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Anybody who is really good with #CSS and using plugins like #Stylus to alter a site appearance able to give me a hand?

Been trying to figure out how to re-order the items showing up in the Navigation bar on the Mastodon web interface using only CSS - ideally I PERSONALLY would love to swap the positions of Trending, Notifications, and Private Mentions, but I'd like to have whatever CSS wizardry I wind up outputting to be flexible enough that people can re-order their own Navigational elements to however they would like it themselves.

Fick lite spader på att scrolla förbi 10 meter länk previews i Mastodon, drog upp Stylus och fixade en mer kompakt stil utan preview bild och mer kompakt text.

Det är ett enkelt Stylus-script. Postar det som reply till den här posten (pallar inte publicera det, jobbigt att matcha alla mastodon-URLer och har inte publicerat på Stylus innan).

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Ok om jag svarar så postas det på min profil, så här: hastebin.com/share/elifarocuk.

What do I need to restart in task manager to restart the stylus functionality on my MS surface Pro?

Or some other thing I can try to maybe fix this very silly mess I've got myself in ?

Problem:
my stylus isn't working

Probable Solution:
restart the computer and let it do the updates it's been wanting to do for a rather long time now

Problem with that solution:
I have over 100 windows open (shut up, I know) and some of them have unsaved work in them, and saving this work is difficult without a functional stylus. I am currently using keyboard etc. but I usually use the stylus for everything, so doing it this way is slow.

I know I shouldn't keep this many windows open, but fixing that problem is a job for a psychologist or psychiatrist, currently I just want the tech support answer to get myself out of this particular current silly mess.

It's not the stylus itself, I have two spares, all three are unresponsive, even after a fresh AAAA battery in one of them.

cc @kirt@mastodon.social @kirt@forall.social @kirt@zeroes.ca @kirt@mstdn.science @kirt@ecoevo.social @kirt@genomic.social @kirt@newsie.social @kirt@sauropods.win @Kirt@lingo.lol

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@MsDropbear42 Oh ffs, this latest experiment with :zenbrowser: #ZenBrowser has ended after only a few hours, due to yet another catastrophic failure, preceded by various annoyances:

  • the dedicated Search Bar refused to show the drop-down menu of alternative search engines [works fine in :firefox: and :firefox_nightly: ]
  • the #Stylus AO refused to respond to clicks on its various usage & management icons in its drop-down menu [works fine in :firefox: and :firefox_nightly: ]
  • a link i opened from my Masto #Statuzer page decided to behave like i'd used #Glance [i did not], then when i converted it into a normal tab, entirely froze the Statuzer tab
  • wondering if possibly restarting Zen might fix the above, i tried to do so, which then destroyed my carefully crafted Zen profile... what ensued was a UI without various standard changes i'd made [eg, the Search Bar was gone again, the native tabs bar refused to Collapse again], but worst of all, all my open tabs were gone... again 😲 🤯🙄🤦‍♀️😡

My dear old :firefox_nightly: might be less pretty, less visually exciting, & might not have native split tabs, but far out it is & remains way way waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more reliable than Zen. I mean, it's really a bit silly... :firefox_nightly: is Alpha, :zenbrowser: is Beta, yet the former is generally rock solid reliable in the ~decade i've been using it. Otoh, all my experiments with Zen, over the past ~12-18 months, have ended in disappointment, frustration, & often also destruction.

So, yet again, i return to...

:firefox_nightly: #FirefoxNightly + #Mv2 #uBO + #Sidebery + #FirefoxSecondSidebar = THE best browsing & sophisticated tab management + Web Panel UX i've ever had, easily eclipsing Vivaldi, :floorp: #Floorp, :zenbrowser: #ZenBrowser, Waterfox, LibreWolf... ergo = 💜🥳🎉👯‍♀️

:firefox_nightly: #FirefoxNightly + #NativeVerticalTabs + #uBlockOrigin + #FirefoxSecondSidebar = Very usable already as of Feb 2025, albeit less powerful than Sidebery, ergo = 💜 🎉

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@radmin @tera @critakitty yeah, @frameworkcomputer refusing to make a #TrackPoint keyboard is kinda sad.

