompletion when a user types /m/, /c/, /u/, or @](https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/635) @garrettw [said](https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/635#issuecomment-976794): > > > After all of this I'm left with the distinct impression that a standardized link format is needed *across the fediverse* for any fediverse content. > > I keep wishing for UUIDs or hashes or an internal link shortener or permalink something. These are the same post on different instances: * [https://fedia.io/m/firefox/t/132144](https://fedia.io/m/firefox/t/132144) \<- this is the instance where the community lives * [https://lebowski.social/post/12337](https://lebowski.social/post/12337) \<- this is the poster's home instance * [https://kbin.social/m/firefox@fedia.io/t/237162](https://kbin.social/m/firefox@fedia.io/t/237162) * [https://beehaw.org/post/6759290](https://beehaw.org/post/6759290) It would be nice if it would have a unique ID like `e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002` across the \*verse. I can't be the first person to think of this right? Why is ity either not a good idea, or not a viable idea? I imagine 2 variations. I am not attached to any of the particulars... Just spitballing. What do you think? 1. `/local/uuid` ---------- `/local/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002` - this link would bring the user to the post on the instance where you are viewing it. So if someone writes in a comment: ``` check out [this post](/local/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002)! ``` and you are viewing it on beehaw, it renders like this: ``` <p>check out <a href="https://beehaw.org/post/6759290">this post</a>!</p> ``` if you are viewing it on kbin.social, it renders like this: ``` <p>check out <a href="https://kbin.social/m/firefox@fedia.io/t/237162">this post</a>!</p> ``` 2. `/orig/uuid` ---------- On the other hand we need a way to link to the particular item as it appears "originally". To do this, you could write: ``` check out [this post](/orig/e3d14d6c-28d7-11ee-be56-0242ac120002)! ``` And irrespective of where you are looking at it, it will render like this: ``` <p>check out <a href="https://fedia.io/m/firefox/t/132144">this post</a>!</p> ``` I am not 100% sure if the correct behaviour for this is to link to the community home instance or the poster's home instance? I went with community home but maybe there is argument for the other way, or for both.

old.reddit.com

Im sure theyre going to find the perfect mods

I would like to suggest that developers consider as much flexibility when trying to interact with links/handles from off-instance and off-kbin (e.g. lemmy) as possible. I would like for it to work on lemmy in a similar fashion. I think that the various "incorrect" ways of doing things should work as redirects assuming this would not cause a technical problem. It could even explain the correct way of doing things if you'd like to discourage it. Non exhaustive examples: **communities** as an example: [https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists](https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists) [search kbin.social](https://kbin.social/search?q=https%3A%2F%2Flemmy.ca%2Fc%2Fwowthislemmyexists) for `https://lemmy.ca/c/wowthislemmyexists` - finds occasions where people have mentioned the URL in comment/post Most lemmy instances suggest searching for a group in a way that doesn't work: [search kbin.social](https://kbin.social/search?q=%21wowthislemmyexists%40lemmy.ca) for for `!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca` - finds occasions where people have mentioned the handle in comment/post you need to replace ! with @ to find it: [search kbin.social](https://kbin.social/search?q=%40wowthislemmyexists%40lemmy.ca) for for `@wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca` - works as expected So the kbin.social URL is [https://kbin.social/m/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca](https://kbin.social/m/wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca) But what about variations a person could try based on principals of how things work e lsewhere: [https://kbin.social/m/@wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca](https://kbin.social/m/@wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca) [https://kbin.social/m/!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca](https://kbin.social/m/!wowthislemmyexists@lemmy.ca) even allowing use of the /c/ instead of the /m/? **profiles** profiles have similar inconsistencies. I can view this off-instance profile on kbin.social: [https://kbin.social/u/@btschumy@mas.to](https://kbin.social/u/@btschumy@mas.to) but if I try to drop my own username into the same structure, it doesn't work: [https://kbin.social/u/@density@kbin.social](https://kbin.social/u/@density@kbin.social) The only way to see my profile is (I think) [https://kbin.social/u/density](https://kbin.social/u/density) Hope this all is intelligible.

