Short:        Mastodon client for AmigaOS
Author:       krabobmkd
Uploader:     victorien ferry free fr
Type:         comm/net
Version:      1.0
Requires:     68030, AmigaOS 3.9 or 3.2, Internet stack, AmiSSL v5, EmojiGear v5.2
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.9

------------------------- Version 1.0  22/08/2026

 FriendSh3ep, a Mastodon / Fediverse client for Amiga OS 3.2
 Finally also for OS3.9.

 Mastodon is a free, open, decentralised alternative to the 
 usual walled-garden social networks: 
 no ads, no biased algorithm, no single company owning your
 data, moderation decided per server. 
 
 FriendSh3ep is a native Amiga client for it, 
 with full Unicode/emoji rendering and real image/audio previews.

 Needed to work:

  - AmigaOS 3.9 or 3.2, a 68030 50Mhz should be OK, 
    a 68060 or better is, well, better.
    Relies on picture.datatype a lot. 
  - A fast Internet stack (Miami, AmiTCP, RoadShow...).
  - AmiSSL v5 (the more recent, the better) it's on Aminet.
  - EmojiGear v5.2, for modern fonts, emoji rendering 
    and text editor.

 Optional but used if present:

  - AHI + mpega.library, for mp3 audio playback (yes, you can share mp3s
    on Mastodon).
  - OpenURL and some browser , to open urls from links.

 As with any third-party Mastodon client, you create your account on your
 server's own web site; FriendSh3ep only ever gets a revocable token to it,
 authorised in your browser in two steps. You can connect several accounts,
 on several servers, and switch between them with one click -- or just
 browse anonymously without any account at all.

 And now for the glorious list of features FriendSh3ep brings:
 
  - a list of mastodon servers allowing anonymous connection is preconfigured:
    So you can watch Local/Deferated timeline out of the box with no account 
    after installation. 
  - Connect multiple accounts, and switch account and servers with one click.
  - Home, Local, Federated, User, Search and Notifications timelines.

  - Full modern toot rendering with attached images, audio and emoji.
  - Click hashtags, links and mentions -- actually click anything.
  - Favourite/unfavourite, reply, bookmark, modify and delete your own toots.
  - Attach images or audio/video file to a toot (gif/jpg/png, mp3/ogg/mp4).
  - Word and hashtag search; search, follow and unfollow accounts.
  - "Autoscroll Play" mode: sit back and let the timeline scroll itself.

  - Switchable UI themes (fonts, colours, button skins):
    themes stands in the /themes directory and you can create one yourself !
    watch HowToCreateATheme.gif and "style.txt" file in themes.

  (since 1.0:)
 - Polls: You can create polls with a special window, and vote for them,
   see the result.  
  - BookMarks: you can now set and unset bookmarks on toots,
   and view them in the new Bookmark page. Note If that page is viewed,
   its fill a special cache under user dir, and
   then you will be able to watch your bookmarked toots offline.
 - News page ! The list of "Most shared news from news website, on the
   last day, on the visible federation." Which is the best rational way
   to hierarchise information I have ever seen. 
 - Translation engine: if a toot is written in another language than your 
  locale settings, and your server allow translation, you'll have a button 
  to translate it to your own language on the fly.
  This is amazing and works even with japanese messages. 
 - When writting a toot, you can specify the language in which you write,
   it will allow translation for other users.
 - You can block/ Unblock users and servers, and see the list of blocked ones.
 - You can see the list of who faved or boosted your toot.
 - Search page allow to get informations about a given mastodon server,
   their limits, their rules, and if they allow translation.

 About corrections:
 
  - If you have EmojiGear5.1 you should upgrade to 5.2 or you will have
   glitches in the poll window setup.
  - for those who tested the 0.8 versions from github, many corrections 
    has been done for this releases.


 License is LGPLv2, sources and project page:
 https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep 
 
 Releases pages:
 https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep/releases
 
 Bug reports and features requests:
 https://github.com/krabobmkd/FriendSh3ep/issues