A small but big thing: every profile UX on the open social web should copy #Threads: Show the full handle w/ domain plus a “Copy” button in account details. None do now—Mastodon, Bluesky, PixelFed, etc. Only Threads does, and it’s a must-have.
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@tchambers mastodon clearly does this already :
@krafting but missing the one click copy button.
These apps might also consider this UX element: @Flipboard @dansup@loops@PixelFed @rimu @piefedadmin
@tchambers @Flipboard@loops@PixelFed @rimu @piefedadmin Loops already supports this, click the Follow button on this video
@dansup @Flipboard@loops@PixelFed @rimu @piefedadmin That's cool! Sorry I was looking at the iOS app when I posted the above! Cool to see it in the WebUX.
@tchambers Surprisingly, Threads adds cool little design solutions.
People there have taste.
Although Meta platforms should be avoided, and Facebook's design is not user-friendly and has a lot of unnecessary features
Huh, great point - I thought we already had this, but we don't! Fixing
@tchambers Mastadon app on Android. I tap the users server. It opens a dialogue and i tap the handle and it copies it.
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I do not see an issue using browser. Probably an app problem.
@tchambers it’s a little hidden, but @ivory also has this. Could be a bit more prominent I guess.
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That’s bugged me since I started usin #Mastodon. The autocomplete for usernames doesn’t work reliably, so you go to a new tab and search. Then you try to copy the name you’ve found and the whole thing is clickable links that makes selecting it incredibly hard on a touchscreen and a minor challenge with a mouse. It’s not just missing the copy button, it’s making copying actively hard.
@tchambers #ivory does it for Mastodon, via the iOS idiom of a long tap copy/speak menu (on the full handle which shows in profile). Ivory is so good I sometimes forget that others have a lot more friction.
@rjbandicoot @tchambers#MonaApp does something similar with long-press; can copy name, username, bio or link.
@rjbandicoot Good point on @ivory think it is a tap the username to copy, right?
@tchambers yep, tap the username to copy
@tchambers but *where* do I show it?
On a related note, I'm proud of this remote interaction modal I made
@tchambers Mastodon Android app also has this, made out of my frustration at FOSDEM last year because it was difficult to get people to open my profile to follow me. About half the time I just took their phone and typed my username myself
@tchambers @phanpy has a “copy handle” feature which seems to do exactly that. It’s hidden in a menu on the profile page, though.
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