/r/Firefox and /r/FirefoxCSS have both moved to fedia.io kbin instance. from kbin.social I can access Firefox. But I can't access FirefoxCSS. I waited about 90 mins since first trying. Should I just wait longer or is there some other issue? `@Firefox@fedia.io` fedia link: [https://fedia.io/m/Firefox](https://fedia.io/m/Firefox) from kbin.social: [https://kbin.social/m/Firefox@fedia.io](https://kbin.social/m/Firefox@fedia.io) search on kbin.social: [https://kbin.social/search?q=Firefox%40fedia.io](https://kbin.social/search?q=Firefox%40fedia.io) `@FirefoxCSS@fedia.io` fedia link: [https://fedia.io/m/FirefoxCSS](https://fedia.io/m/FirefoxCSS) kbin.social: [https://kbin.social/m/FirefoxCSS@fedia.io](https://kbin.social/m/FirefoxCSS@fedia.io) "404 Not found" search on kbin.social: [https://kbin.social/search?q=FirefoxCSS%40fedia.io](https://kbin.social/search?q=FirefoxCSS%40fedia.io) "Empty"

Fediverse density • 1 year ago • 100%

I was thinking about how there are similar communities on different instances. In some cases that is desirable/ok but maybe it would be cool to have another option. Say there are 3 separate communities on different instances for amateur cobbling (DIY shoes). None are big enough to really get going. Interested users trickle in here and there but there isn't enough to engage them. People try cross posting but that just breaks up discussion and leads to a "spam" feeling for those subbed to all of them. Everyone likes one another and they basically want one unified forum. Would it be possible to automatically duplicate content posted to each instance to the other 2 instances? Including comments, mentions, etc. Not like a multi reddit because would also share sidebar, mods, posting rules, other aspects. More like a mirror? or a repost bot? But I don't know if it would mean * 1 of the communities is the "main" * the other 2 are copies under a different name * they function as `symlinks` when mentioned or when traffic requested at them --- it all goes to "main" or * they are all equal to one another * any post you make to one instance, a post is automatically made on your behalf on the other instances * likewise any comments or other interactions or * a post you make to one instance "lives" on that instance, but the 2 other instances will show it in their feed. * when viewed on another instance's community, you will see that it is on the original one. of course this raises questions such as * what happens if the groups decide to split up after some time? \-instance have different codes of conduct? * what if host instances de-federated from each other? * could it be used to undermine instance autonomy? evade spam bans etc? Anybody thought of this kind of thing? I doubt it would be on the agenda for next week but interesting to think about.

Fediverse density • 1 year ago • 100%

If you ever have the problem of forgetting you were writing something and closing a window, or accidentally navigating away from the page on which you are composing, this is the browser extension to save your ass: **Form History Control**. * Documentation: [Form History Control (II)](https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/) * Git repo: [stephanmahieu/formhistorycontrol-2](https://github.com/stephanmahieu/formhistorycontrol-2) * [Firefox Addon]https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/form-history-control/) * [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/form-history-control-ii/lpcccgcdjibejkgiaeijbmkpbnbkglkb) In kbin I especially have this problem as I get logged out constantly for some reason, for example while I am composing even a fairly short comment, and if I submit while logged out the text vanishes. But everything is stored in the extension. It is local to your machine where it will be secure. I am using it for a year or two now and it has been flawless. It doesn't cause any slowdown in browser performance. It is unnoticeable until that moment you need it.

If you ever have the problem of forgetting you were writing something and closing a window, or accidentally navigating away from the page on which you are composing, this is the browser extension to save your ass: **Form History Control**. * Documentation: [Form History Control (II)](https://stephanmahieu.github.io/fhc-home/Manual/manual/) * Git repo: [stephanmahieu/formhistorycontrol-2](https://github.com/stephanmahieu/formhistorycontrol-2) * [Firefox Addon](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/form-history-control/) * [Chrome Web Store](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/form-history-control-ii/lpcccgcdjibejkgiaeijbmkpbnbkglkb) In kbin I especially have this problem as I get logged out constantly for some reason, for example while I am composing even a fairly short comment, and if I submit while logged out the text vanishes. But everything is stored in the extension. It is local to your machine where it will be secure. I am using it for a year or two now and it has been flawless. It doesn't cause any slowdown in browser performance. It is unnoticeable until that moment you need it.

