#NoteToSelf: Lock the version of #AndStatus. Never again should it be allowed to do an hours-long update.
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ALT account for Linux Walt (lnxw37d2)'s status on Tuesday, 15-May-2018 21:06:02 UTC 
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#NoteToSelf: Lock the version of #AndStatus. Nevera
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AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Sunday, 22-Apr-2018 18:45:02 UTC 
AndStatus
#AndStatus v.38.02 "Video attachments and Titles for notes" is published at an Open Beta testing channel and just waits for your confirmation that it is ready for release https://github.com/andstatus/andstatus/issues/456
What's new:
1. Video file can be attached to a new note. A thumbnail of the video attachment is shown in a timeline. Video attachment may be viewed the same way as an image attachment.
2. Added titles (names) for notes of Pump.io and Mastodon (where they are called "CW").
3. Added "Public" checkbox to the Note Editor to mark a note explicitly as public or not public. Currently this option is available for Pump.io only.
4. Click on an attached image or video opens corresponding viewer/player application.
5. Added an option for "Collapse duplicates" that allows it to find not only adjacent duplicates ("distance" = 1), but also duplicates, separated by other notes: Timeline -> "Maximum distance between duplicates" which defaults to "5" now. Setting it to 0 disables the "Collapse duplicates" feature.
6. Fixed: All users, mentioned as @username in a text of an incoming note, are identified and used in Notifications. Multiple note recipients are supported for Pump.io. https://loadaverage.org/attachment/4202650 -
AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Saturday, 21-Apr-2018 22:45:04 UTC
AndStatus
@thelovebug Thank you for the reminder. I added Liberapay page https://liberapay.com/AndStatus to my donations page and now adding it to #AndStatus info at f-droid also. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Sunday, 15-Apr-2018 20:31:58 UTC 
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
@jordigh "... caption your images for accessibility!"
Maybe that should be a feature request for the software I'm using ( #GNU_Social and #AndStatus )? -
Hallå Kitteh (clacke)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Apr-2018 07:57:14 UTC 
Hallå Kitteh
@strypey I see what you mean in terms of intermittent connections and so on. Maybe it would be really good if you never talk to the network unless you're on external power. But if you let it talk as much as it likes, that's a lot of traffic.
I guess just like how #AndStatus can be set to sync every X hours, MMMMM-Mobile could have such a setting too, once it gets to a more usable stage. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Mar-2018 16:05:09 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
Miraculous recovery: The #AndStatus "Home" timeline is now receiving new posts again. It was frozen for seven days. I know Yuri was unhappy about my complaints, but when major timelines (including both Home and "Interactions") aren't working, users will be frustrated. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Saturday, 24-Mar-2018 02:29:31 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
@thatbrickster Did your client recently install an update? #AndStatus on my phone was inoperable for seven hours afterward, but then it works, but not very well.
On the tablet, the #Android version is too old for the updated version of the client, so I still have a version that works acceptably. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Friday, 23-Mar-2018 02:23:27 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
@andstatus I've read the #AndStatus change log. No mention that it would take seven hours for the app to finish updating and downloading. No mention that the new "Friends" timeline downloads account info and most recent post for each of my ~300 contacts. No mention that the "Home" timeline would be frozen in time, never displaying anything other than its last pre-upgrade state. No mention that the "Interactions" timeline is ONLY available in combine-all-your-accounts view, where you're likely to reply using the wrong account. No mention that there are some incoming posts that now never appear in any timeline (but are visible in the web or other clients).
Are there any other "gotchas" I need to be aware of?
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AndStatus@Quitter.no (andstatus)'s status on Thursday, 22-Mar-2018 16:34:11 UTC 
AndStatus@Quitter.no
@lnxw48a1 Please read #AndStatus Change log. It is inside application in the menu -> Help, and here: http://andstatus.org/changelog.html
In particular, Mentions timeline is replaced by Interactions...
Regarding slow work right after upgrade: this is expected, because after main database modifications several long running "data fixers" are started, which fully complete the upgrade.
