pylapp

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Cross-posted from : https://programming.dev/post/34733176

"The Accessibility Nutrition Labels help users learn if an app will be accessible to them before they download, and give developers the opportunity to better inform and educate their users on features that their app supports. The labels appear on the app product page and will help users understand if they can use a feature like VoiceOver or Larger Text to complete common tasks in the app."

 

"The Accessibility Nutrition Labels help users learn if an app will be accessible to them before they download, and give developers the opportunity to better inform and educate their users on features that their app supports. The labels appear on the app product page and will help users understand if they can use a feature like VoiceOver or Larger Text to complete common tasks in the app."

 

A bit old but still interesting

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

We should support our fediverse admins and instances 💪 Support by sending money (for people who can), moderating content, submitting issues or helping the team and project ✌️

 

An open source web tool under MIT license dedicated to OSINT and geospatial forensics using OpenStreetMap Overpass API

https://github.com/nikoko107/OSINTMap

 

With some notes about privacy, security and Google services

 

About the Online Safety Act in the UK and the Digital Services Act in Europe

 

About the Online Safety Act in the UK and the Digital Services Act in Europe

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

So abandon open source and move to “post open source” or ethical source might be a (sad) solution.

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is complicated. He says true. And maybe your need to use GrapheneOS is relevant. If you have a smartphone without cellular connection, for a daily usage, FMPOV it is a non-sense in case of emergency. It is a risk you will have to take, I can’t disagree your dad. And what about your solution but with a SIM card with very few data and SMS available, through a SIM card you can keep aside your phone and insert when needed?

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Did you have a look on ethical licenses? For example, Coraline Ada Hemke who created the Contributor Covenant (famous code of conduct) started few years ago the Organisation for Ethical Source promoting “ethical” licenses defined by seven principles.

So in fact this third family of licenses is not open source nor free (as defined by OSI and FSF), nevertheless I feel some needs or willings in your side to go, let’s say, “one step further”.

In ethical licenses you can find for example 999 ICU, ACAB, Anti-Capitalist, Peer Production, Hippocratic or some BSD 3-Clause variants about nuclear topics.

You can also have a look on that slidedeck (in French, sorry).

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Anticipate technical debt and follow what Google recommends. In few words, use Kotlin and Compose.

However you should really have a look on Google guidelines. In more worlds:

  • by default Kotlin and Compose
  • if some logic to share between other projects in other environments: Kotlin Multi Platform (KMP)
  • if shared UI: Flutter (but Google reduced Flutter teams and KMP is being better and better, so we can suppose Flutter will join the Google Graveyard
[–] pylapp@programming.dev 2 points 2 months ago

I do not know if the solutions I listed below are open source ; however as an open source contributor I am used to work with some tools depending to choice of the projects:

About credits, I don’t think these tools exposes in some automated way the contributors identities. However, nothing prevents you to use these web UI tools to find who contributed and list people for example in your CONTRIBUTORS files. Another way could be to edit the automated commits these tools submit to your Git repos by adding credits to the translators (with for example Co-authored-by field).

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you have a look on Cake Wallet app? Open source under MIT license and available on F-Droid.

https://github.com/cake-tech/cake_wallet

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

An app? Nope. For notifications, there is open source alternatives to Google and Apple services but it is used in the apps side, not users side. Have a look on microG and Open GApps to flash in your Android device; it might help you.

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 14 points 3 months ago

It seems the “radical” organisations like the FSF or the OES were right and more legitimate in the end.

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 4 points 3 months ago

If you are worried about your privacy, yes, you must get rid of Google Play Services. However a majors part of your apps may be broken as too much rely on this services and only in those services.

If you want apps to based on this layer of Google mess, have a look on some open spruce alternatives of your favorite apps. Maybe some of them won’t embed Google Play Services. But keep in mind you may lose some features like notifications from Google devices or fine tunes location.

You can have a look on microG or Open GApps for alternatives. However you may need to hack your device to flash them.

What you can do, for example:

  • check if you can flash alternatives (possible to root and before unlock the boot loader)
  • maybe check if you can flash another ROM ; projects list the compatible devices. Have a look on LineageOS, GrapheneOS or also /e/OS
[–] pylapp@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yep, it seems it is, but it can manage KDBX files. Just wanted to share 😄

Edit: sorry, didn’t see this thread is in Android community, my comment is not relevant for this platform.

[–] pylapp@programming.dev 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

You can use also for example Strongbox (https://github.com/strongbox-password-safe)

Edit: sorry, didn’t see this thread is in Android community, my comment is not relevant for this platform. For Android I am used to Keepass2Android (https://github.com/PhilippC/keepass2android). Simple, still maintained, under libre licence GPL 3.0.

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