• Carighan Maconar
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    On that note, has anyone here gotten into the Surf (the Flipboard thing) beta? I got in, but the download link does not work, but from what I understand that’s supposed to turn into a whole-federation browser starting with the microblogging sites (Mastodon + Bluesky + Threads), so I wonder whether they’ll add support for Pixelfed et al in the future.

    • @[email protected]
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      If all the things in the work queue, you’re balking on a COLOUR SCHEME?

      That’s like stopping the construction crew for using the wrong colour work boots, man!

      • Carighan Maconar
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        No dark mode, no use.

        BTW, work boot color is absolutely regulated depending on context. For example here in Germany, if you work in sterile or food-related industries then shoes are to be issued and used with a color that cannot inherently hide stains by the material you’re working with, to prevent accidentally carrying contaminations into other clean zones.

        So yes, you would stop the construction crew for using the wrong color work boots.

        • @[email protected]
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          43 hours ago

          Same for medical software. Green MUST be an approved green color, and same for red, as the wrong color can give wrong advice and may kill people.

      • @Nalivai
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        116 hours ago

        It’s more like stopping the construction crew from painting your house a colour you hate. Which sounds more reasonable

      • ZeroOne
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        No it isn’t, if a modern app doesn’t have dark-mode to protect your eyes Then it’s a health-hazard

      • Lemminary
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        you’re balking on a COLOUR SCHEME

        How can I not?? Dx

  • finley
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    I was a member of the beta, and one thing that app really needs is a dark mode.

    • @stoly
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      411 hours ago

      I couldn’t find it in the App Store. How do you get it?

    • Sjmarf
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      It has a dark mode now (on iOS, at least. Maybe they’ve got a different codebase for Android)

      Edit: Scratch that. Only the login flow has dark mode.

        • @Zachariah
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          you gotta keep ’em separated

          • Ben Hur Horse Race
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            did you know the singer for the offspring came up with that line when he was working in lab- he was making petri dishes and you make them hot and then cool them to a certain temperature… so he was trying to wrap up and the petri dishes weren’t cooling down quickly enough, so he moved them all apart to allow air to flow between them and kept saying “you gotta keep em seperated” in his head, and then used this one riff they had while they were working on the album with that line. come out and play was the last song they made for that album

            • @FilthyHookerSpit
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              1112 hours ago

              I thought this was shit post or copy pasta but I’ll be damned. He did come up with that line while cooling Erlenmeyer flasks.

            • @Zachariah
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              …when the Undertaker threw Mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.

        • Cyborganism
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          517 hours ago

          oooooOOOOOoooo!!! I didn’t even know about this. But yes.

          • madjo
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            Keep your reels off Pixelfed please. Use loops.video instead.

            Pixelfed is a photo sharing platform

    • @[email protected]
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      417 hours ago

      The screencap in the article looks pretty dark to me? Is there something that needs to be dark that the example pic doesn’t show? Asking as someone that turns everything to dark mode.

      • pizzaboi
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        417 hours ago

        As of now, the iOS app does not have a dark mode. Though, I believe the Android version does.

          • pizzaboi
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            116 hours ago

            Weird. I feel like at some point I remember it having a dark mode on one or the other. Wonder when and why it was removed.

              • @AshMeshedUp
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                27 hours ago

                Hi! There was actually an official Pixelfed client in beta before the current one written in react native. And it did have dark mode support as well.

              • pizzaboi
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                110 hours ago

                No? Huh, I could have sworn I had downloaded an APK and just assumed it was the beta. Haven’t had an Android in a year, though, so I might just be misremembering or thinking of another app.

  • @garretble
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    I have a Pixelfed account and have tried the app.

    But I can’t actually make posts using it. Don’t know where the hiccup is.

  • Avid Amoeba
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    Is Pixelfed an appropriate place to upload an image to share on Lemmy / Mastodon?

    • @umbraroze
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      Well that’s the neat part, you don’t! If you post on Pixelfed you’re already on Mastodon.

      …I suppose you can reshare it if you want. Me, I just point people to my Pixelfed account on my Mastodon profile and vice versa.

    • Meldrik
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      It’s doable, but you might as well just upload it here. But for smaller albums, it would be a good idea.

    • Remy Rose
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      616 hours ago

      I’ve been doing that exact thing, but only as long as the images would be Instagram-worthy in the first place. Not just temporary junk. I figure it’s probably more optimized for picture storage, since that’s the whole point right? Plus then I get it two places instead of one!

      If you use the raw media link itself instead of the link to the post, it displays on Lemmy exactly the same as if you’d uploaded it here in the first place. So that’s nice.

  • @aliser
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    once again tried to register. this time, the biggest instance doesn’t even load.

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    I’m a little underwhelmed by the iOS app itself, but the content is great

    Hopefully Pixelfed continues to bloom into a solid community!

    The app doesn’t really feel native, and doesn’t have features like clicking to enlarge an image. If it’s open source I’d look into helping though

  • @NineMileTower
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    That’s odd. I’ve had the app for like 3 months.

    • atro_city
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      It’s as a reaction to the news about TikTok possibly being sold and people jumping to “Red Book”, the other Chinese platform. Maybe some people will read the TechCrunch article and consider Pixelfed.

        • atro_city
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          Those are some nice pictures! Are they all yours? Btw, I do wonder if it’s possible to comment on pictures there from here @[email protected]

          Just subbed. Maybe new pictures will pop up in my feed.

    • M137
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      416 hours ago

      The beta, not sure how you missed that.

  • Cyborganism
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    617 hours ago

    Yeah I tried the beta before. I just got a new smartphone so I’m happy it’s available I the app store.