Mastodawn

https://liveblog.stefanhayden.com/

Use liveblog app for #NoKings to make quick updates.

send me screenshots of how you are using it! I have no analytics on this app!

https://liveblog.stefanhayden.com/

Liveblog is perfect for fast sports posts

#nwsl

big shout out to @glecharles for doing a bunch of testing on liveblog

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez 8h ago

@stefan 👊🏽

https://liveblog.stefanhayden.com/

find more ideas on what to live blog with trending tags below the post interface.

The Void ザ・ヴォイド 7h ago

@stefan This looks very cool, thanks. I’ll try it out soonish.

Stefan 7h ago

@TheVoidTLMB happy to hear any ideas or feedback!

aburka 🫣6h ago

@stefan not really what you intended but this could be nice for #monsterdon

@aburka I had #monsterdon in mind though it don't fully know how it works. Any time you want to make multiple posts and use the same hashtags I hope it finds a use.

aburka 🫣6h ago

@stefan it's basically all of us liveblogging a movie so it works

@aburka happy to hear any ideas or feedback you have as you use it.

aburka 🫣6h ago

@stefan away this weekend but saved the post so hopefully I remember to try it next Sunday!

David Zaslavsky 5h ago

@aburka @stefan I might give it a shot for #Monsterdon tomorrow

https://joinfediverse.wiki/BYOM_watch_party

klu9 4h ago

@diazona @aburka @stefan

Sounds useful for #WatchParty events!

1st impression (haven't tried in a watch party yet):

Very little content viewable when I'm in "watch party mode": video window on one side, narrow Mastodon window on the other.

Personally I'd love something that really maximized vertical space & showed as much content as possible.

If that doesn't suit all liveblogging situations, maybe offer two or more modes w/different layouts?

Stefan 4h ago

@klu9 @diazona @aburka thanks for feedback!

klu9 4h ago

Thanks for making this!

klu9 4h ago

Images:
- cropped
- clicking on them doesn't show whole image
- ALT text inaccessible

How will anyone appreciate my awesome meming skillz?!? 😁

Stefan 4h ago

@klu9 thanks. Will look into it.

Stefan 3h ago

@klu9 okay. images should all be un-cropped and able to click the ALT icon to see the text.

Wow, awesome!

@klu9 @diazona @aburka oh hey. Added a toggle to a mini post composer and updates search UI to take less space after doing the search. hope that takes up less vertical space for you.

I just discovered hitting Enter doesn't make a line break but posts instead 😄

@klu9 enter should work in the big one. Do you mean in the mini one?

@stefan Happened agin, I'm in mini ATM

@stefan That mini composer definitely helps. I was thinking of squeezing the top half. Push things up, make them smaller, reduce fat borders etc.

EDIT (because I pressed Enter again):
I don't know how to do GUI mockups but I did some crappy image editing to give an idea of what I mean

@klu9 I got a lot of vertical space already. small border starts to feel too cramped. I can't get it to look very good.

Maybe depends on device/screen. I'm using laptop with 1280x720 screen

@klu9 oh... that's not the mini composer though... click the text that says "mini" it's a toggle

I started making that image before I tried the mini composer. Still, it shows how much vertical space could be saved even with the full composer.

@klu9 probably as small as I'm going to go atm. 👍

calcius 6h ago

@stefan
You're saying this client will only show posts made by users on the mastodon implementation of activity pub protocols?

@calcius no. but you probably need a mastodon to oauth against. I've not tested non-mastodon clients for login. but you will see all the posts from the mastodon instance you login to.

calcius 6h ago

@stefan
Ahh ok I was getting confused. I imagine it would work though - I only ever use a browser and my account is on a Sharkey instance.

@calcius if it doesn't work let me know how it breaks. screenshot will help.