#iOS App Indexing

[marithlizard]

Oh _lovely_. Everyone go turn this off:

Enhanced Visual Search in Photos allows you to search for photos using landmarks or points of interest. Your device privately matches places in your photos to a global index Apple maintains on our servers. We apply homomorphic encryption and differential privacy, and use an OHTTP relay that hides [your] IP address. This prevents Apple from learning about the information in your photos. You can turn off Enhanced Visual Search at any time on your iOS or iPadOS device by going to Settings > Apps > Photos. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General.

[changes]

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

🌟 New

Your communities are now sorted by their title, not their URL/handle, since you can’t see that in the list.

We’re slowly rolling out the ability to add a campaign goal and a special action button to your Blazed posts.

🛠 Fixed

Some of you were unable to queue or draft posts on Monday. This has now been fixed.

Many of you were unable to find your posts yesterday in the search and tag listings. This has now been fixed, and the posts are being re-indexed, which could take up to 24 hours.

🚧 Ongoing

We are aware that ads are interrupting background audio in the latest version of the iOS app (36.5) and are working on a fix.

In the iOS app, adding tags to a queued/drafted reblog will remove its queue/draft state, meaning the action button switches to “Reblog” which publishes the reblog if tapped. The fix will be in version 36.8 of the iOS app. For now, either add tags to those on the Web, or be extra careful about checking the action button before tapping it.

🌱 Upcoming

No upcoming launches to announce today.

Experiencing an issue? Check for Known Issues and file a Support Request if you have something new. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

Want to share your feedback about something? Check out our Work in Progress blog and start a discussion with other users.

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[inprogresspokemon]

Did you do Paradox Pokémon

I did! So far I've only done Ancient Pokémon, but I'm working on some Future Pokémon currently. Done so far:

Great Tusk

Scream Tail

Brute Bonnet

Flutter Mane

Koraidon / Winged King

Walking Wake

Raging Bolt

You can see all the Pokemon I've done in my sprited Pokemon Index Page (desktop) or my Pokemon Index Masterlist (mobile app/ios).

[rottmnt-residuum]

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: When do you update? When's the next update?

A: Check the blog description for frequency. For a specific date, check at the end of the part links in the index. The specific date will be in parathesis next to the upcoming part.

Q: The link for the index isn't working/I can't see the index

A: Change your content settings. If you don't know how to do that: read these posts. If that doesn't work... stop using the ios app.

Q: Will any of the boys die?

A: Nope

Q: Is Donnie brain-dead?

A: No

Q: Is Splinter dead?

A: Yup

Q: What's going to happen?

A: The story

Q: Do you know what's going to happen?

A: Yes, the entire comic, plus epilogue, has already been plotted out

Q: Is there a happy ending?

A: Oddly enough, yes. It didn't use to be, but it ended up happy somehow...

Q: Is it okay to do fan art/theories/send you asks?

A: Yes??

Q: Romance???

A: Not for the turtles

Q: Where are Casey & Casey?

A: Japan, they are Unimportant to the Plot of Residuum. Also, I'm not into yakuza dramas (okay they are vaguely important to the plot but it is very small)

Q: Is this like LFLS?

A: No clue, never read it! Don't plan to, either, but I'm sure it's fantastic (。・ω・。)

[maxwellgetsalife]

SPANISH MASTER-LIST

🇪🇸🇲🇽

MAIN RESOURCES

Duolingo (Free with optional pay in-app purchases)

Babbel (Not free) (offers latin spanish and spain spanish)

Notebooks

StudySpanish.Com

CHATTING

HelloTalk (sign up and talk with native speakers)

BOOKS

VOCAB

Physical flash/index cards

SmartCards+ (Card app, similar to Anki) (iOS only)

Anki (card app)

SpanishPod101 Word of the Day

SpanishPod101 Vocab List

SpanishPod101 Dictionary

ARTICLES

CULTURE

MOVIES/SHOWS

Master-list of Language Cartoons

MUSIC

My Spotify Playlist (Centers on Latin American Spanish bands but there are others!)

