Robbie CargillNov 8, 2022

Came across this excellent #Firefox add-on which removes one of the main aspects of clunkiness about Mastodon's #federation presently - it lets you follow someone from a different Mastodon server _without_ having to type in your full username and server and get redirected first!
(it automatically handles the redirection for you so you just need to click "follow")

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/mastodon-simplified-federation

Mastodon – Simplified Federation! – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-GB)

Download Mastodon – Simplified Federation! for Firefox. Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.

Show threadRobbie CargillNov 8, 2022

This is one of my main annoyances with Mastodon normally that I've been wondering if it could be solvable in a feasible and secure manner, and this plugin just does it in such a simple way!

Makes me wonder if an official Mastodon browser plugin which set your default server and redirected follow requests etc back to it (basically what this plugin does, but maybe could go further) could make a big difference to user experience and particularly reducing barriers for new users..

Show threadRobbie CargillNov 8, 2022
Ugh one issue - it doesn't seem to currently work with Mastodon v4, though hopefully the devs are working on it and won't be an issue by time it's out of RC and most servers are using it anyway 🤞 (https://github.com/rugk/mastodon-simplified-federation/issues/77)
Support for Mastodon v4 · Issue #77 · rugk/mastodon-simplified-federation

Background Mastodon removed links to interact remotely and now asks you to just copy the link to the search box (which in my opinion greatly discourages decentralization). Proposed solution Inject ...

GitHub
Show threadSunflower Björnskalle 🌻Nov 12, 2022
@r0bbie nooooooooooOOoOooooOOoooooooooooOoooooooOOoooooooo! you got my hopes up
Loading replies...