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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Apr 1, 2024

Minutes ago, my dad saw me grinning by myself and asked what was so funny that I'd show that facial expression.

I explained to him that I had an idea today to extend https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/93 's proposed #UX to introduce a special kind of #DST "Easter egg" in #GNOMECalendar to extend March 31st to March 32nd, providing relief to Europeans for their loss of sleep that makes them more vulnerable to #AprilFools news shared on #AprilFoolsDay.

Dad stared blankly at me and said, "…I don't get it." 🤣

Need the ability to add days to the end of the month (#93) · Issues · GNOME / gnome-calendar · GitLab

Originally filed in GNOME Bugzilla #775531 by @jfft on 2016-12-02

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)9h ago

Sophie 1d ago

It's not only Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ but also World Backup Day! Therefore, Pika Backup 0.8 is available as of today. After two years of work, this release not only brings many small improvements, but also a rework of the code base that dates back to 2018. This will greatly help to keep Pika Backup stable and maintainable for another eight years.

Learn more on https://apps.gnome.org/PikaBackup/ and help Pika Backup via a donation on https://opencollective.com/pika-backup or to me directly https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/projects/

Pika Backup – Apps for GNOME

Keep your data safe – Doing backups the easy way. Plugin your USB drive and let the Pika do the rest for you. Create backups locally and remotelySet a schedule for regular backupsSave time and disk space becau...

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)20h ago

GNOME 1d ago

Happy Trans Day of Visibility! Today we celebrate the trans members of our community and stand with them against discrimination.

GNOME wouldn't be where it is without our trans contributors. Thank you for being here! 🏳️‍⚧️

#transgenderdayofvisibility #transrightsarehumanrights #TDOV

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)1d ago

I've been using wired ethernet for 20+ years for all important computers, VoIP phones, IPTVs.

Regularly folks tell me, "The new gen #WiFi [insert nickname] solves stability & speed problems, no need for wires, it's not 2005 anymore!"… yet every few months I encounter another situation where WiFi inexplicably fails and I think about this article from 2017: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/802-eleventy-what-a-deep-dive-into-why-wi-fi-kind-of-sucks/

Today's incident: mom's laptop WiFi randomly disconnecting from OpenWRT. Screw that, I'll pull a new gigabit cable 😤

802.eleventy what? A deep dive into why Wi-Fi kind of sucks

The good news is that it doesn't have to suck, if you build it out properly.

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)1d ago

I have a lot of empathy for #GNOME users who struggle to figure out a way to do unattended graphical remote desktop to their own computers, as it silently refuses to work when the screen is locked or blanked.

There's an extension to work around that security limitation, but you have to know such a limitation exists to begin with.

Here I am suggesting an explanatory label in the GNOME Settings app to alleviate this for the foreseeable future: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/issues/3716

#UX #usability #RDP #design

Improve Desktop Sharing's explanation label to clarify that it won't work when screen is locked or display is blanked (#3716) · Issues · GNOME / Settings · GitLab

Problem statement In recent versions of GNOME, the UI for RDP in VNC-style remote assistance...

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)5d ago

GNOME Mar 24

Big news! Today we’re launching the GNOME Fellowship: funded positions for contributors to work on the GNOME project’s long-term sustainability. 🎉

We are starting with one 12-month fellowship; applications are open through April 20.

Find out more: https://fellowship.gnome.org/

#GNOME #OpenSource #GetFediHired

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Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)5d ago

I heartily recommend testing your apps with various accessibility settings enabled.

You can find so many odd issues with those. "Always Show Scrollbars", for example:

* I found a performance bug with vertical tabs in #Firefox that completely flew under the radar: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2016616#c14

* Noticed the awkward look of scrollbars in the middle of Meld: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/meld/-/issues/956

* Discovered misalignment in GNOME Calendar's week view: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/621

#QA #accessibility #a11y #opensource

2016616 - With many tabs open in vertical tabs mode, hover prelight (and text preview card without thumbnail) is very laggy when "Always show scrollbars" is enabled

NEW (nobody) in Firefox - Performance. Last updated 2026-03-24.

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)6d ago

Stumbled upon another good example of a simple WordPress website theme causing scrolling performance problems in the latest version of GNOME Web (Epiphany), so I profiled the heck out of it with about 3.6 gigabytes of @WebKitGTK debug symbols installed: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=310814

#QA #Sysprof #performance #profiling #GNOMEWeb #Epiphany #GNOME #WebKitGTK #WebKit

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)6d ago

Marcus Lundblad Mar 25

Started implementing support for public transit delays in Maps

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/917
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/merge_requests/619

#gnomemaps #transitous #mapstodon #PublicTransport #PublicTransit #realtimedata #motis #GtfsRT

Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Mar 23

I am happy to inform you that GNOME Files now properly supports the Dullahan's workflow. With this commit, any dúlachán can now properly peek around, without crashing due to incorrect head removal: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/commit/cd1b54d03

#IrishFolklore #Nautilus #GNOMEFiles

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