Hi! I've created a small survey about Dianara, mainly to know which versions people are using.

There are also a couple of free text questions where you can leave some feedback if you want.

The survey uses LimeSurvey and is kindly hosted by @Laura Arjona ;)

Here's the survey in English.

You can reply to this post directly in addition to the survey (or instead), if you want, and, as always, you can post feature requests and ideas at the issue tracker.

Thanks!

¡Hola! He creado una pequeña encuesta sobre Dianara, principalmente para saber que versiones está usando la gente.

También hay un par de preguntas de texto libre, donde puedes dejar comentarios si lo deseas.

La encuesta usa LimeSurvey y está amablemente alojada por @Laura Arjona ;)

Aquí está la encuesta en Español.

Puedes responder a este mensaje directamente además de a la encuesta (o en su lugar), si quieres, y como siempre, puedes añadir peticiones de nuevas características e ideas en el gestor de incidencias.

¡Gracias!

This was supposed to be another small release, but it took longer than expected. The main new feature is proxy support, but it also comes with a bunch of little fixes and improvements.

Other interesting changes include case insensitive filters, animated image support in the image viewer, a basic help window and a better initialization process, so Dianara will try to get your profile, contacts and timelines on startup several times, if it fails due to network or server errors.

Packagers should note that the manpage has been moved to section 1, as suggested in a bug report, which makes more sense.

Changelog

Most of the changes since v1.2.1:

• Proxy configuration support. Password is not stored securely, so if you wish, you can leave it empty and be prompted for it on startup.
• Animated images are now animated when viewed in the separate image viewer.
• Filters are now case insensitive, ie. “openfarmgame” matches “OpenFarmGame”.
• Added a delay before reloading all comments after posting a reply.
• Enhanced initialization, so Dianara will keep on trying to get all initial data (your profile, etc) if it fails initially.
• Basic Help window.
• Configurable “unread post” color.
• Show To/CC info in the timestamp tooltip of minor feed activities.
• The Normalize Text Colors option in posts works in most cases now.
• Link color is no longer specified, so other contacts will see links in the color configured by them.
• New way to show attachments, including attached images.
• Better filename suggestions when saving attachments.
• Option to create bullet lists in the Format menu.
• More symbols in the Format > Symbols menu.
• Ask for confirmation when quitting Dianara if a post is being composed.
• Pressing Enter in title field jumps to message body. Likewise, pressing the Up Arrow at the start of the message jumps to the title field.
• Better notification of authentication-related errors.
• Added some more fallback icons, for environments without (good) iconsets.
• Updated Italian translation, by Metal Biker.
• Partial updates to Polish translation by Derping Muffins and CyberKiller, and German translation by Emvigo.

http://jancoding.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/dianara-v1-2-2-is-out/

Cheers! \o/

P.S.- I should note that releasing at the same time as Impeller 0.9.5 was purely coincidental. You know, like they say at the end of most movies =)

I've decided it's almost time for another release, since most of what I wanted for this release is already there, and the changelog is beginning to grow quite long. But first, some wider testing would be awesome =)

The main new feature is proxy support, but there are lots of smaller details, like a basic help window, animated image support for uploaded images, more options in the Format menu, or the fact that the Normalize text colors option now works much better (people using dark color schemes can take advantage of this one). The full changelog is included with the code.

If you already have Dianara-dev from git, just git pull.

If not, you can help testing by cloning from the git repo: https://gitorious.org/dianara =)

Thanks for testing!

Cheers! o/

I'm checking out the latest Plasma 5 image by Project Neon, from here:

http://files.kde.org/snapshots/

It's a live system on a Celeron 900 netbook, so it's far from ideal, but still... ;)

Some things are clearly more polished and nicer. Not loving the oh-so-white defaults and the monochrome "symbolic" icons (Breeze), but since it's Plasma, defaults don't worry me much =)

Also, I'm not sure which defaults come with Plasma Desktop itself, and which defaults come from Project Neon, so who knows...

Anyway, a few clicks here and there, and I had it back to my beloved Oxygen in several places. As windeco, Plasma and mouse themes I left Breeze, though.

