Post #4278088
2026-07-29 22:16 UTC
@inthehands@hachyderm.io
I'm not a Ruby/Rails guy, but I'm interested in the software ecosystem as a whole, so I really wish them the best with this effort.
However, this announcement leads me to a pet peeve. If you visit the above link in a web browser, it tells you "pick an app" to view this ... content? Page? Whatever it is.
What you cannot pick, apparently, is "view this in the web browser I'm currently using to read your annoying prompt to use an app".
So congratulations to every FOSS project who does this sort of nonsense and immediately cuts off a significant fraction of their potential audience from ever seeing their "stuff".
Have a damned web site.
#HaveADamnedWebSite #HaveAWebSite #UseTheWeb #www
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@theeclecticdyslexic@mstdn.social 2026-07-29 22:56
@cazabon@mindly.social @inthehands@hachyderm.io I mean, a chat has a different purpose to a website IMO, and that's a link to a chat. It's like sharing an irc link to get everyone collaborating fast enough to get organised and make the website...
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@PsyQ@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-30 21:35
@cazabon@mindly.social At the moment we only have the Matrix room and Codeberg, but the website is coming. Some quick designs are in the works, we might know more tomorrow. We'll put up at least some brief static explainer page. Note that there's no usable code yet. I don't think anyone expected this level of enthusiasm and engagement so quickly, so of course the plumbing wasn't in place yet.