YOUTUBE

PatOni (Mexican gamer, does a lot of minecraft, music, has a clear voice)

EddieVR (Mexican gamer, Not primarily Spanish, does a lot of English but he bounces between them.)

Vegeta777 (Popular Spanish Gamer from Spain but lives in Andorra)

Dreaming Spanish (Does a lot of beginner friendly videos, has video games, history, fun videos and discusses the language)

Spanish After Hours (Spaniard who teaches Spanish)

Rivers (Gamer from Mexico)

[oreca-iroha]

★ Blog Introduction ★

-Blog is on hiatus, unfortunately-

I post Oreca Battle, Otoca♥D'or and ORE'N related content within the Overseas community whenever I feel like it!

This blog is dedicated to post about lore, news, artwork, videos, and anything related to both games with the help of existing information in the Japanese/Overseas community and wiki.

[Press "Keep Reading" to learn more about these games]

♡ About Me ♡

Salutation! My name is Rachelle, I've been a fan of Oreca Battle since 2018, and I also have played the English version of the arcade game for 1 year and half, but due to the pandemic, some of the machine has been moved away... (More about me in my main blog @pirate-fan-rachelle) My Oreca Twitter -> @RachelHeart16

➪ Fan Page Owner's Index

If you have anything you want to ask, feel free to go into my inbox and I will try my best to answer you questions! → Here are the rules ←

-> Blog Schedule <-

What is Oreca Battle?

Released in March 2012 [JAPAN] Oreca Battle is a trading card arcade game where you scan your card, fight monsters, collect them, raise them, and combine them into new monsters! This game set in a fantasy world of Oreca where each chapter tells a story of different protagonists in different time & place. English version of this game has been distributed and available for certain Asia countries (Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan). Oreca Battle has a Sister game called "Otoca♥D'or" (a rhythm arcade game with similar mechanic as Oreca Battle that's targeted for girls)(a game that's also share the same universe)

This game has 5 Manga titles (two of them being illustrated by “Posuka Demizu” herself) and an anime adaptation in 2014 (available via Crunchyroll or any Anime streaming site)(-Optional but not a recommended way to get into Oreca Battle-)

—(Please keep in mind that some of the Oreca mangas are spin off/not canon to the actual in-game lore and the anime adaptation's storyline is completely different from it's manga adaptation!)—

Unfortunately the game's service has been shut down in March 31st 2022 after it's 10th anniversary (due to running out of card materials), which means it's English translation has been discontinued after New Chapter 3 Phase 3 being implemented. Thankfully some of the machines are still active in certain location thanks to Japanese players.

This series has:

Anime adaptation (2014)

Official Program series via KONAMI's YT channel (134 EPs)

Pandora's Medal (Coin Shooter Spin-off game)

CoroCoro Manga Adaptation

Portable device, Toys & Merchandise

iOS App (way different than the arcade version)

Official Youtube Channel (2024)

OST Playlist/CD

Two sequels (ORE'N & Oreca Battle 2)

Unofficial Japanese Wiki

➭ Oreca Battle index

What is Oreca Battle 2?

Official Release Date: December 17th 2024 Oreca Battle 2 is the sequel of the original series, it has been beta test in May 2024 after ORE'N's release. Just like the first game, you scan your card, fight monsters, collect them, evolve them, and combine them into new monsters! The story set in 10 years after the event of Oreca Battle 1

On May 10th 2024 Oreca Battle Twitter announced Oreca Battle 2's first beta test held at Sapura Yokohama Asobi Town (Northport Mall 6F) for location test until May 12th.

This series has:

Official Youtube Channel (2024)

CoroCoro Manga Adaptation

Pandora's Medal (beta test on March 2025)

Official Program series via Oreca TV

Unofficial Japanese Wiki

➭ Oreca Battle 2 index

What is Otoca♥D'or ?

