@peterg75 @_elena Intrigued by various recent mentions of #Phanpy wrt #Friendlica, i tried it last week in one of my Linux pc browsers, with one of my Friendica accounts. I was very disappointed & abandoned the experiment quite soon, once i realised that it would cost me much of what i enjoy about Friendica when drafting posts, ie, the iconised formatting tools, & the preview window. Was i wrong; does Phanpy still support those & i'd somehow looked in the wrong place? 🤔🤷♀️
@constancies @kde @vanillaos Nice timing!
akademy.kde.org/news/2024-09_a…
One way to achieve the desired level of integration is to control the entire software stack, right down to the operating system. This is also in the works for KDE, as Harald Sitter is working on a new technologically advanced operating system tentatively named "KDE Linux". This operating system aims to break free of the constraints currently limiting KDE's existing Neon OS and offer a superior experience for KDE's developers, enthusiast users, and everyday users.
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KDE Linux's base system will be immutable, meaning that nothing will be able to change critical parts of the system, such as the /etc, /usr, and /bin, directories. User applications will be installed via self-contained packages, such as Flatpaks and Snaps. Adventurous users and developers will be able to overlay anything they want on top of the base system in a non-destructive and reversible way, without ever having to touch the core and risk not-easily-fixable breakage.
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This will help provide users with a solid, stable, and secure environment, without sacrificing the ability to run the latest and greatest KDE software.
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As the proof of the pudding is in the eating, Harald surprised the audience when he revealed towards the end of his talk that his entire presentation had been delivered using KDE Linux!
@taanegl@beehaw.org Cool. Interested to hear later what you think of it.
@waldyrious@mastodon.social @Perhyte@lemmy.world @cloudless@fedia.io I was a #TST user for many years, before discovering #Sidebery, so i do know how excellent TST is. IMO though, TST lost its way once the Dev chose to remove much core functionality from it, devolving it all instead to myriad companion AOs the user then also must install. As well, various functions some users wanted were explicitly ruled out by the Dev.
Otoh the Sidebery Dev has been immensely receptive to new ideas, as well as feedback for improving existing features, + ALL the functionality of TST exists within Sidebery's Settings without needing to have any companion AOs. There's so much i like about Sidebery, but just to mention a mere handful of benefits over TST:
- tab hover preview thumbnails
- infinite separate Workspaces [called Tab Panels in Sidebery]
- optional integration in the Sidebery Panel of Closed Tabs, Bookmarks, History [done better than in TST]
- infinite Session backups & restores
- really clever context menu options such that many commonplace tab operations can be done "one handed"... you really need to play with this to understand
My reply is inadequate. Much better would be to install the AO, explore its rich Settings, & play with it all.
@taanegl@beehaw.org @cloudless@fedia.io Yes...
or even Floorp - though that would be like going ESR.
...but in July, the #Floorp Dev is jumping from #ESR to FF-Release version. Really looking fwd to it. Already Floorp + #Sidebery is wonderful, so soon will be even better.
@Perhyte@lemmy.world @cloudless@fedia.io Agree, but fwiw, IMO, #Sidebery is even more powerful & flexible than #TreeStyleTab AO. After being spoiled by both these for years, #Nightly has heaps of catching up to do before the native solution will become my choice... but i emphatically DO want sophisticated #VerticalTabs to be native, so hope the Devs learn from & adopt from these two AOs.
@Plume @Fitik Fwiw, FF #ESR fork #Floorp has #VerticalTabs, #PWA, Vivaldi-esque dedicated sidebar #webpanels, tab split view, & more.