Reddit Migration density • 1 year ago • 100%

[Archiveteam's Reddit project](https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/Reddit) is working to save reddit content from the hungry maw of corporate destruction. Archiveteam (AT) is a group which according to their [website](https://wiki.archiveteam.org/), > > > is in no way affiliated with the fine folks at [ARCHIVE.ORG](https://archive.org) > > However, the goals and philosophy of archive.org, aka The Wayback Machine, aka The Internet Archive *do* have significant overlap with AT. AT is coordinated by a staff member of archive.org, and the products of their work are typically donated to archive.org. They do missions to save particular collections of internets which are under imminent or generalized threat of deletion. One way to participate is by installing their custom Warrior VM software on your computer and it will use your home internet connection to pretend to be a user and systematically crawl/save the material in a coordinated fashion which evades detection. There can be other tasks if you can't or don't want to run that software. For example if the Warriors are triggering captchas, they can forward the captchas to users who sit around solving them. So you can solve captchas on other people's computers so those computers can proceed unattended. [Here is the tracker showing the moment to moment progress](https://tracker.archiveteam.org/reddit/). At time of writing it display 13.58 billion items weighing in at 3.06 petabytes (3,060,000 GB). [Here is a reddit post from a month ago](https://old.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/142l1i0/archiveteam_has_saved_over_108_billion_reddit/) going over this specific project. You can find more comprehensive info on their website. They coordinate via IRC.

On desktop, I was trying to figure out how to get from the notifications list ( [https://kbin.social/settings/notifications](https://kbin.social/settings/notifications) ) to the specific comment. It just links to the top of the thread and I have to `ctrl-F` for my handle. Which doesn't work easily on long threads or nested comments. The link in notifications includes an anchor, for example `#entry-comment-612642`. If I find the comment and click `more` \> `share URL`, I get the same anchor link, which also just links to the top of the thread, example: [https://kbin.social/m/reddit@lemmy.world/t/152720/r-BotDefense-is-shutting-down-I-hope-Reddit-likes-spam-and#entry-comment-612642](https://kbin.social/m/reddit@lemmy.world/t/152720/r-BotDefense-is-shutting-down-I-hope-Reddit-likes-spam-and#entry-comment-612642) If I click `more` \> `copy URL to fediverse`, I get a correctly working link on the commenter's home instance: [https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/768070](https://discuss.tchncs.de/comment/768070) *Edited out an idea for a workaround which actually doesn't work. And edited the title to remove reference to this.*

