jwr1

Solved: If any app developers run into this issue, I recommend setting the app's category to Communication (instead of Social), then you will no longer be required to declare a CSAE standard for your app.

I was trying to release an update for Interstellar (my Mbin/Lemmy app) today, and I ran into Google Play's new Child Safety Standards policy that requires the following if your app is in the Social category:

• Have published standards against child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE);
• Provide an in-app mechanism for user feedback;
• Address child sexual abuse material (CSAM);
• Comply with child safety laws; and
• Provide a child safety point of contact.

This means, at the very least, I need to write a whole new document (and link to it), addressing how my app's standards are against CSAE (I guess, but I'm not even sure what they want me to put in the document, they're not being clear). Technically, my app already has a report button that allows you to report a post or comment to community moderators and admins, so I'm just going to hope that's good enough.

They act like I, as the app developer, am responsible for the content that a user views, but a user could sign in to any number of Lemmy or Mbin servers that I have no control over whatsoever.

And apparently, this was supposed to be enforced on January 22, 2025, but I don't even remember hearing anything about this till now. Luckily, I was able to extend the deadline till March 19, 2025.

I guess I just wanted to rant about Google Play's crazy developer requirements, and see if anybody else has run into this yet.

Hello all, and happy New Year!

If you haven't heard of Interstellar before, it's an Mbin and Lemmy app (available on Android and Linux). It includes many interesting features such as Settings Profiles (easily change a group of settings at once), a Markdown Editor with automatic (and manual) draft support, Push Notification support through UnifiedPush, content filter lists to hide (or warn about) content that matches from a list of words (including different match modes, such as Whole Word and RegEx), Microblogging from Mbin, and much more. I've also worked on an upcoming feature that will allow you to migrate your magazine (community) and user subscriptions & blocks between your signed-in accounts. This includes some interoperability between Mbin & Lemmy accounts as well!

Interstellar still has much to be worked on though, and it is starting to be too much for just one person. So, I am putting out this request for any Flutter developers who would like to help make Interstellar better. If this sounds interesting, please take a look at the GitHub and join the Matrix (chat) so we can figure out the next steps.

Below are some of the major goals I have for Interstellar (no specific order):

• Finish up the redesign
• Release on more platforms, including iOS, macOS, and Windows
• Flesh out Lemmy support
• Create an official list of features, and update old screenshots
• Create a landing page website for Interstellar

I feel an iOS release is much more viable than it was a year ago, thanks to our sponsors. If you don't know, an Apple developer account costs $100 annually! If anyone's interested in iOS support, let me know so I can collect votes. I don't have a Mac, though, so I'd have to use a virtual machine to get publishing set up; hopefully I could get it automated afterward. It would also be very helpful if I had a collaborator who could lead the Apple side of things, including testing, development, and possibly releases; that would make Apple support way more viable.

Other ways to contribute

• Report bugs: If you find any bugs you'd like to report, you can create an issue on GitHub or post on the Mbin magazine or Matrix chat.
• Translate: If you'd like to help localize Interstellar, the translations are made through the Hosted Weblate.
• Financially: If you'd like to donate monetarily, you can see a list of options on kbin.earth's about page, or in the sponsor section on the GitHub.
• Feedback: Any feedback is great (good or bad); it helps me know what features are used, what aspects to focus on, what to improve, etc. At the moment, no telemetry or analytics are used, so the only feedback I have is what you guys tell me. If you have any ideas for the app too, feel free to share.

Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed is OUT NOW! Get it here: https://epicmickey.thqnordic.com/

In a world ravaged by a mysterious villain and his terrifying goons, the fate of its citizens rest in the hands of one. Epic Mickey is back! Unleash the power of the brush on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

THQ Nordic has released a demo for Epic Mickey Rebrushed that offers gameplay up until the boat ride in the first section of the game.

Here's the trailer for the demo on YouTube: youtu.be/P0xHpwEKPYc

As a reminder, the full game releases in one month, on Sepetember 24th.

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I'm very happy to announce the release of htmx 2.0. This release ends support for Internet Explorer and tightens up some
defaults, but does not change most of the core functionality or the core API of the library.

