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joinfirefish.org is a bit messy and compliacted (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by FelipeFelop@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I thought I would try out firefish/calckey but found a few issues.

I should say I am in my 50s and have been around since I used 1970s BBS so have a reasonable understanding of the Fediverse etc.

But, joinfirefish.org seems to have gone for style over substance. It also doesn’t render properly on Safari (iOS)

Choosing a server to join seems unnecessarily difficult. At the top of the list is firefish.social marked as verified but when you click or tap to find out more you are presented with a coming soon page (not seen one of those since the 90s when everything was Under Construction).

The choice of servers seems limited with a need for more general servers.

It looks like I’m going to need to host my own. But a quick glance seems their’s poor documentation.

What do people think? Can anyone recommend a good general server in English?

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[–] i_am_not_a_robot@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can't blame free software for not working correctly in Apple's special browser that only exists on their platform. Years ago they were really focused on having a good and standards compliant browser but it's started to become the new Internet Explorer for iPhone. At least on Mac computers you can install a different browser.

[–] FelipeFelop@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

That doesn’t make much sense. If firefish want iOS users then they are going to have to make it work on Safari