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You might have an active Home timeline, unfortunately, #Mastodon instances won't keep all messages. So you might lose/miss some of them.
#Fedilab introduced the ability to cache your Home timeline in the background. This is also useful if you have a weak connection, the app will read them later from cache. #FedilabTips
Screenshot of settings where we can see the "Home cache" entry Screenshot showing charts with all Home timeline messages collected and put in app cache. Tapping on charts gives more information about messages collected per day.
When tapping the option, you can enable the feature and set the refresh time to fetch new Home messages. There is also an option to check these fetches through a button called "Check Home cache".
#mastodon #fedilab #fedilabTips

Did you know that #Fedilab allows you to discover #Peertube with a dedicated layout to that software?
For that, just open the main menu and select "Peertube".
You will be able to select an instance with helpers.
Even if you don't have an account, you will be able to interact with your Mastodon account.
And if you like Peertube, you can register with the app thanks to an instance picker.
#FedilabTips
Screenshot of the main menu. The Peertube entry under "My App" is highlighted. Screenshot when opening a video. There are many ways to interact like sharing, adding to fav or comment.
Screenshot of the layout of a Peertube Timeline. Video previews with some information at their bottom. A Mastodon account is connected but we can watch videos and interact. You can also change the resolution, playback speed, etc.
#peertube #fedilab #fedilabTips

Just a small reminder concerning URLs. You can long press links that will open a menu with some options. #Fedilab #FedilabTips
Long press on a link displays a pop-up menu. You can display full link, share it, open with another app, copy it and even check if it redirects.
We checked if the link redirects and the app displayed the redirect URL.
#fedilab #fedilabTips

We pinned the tag #Fediverse and with a long press, we added in "Any of these" #Fedilab, #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.
Now the pinned timeline will display all messages having these tags.
You can also exclude tags. #FedilabTips
Screenshot of Fedilab where a pinned tag has been long pressed. A menu allows to add "Any of these". We added fedilab, Pixelfed and Mastodon.
#fediverse #pixelfed #mastodon #fedilab #fedilabTips

Don't forget that if you are running several accounts with #Fedilab, just long press buttons such boost, fav, bookmark, reply, etc. It will allow you to pickup another account to finish the action without changing.

So, you will never lose what you are currently doing. The app will do everything in background for you even if the message is not known by the instance of the selected account.

Time saver, isn't it?

#FedilabTips
#fedilab #fedilabTips

The contact feature that has been fixed in 3.10.2 allows you to quickly manage mentions to accounts that you follow in your messages.

Check: add the mention in the message.

Uncheck: remove the mention.

#FedilabTips #Fedilab
Screenshot showing a window with different accounts that we follow. They are filtered with the letter "a". Three accounts have been checked.
Mentions to accounts have been automatically added to the message.
#fedilab #fedilabTips

For people that don't know where they can see their bookmarks and some other things with #Fedilab. We have hidden them in the "Interactions" item from main menu.
#FedilabTips
Screenshot of the interactions entry. You can find your: - Muted users - Blocked users - Bookmarks - Favourites - Blocked domains.
#fedilab #fedilabTips

The message about shortened URLs from @feditips makes us think to a #Fedilab feature.

Did you know that by long pressing links with the app you can get details and even check redirects.

#FedilabTips

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/109400789623945596
Example of a message having a URL (that we know to be a shortened URL) Screenshot that displays a shortned URL and the targeted URL.
By long pressing the link, a menu is displayed. One option allows to check redirects.

Fedi.Tips (@feditips@mstdn.social)

Quick little tip: You don't need to use link shorteners on Mastodon. All links on Mastodon count for 23 characters towards your limit, no matter how many characters they really are.
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