Released in March 12th 2015 Otoca♥D'or is a Japanese arcade rhythm game (and the Sister game of Oreca Battle) developed by Konami and released in 2015 as part of their Bemani music game line. It combines music rhythm gameplay with magical girl themes, fashion, and battle elements. You play as a magical girl, known as a "Doll," who battles other magical girls by performing songs. The better you play (hitting rhythm notes accurately), the stronger your performance becomes, allowing you to deal more "damage" and win stage battles.

This series has:

Short 4-koma manga

Music Videos

Merchandise

OST

➭ Otoca♥D'or Index (WIP)

What is ORE'N?

Released in April 15th 2024 (beta test in late 2023)

ORE'N is a Japanese exclusive digital trading card game and the spiritual successor to Oreca Battle for browser (Mobile & PC), with new characters, new settings, new mechanic and new stories to tell.

Just like it's first game, you fight monsters, collect them, evolve, and combine them into new monsters!

The new story take place in a world that's mixed with medieval and futuristic setting (and heavily implied to be the future of Oreca Battle).

This game also has a fully-voiced interactive manga that's illustrated by Posuka Demizu via Shounen Jump+, and it's connected to the game itself.

• Unfortunately, KONAMI consider ORE'N as NFT game due to the use of Resella. However it doesn't use Cryptocurrency, but rather use real life currency such as JPY ¥, while it doesn't sound harmful, it still gives a very "bad name" to the original first game

※ The admin of this blog is an F2P/Free-to-Play Player, I don't buy anything using real money, the real purpose of me playing this game is to archive everything that's related to Oreca and the updates.

-It's up to you whether you want to play this game or not, I don't really encourage you to play it-

This series has:

A fully voiced Interactive Manga via Shounen Jump+

Merchandise

Sound Room Youtube Channel (Music Playlist)

Unofficial Japanese Wiki

➭ ORE'N index

➩ Solomon Program index

✩ Official Links ✩

Oreca battle 1 & 2: Youtube series, Youtube/OrecaTV, Playlist, Twitter/X, OB1Website, OverseasOB1website, OB2Website, Encyclopedia, Oreca Battle CoroCoro Manga, Oreca Battle 2 CoroCoro Manga

Otoca♥D'or: Official Website

ORE'N: YT Sound room, Twitter/X, Twitter/X JP News, Website, Game Link, Manga, Notion site

※ This blog is non-profit and not affiliated with KONAMI, Official Oreca Battle, Official Otoca♥D'or and Official ORE'N※

※ The purpose of this blog is to compile various resources, ranging from YouTube channels to wikis. This will allow readers to easily navigate informations ※

All reposted official media and assets are rightly owned by KONAMI, and were reposted from official sites and fanwikis.

---★♥︎ Thank You so much for reading ♥︎★---

Blog created: April 23rd 2024

First Revamp: November 16th 2024

Second Revamp: April 2025

[jungkoode]

Hey Kiki, I noticed in your story masterlist for FMU the “volume one: bad decisions & worse consequences” that it’s reached to 20 chapters, does that mean the volume one of FMU is “finished” now?

No HAHAHA. Okay funny thing.

I have a weird thing with <br> formatting. I like my chapters in my indexes to have no spacing in between. But it’s a pain in the ass to do in the iOS app because there’s no way I can edit HTML or do <br> lists without the bullet points thingy. Anyway this is just me being insufferable.

So I had to copy paste and I got tired at 20. So yeah I have to do the whole copy paste thing again.

I’m not even quite sure what I’m gonna do in terms of volumes—I might divide the story into two with a lil hiatus in the middle, or I might just scratch the whole volume thing. We’ll see!

