New version of the #BabelDungeon apps!!!
✨ what is new? ✨
new light theme and the app will adapt to light/dark mode of your system!
new welcome screen to easily allow to start new game or import backup
now when starting a new game you get to decide what language do you want to learn of the pair, ex. in the Babel Dungeon German/English you can learn German as English speaker or English as German speaker!
and more!
@delta Texttriptychon
Drei Texte – ein Thema: Wie wir Information retten, ohne Menschen zu verlieren.
Ich habe in den letzten Tagen drei Texte veröffentlicht, die zusammengehören, auch wenn sie auf den ersten Blick sehr unterschiedlich wirken:
🔹 Vergleich 1: Chatmail vs. Yggmail 🔹 Vergleich 2: DeltaChat vs. Mímir 🔹 Konzept: webxdc als geschützter Brückenkopf zur Außenwelt
Alle drei drehen sich um dieselbe Frage: Wie kann Information heute noch menschlich bleiben, wenn die Infrastruktur darunter vergiftet ist?
1️⃣ Chatmail vs. Yggmail
Hier geht es um Transport und Abhängigkeit.
Chatmail versucht, das bestehende E-Mail-System zu disziplinieren: weniger Daten, weniger Logs, weniger Missbrauch.
Yggmail geht weiter und sagt: Wir verlassen diese Infrastruktur ganz.
Die Frage dahinter ist nicht technisch, sondern menschlich: Wie viel Verantwortung übernimmt das System – und wie viel bleibt bei den Menschen?
➡️ https://www.nimmermehr.rip/posts/vergleich1
2️⃣ DeltaChat vs. Mímir
Hier geht es um Zeit, Bedeutung und Erinnerung.
Beide können sicher kommunizieren. Aber sie gehen unterschiedlich mit Information um.
DeltaChat eignet sich für Dinge, die später noch Bedeutung haben sollen: Briefe, Gedanken, Wissen, Dokumente.
Mímir ist stärker im Jetzt: Gespräch, Nähe, gemeinsames Handeln.
Die Frage hier lautet: Kann Information ihren ursprünglichen Moment verlassen, ohne zu sterben?
➡️ https://www.nimmermehr.rip/posts/vergleich2
3️⃣ webxdc & der geschützte Brückenkopf
Der dritte Text versucht, beides zusammenzubringen.
webxdc ist ein sicherer Innenraum. Aber Wissen kommt oft von draußen.
Das Problem: Sobald wir „ins Web gehen“, kommen Tracking, Profile und Manipulation mit.
Die Idee des Brückenkopfs ist einfach gesagt diese: 👉 Nicht der Mensch geht ins Netz. 👉 Das Netz wird befragt – kontrolliert, gefiltert, ohne Rückkanal.
So kann Information hereinkommen, ohne dass wir uns ausliefern.
➡️ https://www.nimmermehr.rip/posts/webxdc_brueckenkopf_infologisch
Warum das alles zusammengehört
Alle drei Texte handeln von Restwärme: dem kleinen menschlichen Überschuss, der bleibt, wenn Technik nicht alles glattbügelt.
Es geht nicht um „mehr Features“. Es geht um weniger Kopplung.
Nicht schneller. Nicht bequemer. Sondern tragfähig – auch morgen, bei anderen Menschen, zu anderen Zeiten.
#Infologie #webxdc #DeltaChat #Yggdrasil #DigitaleSouveränität #DezentraleNetze #Fediverse #DigitaleEthik #Kommunikation
Quite a few of #deltachat #chatmail and #webxdc folks are already and will be around #39c3 -- on-site you can join a group chat (or send us a DM upfront) where we announce dynamically scheduled sessions. You'll find us mostly around Komona but also other places ... for more info:
PSA: Influenza is spreading heavily currently, and 30% of people are infectious without symptoms. Please maintain hygiene and at best test yourself before entering premises. Thanks!
@tante
#hupf's #shoppinglist:
https://codeberg.org/hupf/shoppinglist-xdc
this #shopplinglist is a #webxdc app so it runs inside #deltachat or #cheogram.
you can self-host #chatmail or #xmpp server for those chat apps, and thereby self-host the app running inside them.
#deltachat allows pinning apps to your launcher on #android.
@game @naufraghi
Avevo già letto di queste applicazioni #webxdc, ma solo in questi giorni ho realizzato quanto siano facili da usare in #deltachat: ce n'è una lista già integrate pronta all'invio.
