If you're browsing a Mastodon server's website, have you ever noticed the β§ 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"
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Firefox web browser - nope.
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No button on iPhone - Ice Cubes app.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Vivaldi or Vanadium on GrapheneOS : no button
p.s. As @Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social 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 π²
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 π
(n.b. This is just in the web version of Mastodon, not the apps.)
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services the icon seems to be browser specific. It's not the same in every browser.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social Safari on iOS: on portrait, no button, but on landscape, there is a share button and copy is available in the standard share menu (along with many other alternatives).
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social mobile, duckduckgo
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Chrome on Android: nothing on your profile
Fennec on Android: same
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social Button missing in Safari on iOS.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I have no such button (Firefox on Android)
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Absent in Firefox 125 on iOS.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services this is Firefox on an Android phone β 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.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social
Android, web browser (Duck Duck Go). I don't see the button.
But Firefox on the computer, I do see it.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Firefox Mobile, I have a share button instead (on both chaos.social and mastodon.social)
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#Firefox for #desktop, #web version of #Mastodon π
, same as in your image.
@rpbook@gts.phillipsuk.org
Thanks! π
This is going to get confusing if the button does different things on different platforms π
@ConnyDuck@chaos.social
Thanks! Does the share button just copy the web address, or does it do something else?
I'm assuming this is on Android?
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services yes on Android, it opens the regular Android share sheet
@ConnyDuck@chaos.social
Thanks! Does the share button just copy the web address, or does it do something else?
I'm assuming this is on Android?
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services yes on Android, it opens the regular Android share sheet
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services yes on Android, it opens the regular Android share sheet
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