cloudless

joined 8 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

You need to open a restaurant.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago

if we change the default to hide the UI, then it would also do that on larger devices,

Understood. Let's keep it as an option. I think the majority of Interstellar users would be on mobile.

Do other apps have back gestures as well?

It really depends on the app. I use Voyager and it supports back gestures everywhere.

IMO, back gestures should be handled by the OS

Unfortunately iOS handles back gestures differently. The problem is that without back gesture I need to tap the upper left corner every time I want to go back. With huge phones these days I have to use two hands to operate it.

PieFed webapp supports back gesture (via Safari), and it remains my app of choice for this reason.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks it is much better with this. Should be the default in my opinion.

Will you consider adding back gesture?

By the way, thanks so much for supporting PieFed!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

On iOS, I want back gesture (for returning to the feed from the list).
I also want more space for content. Currently the top and bottom bars are taking too much screen estate. Can you autohide when scrolling?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I still visit Reddit for certain subreddits because the threadiverse simply don't have enough participants.

With threadiverse being decentralised, I don't think you need to worry about the "cost of growth". Even if part of it becomes like Reddit, you can always find/start an instance with a small-town vibe.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of virtual machines for what?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Some Chinese EVs copy the style of fancy cars. For example the Xiaomi EV practically ripped off a Porsche.

Original, high quality designs require high development costs. Also a good design should consider the functionality as well, such as aerodynamics specific to the power and handling of the vehicle. Weight distribution etc.

Edit: not an expert at all, just my guess and observations

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Sorry for AI but I couldn't find it by just googling:

Yes, Firefox did have an in-house developed "Tab Center" — it was an experimental feature created by Mozilla as part of their Test Pilot programme around 2016–2017.

🧪 Mozilla's Original "Tab Center" Name: Tab Center

Status: Experimental Test Pilot feature (now discontinued)

Timeframe: Circa 2016–2017

Purpose: To explore the usability of vertical tabs on the left side of the browser, instead of the traditional horizontal layout.

🔍 Key Features Displayed open tabs vertically in a sidebar.

Showed a more spacious, scrollable list of tabs.

Included favicons and tab titles — easier to manage lots of tabs.

Supported mouse gestures like tab pinning and closing.

Looked and felt very similar to Edge’s modern vertical tabs.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Many years ago they had an offical extension called "Tab Center", it had been in "labs" for some time. When it finished testing (it worked well), Mozilla decided to drop it instead of deploying it in Firefox. It wasn't even in low priority.

It took them many years and they finally implemented vertical tabs in 2024.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Pretty accurate except for "we must focus on the browser", I've never seen/heard them doing that.

I still remember when they cancelled vertical tabs after successful testing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)

No offense. But I'm completely going to offend you.

 

Apple’s AI rollout has been rocky, from Siri delays to underwhelming Apple Intelligence features. WSJ’s Joanna Stern sits down with software chief Craig Federighi and marketing head Greg Joswiak at WWDC 2025 in Cupertino to talk about the future of AI at Apple—and what the heck happened to that smarter Siri.

 

Remember when Google introduced text-only ads to replace flashing animated banners and pop-up ads popular at the time? I didn't mind those and I didn't need an adblocker.

Nowadays YouTube is the primary reason I have to use an adblocker. It is literally unusable with all the ads.

view more: next ›