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juniperplanton WontFix: Chromium forcing its own title bar and borders on Linux

SSB = Single Site Browser

PWA = Progressive Web App

SSB refers to the ability to run a website inside its own window, like a native application. Also, it is expected to integrate into the desktop environment, with its own icon/shortcut.

PWA is more an umbrella term for websites using various technologies to close the gap between web and native applications (e.g. the ability to run offline). I would say it includes SSB (at least on desktop), among other things.

juniperplanton Mnm – an open source project to replace email and SMTP

Kind of disappointed in not seeing end-to-end encryption being mentioned?

I thought it was perceived as one of the fundamental flaws of email.

juniperplanton WontFix: Chromium forcing its own title bar and borders on Linux

Actually, I see a custom window decoration in that image.

juniperplanton WontFix: Chromium forcing its own title bar and borders on Linux

I wish I could say the same, but since Firefox does not support SSB/PWAs I find myself dependent on it.

juniperplanton Ask HN: How do we know Signal or Telegram don't store our data on their servers?

> Everything is end-to-end encrypted by default, so you know nobody is collecting your data.

I think it's wise to remember that what happens on the other "end" is outside of your control.

If the other person in the conversation stores chat backups unencrypted you're still at risk, and there's not much you can do about it.

juniperplanton GNOME has no thumbnails in the file picker and my toilets are blocked

I would avoid BountySource: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23551098

juniperplanton Ecosia – A search engine that plants trees

https://okeano.com/reports

...Is it supposed to be empty?

juniperplanton Signal WhatsApp Chats Import

Which is what Telegram does.

Still, I would like to see proper use of encryption by Telegram. Secret chats have no meaning if no one uses them.

juniperplanton Signal WhatsApp Chats Import

There's even a third-party software that is able to do this: https://www.backuptrans.com/android-whatsapp-to-iphone-trans...

I've used it myself.

juniperplanton Kraken Is Down

> Helps prevent runs on them?

Sorry for my ignorance, but what do you mean by this? I have zero knowledge about the stock market.

juniperplanton Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

As far as I know, the Matrix protocol shouldn't be limiting when it comes to one-to-one chats.

There are already Matrix mobile clients focusing on this use case, aiming at being a WhatsApp replacement. Examples are: Ditto Chat[1], Nio[2], and FluffyChat[3].

Before trying to solve the network-effect issue (i.e. all people using WhatsApp), we should make one of the mentioned clients at least as good as WhatsApp, or else users won't switch.

[1] https://dittochat.org

[2] https://nio.chat

[3] https://fluffychat.im

juniperplanton Poll: Switching from WhatsApp

Been there, done that.

I can state that it's a bit unrealistic to expect this kind of outcome.

juniperplanton Centos RIP

If anyone is wondering, it appears that the original founder of CentOS has already started working on a fork: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25354811