  • Cuz it's not as if they can't make a call at #Sprintek and maybe even get a custom-coloured rubber cap just to avoid #Lenovo claiming they violate the #UltraNav design / trademark.

Not to mention this isn't unique to even #ThinkPad or #hp #ProBook or #Dell #Latitude & #Getac devices, but even #Sony (#Vaio #P11Z) and #GPD did so...

  • I hope they at least got a holder-hole and lanyard loop option for the #Stylus like the #X230Tablet has...
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@bastetfurry @janet_catcus the only thing cooler would be if they did a #transparent version, but I also know why they didn't and instead chose said muted colour pallet: As those are easily sourceable, child-safe (if not medical- or food-grade), and available as recycling plastics. Also said colours don't directly show ABS's yellowing under sunlight that distinctively.

Keeping costs down, compared to the high prices of optically clear, non-discoloured plastic ehich also tends to be more brittle, and also may not be an option due to the way they pulled a "#ThinkPadnium" style metal reinforcement of the chassis, as they clearly worked out a mix of elastic deformation (TPU), lightweight flexing and stiffening is the way to make a machine that is more forgiving in terms of abuse without designing it to be an unwieldy, heavy industrial appliance.

So yeah, I do want to see @frameworkcomputer release the #Framework12 and maybe some compact #Desktop case that is essentially allowing to shove a Framework 12 or #Framework13 mainboard and keyboard in and have a low-footprint unit like the #RaspberryPi #Pi400 & #Pi500 units. Or just some case one can bolt onto #VESA mounts at a screen (similar to a #ThinkStation Tiny / #ThinkCentre Tiny) and use those for #Classrooms.

I hope they have some nice #Stylus slot & lanyard option similar to the #X230Tablet I still daily-drive today.

My Hashtag Dump [as part of my latest Instance-hop🤦‍♀️]

LAST EDITED 23/4/25

#FollowedHashtags

#AUR
#AboutConfig
#AdvancedWebInterface
#AnnaMadrigal
#AnonsysNet
#Arch
#ArchInstall
#ArchLinux
#Archie
#Archies
#Atheism
#AusPol
#Beatles
#Biodiversity
#BirdMakeup
#CSLewis
#ChangeTheSystem
#DarwinAwards
#Debian
#Depression
#Distrobox
#DouglasAdams
#DrHelenMagnus
#EnidBlyton
#FOSS
#FOSSemojis
#FamousFive
#FediTips
#Fedia
#Fedora
#Firefox
#FirefoxBeta
#FirefoxNightly
#FirefoxSecondSidebar
#Firejail
#Floorp
#Friendica
#FriendicaHelp
#fsckALLreligion
#FsckChristoFascists
#FsckRWNJs
#FsckThePatriarchy
#FuckAroundAndFindOut
#Gaia
#GilmoreGirls
#GlitchSoc
#GlitchSocial
#GnuCash
#Grammar
#Greens
#HHGTTG
#HumanRights
#InfosecExchange
#InfosecSpace
#Insiders
#JRRTolkien
#KDE
#KDELinux
#KDEOS
#KDEPlasma
#KMyMoney
#Kalpa
#Kbin
#Kinoite
#KVM
#LauraTingle
#Lesbian
#LibreOffice
#LibVirt
#Linux
#LinuxWomen
#Logic
#MastoAdmin
#Matildas
#MichaelWestMedia
#MicroOS
#MicroOSDesktop
#Misanthropy
#Misdirection
#Misogyny
#MontyPython
#MontyPythonsFlyingCircus
#MostlyHarmless
#MrsMadrigal
#Narnia
#NationStates
#Nihilism
#NoGooMe
#Nonsense
#OhGreatProphetZarquon
#openSUSE
#Overshoot
#Penguinistas
#Phanpy
#Plasma
#ProgIndies
#PulseBrowser
#QEMU
#RWNJs
#RachelWithers
#RedFireAnts
#RenewableEnergy
#RightToProtest
#RippingYarns
#searX
#Semantics
#Sengi
#Sidebery
#SlowMode
#SocialPhobia
#StateCapture
#Statuzer
#SteamEngine
#SteamLocomotive
#SteamLocomotives
#Stylus
#TheGolgafrinchamArkFleetShipB
#TheGoons
#TheGreatProphetZarquon
#TheLordOfTheRings
#TheSpanishInquisition
#Tillies
#TreeStyleTab
#Tumbleweed
#UniversalBlueAurora
#UserJS
#VM
#VPN
#VerticalTabs
#VirtManager
#Wayland
#WeAreSelfishCruelBastards
#WeAreTotallyFscked
#Whimsy
#WindowRules
#Xfce
#YellowCrazyAnts
#ZenBrowser

