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Chris Trottier

🚨 MASTODON SUPPORTS RICH TEXT RENDERING! 🚨

No more unicode hacks! This makes the Fediverse more usable!

I knew this update was supposed to support this, but this is the first time I've seen this in the wild.

This post was composed in Friendica, and Mastodon now accurately displays:

* Quotes
* Bold
* Italics

Currently, I’ve only seen rich text rendered in Mastodon’s native web app. I don’t see it in the mobile app.

See screenshot!

mastodon.social/@expertmanoffi

@fediversenews
3 May 2023 at 2:20 | Open on mastodon.social
9 comments
Luis Carlos
Chris Trottier

I don’t know if Mastodon will support rich text posting.

Nevertheless, rich text rendering means that much more of the Fediverse’s functionality will be viewable to people who use Mastodon.

3 May 2023 at 2:38 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

This is one reason I continue to use mastodon.social: I get access to new Mastodon features first before other servers.

So maybe I shouldn't migrate elsewhere yet.

3 May 2023 at 2:55 | Open on mastodon.social
Julian Lam

@atomicpoet you could always run your own instance and set up a cron job to pull latest code and restart... Your instance might explode more often though, if you do that 🤣

3 May 2023 at 2:56 | Open on crag.social
Oliphant

@atomicpoet I just pulled down the latest Glitch, which is pegged to Mastodon main branch.

I feel a bit more freedom to experiment like that on a smaller server, myself.

3 May 2023 at 2:58 | Open on oliphant.social
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@atomicpoet
You don't migrate. You have lilypads all over the pond, and you hop around. 😉

3 May 2023 at 4:51 | Open on artisan.chat
Paul Schoe

WOW, Quotes, Italics, Bolds on Mastodon. So much quicker than expected.

Thanks for posting the image with the sample. It was good to see it.

@atomicpoet @fediversenews

3 May 2023 at 2:41 | Open on mastodon.world
Sam Oldman 🐀

@atomicpoet I keep forgetting that wrapping text in stars gives italics and two stars gives bold text in many apps.

3 May 2023 at 4:05 | Open on mstdn.ca
Thomas H Jones II
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