Note that we are not marking 2.0 as latest in NPM
because we do not want to force-upgrade users who are relying on non-versioned CDN URLs for htmx. Instead, 1.x will
remain latest and the 2.0 line will remain next until Jan 1, 2025. The website, however, will reference 2.0.

Major Changes

• All extensions have been moved out of the core repository to their own repo
  and website: https://extensions.htmx.org. They are now all versioned individually and can be developed outside of
  the normal (slow) htmx release cadence.

  • Most 1.x extensions will work with 2.x, however the SSE extension did have a break and must be upgraded.
  • The older extensions remain in the /dist/ext directory so as to not break the URLs of CDNs like unpkg, but please
    move to the new extension URLs going forward

• We removed the deprecated hx-sse and hx-ws attributes in favor of the extensions, which were available and
  recommended in 1.x.

• HTTP DELETE requests now use parameters, rather than form encoded bodies, for their payload (This is in accordance w/ the spec.)

• We now provide specific files in /dist for the various JavaScript module styles:

  • ESM Modules: /dist/htmx.esm.js
  • AMD Modules: /dist/htmx.amd.js
  • CJS Modules: /dist/htmx.cjs.js
  • The /dist/htmx.js file continues to be browser-loadable

• The hx-on attribute, with its special syntax, has been removed in favor of the less-hacky hx-on: syntax.

Minor Changes

• We made some default changes:
  • htmx.config.scrollBehavior was changed to 'instant' from 'smooth'
  • As mentioned previously, DELETE requests now use query parameters, rather than a form-encoded body. This can
    be reverted by setting htmx.methodsThatUseUrlParams to the value ['get'],
  • htmx.config.selfRequestsOnly now defaults to true rather than false

Features

Not much, really:

• The selectAndSwap() internal API method was replaced with the public (and much better) swap() method
• Web Component support has been improved dramatically
• And the biggest feature of this release: the website now supports dark mode! (Thanks @pokonski!)

A complete upgrade guide can be found here:

htmx 1.x -> 2.x Migration Guide

If you require IE compatibility, the 1.x will continue to be supported for the foreseeable future.

This post doesn't directly affect kbin.social users, but it is relevant. It discusses some of the potential pros/cons of Kbin and the pros/cons of Mbin, and also the direction the kbin.earth server is heading.

Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

I don't have a lot to say this time, but here's the biggest Interstellar update we've had so far. This update includes almost full support for Lemmy (notification viewing, direct messages, and post creation don't work yet though), there's a new user/magazine mentions feature, user profile pages now let you view a user's comments and follows, and even more listed below. Additionally, Interstellar is now out on Google Play to the public. Here's the full list of new features and fixes that were included in this update:

New

• General Lemmy support, including account login, feed view, voting, commenting, viewing communities, viewing user profiles, searching, and more. The main features not included in this release are viewing notifications, viewing/interacting with direct messages, and creating new posts. Thanks @jwr1 and @olorin99.
• Support for editing your user profile, including the about and uploading a new profile avatar and banner; thanks @olorin99.
• Huge improvements to the user screen, including being able to view a user's threads, microblogs, comments, replies, follows, and followers; thanks @olorin99.
• A new user/magazine mention feature; if a user/magazine mention is detected in markdown, it tries to fetch the corresponding avatar and name and allows you to click to view the user/magazine page if available.
• Support for blocking users, magazines, and domains.
• Support for reporting posts and comments.
• Show a copy button on the open link dialog.
• Show an option for posts and comments to open them in a browser.
• Add local filter to magazines explore.

Fixes

• Add post/comment deletion confirmation.
• Fix account list sorting to go by host, then the local name.
• Fix the coloring for the subscribe button so it's easier to tell when you're subscribed or not.
• Hide the error snack bar for several common errors, including render layout issues and image loading issues.
• Fix empty search error from the search screen.

GitHub: github.com/jwr1/interstellar
Magazine: https://kbin.earth/m/interstellar
Matrix: #kbin-interstellar:matrix.org
Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=one.jwr.interstellar

Just as a side note, those who have the app previously installed will need to re-signin into their accounts and might need to clear their app data if the app doesn't start up, as a few changes have been made with the way accounts are stored.