Iāve started keeping a list of things that Iād personally like to see improved at Micro.blog. Itās not to take a shot at @manton about issues. Itās a utility for me to keep track of things I want, and to revel in crossing items off when they get implemented ā as they often do. I wish cause I care! š
@jarrod Iāll post updates to this thread when I add new chunks to the list. Hereās the initial list:
ā
@jarrod Great! Iāve reported on some of those. I hope most of those are addressed within the (above equator) winter.āļø
@dvdlite Ooh good one. I was just thinking earlier this week about how I miss Twitter lists for looking in on certain topics or groups of people without having their posts always in my timeline.
@jarrod I think your pie in the sky idea is substantially easier to implement than several of your others!
@numericcitizen Missed the link?
@pratik I remember! I browsed through it a bit last night and linked it my description.
@jsonbecker Iām a dreamer, not a developer! š
@manton š
@jsonbecker @jarrod Blot-like sync is something Iāve thought a lot about too. Question: would it be useful as a read-only folder you could mount on your Mac, or is editing also critical to the feature?
@manton @jsonbecker Editing would be my primary goal. The ability to publish and edit from any text editor, across devices, is something I appreciate with Blot. It makes the āsource-of-truthā my own files, which is powerful when I can use shortcuts and other apps to act upon those files in bulk. Honestly, after using Blot, having to go to a web dashboard to make edits feels a bit outdated.
That said, if read-only is a stepping stone to editing, Iād take it!ā
@jarrod By the way, that invisible character problem I mentioned yesterday for linking usernames was my bug. Will be fixed shortly.
@jarrod @manton @jsonbecker @pratik @numericcitizen Iām enjoying this thread. It feels to me like the community coming together in support of Micro.blog.
@jarrod Iām super late to the party, so maybe someone mentioned it, but yeah, itād be nice to see threaded convos with only the top of the convo show up in the timeline (unless of course someone you follow joined in). Something like that at least. š
@jarrod @manton thatās definitely the hardest part ā two-way sync is much harder not through an API. Knowing what file has changedā¦ itās now a file sync method versus API-based method.
For me, this is really about āI want MarsEdit to come to iOS finally.ā then problem solved. Thereās a reason Ulysses and iAWriter just post out versus being full management systems.
@manton I would love to just create a txt or md file and throw it in a folder, and itās published.
@jarrod The one item I am dying for is an easy one click (or checkbox) solution that would separate microposts from long form posts and let you choose which is displayed on the homepage.
@Plebone Iāve been contemplating how to build that for myself. Itās something I would want to have a solution for if I were to bring all of HeyDingus over.
@help It didnāt like the escaped html here in the reply. Editing the reply and āupdatingā it with no changes fixed it.
@thosch I do! Itās been my favorite text editor on Mac for, jeeze, a decade now. If only it could do two-way sync like MarsEditā¦
@jarrod Yes, thatās missing.
As discussed in the thread about your wishlist (esp. synced folder) this seems to be complex.
What are your use cases for (bulk) editing posted posts?
@thosch Updating links, mostly. But also if I were to change blog hosts, I just feel better about having everything as my own markdown files.
@pratik Itās not, but should be! I only see it on Micro.blog, and I use Safari. Do you use Grammarly? Iāve wondered if thatās whatās interfering.
@pratik Itās not, but should be! I only see it on Micro.blog, and I use Safari. Do you use Grammarly? Iāve wondered if thatās whatās interfering.
@pratik Itās not, but should be! I only see it on Micro.blog, and I use Safari. Do you use Grammarly? Iāve wondered if thatās whatās interfering.
@pratik When Iām back at my Mac next week, Iām going to experiment with turning Grammarly off and seeing if it improves.
@pratik When Iām back at my Mac next week, Iām going to experiment with turning Grammarly off and seeing if it improves.
@pratik When Iām back at my Mac next week, Iām going to experiment with turning Grammarly off and seeing if it improves.
@help I think some wires are getting crossed here. I donāt have a separate Mastodon account but my replies to Mastodon users appear to be getting duplicated with my ActivityPub address.
@jarrod the āhtmlā thing always confused me. I canāt quite wrap my head around caring (unless migrating from a blog without it and wanting to keep the old URLs).
@jsonbecker For me, itās equal parts about the migration aspect, about aesthetics, and about simplicity (why do posts need it, but pages donāt?). Plus, I type out my own URLs a surprising amount, and donāt care for the extra 5 characters.
@jarrod The second of the latest additions drives me nuts (is happening even as I type out this reply on the web). Sometimes it even deletes typed-out text that I have to ā+Z quickly.
@DaveyCraney @jarrod Yep thatās right Davey; the initial best experience is for new, and newer, blogs. Not that you shouldnāt jump into the coal mine first, Jarrod. š
@SimonWoods @DaveyCraney I havenāt enabled it yet, no. Manton indicated heād work on better compatibility for existing blogs so that it doesnāt break links and Iām keeping my fingers crossed for that.
