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Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:40:01 +0200

adminsforum@hubzilla.org

Michael [Кошак] Skolsky wrote the following post Sat, 24 Apr 2021 02:40:00 +0200

Is there any way to normalize the rendering of Hubzilla messages read through ActivityPub on other engines (e.g. Misskey, Mastodon)?

If you insert an image into a post/comment, it is displayed normally only in #Hubzilla and #Pleroma, in #Mastodon and #Misskey a link is displayed instead of an image. Screenshots of the test post display below.
And it doesn't matter if the markup tag is used
zmg
or the tag
img tag.
Is there any way to normalize the situation?

#Hubzilla

#Pleroma

#Misskey

#Mastodon

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Sat, 24 Apr 2021 05:24:45 +0200

Tanja

tanja@hz.lazyteddy.eu

None of the screenshots are showing up for me; did you set the permissions on the photo to public?

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 08:16:50 +0200

Frank Aerror

aerror@hub.volse.no

@Michael [Кошак] Skolsky as above^^

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:09:02 +0200

@Tanja @Frank Aerror
Thank you! Fixed. I hope the screenshots are now visible.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:29:47 +0200

@Tanja

did you set the permissions on the photo to public

Fixed. I hope you can see the screenshots now.
@Frank Aerror

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:33:06 +0200

@Nolan

it's up to each app to choose how to display message

It seems to me that there is a difference in the formation of the message in ActivityPub in Misskey/Mastodon and Hubzilla. Because other messages sent via ActivitiPub, for example from Pixelfed, are displayed normally. Whereas, messages sent from Hubzilla display a link instead of an image.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:05:23 +0200

Grouchy

grouchy@hub.grouchysysadmin.com

@mike

- either continue trying to convince the rest of the fediverse to support at least a basic set of HTML tags in posts (img, a, strong, em, ul/li ... which I personally feel is more in the spirit or intention of the ActivityStreams specification) , or

That ^

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:29:16 +0200

@mike

Which approach would you like the project to take and why?

At the very least, both Mastodon and Misskey allow you to attach images to text. You can see that in particular in my screenshot of Mastodon. Below the Hubzilla post in the feed there are posts obtained via ActivityPub from Pixelfed, the images display fine there.

The case actually came from communication in the comments on the Mastodon post I was commenting on from Hubzilla. The screenshot I sent was displayed as a link, not as an image in the recipient.
Are you asking about which option is better?
It seems to me (please correct me if I'm wrong):
1. posts and comments within/among Hubzilla instances are forwarded only via the Zot protocol.
2. posts and comments between Hubzilla instances and other Fediverse services are sent over the ActivityPub protocol.

And here's where (when exporting via ActivityPub), I think the best option was to have an automatic filter:
(a) if the post/comment contains rich text formatting and is larger than the size specified in the filter settings (for example, 500 characters), then use the current implementation when sending via ActivityPub.
b) if the post/commentary doesn't have rich text formatting and it's smaller than the size specified in the filter settings, then send it in a format that will be displayed adequately in Mastodon/Misskey (All images and other media attachments will go at the end of the text. No exceptions. No lists or tables. No text decoration. No maps. No inline doodles/drawings. ).
Provided that such filtering in the settings can be made optional, this will allow each user to decide in what form his posts/comments will be available in other Fediverse services.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:31:56 +0200

@mike
P.S. Let's be honest, in comments RTF is used much less often than plain text.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:39:02 +0200

@Grouchy

- either continue trying to convince the rest of the fediverse to support at least a basic set of HTML tags in posts (img, a, strong, em, ul/li ... which I personally feel is more in the spirit or intention of the ActivityStreams specification) , o

Bringing all implementations to the same standard is by far the best plan. Only how long will it take, and will the authors of other services go along with it?

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 09:13:34 +0200

Mario Vavti

mario@hub.somaton.com

@Michael [Кошак] Skolsky there is a setting in the activitypub app which is called "Send multi-media HTML articles". Is that possibly enabled for your channel? Mastodon displays articlle type messages as links to the source article.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 21:36:41 +0200

@Mario Vavti

Is that possibly enabled for your channel?

You are absolutely right!
Thank you!