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some writings are already waiting to be published at next 6 UTC. That's cool ^^

Don't hesitate to publish anonymously on https://writes.casa/

The theme is "The mathematics of longing"

Je suis toute excitée d'annoncer

https://writes.casa/

Il s'agit d'une plateforme d'écriture anonyme et minimaliste !

Avec :

• Des thèmes hebdomadaires pour inspirer des textes courts de 300 à 1000 caractères.

• Des publications quotidiennes des écrits de la veille qui créent des moments littéraires collectifs à 6h UTC.

• Pas de création de compte nécessaire, juste des signatures facultatives.

• Un contenu multilingue (sous-domaines EN/FR, et d'autres à venir).

• Flux RSS pour une lecture plus "slow"

• Compatible SmolWeb !!!

#SmolWeb #Ecriture #Fediverse #Litterature #Anonyme #Privacy #ViePrivée

Excited to announce https://writes.casa/

This is an anonymous, minimalist writing platform!

With:

• weekly themes to inspire short texts of 300–1,000 characters.
• Daily reveals of the previous day's writings that create collective literary moments at 6 UTC.
• No account creation required, just optional signatures.
• multilingual content (EN/FR subdomains, with more to come soon).
• RSS feeds for slow reading
• SmolWeb compatible!!!

#SmolWeb #Writing #Fediverse #Literature #Anonymous #Privacy

Edit : it is called https://writes.casa/ ! and it is open !

Tomorrow, I will introduce you to an anonymous, minimalist writing platform!

With:

• weekly themes to inspire short texts of 300–1,000 characters.
• Daily reveals of the previous day's writings that create collective literary moments at 6 UTC.
• No account creation required, just optional signatures.
• multilingual content (EN/FR subdomains, with more to come soon).
• RSS feeds for slow reading
• SmolWeb compatible!!!

#SmolWeb #Writing #Fediverse #Literature #Anonymous #Privacy

Dealing with Google or Apple to publish an app on their stores seems to be a such a loss of energy, that I will never try to create an app for #iOS or #Android.
In my job, I've written a Progressive Web App (for professional usage of my customers), and it is a good way to avoid apps stores.

#PWA

Smolweb validator v1.3.0 provides a new experimental analysis of the CSS of your page. It does not analyse the complexity of the CSS selectors (only in a future version).

Rules that determine the grade of each CSS property or property value are in a config file.

The online validator also generates how a basic #smolweb browser render your page

Choosing an existing #CSS version as base for the #smolweb is complicated 🤔

CSS Mobile Profile 1.0 seems to be a good candidate. It is a subset of CSS 2.1.

It excludes rather than changing existing properties:

No positioning (position: absolute/relative/fixed) - avoided complex layout calculations

No advanced selectors (:hover, :focus, attribute selectors) - reduced parsing overhead

No table layout properties - simplified rendering

No generated content (:before, :after) - reduced memory usage

However, it is difficult to conform this CSS profile for a beautiful website.

Also looking at CSS Mobile Profile 2.0, it's significantly more complex than 1.0 and includes features that may conflict with smolweb goals of lightweight, computationally-efficient CSS.

Other option is to open smolweb to the whole CSS 2.1 (or 2.2) profile.

In all case, a smolweb site must be browsable with disabled styles (inline style blocks and linked CSS)

https://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-css-mobile-20001013

https://www.w3.org/TR/2014/NOTE-css-mobile-20141014/

https://www.w3.org/TR/CSS22/

Which version is the most adapted to the smolweb ?

Hard work on the smolweb specs

The #smolweb documentation on the HTML subset is now fully available, and it is in line with the smolweb-validator.

Next milestone: best practices with CSS on smolweb sites

I have built an online version of the #smolweb validator

https://smolweb.org/validator/

(it does not check all the things I would like... always under improvement).

This avatar is too old now... let me replace it!

Some work days are intense... I will go to bed soon

I'm sure there is a domain that you master. Because you've spent many years learning it, reading about it, thinking about it...

Maybe you don't know, but you are certainly an expert on this subject.

Why won't you share your knowledge with us? Don't you want to write some posts about that? You could open a simple blog, or a wiki? and share it here, on the Fediverse.