[honexjams]

with google automatically using AI to answer questions it seems like a good time to remind everyone about the browser Ecosia which uses ad revenue to plant trees and do other environment-saving and community-aiding projects all over the world

It has IOS and Android apps or you can just set it as your default browser on the beloved firefox

*if u add it to firefox and it asks u to paste the url in use the format below thatll allow you to search directly from the browser search bar instead of just redirecting u to the Ecosia homepage

https://www.ecosia.org/search?method=index&q=define%s

[malexaaa]

Catching Up on Tech News

1. Foursquare's Strategic Shift: Foursquare recently underwent significant restructuring, laying off 105 employees, which accounts for 25% of its workforce. The move aims to enhance operational efficiency and financial stability. This isn't the first time Foursquare has faced layoffs, having experienced similar cuts in 2020 and 2022. The company has transitioned from a consumer-focused app to a provider of enterprise data services, with its future financial outlook remaining uncertain.

2. Google Pay Enhancements: Google Pay is upping its game in the digital payment sphere by introducing new features geared towards enhancing the shopping experience. These include smarter shopping with rewards, flexible payment options through buy now, pay later (BNPL), and improved security verification methods using biometrics or PIN. These updates empower users to make informed decisions, maximize rewards, and enjoy a streamlined and secure payment process across various transactions.

3. Microsoft's AI Innovation: Microsoft's Cocreator feature within Paint is revolutionizing digital art creation by transforming quick sketches into realistic images in real-time. With options like Layers, Cocreator, and Image Creator, users can blend text and sketches seamlessly, adjusting creativity levels and styles. However, this feature currently requires specific hardware capabilities, limiting its accessibility to Copilot+ devices.

4. Apple Addresses Photo Bug: Apple swiftly addressed a bug in iOS 17.5 that caused deleted photos to reappear on iPhones and iPads. The fix was rolled out in iOS 17.5.1, which users can install via Settings > General > Software Update. While the root cause of the issue remains speculative, theories include indexing glitches, photo library corruption, or synchronization issues with iCloud Photos.

[the-sleepy-archivist]

Favorite iOS Safari Extensions

On iOS (iPhones and iPads), Safari is the undisputed leader of the browsers, primarily because Apple puts very tight restrictions on other browser apps that makes it very difficult for them to offer the same features that Safari does.

Thankfully, you can install extensions to tweak Safari's behavior and customize websites, as long as your device is running iOS 15 or higher. Here are the Safari Extensions I use on a daily basis. Many are free (or at least have a free version), and all work on both iPhones and iPads.

For desktop computers and Android phones, you can also check out my recommendations for Firefox addons)

Last updated March 2025 (fixed broken Bypass Paywalls Clean links, added StopTheMadness)

Index:

AdGuard

Noir

uBlacklist

Userscripts

Sink It for Reddit

UnTrap

Vinegar

StopTheMadness

AdGuard

This addon is free if you just want to use the built in adblocking lists. For a small yearly fee, you can pay for "Pro" features, which allows you to add any custom adblocking list to the app, as well as providing DNS-based system-level adblocking that can block ads and trackers inside any app on your phone. Note that it gives you two options for the system-level blocking, local VPN and native DNS; using the VPN option can drain your battery faster than normal in my experience, so I recommend using the native DNS instead. Between AdGuard and the two YouTube-customizing extensions below, I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in Safari in months.

Recommended custom filter lists (in addition to the built-in default lists):

Bypass Paywalls Clean (you’ll also need to install this userscript using the Userscripts Safari extension mentioned later in this list for maximum paywall blocking)

Huge AI Blocklist (if you don’t want AI art or AI images of nonexistent chimera animals cluttering up your search results)

Fuck FuckAdblock

Noir

Adds a dark mode to any website. It's using heuristics (fancy guessing) to figure out which website colors need to be changed so that it's darkened, so sometimes it can make mistakes. In that case, it has a built in way to send a bug report to the developer, who is pretty responsive in my experience; he updates the app around once a month in my experience. You can also turn off darkening for specific sites right from inside Safari.

uBlacklist

This addon hides search engine results from specific domains. Example: you can hide images results from AI generator sites, OR if you search for tech support advice and one of those stupid auto-generated sites filled with SEO garbage but no actual information keeps popping up, you can use this addon to hide everything from that website, right from the Google/DuckDuckGo/other search results.