Overall, nice... but I hope to be able to test it in a better machine soon!

The screenshot is not very interesting, but there are plenty of screenshots out there ;)

Thanks to Project Neon for providing these ISO images!

Oh, btw... if you have some money to spare, consider helping the KDE project with their fundraising for the Randa Meetings, so they can make even more awesome stuff =)

In case anyone has forgotten, you are not supposed to trust spy agencies. The NSA's job is to spy on people. Don't be surprised if they try to spy on you.

And if you can help it, don't let them. If we can make life difficult for spy agencies trying to do stupid things like domestic spying, maybe, just maybe, they'll remember to focus on targets that actually out to be targeted.

Also, HTTPS-Everywhere for Firefox on Android was released today. Hooray for SSL!

Dianara and Pumpa, two pump.io clients, are now available on Parabola GNU/Linux! (pcr repositorie).

Coming soon:

Accelerator card ACA-500 for the #Amiga 500

http://www.vesalia.de/e_aca500.htm

68EC000/14 MHz, 2 MB RAM, 2 Compact Flash slots and much more.

RANT:

I am a long time Linux user. I know about it's advantages and flaws as a desktop platform. I like it and am unlikely to switch back to Windows (I tried and failed.)

But that doesn't mean if I make an argument defending Microsoft (or refuting bad claims in favor of Linux), I'm automatically a MS puppet posting right from Redmond while (censored) Ballmer's (censored).

Okay? I hate bad arguments, no matter which side they come from.

Just got my OpenPandora in the mail. It's nothing but awesome. The Wi-Fi is a bit weak, though.

So, in the UK, we'd need about six of them ;-)

Trying out Pumpa for the first time. This also marks the first time I'm trying a client that isn't the webterface. This is a client after my own heart really. Layout might not be award winning but it does one thing and does it well. Plus, it's nice to finally have markdown. Thanks to 0xAFFE for the installer that prompted me to try it out despite my current Windows restriction.

Wee

Pumpio-Import in Friendica

Yay! Looks like I managed to order a 1 GHz OpenPandora. There were 15 (this time, plus 15) in stock, and after I finished the purchase, there were only 6 left. Apparently, it should arrive within a week or two -- however, I don't think that's possible with our post service.

PRSM: Introducing a new way to share everything. Nothing to hide, nothing to lose. Sign up - it's free.

Apparently, my CC0 art was used in a real game.

Life Of Pixel, a PS Vita platforming game that runs the player through levels inspired by different console and home computer games, has a few NES-style levels based on my OpenGameArt submissions. From the screenshots on the page, the level "Shinoobi-Doobi" uses my city set -- along with the layout, while "Haunted Mansion" uses the castle set as the background.

BrightRetro seem to have participated in creating pixel art for the game -- and to be fair, they are also uploading some awesome stuff onto OGA themselves, distributing it under CC-BY.

Dianara is now available in Debian repositories too! \o/

http://packages.debian.org/sid/dianara

KDE Announces Plasma Workspaces, Applications and Platform 4.11

KDE is delighted to announce its latest set of releases, providing major updates to KDE Plasma Workspaces, KDE Applications, and the KDE Platform. Version 4.11.0 provides many new features, along with improved stability and performance. Find out more about 4.11's improvements in our visual feature guide.

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http://kde.org/announcements/4.11

I've been married for > 20 years. Mainly to my wife. In all that time, I have watched football. She knows that a football match lasts 2 hours (give or take).

She knows that when attending a 3pm kickoff in London 10 miles away, you must leave the house at 10;15 in the morning.

So, why when I returned promptly at 10pm on Monday night from a 19:45 evening kickoff, did she ask - 'You've been a while. What else was on ?'

I replied - 'Oh there was a Red Arrows flypast, some horse jumping followed by an exhibition of Kick Boxing, a guest appearance by Pippa Middleton and after the match had finished, the players gave out awards to the fans with the loudest singing and the funniest chants'.

She said 'Well there's no need to be silly'.

'Well - you started it'.