Ivory by Tapbots is launching today.

This app marks the beginning of a new era for Mastodon clients on Apple platforms. It raises the bar in this category, but there’s still work to be done.

I reviewed Tweetbot 1.0 on MacStories in 2011; 12 years later, here is my review of Ivory 1.0:

Ivory for Mastodon Review: Tapbots Reborn https://www.macstories.net/reviews/ivory-for-mastodon-review-tapbots-reborn/

Twitter-Alternative: Mozilla will frei zugängliche Mastodon-Instanz einrichten

Ab Anfang 2023 will Mozilla an einer "gesunden Social-Media-Alternative" mitarbeiten und eine Instanz im Fediverse einrichten. Mastodon sei dafür ideal.

https://www.heise.de/news/Twitter-Alternative-Mozilla-will-frei-zugaengliche-Mastodon-Instanz-einrichten-7434518.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.-.-

#Dezentralisierung #Fediverse #Mastodon #Mozilla #SocialMedia #WalledGarden #News

Linux has now shipped with #rust / #rustlang support 🎉. Congrats to everyone who made this happen!

https://lwn.net/Articles/917504/

Microsoft 365: Auf eigene Gefahr

Microsoft ignoriert geltendes Recht und bringt damit andere in die Bredoullie. Das US-Unternehmen selbst hat dabei trotz Gesetzverstoß wenig zu befürchten.

https://www.heise.de/meinung/Microsoft-365-Auf-eigene-Gefahr-7392324.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.-.-

#Bildung #CloudDienste #DSGVO #Datenschutz #Digitalisierung #Microsoft365 #OfficeSuite #OfficeSuites #Politik #Schulclouds #Schule #eLearning

Remember ECMAScript for XML (E4X)? Deprecated in 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECMAScript_for_XML

var sales = <sales vendor="John">
<item type="peas" price="4" quantity="6"/>
<item type="carrot" price="3" quantity="10"/>
<item type="chips" price="5" quantity="3"/>
</sales>;

alert( sales.item.(@​type == "carrot").@​quantity );
alert( sales.@​vendor );
for each( var price in sales..@​price ) {
alert( price );
}

🔑 Huge news! Google’s announced that passkeys are available in Google Chrome 108. So we have iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Safari, and Chrome with support.

If you’re responsible for a website or app, or its authentication story, it’s time to look at passkeys. https://blog.chromium.org/2022/12/introducing-passkeys-in-chrome.html