If you're browsing a Mastodon server's website, have you ever noticed the ⧉ button on people's profiles?
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If you're browsing a Mastodon server's website, have you ever noticed the ⧉ button on people's profiles?
This can be very useful, as it lets you copy the profile's web address in a single click. This makes it easy to:
- Paste it into the search box on your own server or app, so you can interact with it
- Share the profile with others on other platforms, it's a web address so anyone can view it
- View the profile in a new browser tab, the address will be the "original page"
@FediTips the icon seems to be browser specific. It's not the same in every browser.
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@FediTips the icon seems to be browser specific. It's not the same in every browser.
That's really interesting, hadn't noticed that, you're absolutely right.
It doesn't show at all on iPhone
Are you seeing the button at all? Is it a different symbol?
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If you're browsing a Mastodon server's website, have you ever noticed the ⧉ button on people's profiles?
This can be very useful, as it lets you copy the profile's web address in a single click. This makes it easy to:
- Paste it into the search box on your own server or app, so you can interact with it
- Share the profile with others on other platforms, it's a web address so anyone can view it
- View the profile in a new browser tab, the address will be the "original page"
p.s. As @Stefan_S_from_H has pointed out, different web browsers seem to render this button differently. When I checked on iPhone's web browser the button wasn't there at all
Could you let me know if this button looks different on your browser, or if the button is totally absent? It would be really useful info
(n.b. This is just in the *web* version of Mastodon, not the apps.)
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p.s. As @Stefan_S_from_H has pointed out, different web browsers seem to render this button differently. When I checked on iPhone's web browser the button wasn't there at all
Could you let me know if this button looks different on your browser, or if the button is totally absent? It would be really useful info
(n.b. This is just in the *web* version of Mastodon, not the apps.)
@FediTips Firefox Mobile, I have a share button instead (on both chaos.social and mastodon.social)
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@FediTips Firefox Mobile, I have a share button instead (on both chaos.social and mastodon.social)
Thanks! Does the share button just copy the web address, or does it do something else?
I'm assuming this is on Android?
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p.s. As @Stefan_S_from_H has pointed out, different web browsers seem to render this button differently. When I checked on iPhone's web browser the button wasn't there at all
Could you let me know if this button looks different on your browser, or if the button is totally absent? It would be really useful info
(n.b. This is just in the *web* version of Mastodon, not the apps.)
@FediTips this is Firefox on an Android phone — it's rendered as a share button, and when I tap on it, it brings up a share dialogue. So I can copy the web address to the clipboard or send it to various apps.
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@FediTips this is Firefox on an Android phone — it's rendered as a share button, and when I tap on it, it brings up a share dialogue. So I can copy the web address to the clipboard or send it to various apps.
Thanks!
This is going to get confusing if the button does different things on different platforms
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That's really interesting, hadn't noticed that, you're absolutely right.
It doesn't show at all on iPhone
Are you seeing the button at all? Is it a different symbol?
@FediTips I see the button. Your version from the post is the one on Firefox. Chrome shows another icon.
I tried looking into the Mastodon source code, but it would take too long for me to understand it.
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@FediTips I see the button. Your version from the post is the one on Firefox. Chrome shows another icon.
I tried looking into the Mastodon source code, but it would take too long for me to understand it.
Thanks
What happens when you click the icon in Chrome? Does it just copy the link or does it do something else?
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If you're browsing a Mastodon server's website, have you ever noticed the ⧉ button on people's profiles?
This can be very useful, as it lets you copy the profile's web address in a single click. This makes it easy to:
- Paste it into the search box on your own server or app, so you can interact with it
- Share the profile with others on other platforms, it's a web address so anyone can view it
- View the profile in a new browser tab, the address will be the "original page"
@FediTips Firefox web browser - nope.
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@FediTips Firefox web browser - nope.
Are you on a smartphone or computer?
