 Spent tonight refactoring the @pixelfed login UI I wasted more time than I'd like to admit trying to work around chrome auto-fill to focus the input (and style it) only to discover that it's not possible because its a security risk π Anyways, this is my 3rd login refactor and it will be shipping despite the slight UX "bug" of Chrome requiring user input or interaction for auto-fill And don't worry, this will also work with password managers π #pixelfed Also, I'd like to point out that @pixelfed went from someone registering doespixelfedfederateyet.com to: - Founding the SocialHub forum (https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks) - Co-founding LitePub spec - Pioneering bearcaps + ActivityPub (for Stories) - Founding https://fedidb.org - Founding https://fediverse.info We had a slow start, but now we're pioneering new features and services that benefit all #fediverse users and projects! β€οΈ Iβd like to think the fediverse is more supportive of new projects and developers now I admit I set a high bar of expectations when I set my sights on building a federated instagram, a platform with 10x more active users than Twitter You do have to be a little crazy to think you can take on Instagram, and while it may seem like @pixelfed isnβt, just wait until the apps are released Mastodon opened the door for @pixelfed to be the mainstream platform for everyone, just like twitter did π One of the main reasons that @pixelfed became a joke of the fediverse in the early days is due to my decision to delay federation support to focus on safety and moderation tools. I admit I did announce a few release dates, only to miss them, we eventually shipped federation support on Dec 25th, 2018 (6 months after initial release) Someone even registered doespixelfedfederateyet.com, I wasn't bothered though, looking back I made the right decision!  When I first announced @pixelfed, I had to deal with a lot of criticism We became a joke of the fediverse, we were the underdog, few people believed in me back then I used all the criticism and hate as motivation to strive for perfection β¨ Just look at us now, the person who said these things is now a good friend Never give up! Got tickets for Oppenheimer and Barbie for Saturday, I haven't seen two movies in theaters on the same day since Clockstoppers and Jurassic Park (I think?) years ago! Everyone wants to see Barbie, only 1 person wants to see Oppenheimer and thats the one I'm most looking forward to seeing.  @dansup My daughter and a friend are doing the same. I may open my wallet for the 70mm Oppenheimer experience.
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 @dansup For iOS: Iβd like to be able to upload multiple photos at once, please. Also, the photo picker isnβt showing my shared albums. (Iβm usually organizing photos on one device and adding some of them to a shared album before later posting them from a different device. So I have to go into the Photos app and download the desired photos into my device library before I can access them in Pixelfed.) I mean, I'm probably overreacting as every mastodon 3rd party service or app has the same token, but I'm paranoid about trust and privacy. The last thing I want is for someone to trust a Pixelfed server only for the admin to take advantage of the trust and read their DMs for example. Even though I trust our admins and believe none of them would do that, just the possibility makes me uneasy. I don't want to start some mass panic about Sign-in with Mastodon, but I figure it's best you hear it from me first. It was developed in only 12 days and has some rough edges, but transparency is pivotal to trust IMO so that is why I'm letting y'all know. I will fix the Mastodon token issue with revocation later today and make an announcement Thank you for supporting me and my weird ass ways, and pushing me to be ethical & transparent, it's my pleasure to provide a good home for your pixels! Context: When you Sign-in with Mastodon, the Pixelfed server has a copy of your Masto token and *could* use it to read account info, but they cannot post or do any other actions. This will be fixed soon  @dansup I'm already using. Because it's open source and you provide the community, I trust you. Oh, one more thing about Sign-in with Mastodon I plan to update the code to revoke the oauth token immediately after logging in so it can't be used by admins to access your account. The whole web works on trust, but I figure its worth mentioning that when you use Sign-in with Mastodon, the Pixelfed server you're doing this on will have a copy of your Mastodon token. If you don't trust this, then hold off until I ship this! Everything will be publicly auditable as it's open source β¨
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 @dansup is there a way to change the default instances that appear on the sign in with mastodon screen? So I put my own instance others for example. Don't mind my reminiscing lol Mastodon used to allow ?max_id=0 pagination on profiles so you could see your oldest posts first but they switched to SPA and it doesn't work anymore, but you can still do it via the API Maybe I should make a lil web based Mastodon service that allows you to view your oldest posts, if I do it will be open source and easily self-hostable Oh my gosh, the newest #pixelfedApp build has a bug in one of the most important features, composing a new post. The bug? A fucking typo. So sorry about this, will be pushing a new build shortly. Edit: Fix has been shipped, the APK sha256 is 2f1efe5a7202cc7d102223197e29c0278532977b7e205e9f82888e4ab989c1c4
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  Woot woot, shipped the new #pixelfedApp builds and fixed a few Sign-in with Mastodon issues and a ton of smaller things. Love these productive Mondays/Tuesdays, going to wind down and get catch some z's Stay iconic fedi βοΈ It's quite the process to ship new @pixelfed app builds I'm trying to use the same build # for both iOS and Android, so I have to update the build # in the Android Updates page, and that was fine until a few builds ago when they got out of sync because I shipped an iOS build and skipped the android build. Ugh, I'm obsessing over shit like this that doesn't really matter, but I promise we'll get on a solid path, despite my perfectionism π Itβs almost 5:30am and I work in a few hours, but Iβm trying to ship the new app builds here shortly π So much to do, why is sleep a dependency?? @dansup Its 1:30 PM you don't need to sleep yet you still have 10 hours until bedtime ;)  Iβve been brainstorming a few ways @pixelfed can improve on in regards to abuse and moderation. I have a lot of privilege and have rarely experienced abuse myself, so I will need our communities feedback and ideas on how we can improve this. Let me know your feedback and ideas on how Pixelfed can become a safer platform for everyone, and thanks in advance! |
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@dansup @pixelfed Out of curiosity, whatβs the purpose of websites asking for just an email first, rather than asking for email and password at the same time? Iβve noticed it more and more recently.
Login v2 vs v3 design
The v2 design was more bold and distracting, I decided to start from scratch using a similar layout to the existing design for v3 to keep the focus on the intent/action
v3 uses animations and loading indicators when applicable and is overall a better UX IMO
Password resets and 2FA is also much better in v3