I'm sure that many Fedinauts would be happy to read your publications.

#indieweb #blogging #writing #shareknowledge

smolweb-validator is a new CLI tool to check if a web page respects smolweb HTML subset.

This tool uses jsoup HTML5 parser, a java library.

Exemple :

$ ./smolweb-validate https://adele.pages.casa/md/

🔍 Validating: https://adele.pages.casa/md/
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

📊 VALIDATION SUMMARY
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
✅ VALID: This page conforms to the smolweb HTML subset!

📈 Statistics:
  Total elements: 71
  Valid elements: 71
  Invalid elements: 0

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Validation complete.

#smolweb #smallweb

I've opened an issue about @Tusky

I'm unable to post a new toot on my #gotosocial instance with #tusky 30.0

Do you encounter the same issue ?

https://codeberg.org/tusky/Tusky/issues/5224

A professional customer asked me to order and prepare a new PC for him. I know it is to replace a Win10 PC. I also know that he uses a portable with Linux Mint that I prepared for him two years ago.
I asked him if he would prefer a Win11 PC or a Linux Mint one to replace his desktop computer.
He replied that he doesn't know the difference; he just uses Firefox, Thunderbird and LibreOffice. It doesn't matter, however he finds Linux is sexier! :-)

If you're using a PC for simple office tasks (his CRM is Dolibarr), a Linux desktop is also a better choice.

I've tried to explain the difference between #smolweb and #smallweb in this blog post:

https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/smolweb_vs_smallweb.md

So, how do you see things?

With my fiber connection, I can fill one hundred and twenty-five 3.5" floppy disks per second 😱​

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Luckily, I have an SSD drive 😅​

Why I prefer human-readable file formats

When I say human-readable file format, I'm referring to text-based files that can be opened, read, and understood without the need for any specific software or proprietary interface. They include formats like Markdown, JSON, YAML, INI, TOML, CSV/TSV and even fixed-width text files where the content and its structure are visible, transparent, and editable in a simple text editor [...]

https://adele.pages.casa/md/blog/why-I-prefer-human-readable-file-formats.md

The charm of ASCII smileys :-)

on my blog

Nowadays, it's easy to forget about ASCII smileys. These simple text faces were the first way to show feelings online. They have a special place in the history of the internet and in my heart.

A bit of history

The story of ASCII smileys starts in the early 1980s. Back then, the internet was just beginning, and people mostly communicated through text. Scott Fahlman, a computer scientist, had an idea. He suggested using :-) for jokes and :-( for serious comments. This small idea changed how we talk online forever.

Simple and for everyone

ASCII smileys are wonderfully simple. Unlike today's emojis, they look the same no matter where you see them. In an email or a text message, they always look familiar. This makes them a reliable way to share feelings.

But their simplicity is deceptive. With just a few keystrokes, you can make many different expressions. Some examples for youngest readers:

• ;-) for a wink
• :-D for a big grin
• :'( for crying
• >:-( for anger
• :-/ for skepticism

These little combinations let us express a lot, even in plain text.

A touch of nostalgia

For those of us who remember the early days of the internet, ASCII smileys bring back memories. They remind us of simpler times, of chat rooms and the first social media sites.

Using ASCII smileys today can be a fun way to remember the past. It connects us with others who share those memories. It's a small way to celebrate how digital communication has evolved.

A spark of creativity

ASCII smileys also encourage creativity. With just a few characters, you can make unique faces. This adds a personal touch to your messages. For example, ^_^ can show a playful tone, and :-| can show indifference.

This creativity can be fun. Challenge your friends to make their own smileys. Use them to add a personal touch to your messages. I like and often use ^^. I remember a friend using o_0 because of his asymmetrical face caused by a childhood illness, we knew it was him when we read the forum posts!

Why they still matter

Even with all the new emojis, ASCII smileys are still around. They are used in emails, texts, and forums. Their appeal is in their simplicity and universality.

ASCII smileys are a nice return to basics. They remind us that simple things can be very effective. They also allow us to send plain text emails without worrying about compatibility issues.

So next time you write a message, think about adding an ASCII smiley. It's a small way to connect with the past and add a bit of personality to your words.

What about the design of my #smolweb site ?

https://adele.pages.casa/md/

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