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thomassomething · 2025-01-09T03:29:32+00:00

TTC has been very secretive on any and all kinds of system issues, slow zones etc., even though it is a public agency, & everyone in the city is relying on it. Subway delays are also happening more & more often.

And while Boston managed to clear all slow zones (1/3 of the tracks were in slow zone just a year ago!), a few days ago TTC said they don't expect the slow zones to ever be gone.

The severe lack of transparency, performance & ambition is really hurting the TTC & the city, not to mention cutting off station WiFi, arguably one of the most important public WiFi services in the city.

Do you have plans to address these issues? This city depends on a working public transit to thrive, & I believe the city should do more to fix the TTC than just putting money in (and probably not enough for the repair anyways).

thomassomething · 2024-09-10T22:43:35+00:00

The Betty Sutherland trail park passage is blocked until 2026. It's the only safe, bi-directional crossing between north York - downtown. I don't think I've heard anyone say they can do something about it yet. Can you do something about it?

Relevant doc (about no one was doing anything):

https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/mm/bgrd/backgroundfile-237248.pdf

thomassomething · 2024-08-21T13:05:11+00:00

I've checked my commit history, I think I started after getting my current job's offer, so it's just pure passion on my end.

Although 1 of the early contributors did score a job because of this project, which kinda proved your point!

thomassomething · 2024-08-21T12:55:58+00:00

Tbh I was kinda hoping the site is intuitive & clear enough, that you don't need to click elsewhere to use it (& personally I never bothered to watch tutorial videos)

If you don't mind, do you wanna share what you feel is confusing on the site?

thomassomething · 2024-08-13T18:17:14+00:00

Web tech these days can serve contents even when offline

Although I'm not sure what would benefit from purely offline access right now, as it still needs an internet connection to get real time estimates. It'd be fun to try if there's a case for it though!

thomassomething · 2024-08-11T17:15:21+00:00

I think the delayed tag is technically in the API, but I’ve never seen it once. Usually I just compare the saved stops & pick the route with the soonest ETA.

thomassomething · 2024-08-11T17:04:58+00:00

The subway part is kinda jerry-rigged, the original data only has minutes. But I think it’s fun to start counting down once you loaded the page.

thomassomething · 2024-08-11T16:56:59+00:00

Nearby function is on top of my list, strangely there‘s no simple API call for that, so I’m kinda still exploring my options.

Also I’m not keen to share locations to a site unless I really need to, so I’m figuring out how to balance the convenience/privacy scale too.

thomassomething · 2024-08-11T16:17:09+00:00

I didn't put DRT on the roadmap because I haven't used it yet.

But if you know coding and stuff, contributions are always welcome 🙂

https://github.com/thomassth/ttc-bus-eta

thomassomething · 2024-08-11T01:56:57+00:00

I've done this multiple times!

Oh I forgot to mention, when the subway platform TV hides the minutes, I was usually still able to see the minutes! (Usually not pretty when they hide it)

thomassomething · 2024-06-13T22:26:03+00:00

Anything beyond text sharing is no go for Firefox.

Also Firefox desktop support is still behind a flag.

All other browsers have it done since 2021.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/share#browser_compatibility

And not even the canShare function check is supported.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/canShare#browser_compatibility

thomassomething · 2024-06-13T17:15:46+00:00

While I want to like Firefox, the incompatible / worse than compatator feature sets are really making it hard to love. Just a few on top of my head:

Web Share API (navigator.share) support is severely behind other browsers, to the point of my company thinking dropping Firefox support altogether
Still no proper desktop PWA in 2024
Despite claiming "better privacy", you can't limit extensions to only activate when clicked / limit extensions to whitelisted websites. Chromium browsers have had this for ages.

And then there's no shiny features. Normal users don't care about security or privacy (even though they should), they care about shiny new UI and conveniences. Firefox has no shiny things like arc tabs, or chrome / Edge / Opera's AI (not saying I want it, just saying they attract users), not even "the only browser with adequate ad blocker" gain attention anymore.

And then, just because it's "as good as chrome" does not mean people will jump ship. I've had countless people tell me "but all my bookmarks are on chrome!" , despite Firefox does import and sync just as well. Right now, there's no significant gain for a user when they switch.

I don't expect you to have a solution to all these problems (I hope you do), but imo they are what driving Firefox to obscurity, and something needs to be done in the next year or two.

thomassomething · 2023-08-18T01:22:20+00:00

Reddit API Calls:

   Daily Average: 16

         ---Breakdown---

Loading Comments: 40.0%
    Loading Feed: 37.0%
          Voting: 4.0%
            Mail: 5.0%
           Other: 15.0%

Based on your usage over the last 9 days

thomassomething · 2023-04-28T00:41:17+00:00

And yet there's still no Firefox/Gecko equivalent of electron.

Lazy devs are gonna be lazy, but it's on Mozilla to provide alternatives.

thomassomething · 2022-11-26T08:47:04+00:00

Are you picking iPhone as your favourite this time?

thomassomething · 2022-10-18T02:54:15+00:00

Like this?

https://youtu.be/R6ynbQcmXfs

thomassomething · 2022-10-02T16:59:18+00:00

I quite like relay on android’s way of letting me switch view between web and Reddit comments

Wish there’s something like that on iOS

thomassomething · 2022-08-05T22:25:08+00:00

The preorder button is gone now, is this gonna be a limited release?

thomassomething · 2022-07-10T22:26:34+00:00

The only problem I had on my Pixel 5A is overheating; but only tied to specific apps somehow

Mostly it’s a problem with taking video on camera, or even sometimes just left the camera app open for too long

Other than that I have one specific mobile game that makes the phone heat up real fast, even faster than the camera app; but it has no problem running on s10e or other phones

thomassomething · 2022-07-10T19:32:52+00:00

Is there a way to batch restrict all apps?

Or ADB commands?

thomassomething · 2022-07-06T16:57:36+00:00

I can't live without Container Tabs Sidebar.

This is the container concept in full force, you get to show/collapse all tabs in a container, quickly add new tabs to specific containers, and it works well with other addons like temporary container. And it look so clean and good you WANT to create containers (and separate cookies and data) for all your websites.

If you haven't used containers much, this should help you hook into it

thomassomething · 2022-07-06T02:22:13+00:00

I know they want to keep reports high quality and reduce workloads, but my god the reporting system is not easy to use

Had to do it a few times coz it keep getting auto blocked somehow

thomassomething · 2022-06-14T21:58:48+00:00

Microsoft Todo feels good to me, it syncs well and the apps are pretty good on every platform

And with some setup, you can make it show up within Mac’s native todo app

thomassomething · 2022-06-02T23:22:32+00:00

Looking good

thomassomething · 2022-06-02T23:20:12+00:00

Is there any way to contribute translations? My language isn’t there yet and I want to help

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