Recommended filter subscriptions:

Huge AI Blocklist

Userscripts

Allows you to install userscripts and stylesheets that customize website behavior or appearance. The addon can check for updates of your userscripts and uses iCloud to synchronize them across devices too, which is really nice. The userscripts I use are:

Bypass Paywalls Clean (removes news website paywalls)

Amazon Sponsored Products Removal (self-explanatory)

Redirect Fandom to BreezeWiki (bypasses ad-filled fandom.com domains for indie wikis or an ad-free proxy site. The link documents 2 userscripts with slightly different behavior; use whichever you prefer).

Sink It for Reddit

I switched to only using Reddit in the browser after the whole API/third party apps fiasco. AdGuard blocks the ads in the web interface, but there were still a lot of annoyances because Reddit constantly bombarded you with prompts/popups trying to get you to switch to their app so they could track you and sell you ads. Sink It for Reddit removes all of those popups and lets you customize the behavior of the Reddit website too (tapping a post can open it in a new tab, back to top buttons for long posts, and video downloads, among other things). Constantly being updated too, which is nice to see.

UnTrap (USD $1.99)

This extension cleans up the YouTube interface in the browser. You can hide Shorts, Explore, Trending, and multiple flavors of Suggestions (videos, playlists, etc.). It also stops autoplaying videos, and has a content filter you can use to ensure you never see certain channels or even specific videos by ID, username, or keyword/regex. There are over 50 options you can tweak for the video playback page alone, so if you’re looking to remove an annoyance from YouTube in Safari on iOS, this is the addon for you. Note however that this is the first extension I’ve recommended that does NOT have a free version.

Vinegar and Baking Soda (USD $1.99)

This extension replaces YouTube’s custom video player with a standard HTML5 one. This means that YT videos will play back using the standard iOS video player interface, including all of the accompanying benefits: better interface, Picture in Picture/popout videos work, videos continue playing in the background even if you leave Safari, etc.. I was even able to start a YouTube video in Safari, lock my phone, and then continue playing the video and hear the audio over my car’s speakers via CarPlay. These are all normally locked features reserved for YouTube Premium subscribers. You can also set a default quality that it will use so YouTube won’t use ��auto” and set you to 360p just because you’re using a phone.

StopTheMadness Pro (USD $14.99)

This app is really only for techies who use mobile websites a LOT; for me the very high price tag is worth it primarily to stop the following web annoyances:

Stops websites from disabling features like copy and paste, pinch to zoom, context menus, or text replacement/autofill

Adds a warning when you’re exceeding the length of a password field (too many poorly coded websites just chopping off the extra characters without telling me and then the password I recorded is wrong)

Stops autoplaying video (looking at you, YouTube and news websites)

I’ll be honest, this app has a LOT of features and the number of options can be overwhelming. It has dozens of things I did not mention, and some of them even overlap with other items in this list. For example, if you have this you probably don’t need Baking Soda or Vinegar because this app has options for enabling native Safari controls on all videos, setting default YouTube quality and subtitles, etc.

[online-learning-e-tuitions]

What is HTML5 and its uses?

HTML5 is the latest version of HTML, which is the standard markup language for creating web pages. HTML5 was released in 2014 and has since become the most widely used version of HTML. HTML5 includes many new features and improvements over previous versions of HTML.

New Features in HTML5

Here are some of the new features in HTML5:

Semantic elements: HTML5 includes new semantic elements such as <header>, <footer>, <nav>, and <article>. These elements provide more meaning to the content of a web page, making it easier for search engines to index and understand the content.