Attualmente mi pare che la lista contenga molti prototipi, ma anche alcune applicazioni collaborative, per redigere un testo semplice o tener traccia di spese comuni, che ho provato trovandole molto interessanti.
@lollo004 @BucciaBuccia @informapirata @informatica
I got lost down a rabbit hole with learning about Delta Chat! Webdxc also looks very fadcinating.
this is so cool! I ported to #webxdc TIC-80 #fantasy #computer for making, playing and sharing tiny #games
you can import/export files with add/get commands!
with this you can create #retro games in #lua, #fennel, #python, #ruby, #javascript etc and play/share them with friends as in-chat apps in #DeltaChat / #ArcaneChat
I would like to expose the webxdc API to TIC-80 games so they can do networking/multiplayer and send in-chat messages
created an small #webxdc app for #DeltaChat / #ArcaneChat as a joke to quickly send a "Yo!" or "Bro!" notification to your chat pals!
this was inspired by an episode of #SilliconValley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_(TV_series)
and actually there was a real app with this feature in #AppleStore that received 1M dollars in investment!
🤯🤯🤯
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo_(app)
unlike that app that got hacked and user data exposed, this app can't be hacked since it works encrypted between peers without any 3rd party service
and on a *completely different* decentralized chat question, #Webxdc apps as pioneered by Delta Chat are a very cool idea and I hope to see them quickly adopted in other chat systems, but I think they still need a while to cook.
unsurprisingly, the best implementation (out of the two I've tried) is in Delta Chat.
for XMPP there is XEP-0491. I tried it in the Monocles chat app, but it still needs a lot of work there to be called usable.
On the occasion of SimpleX and Session getting cryptocoin-donations/funding ... we won't hide that most delta contributors are pretty skeptical of cryptocoin-circles. Exhibit 1: #Webxdc apps - mini apps that anyone can whip up -- and the declared motto still on the https://webxdc.org web page since inception mid 2022:
No logins, no coins, no platforms ...
and this year, January 23rd, we added "no billionaires" to the growing list of things deserving a "no" :)
jFS3 released, a tiny (~10 kB minimized) browser filesystem with content-addressed blocks, copy-on-write, dedup, snapshots (“universes”), events and optional async sync, fully powered by IndexedDB.
Reading about webxdc and how it integrates with Deltachat… it looks simple and easy to learn. I’ve already seen a small social media client app looking an 8 bit application. Super fun.
@delta @arale_xan that's fine 🙂 I'm an #XMPP person myself but I've also been following what Delta Chat has been doing. It's cool that both use #WebXDC for "apps" (right?) because that's one less level of fragmentation for the messaging ecosystem
(I saw you mention it in light of Signal's new "polls" feature, although I knew it was happening before as well. I'm just waiting for a few more XMPP clients to pick it up and add support 😅)
@copper_tunic yes, I have played it (masochistic on mobile) but very little, Moria and Zangband is what I have played more in PC
about not needing e2e you talked about sending letters to the player, if there is communication there is a need for privacy, ofc that ultimately depends on the people, for example it is already possible to play Quake over #webxdc and the in-game chat is then e2e encrypted
@copper_tunic the advantage of having it as a #webxdc is:
doesn't depend on some ssh server or any server in particular
can be used easily on mobile
it is e2e encrypted so people can have their games and chats in private
can be played offline and you can also change across devices, start in pc, continue in phone etc
@devSJR notice that the email composer #webxdc is meant to be used (and only work properly) inside #ArcaneChat, not #DeltaChat
Today, we were nicely surprised by @gianmarcogg03 with a new comprehensive (italian) #deltachat introduction video, going through initial setup, groups and chatting, second device setup, #webxdc apps, bots, calls and playing Quake -- all the nice things you can do these days :)
https://mastodon.uno/@gianmarcogg03/115462294953394774
containing peertube, odysee and youtube links (latter provides English subtitles)
Fun fact: devs noticed some tiny but embarrassing glitches in the UI which are now getting fixed as we speak :)
Is DeltaChat's WebXDC app store the offline-first app sandbox we have always needed? It will probably even have its own network effect of "no other chat app supports communication between other apps".
#DeltaChat #WebXDC
Not taking Venture Capital money means:
- No pressure to maximize monetization of usage (for every million of VC funding you need to find ~100+ Million in value later).
- No prioritization of growing fast with PR campaigns that promise the moon and stumble on the ground
- No billionaire who ultimately profits
Instead, we seek public funding and private contributions for #chatmail #deltachat and #webxdc developments.
Thanks to everyone who is helping and already test-driving things :)
