3 ms·
If it's so simple, why is it not part of the default UI?
by mkl 4y ago
If it's so simple, why is it not part of the default UI?
- mg 4y agoWhen you go to https://masto.ai/@mg https://masto.ai/@mg the UI of masto.ai cannot know which Fediverse server you use. Just like when you see an email on a website, that website cannot know which email service you use. To easily follow someone on the Fediverse, your browseer needs to know how to handle Fediverse links for you. Just like your browser needs to know how to handle email links for you.
- chrismorgan 4y agoBut with email, there are mailto: links, and email clients (locally-installed apps or webmail) can register themselves to handle such links. What’s missing here is a standardised protocol scheme.
- noirscape 4y agoIt used to be. Mastodon removed it when they rewrote their entire UI in React in favor of their current messy "copy-paste a url into search" setup. The old follow button would just open a popup where you entered your home instance + username. It would then redirect you to your instance (not needing a sign in cuz you're already logged in on that) and your instance would do all the magic for following.