ayo2d ago

Quick vibe check on @elk usage.

👉 Have you been using #Elk web app (https://elk.zone)?

Please #boost for science :) We have been discussing the future of Elk and your input here matters a lot. 🙏

Feel free to elaborate on the comments as well!

#askmastodon #askfedi #askmasto #fediverse #mastodon #mastodev

Yes; it is my main client for the fediverse
12.9%
Yes; sometimes but, started using something else
12.1%
No; I used to, but switched to another app
14.1%
Never did
60.8%
Poll ended at .
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Show threadClaudine C 
@ayo @elk It depends. @ivory is well integrated into iOS so I find it easier for sharing posts to and from fedi. I can't read a timeline without Ivory's advanced filtering now. But Elk is better at rendering Markdown and other fancy formatting that might be available on non-Mastodon servers. The perfect fedi client doesn't exist for me (yet).
Mar 21 at 11:32pmWeb
Show threadIvory by Tapbots 1d ago
@claudinec @ayo @elk Markdown/html format viewing is coming in the next update!
Show thread𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬1d ago

@ivory @claudinec @ayo @elk I hope for that since I started using Elk some years ago. It absolutely needs a toggle between rendered and raw Markdown.

Elk trying to be smart sometimes hinders me writing messages how I want them to be.

Show threadIvory by Tapbots 1d ago
@dirk We don't support writing markdown yet as that isn't a feature of Mastodon yet. As soon as the API allows for it, we will add it. For now it's read only as it is in Mastodon.
Show thread𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬1d ago

@ivory What is the Markdown I enter is converted to, then?

I mean something is happening with the input, since it's shown as rendered before I send the message.

Having a way to switch between the rendered preview of the message and the text I entered would be absolutely fine.

How it is processed before sending  or how Mastodon handles that isn't really affected by the preview in the client, right?

Show threadIvory by Tapbots 1d ago
@dirk Not sure how your server will handle it. You can try when the update is released or if I had to guess, should be the same as what happens if you try it in the official mastodon app?
Show thread𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬10h ago
@ivory Ideally the server would know if I view the parsed message or the raw Markdown input in the preview.