justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

Hello everyone, I’m back with another update for the #pwa!
I finally planned out how the app will be built.

First I’ll clean the project structure to be standalone and not as a theme, then I will work on every part separately, trying to be contained to let everyone try it out fast.

For the API I’ll be using this as a reference, @prologic@twtxt.net help me if there’s anything missing there apart from what we already said (bookmark, etc.)

The first part will be the Discover view with no auth.

#nbnfzwq
justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#cxzkjma) @novaburst@twt.nfld.uk Wow! Thank you for referencing my twt in your blog! 😄

I’m always been a fan of tiny and minimal tools, usually a quick glance is enough for me to understand if something is in my style.

Before replying to you I actually checked the source code of pass as a reference and was welcomed with walls of text that felt pretty unappealing to me.

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justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#53wqhjq) @novaburst@twt.nfld.uk Did you fork it from pass or is something completely different? I was thinking of building one myself for a while now.

@ullarah@txt.quisquiliae.com Keepass is pretty nice but I prefer a plain text system like pass.

I don’t even keep my own passwords written anywhere, I just need to remember the username, that’s why I thought of using a stateless approach AND a password manager for the others accounts.

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justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#puslfoq) @novaburst@twt.nfld.uk I too have to keep track of lot on accounts, I use an org-mode file to know where I have which account.

I even have to keep track of other people’s accounts too, luckily only for storage purpose, since they can’t understand the importance of remembering their own passwords, I can count to over 140 in total. 😭

#53wqhjq
justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#ttofg7a) @prologic@twtxt.net Ok! 👌

I can’t say much about the theme decision but I think who choose that should know that the NEED JavaScript if they want to change it back and to see anything in the first place, that also means that we need an API for selecting the theme for the #pwa too.

For mitigate the risks we should have a noscript tag with a description and a static link or action to revert the decision, it can be tested via lynx or any other cli browsers, I can’t help there for now through.

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justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#xd6wama) @prologic@twtxt.net Yes, thanks you.

For now I’ll try to use what we have already, the API in dev.twtxt.net seems to cover most actions, the only APIs that are missing are one for reporting and the actions on twts (mute, bookmark, etc.) and one with the metadata of the pod too, (version, branch, references, etc.).

I’m not real time by nature 🥴 so I think working with issues and yarn should be enough for now.

#dv5umbq
justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#asegxpa) @mutefall@twtxt.net Yes, i mentioned USB and SD cards because they are what I use for installing nowadays I also have a TinyCore Linux on a old 512Mb SD card with persistence that works flawlessly as a recovery OS.

With my old phone I even used an app to install the live CD and writable in my phone using an app for Android rooted devices to use as a portable recovery or persistent USB hub, I don’t remember the name but I can look it up if you. want.

#zk34moq
justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

Alright! Finally got everything set up to start working on the #pwa! 💪💪💪

I’ll be working only on the #pwa repo and I’ve set a local proxy on a throwaway docker instance of yarnd as a local backend.

First will be to get all the API mapped and then I’ll try to get everything to work with less graphics elements as i can at first. 🙃

For the rest I’ll write down a quick list of the next steps to do as soon as I can.

Meanwhile feel free to give any suggestions/proposal/alternative on the UI or any questions/request for the project. 😜

#xd6wama
justamoment @twtxt.net
 (3y ago)

(#bg2vtbq) @prologic@twtxt.net Since we’re in topic I would like to ask about the accessibility part for the pwa, I looked at the documentation of the polythene library and it seems well covered on that part, are there any particular additions that might be useful?

Usually there’s not much request at my office so I just focus on having the application decently organized on the HTML structure and allowing a good keyboard navigation but not much else.

#zihv2ya