Technology density • 1 year ago • 100%

Recently I found this developer who has published dozens of small, useful extensions for firefox. Nothing groundbreaking that I know of but everything looks to have been made with care to efficiency and minimal permissions to do one thing well. Each has its own github repo where the developer responds to issues. Many QOL improvements without having to install a large extension with additional functions you may not need. I have nothing to do with this person but I was impressed so thought I would share. dev: * [Firefox developer User Profile for igorlogius](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/user/13634657/) * github: [igorlogius](https://github.com/igorlogius) extensions: 1. [Access URL Parts](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/access-url-parts/): quickly navigate to aka. access parts of the current url (breakcrumbs) , by either draggin them into the current tab context or opening them into a seperate tab 2. [Auto Close Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-close-tabs/): auto closes idle tabs when not active, hidden, playing audio, highlighted/selected, pinned or contain visible text input field with text in them. 3. [Automate Click](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/automate-click/): This add-on can automate click actions that users might have to perform when visiting a website. For example accept or reject cookie consent messages. 4. [Auto Updating Bookmarks](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/auto-updating-bookmark/): auto updating bookmark on navigation in the same domain, for example to read webcomics and continue from where you left off 5. [Block Suspicious Downloads](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/block-suspicious-downloads/): Block the download of files which contain suspicious substrings like ".exe" but allows to quickly make exceptions 6. [Bookmark Branch Porter](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-branch-porter/): Allows to import or export a branch of the bookmark tree as json or html 7. [Bookmark Router](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-router/): Place bookmarks into specific folders based on url regex matches 8. [Bookmark Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bookmark-tabs/): Saves selected or all tabs into a timestamped bookmark folder for later use 9. [Close All Duplicate Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-all-duplicate-tabs/): Shows the total amount of duplicate tabs and allows to quickly and easily close them - Leaving the oldest ones open. 10. [Close All Same Origin Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-all-same-origin-tabs/): Shows the total amount of same origin tabs and allows to quickly and easily close them - Leave only the oldest tabs open. 11. [Close Other Duplicate Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-other-duplicate-tabs/): Shows the amount of duplicate tabs the current tab has and allows to quickly and easily close them 12. [Close Other Same Origin Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/close-other-same-origin-tabs/): Shows the amount of tabs with the same origin as the currently active tab has and allows to close the others with one click 13. [Copy Image as DataURL](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-image-as-dataurl/): This add-on adds a right click menu to copy a image as a base64 data URL 14. [Copy Link Extras](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-link-extras/): Adds a link context menu quickly copy a link text, a link text with url and also allows copying the url with and without parameters. 15. [Copy Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/copy-tabs/): Copy tabs as hyperlinks or as plaintext URLs, similar to MS Edge, but actually even better since this addons supports copying mutliple tabs at the same time. 16. [Dont Open Duplicate Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dont-open-duplicate-tabs/): Addon, to prevent the opening of tabs with urls, which are already opened. 17. [Double Click Dictionary](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dbl-click-dict/): Double-click any word to view its definition in a pop-up bubble Fork of the "Dictionary Anywhere" addon initally made to make it usable for android but now adds a couple of more features/improvements 18. [Export Bookmarks as Text](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/export-bookmarks-as-text/): Export all bookmarks or a branch of the bookmark tree in a text only format 19. [Fix Missing Bookmark Titles](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fix-missing-bookmark-titles/): Fix Missing Bookmark Titles 20. [Get Tabs Infos](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/get-tabs-infos/): Get tab information in a user defined custom format string 21. [Handle With](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/handle-with/): Run external application from the Context (Right Click) Menu 22. [Image Control](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/image-control/): Simple addon, to prevents the loading of images either via a black or whitelist based on domain (aka. origins ) It can help to safe traffic on mobile connections and might even make some sites more readable. 23. [Import Bookmarks from File](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/import-bookmarks-from-file/): Quickly import all urls inside a textfile into a bookmark folder 24. [Indicate Bookmarked Links](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/indicate-bookmarked-links/): Indicate on hover if a link has already been bookmarked 25. [Last Visit Search](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/last-visit-search-with-images/): A "history" addon which creates a searchable table gallery with thumbnail images of visited sites and some meta information 26. [Limit Active Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/limit-active-tabs/): Limits the number of active tabs by unloading older tabs 27. [List Feeds](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/list-feeds/): Detects and lists feeds (rss, atom, json) of a page. 28. [Load Background Tabs on Select](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/load-background-tabs-on-select/): Prevents tabs which are opend in the background from loading until they have been manually activated once 29. [Load Tabs Sequentially](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/load-tabs-sequentially/): Load multiple opened tabs sequentially 30. [LocalStorage Editor](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/localstorage-editor/): Add, edit, copy, remove, export and import localand sessionstorage data 31. [Mute Unfocused Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mute-unfocused-tabs/): Allows to manage the mute state of a group (or all) tabs to only keep the currently focused one of the group unmuted and mute the others. Quick-Change via Toolbar Button and permanent ex/inclusion via preferences 32. [Notify on Events](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/notify-on-download-events/): tiny addon that can display a notification and optinally play a sound when a download starts, completes or fails, which is a little more noticeable than the default download icon change 33. [Open in Sidebar](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-in-sidebar/): Open links, pages, tabs or bookmarks into the sidebar. 