Notices by switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at), page 67

@switchingsocial FWIW I had to sign out, delete cookies & sign in again to get the new 2.9.0 interface on mstdn.io
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@paulfree14

Interesting to hear the changes.

Are there good instances you would recommend trying?

@paulfree14

I know Hubzilla has a lot of dedicated fans and it's one of the pioneers of the Fediverse 👍 , but it feels a bit tricky for non-technical people to use?

Sorry :blobsad:

@marianom

Thank you for the headsup, I'll check the apps out!

And congratulations on the sprint at https://switching.ml !

Reminder that if your Mastodon instance has been updated to 2.9 or higher, you can see the new simpler one-column interface very easily:

1. Go to preferences/settings

2. Untick the box marked "Enable advanced web interface". (To go back to the multicolumn interface, just tick the box again.)

@Heffboom_Konijn

Yes, indeed.

This is the challenge we have to rise to. Hopefully the Fediverse will succeed! 👍

@Nachbarschaft

I don't list mastodon.social or pixelfed.social on their pages, but smaller instances instead.

@Nachbarschaft

You mean the risk of centralisation?

I do already deliberately link to smaller instances when recommending places to sign up, and I do explain what federation is and why it is a good idea for everyone.

However, I don't link to instances with tiny numbers of people (less than ten for example) because it is difficult to judge their track record.

If non-tech people lose their Fediverse account because their instance shuts down, they will simply go back to centralised services.

@lordphoenix @vecna

Interestingly, that's exactly what there is on the new layout, in the bottom left corner of the page :blobsmile:

@vecna @lordphoenix

You don't have to log out, but it's the easiest way of doing it.

Another way is to click on the hamburger menu (the icon with the three lines) and then select "about this server".

For those asking when their instance will be updated to 2.9, the best person to ask is the admin of your instance.

To find out who is your instance's admin, just log out and go to your instance's front page. Scroll down and you will see "Administered by:" with a link to your admin's account.

For those asking when their instance will be updated to 2.9, the best person to ask is the admin of your instance.

To find out who is your instance's admin, just log out and go to your instance's front page. Scroll down and you will see "Administered by:" with a link to your admin's account.

@geotechland

Exactly, it's much less scary and much clearer what is going on.

And if they ever want multicolumn they can switch to it once they are comfortable with Mastodon.

@salmiart

I don't have 2.9 on my instance yet, so I'm not sure where it is.

I think it was called something like "use advanced interface"? If you tick it it's multicolumn, if you untick it it's single column.

Woo! As you may have seen from that previous boost, Mastodon 2.9 is now out, featuring a new single column interface:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/06/mastodon-2.9/

This is, IMHO, a huge step forward for getting non-technical people onto Mastodon 👍

Instead of the Tweetdeck-style interface, there's now a default single-column timeline which is much less scary.

(The multicolumn original is still an option in Settings, and those who currently use multicolumn will continue to see it by default.)

#Mastodon #Fediverse

@andycuccaro @prismo

Ok, thank you for the info, all the best to the dev and hopefully things go better for them.

I'm guessing people can contribute to the development if they want to help out?

https://gitlab.com/prismosuite/prismo