Mastodawn

Today, I was forced to use the GMail website to fix a problem I was having with messages. I don't care what people say. It's absolutely atrocious and headache-inducing. It's also overly and needlessly complicated, and yes, that includes all the little shortcuts, turning NVDA browse mode off, etc. I switched to Thunderbird 102 when they shut down the Basic HTML site. But today, I thought of something very interesting. Third party clients can access GMail. Why couldn't someone recreate the Basic HTML site, either as a site that retrieves e-mail or as a web application? Apparently, someone already made a concept demonstration of it.

https://github.com/tumaranja/my-basic-html-gmail

I've also heard that screenshots have been taken of the original pages. If someone could do this, it would be wonderful for the blind community. Yes, Thunderbird works, but sometimes, it's simpler and quicker to just use the site. What I don't know, though, is if setting could be changed that way. I imagine that searching for messages would still work.

Now, if only someone could bring back the Mobile Youtube site from 2017! That was also wonderful and useful, unlike the modern mess!

#accessibility #blind #coding #computers #E-Mail #GMail #HTML #Narrator #NVDA #programming #ScreenReaders #technology #WebApplications #Youtube

Luis Natera Jan 21

One year older today. Launching something new.

Tyn studio. A calm studio for bold ideas.
https://tynstudio.com

I'm launching a place to build with craftsmanship and quality. Focusing on sustainable growth, for myself, the partners and clients.

I'm opening shop as a freelancer at the intersection of creativity, cities and technology. I'm looking to work on:
-#Datadriven solutions for#urbanplanning
-#Webapplications to empower companies
-#AI-powered tools to solve problems.

Are you working around these or other innovation topics? Let's talk!

OWASP Foundation Jan 15

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#webapplications #appsec #owasptop10

mathias Dec 13

Opening this up to others for input: if you were developing #webapplications for extremely limited CPU and power situations — that is, a #solar powered server with a small lead acid battery, where the server is really an ARM SBC — what choices would you make?

I’m going off the experiences of following along with @solaradmin — heavyweight Rails apps with a job queue and a full DB like Postgres only get a limited number of hours to run per day. (Mastodon is such an app.)

If we look at mostly -static sites like https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com there is still a limited amount of power per day to run on. (Low Tech Magazine has a clever way of indicating the power status on each page, which I like. It could equally have a small dynamic header element that shows the serve charge, I think.)

Likely this won’t try to do things like “follow the sun” with multiple serves around the world and https://www.solarprotocol.net/ — I’m developing apps for communication and collaboration in specific neighborhoods and an internet connection may not even be present.

Thoughts, #webdev folks?

LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline

LOW←TECH MAGAZINE

Sidigiqor Technologies Oct 7

Our custom software and mobile app solutions empower businesses to operate smarter and faster. 📱💡
#SoftwareDevelopment #MobileAppDevelopment #WebApplications #DigitalSolutions #ITCompany #BusinessTech #CustomSoftware #ITInfrastructure #TechInnovation #DigitalTransformation

Markus Schlichting Sep 1, 2025

Jetzt Live im Internet: „Was Dein Browser über Dich verrät“ von @martinfrancois an der #DIWODO - mit den meitsten Neuerungen seitdem Francois zum Thema referiert!
Join us :)

#privacy #browser #security #web #webapplications #diwodo #dortmund