34. [Open in Temp Container](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-in-temp-container/): Open a tab, page, link or bookmark in a new empty temporary container that removes itself, when the last tab it contains get removed 35. [Open Right Beside](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-right-beside/): Open new tabs right beside their opener (aka. parent) tab or beside the currently active tab 36. [Open Tabs from Clipboard URLs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-tabs-from-clipboard-urls/): Open tabs from the content of the clipboard, allows to open large number of tabs simultanisouly, by loading them in a discarded state, meaning that they will load the content only when they get selected 37. [Open Tabs from File](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-tabs-from-file/): Reads URLs from a text file and opens them as unloaded tabs 38. [Open with Selection](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with-selection/): Open Tabs with placeholder URLs and text selection 39. [Origin Lock](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/origin-lock/): Lock a Tab to the currently active origin. (proto+domain+port) If a navigation in the main\_frame is triggered that doesnt target the same origin, the navigation will be canceled an instead a new tab will be opened with the target url. 40. [Persistent Element Remover](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/persistent-element-remover/): This addon can remove elements (annoyances) which are inserted dynamically after pageload. 41. [Quick Image Print](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-image-print/): adds a context menu entry which allows to directly open the print dialog on images 42. [Quick Save / Skip Save as](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-save/): Direclty save elements without having to specify the name or save path. Skips the Save as Dialog 43. [Save Website as Image](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-website-as-image/): Simple addon, to save the full website of one or more tab as a png image either via a click on the toolbar icon or via a custom shotcut 44. [Select Same Origin Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/select-same-origin-tabs/): Quickly select tabs with the same origin (protocol + domain + port) in the current windows to move, close or otherwise process. 45. [Select Tabs Advanced](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/select-tabs-advanced/): Powerful tab selection addon with a bunch of one click options but also allow the user to create custom selection rules, based not only on tab attributes, but can also incorporate site parameters and content. 46. [Send to CyberChef](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/send-to-cyberchef/): Adds a context entry to send selected text to a CyberChef instance for further analysis 47. [Show QRCode](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/show-qrcode/): Displays the active url (or any selected link or text) as a qrcode for easy sharing between devices with a qrcode scanner like mobile/smart phones and tablets. Also allows saving and copying to the clipboard for pasting in other programms 48. [Side Translate](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/side-translate/): Translate selected text in the sidebar with a translation history 49. [Startup Tabs](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/startup-tabs/): Open a set of bookmarks as tabs on browser startup by simply selecting a bookmark folder which contains them. 50. [Table to CSV](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tbl2csv/): Save HTML Tables, CSS Pseudo/DIV Tables or Lists (UL/OL) as a comma seperated values (CSV) file which can be opened with any spreadsheet processor (e.g. excel, libreoffice-calc,gnumeric) for further processing and conversion (e.g. to xls or ods) 51. [Tabs Media Controller](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tabs-media-controller/): Control Audio and Video Elements from all tabs from the toolbar button popup menu 52. [Tab Stack](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-stack/): Just another tab grouping addon. Since firefox has no native support to add something like a "stacked" tab group, this is the closes i could come up with. 53. [Toolbar Countdown](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toolbar-countdown/): Shows a custom countdown in the toolbar. Well technically it only shows the most significant part. (days) at least until none are left then it gradually drops goes to hours, then minutes and finally seconds. 54. [Visits Counter](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/visits-counter/): Indicates how often the open website has been visited before, by showing a visited counter on the toolbar icon 55. [Youtube Bookmark Cleanup](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-bookmark-cleanup/): Remove Duplicate Youtube Video Bookmarks from a folder

Fediverse density • 1 year ago • 100%

> > > This subreddit was banned due to being used for spam. > > About 1 hour after being created

News and discussions about technology density • 1 year ago • 100%

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> > > 5 and a half years ago EA held an AMA so disastrous that it was unreadable as downvotes pummelling the answering producers and directors to the ground. Back then I made an overview for r/Games. > > > > Due to the high interest and high chance of being a shit show of similar or possibly greater proportion, here's an easily readable overview for the spez AMA. > > > > I will edit as it goes on. > >