@tag-aur
@tag-arch
@tag-archlinux
@tag-distrobox
@tag-firefoxnightly
@tag-friendicahelp
@tag-fsckallreligion
@tag-fsckchristofascists
@tag-fsckrwnjs
@tag-fsckthepatriarchy
@tag-gnucash
@tag-hhgttg
@tag-kmymoney
@tag-lesbian
@tag-linuxwomen
@tag-montypython
@tag-mostlyharmless
@tag-penguinistas
@tag-sengi
@tag-statuzer
@tag-weareselfishcruelbastards
@tag-wearetotallyfscked
@tag-whimsy

If you’re looking for a browser extension like Stylus (which lets you override browser styles, scoped to specific sites) for Safari on macOS, check out Cascadea. It’s by an independent developer (Mike Freuden), doesn’t farm you for your data, and seems to do what it says on the tin (in my limited few minutes of testing right now¹) :)

cascadea.app

¹ I’m using it to hide the controls on the local export of my slides.com presentation.

Cascadea - Remix the web.Cascadea - Remix the web.Cascadea is a custom style extension built from the ground up for macOS and Safari.

If you use stylus or other user style extensions and you got upgraded to the new masto interface which has a really bad state for filtered toots, here's some CSS i just banged out. It looks like this in action in dark mode. It's not perfect but I don't care much because I don't really want to see this content anyway, I use this as an indicator that maybe I should stop following someone if they show up here all the time.

/* make hidden shit hidden! */
.content-warning--filter::before,
.content-warning--filter::after {
background: linear-gradient( to bottom,
rgba(130, 130, 130, 1) 0%,
rgba(110, 110, 110, 1) 20%,
rgba(90, 90, 90, 1) 40%,
rgba(70, 70, 70, 1) 80%,
rgba(50, 50, 50, 1) 80%,
rgba(30, 30, 30, 1) 100%);
}
.content-warning--filter p {
margin-bottom: 0;
}
.content-warning--filter p span {
font-size: 0.75em;
color: gray;
}
.content-warning--filter .link-button {
color: darkred;
font-size: 0.75em;
float: right;
margin-top: -2em;
}
.status__wrapper:has(.content-warning--filter) .status__info {
display: none;
}

🎉 As promised I've made a how-to how to use the browser extension #Stylus to customize the new Mastodon web interface.

See wiki.todon.eu/todon/customize_.

I created three popular style examples you can use.

1. Green boost icon: wiki.todon.eu/todon/styles#gre. If you miss the Tusky green boost icon.

2. Calm content warning: wiki.todon.eu/todon/styles#cal. If you can't stand the new 🚧 content warning 🚧.

3. Classic dark columns: wiki.todon.eu/todon/styles#cla. If you want your timelines to have the same dark background color as before. This means less contrast, so maybe you should use the Green boost icon as well. Note that this for dark themes only.

Enjoy!

wiki.todon.euCustomize your interface: How-to [*.Todon.* Wiki]