------------------------ Version 1.0.1 24/08/2026
Layouting bugs came up in the toot view with last minute evolutions,
It needs correction in both FriendSh3ep and UniTextEditor.gadget,
So you will need to upgrade EmojiGear to 5.3 for full correction, again.
Sorry !
------------------------- Version 1.0 22/08/2026
FriendSh3ep, a Mastodon / Fediverse client for Amiga OS 3.2
Finally also for OS3.9.
Mastodon is a free, open, decentralised alternative to the
usual walled-garden social networks:
no ads, no biased algorithm, no single company owning your
data, moderation decided per server.
FriendSh3ep is a native Amiga client for it,
with full Unicode/emoji rendering and real image/audio previews.
Needed to work:
- AmigaOS 3.9 or 3.2, a 68030 50Mhz should be OK,
a 68060 or better is, well, better.
Relies on picture.datatype a lot.
- A fast Internet stack (Miami, AmiTCP, RoadShow...).
- AmiSSL v5 (the more recent, the better) it's on Aminet.
- EmojiGear v5.3, for modern fonts, emoji rendering
and text editor.
Optional but used if present:
- AHI + mpega.library, for mp3 audio playback (yes, you can share mp3s
on Mastodon).
- OpenURL and some browser , to open urls from links.
As with any third-party Mastodon client, you create your account on your
server's own web site; FriendSh3ep only ever gets a revocable token to it,
authorised in your browser in two steps. You can connect several accounts,
on several servers, and switch between them with one click -- or just
browse anonymously without any account at all.
And now for the glorious list of features FriendSh3ep brings:
- a list of mastodon servers allowing anonymous connection is preconfigured:
So you can watch Local/Deferated timeline out of the box with no account
after installation.
- Connect multiple accounts, and switch account and servers with one click.
- Home, Local, Federated, User, Search and Notifications timelines.
- Full modern toot rendering with attached images, audio and emoji.
- Click hashtags, links and mentions -- actually click anything.
- Favourite/unfavourite, reply, bookmark, modify and delete your own toots.
- Attach images or audio/video file to a toot (gif/jpg/png, mp3/ogg/mp4).
- Word and hashtag search; search, follow and unfollow accounts.
- "Autoscroll Play" mode: sit back and let the timeline scroll itself.
- Switchable UI themes (fonts, colours, button skins):
themes stands in the /themes directory and you can create one yourself !
watch HowToCreateATheme.gif and "style.txt" file in themes.
(since 1.0:)
- Polls: You can create polls with a special window, and vote for them,
see the result.
- BookMarks: you can now set and unset bookmarks on toots,
and view them in the new Bookmark page. Note If that page is viewed,
its fill a special cache under user dir, and
then you will be able to watch your bookmarked toots offline.
- News page ! The list of "Most shared news from news website, on the
last day, on the visible federation." Which is the best rational way
to hierarchise information I have ever seen.
- Translation engine: if a toot is written in another language than your
locale settings, and your server allow translation, you'll have a button
to translate it to your own language on the fly.
This is amazing and works even with japanese messages.
- When writting a toot, you can specify the language in which you write,
it will allow translation for other users.
- You can block/ Unblock users and servers, and see the list of blocked ones.
- You can see the list of who faved or boosted your toot.
- Search page allow to get informations about a given mastodon server,
their limits, their rules, and if they allow translation.
About corrections:
- If you have EmojiGear5.1 you should upgrade to 5.2 or you will have
glitches in the poll window setup.
- for those who tested the 0.8 versions from github, many corrections
has been done for this releases.
License is LGPLv2, sources and project page:
https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep
Releases pages:
https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep/releases
Bug reports and features requests:
https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep/issues
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