Beta Testers Wanted for Open Apps

Snikket is a UK-based social enterprise building a user-friendly chat service on top of existing XMPP software. The founder is Matt, lead developer of Prosody - the base for Snikket server, and so far there are apps for Android (based off Conversations) and a beta for iThings (based off Siskin). If anyone is keen to beta test the new hosted server version, which will hopefully become a revenue source for the project, please contact: hosting@snikket.org

Full disclosure, Snikket has been giving me a bit of paid community development work.

Sounds like a good cause and good tech development! *(will try to join and test both client versions)

Great! Matt is particularly looking for groups who are keen to try having their own Snikket test server on the hosted service. But if you're keen to stand up your own Snikket server, feedback is welcome, especially about the UX of the apps.

Cool! We got in touch and will see what/when/how is possible and mutually useful.

We need feedback on this project https://indymedia.openworlds.info/

@hamish campbell Great to see indymedia coming back!

The code works as a part of the fedivers, and is functional to test, but the UX and functions need lots of work.

Hey Hemish - not sure if you remember me *(two decades ago we met) in tactical media around the work of Indymedia Croatia.

From what I read it looks more like an alpha situation there and much more than checking a specific feature...no?

We have working code. But yep its still in the building team stage. You can get the inside workings here https://unite.openworlds.info/explore/organizations

Pardon if my past comment sounded discouraging, it is obviously admirable that you are invested in this, just that my own time, focus and skills are limited to do much in one go (at least for now, Autumn is better). Consider starting a thread for your project and informing us. I would subscribe.

I'd love feedback on our bi-directional 'data browser' admin dashboard "going to change everything" app! ;-) https://app.kendra.io

Cool. It would be good to maybe be more precise with what is the short
or mid-term aim and what kind of expertise-insight-feedback is most
relevant - no?

I think you are asking me: "I would like to know, what is the short or mid-term aim and what kind of expertise-insight-feedback is most relevant?" ;-)

Well, I'm afraid the answer will be vague and not precise because I am interested in how/if people understand what we are doing given all the posts, articles and videos that we have made which describe it. And if people can be bothered to do a bit of research into it. Cheers!

Hi i've got some prototypes based on Solid Specifications

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(webdecentralizationproject)

https://solidproject.org/TR/protocol

• an app to store your contacts on your POD https://scenaristeur.github.io/ldp-workspace/

• a Airtable like app to create workspaces/databases/tables/Records/fields all stored on your Solid Pod

  https://scenaristeur.github.io/ess-table

the link for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(webdecentralizationproject) does not open the good page, please copy & past with all in parenthesis