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Link to release notes: https://zen-browser.app/release-notes/

I saw that the icon and UI changed, so I looked up the release information. They're preparing for the first stable release!

If you encounter any issues, please report them on the issues page. Thanks everyone for your feedback! ❤️

This release introduces a new stage for Zen Browser, the beta stage! This means that we are getting closer to a stable release, and we are now focusing on fixing bugs and improving the overall experience. We've made some significant changes to the UI, including a new layout for the browser called single toolbar and much more!

Fixes

• Various fixes in version 20
• Fix pinned tab state and favicon handling #2853
• Prevent pins deletion from database on non explicit tab closes (window closing) #2875
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Features

• New branding and logos!
• Updated zen glance animations for smoother transitions and adjust timing (Still in development)
• Add reset to pinned URL button to pinned tabs
• Made the URL bar background more rounded
• Updated to Firefox 133.0
• Added support for -moz-gtk-csd-reversed-placement on Linux
• Enhance workspace deactivation styles with grayscale filter for better visibility
• Windows and linux ARM64 builds are now available on the github for testing!
• Hide container label when URL bar is narrow
• Macos ARM64 builds will now ship with PGO, performance increase!
• Added different layouts for zen: single toolbar, multiple toolbars, and no toolbar
• The URL bar will now be floating on the top of the page
• Added native mica support for Windows 11
• Added hiding window controls support
• Created new animations for glance
• Added context aware animations for workspace switching
• New onboarding experience for new users!
• Started experimenting with horizontal tabs

Original post: https://programming.dev/post/22687139

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I wanted to pick a name that's generic and not specific to any particular platform. For example, [email protected] instead of [email protected]

I don't see a community for that yet, aside from [email protected], which is specific to Loops.

Some sources of the content could be:

• Fediverse Loops
• Tiktok
• Instagram Reels
• YouTube Shorts

The sidebar could include guides on how to link to the content in a more accessible way (ex. alternate front-ends or re-posting).

Overall, B.C. was given a “B” grade by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in its annual report, released in July, on the status of interprovincial trade, but a dispute with Alberta over direct-to-consumer wine sales earlier this year indicates there is still room for improvement.

Jairo Yunis, a B.C. Business Council policy director and former director of B.C. and western economic policy at CFIB, said one example is that trucking in the province is essentially facing a five-per-cent tariff to bring goods into Alberta or other jurisdictions in Canada.

“There was an analysis done by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, months ago, that calculated the average internal trade cost for the trucking industry in B.C. was around five per cent,” said Yunis.

“I know that there is a working group looking at a pilot project to mutually recognize all these standards and regulations across all provinces. So that’s definitely something that would remove some of these internal trade barriers in some of those sectors, specifically trucking.”

It's a weird headline, but the discussion is around how journalists and the public look through internet history in cases like this. Some of it is helpful, some of it is not.

In particular, it's a response to this article:

'Extremely ironic': Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO slaying played video game killer, friend recalls (NBCNews)

The game in this case being AmongUs...

Monday night, NBC News published an article with the headline “’Extremely Ironic’: Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Slaying Played Video Game Killer, Friend Recalls.” This article is currently all over every single one of my social media feeds, because it is emblematic of the type of research I described above. It is a very bad article whose main reason for existing is the fact that it contains a morsel of “new” “information,” except the “information” in this case is that Luigi Mangione played the video game Among Us at some point in college.

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/72744

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/34674387

Toronto's Michael Jarman wins 2024 Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas

Archive/mirror: https://archive.ph/vrr89

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/72352

[...] Many users are complaining of hallucinated artists' stats, songs they've never heard appearing in most listened lists, and more. Some users aren't happy with the way that Spotify Wrapped looked this year, complaining that it was boring, and not as creative as previous years. [...]

One of the most common complaints seems to be that Spotify Wrapped has misreported on the stats in claims to represent. Now, while this has happened in previous years, this year it seems to be a whole lot more prevalent — as you can see in this Spotify support thread. It's filled with users complaining about top artists they've never listened to, songs appearing in at the top of their lists that they didn't even know existed, or a mixture of the two.

Just anecdotally talking with people outside the internet-o-sphere and you'll quickly find people with iffy Spotify Wrapped statistics. I have friends who listen exclusively to bizarre, underground punk acts, and their Wrappeds were topped by the likes of The Weeknd and Taylor Swift. Even on the Tom's Guide team, we've seen strangeness — our own Millie Fender discovered Swift among her top artists, yet her songs didn't appear in her top 100.

Just read people's reactions online, especially in the trending topic on X or even the announcement thread on Reddit. Many are blaming Spotify's pivot to AI this year for the lack of personality, and some even hold it responsible for their weird Spotify statistics. I have reached out to Spotify for comment, but I am yet to hear a response.

What can we do?

First off, there are other streaming platforms with year-end roundups. Deezer, for example, has unleashed My Deezer Year, and like everything the French streamer does, it's filled with creativity and personality. That's a streaming service with better sound quality too. Apple Music has its Replay feature, which similarly takes you through your year. There are options.

If you're duty-bound to Spotify, then there is a way to really check your most-listened-to artists, songs, and genres — Track your listening with Last.FM, for example, which gives you breakdowns over the course of the year. Whatever happens, I (and many others) are hoping that Spotify Wrapped is a whole lot better next year.

Hibernation info source: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Lagidium_viscacia/

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/70869

Welcome to release v1.122.0 of Immich. After a long release break, Immich is back and brings many new features with loads of bug fixes to enhance the user experience further and make Immich more delightful to use. Some of the highlights below:

• HDR video support in the mobile app
• Multiple URLs for machine learning service
• Automatic switching between server URLs in the mobile app
• Ability to hide users when searching in an Immich instance
• Access the most recent albums through the web navigation bar
• Custom email templates
• Automatically clean up files left behind by interrupted uploads
• More responsive hosted maps for users in Oceania
• Notable fix: swiping between videos failing on older Android devices

cross-posted from: https://rss.ponder.cat/post/70783