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Eugen Rochko

Oh for Christ’s sake, now they won’t let me name it “for iPhone” because it also supports the iPad, but I’m not allowed to name it “for iOS” either

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oshy

@Gargron

Hehe yeah because iPad doesn't run iOS anymore..

Kaito

@Gargron how about "Mastos the Freshmaker"

Eugen Rochko

For context, the “Mastodon” name is currently occupied and while I am looking into getting it eventually that’s a potentially longer process

Souvlaki Space Station 🛸

@Gargron is this the part where naming your software after your favourite band finally backfires?

Souvlaki Space Station 🛸

@Gargron bummer, that would have made for such a good story

Stu

@Gargron @anarchiv I was going to say is it occupied by the band also

mmu_man

@Gargron I thought this was sorted out already…

oshy

@Gargron Jeeze I didn't think of this, that puts you in a really bad situation doesn't it

duck

@Gargron Why not something like Mastodon Mobile?

Or Mastodon for anti-competitive walled garden ecosystems.

Or Mastodon for your new-every-two phone that is made to break and be mostly non-repairable?

The first idea was sincere.

Nordnick :verified:

@Gargron
And i guess, iMastodon would not satisfy Apple... :blobcatgiggle:

Rev.Dr. Nikolai Kingsley

@Gargron

Masterdon. after the best Dr Who villain ever.

Roger Delgado as the Original, Pertwee-era Master. accept no substitutes.

Also, he never said this, but you know he wanted to.
Danie van der Merwe

@Gargron well the obvious one then has to be Mastodon Official or Original… or maybe Mastodon Federated. Not sure if Social can be added as not intending it to be the single hosted instance.

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@Gargron introducing: mastodon for those apple products you can touch and hold and stuff

Joe Callanan

@Gargron "Mastodon for I don't even know anymore!"

ij

@Gargron How about "Mastodon for that operatiing system for mobile devices that was brought to market by that one guy who worked with The Woz in a garage on a computer after they met at the Homebrew Computer Club"?

Eugen Rochko

Okay, it's "Mastodon for iPhone and iPad" now, you should receive the update shortly

Dag Ågren ↙︎↙︎↙︎

@Gargron If that's too awkward, I guess you can always just make two apps, one "for iPhone" and one "for iPad", and mark them as unavailable on the other, but just build the same code for both.

Steve 🇨🇦🇺🇦

@Gargron A lot of developers just sort of ramble there to disambiguate, like “Mastodon — federated social networking” or what have you.

Steve 🇨🇦🇺🇦

@Gargron Fair. I can't think of anything useful to say in 30 characters either.

Wonderfall

@Gargron Thank you! Excited to try it on my iPad. :)

GoatsLive

@Gargron Yay! And thanks for all your hard work!

Eugen Rochko

Please give it a rating if you like it!

peturbg

@Gargron
I have blocked you how you appear again. #Mastodon c.e.o dosnt mean you can try hack other peoples

SIBIRIAK

@Gargron ok. but how can I do it, and what exactly should I like? The platform?

Nico

@Gargron I can‘t find a way to see my lists within the app :(

If that‘s possible one day, I‘d switch from Toot! immediately 👍🏻

Die Krähenpost

@Gargron I’d love to give a good rating (and I really appreciate the work). But honestly, the native Mastodon app is sooo slow and laggy on my phone (iPhone Xr), I always switch back to Toot! after testing an update for five minutes.

Eugen Rochko

@kraehenpost That’s very strange, I’m sorry it’s your experience

Tornado Azul

@Gargron I have some problems with the iPad version on Mac M1 with the "Login" button. The web confirmation doesn't work. :./

Klievhelm

@Gargron I hope you’ll eventually add an option for reading chronologically (Keeping the old position when loading missing content)

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@Gargron is it like an artifact ID conflict? Like someone already has org.mastodon.mastodon? Or is it literally they won't let you have the same human readable name?

DELETED

@Gargron Damn, wtf? So if one app has the name "calculator" you literally can't name your app the same?

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@Gargron it's also weird they won't let you use "for iOS". That's honestly the most succinct way of describing it.

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