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Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Thursday, 22-Mar-2018 13:16:02 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
If I don't use the 'Friends' timeline, #AndStatus doesn't seem to need to redownload all my contacts' info on every reload. That's better, but 'Home' is frozen and 'Replies' or 'Mentions' is absent. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Mar-2018 22:38:26 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
Yes, the old #AndStatus does. The new version installed this morning on my phone, and in addition to missing familiar streams, it takes a lot longer to load new posts or to post a new post yourself.
My FOOD post took around one hour from the time I sent it until AndStatus was finished retrieving data and the most recent post from every person I subscribe to. Only then did it send the post. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Mar-2018 21:51:12 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
Reloading to fetch fresh messages triggers "fetching actor properties" for each of my 300 contacts, followed by "fetching note" for most of them. I'm guessing #AndStatus needs more storage, so it doesn't redownload the same content repeatedly. -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Wednesday, 21-Mar-2018 16:58:28 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
Now that #AndStatus lacks a "Replies" stream, is there a usable #GNU_Social client for #Android? -
AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Mar-2018 18:13:25 UTC
AndStatus
#AndStatus v.37.00 is available in the Open Beta testing channel https://github.com/andstatus/andstatus/issues/456
"Merging actors of Users from different Social Networks. New Interactions timeline"
1. Actors having the same WebFingerId (e.g. "andstatus@loadaverage.org") in different social networks are merged logically. This allows AndStatus to show you in one timeline activities of one actor, downloaded via different instances. This is especially needed for GNU Social and Mastodon.
Please note that for Pump.io this feature is provided for years, because all Pump.io instances use the same actorID (WebFingerId) for the same actor.
2. Mentions timeline is replaced by Interactions, which shows not only "mentions" and replies, but also likes, reposts and followers. Basically "Interactions" timeline shows all interactions of other users with us (our actors) whereas "Notifications" timeline shows us only those interactions, which we preferred to be notified about in Settings > Notifications, plus unsent notes.
3. Names of things in the User interface (mostly) changed according to the #ActivityPub Recommendations. In particular, now we use the word "note" for tweets/toots/notices.
And the words "Actor" and "User" have different meanings (In ActivityPub, a user is represented by "actors" via the user's accounts on servers. User's accounts on different servers correspond to different actors.) Most of Timelines in AndStatus show Activities now instead of Notes. https://loadaverage.org/attachment/4102974 -
thelovebug (thelovebug)'s status on Wednesday, 10-Jan-2018 09:04:27 UTC 
thelovebug
Just installed the latest #AndStatus beta, it's improved infinitely since I last used it! -
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1) (lnxw48a1)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jan-2018 20:54:19 UTC
Linux Walt (@lnxw48a1)
#AndStatus must not have received confirmation of successful sending. That's okay, I just wished you a double-good day. -
AndStatus (andstatus)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Oct-2017 05:34:04 UTC
AndStatus
@regentaenzer Yes, please test again.
By the way, you can create a backup of #AndStatus data, including accounts (but without images) in Settings -> Storage, then reinstall AndStatus and do any tests, and after all your tests reinstall again and Restore that backup on the first launch of AndStatus. This is why I personally still use the same AndStatus's database that I created several years ago: I restore the last backup in a case of problems... -
Johnny Null (johnnynull)'s status on Friday, 13-Oct-2017 23:57:35 UTC 
Johnny Null
Ah. Added #followfriday to my filter. #Andstatus -
Mike Macgirvin (mike)'s status on Wednesday, 04-Oct-2017 23:06:09 UTC 
Mike Macgirvin
@andstatus At the present time there is no alternative which can possibly unite the free web. The only way I can see to move forward is for projects to support multiple protocols into the foreseeable future.
There are some interesting developments in the works. Unlike ActivityPub, I believe that discussing any alternatives before there are solid specifications and tested implementations would be foolish.
I will note that the basis for ActivityPub is ActivityStreams2, which is a well designed and extensible specification. It is however merely a serialisation and not a transfer protocol. If you paired ActivityStreams2 with a solid transport protocol you would have something useful. So supporting ActivityStreams2 is still a good idea. Unfortunately, ActivityPub frequently confuses data and transport and puts a lot of additional constraints on the data which aren't present in AS2. Keeping the AP data restrictions separated from the lower AS2 data layer so that the transport layer can be cleanly replaced is a bit of a challenge.
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