Multimedia support: HTML5 includes built-in support for multimedia elements such as <video> and <audio>. This makes it easier to embed videos and audio files into web pages without requiring third-party plugins such as Adobe Flash.

Form validation: HTML5 includes new form validation features that allow developers to validate user input without requiring JavaScript. This makes it easier to create forms that are more user-friendly and accessible.

Canvas: HTML5 includes a new element called <canvas>, which allows developers to create dynamic graphics and animations using JavaScript.

Uses of HTML5

HTML5 is used for creating a wide range of web applications and websites. Here are some examples:

Responsive web design: HTML5 provides many features that make it easier to create responsive web designs that work well on different devices such as desktops, tablets, and smartphones.

Mobile apps: HTML5 can be used to create mobile apps that run on different platforms such as iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. This is done using frameworks such as Apache Cordova or PhoneGap.

Games: HTML5 can be used to create games that run in a web browser without requiring any plugins. This is done using frameworks such as Phaser or PixiJS.

Web applications: HTML5 can be used to create web applications that run entirely in a web browser without requiring any server-side processing. This is done using frameworks such as AngularJS or React.

Here are some resources that can help you learn HTML:

W3Schools: W3Schools is a popular online learning platform that offers free HTML tutorials. Their tutorials are designed for beginners and cover everything from the basics to advanced topics .

MDN Web Docs: MDN Web Docs is another great resource for learning HTML. They offer comprehensive HTML tutorials that cover everything from the basics to advanced topics .

e-Tuitions: e-Tuitions offers online classes for HTML coding. You can visit their website at e-Tuitions to book a free demo class.

Codecademy: Codecademy is an online learning platform that offers interactive HTML courses. Their courses are designed for beginners and cover everything from the basics to advanced topics .

In conclusion, HTML5 is the latest version of HTML and includes many new features and improvements over previous versions. It is widely used for creating web applications and websites, including responsive designs, mobile apps, games, and web applications.

[changes]

Tuesday, May 21st, 2024

🌟 New

If your account email has not been verified, you’ll see a new alert at the top of your Dashboard on web warning you that some features may be unavailable until you do so.

On web, the blog view that appears when you click a blog or a post while browsing Tumblr now interacts with browser history a little differently. When you close the blog view overlay, you’ll now skip back to the history entry for the page you were on prior to opening the blog view, as opposed to creating a new duplicate entry for that page.

🛠 Fixed

On web, we’ve fixed a bug where some pages (such as Activity) would jump to the top if you opened and then closed the blog view on them.

For a few hours yesterday, post indexing and emails were delayed. This has been fixed.

🚧 Ongoing

In the iOS app, we are aware that blog descriptions of a very specific length are truncated and not expanding on tap.

We are aware that using an x.com URL in a Link block no longer screenshots the Tweet. While we look into this, you can get around it by replacing x.com in the URL you want to share with twitter.com.

🌱 Upcoming

No upcoming launches to announce today.

Experiencing an issue? Check for Known Issues and file a Support Request if you have something new. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can!

Want to share your feedback about something? Check out our Work in Progress blog and start a discussion with the community.

Wanna support Tumblr directly with some money? Check out the new Supporter badge in TumblrMart!

[diana-fortyseven]

🛠🍷🥰

Wow, that's a huge glass of wine! Thank you (for the ask, not for the drink lol)!

(But also, thank you for the drink.)

🍷 Do you drink and write?

Usually not, but sometimes it's fun. There's this very particular type of creativity only red wine can unlock. Other drinks only make me sleepy, not creative.

Always edit sober, though! :D

🥰 How do you feel about reader interaction? Are you open to receiving questions about your fics?

Y E S! My comments on AO3 are unrestricted on all fics, please go ahead and ask whatever you want to know about any of them. I'm not looking for constructive criticism, though. (But if you find a typo or a punctuation fail, please do let me know lol. It shouldn't happen with multiple layers of spell and grammar checkers, but sometimes I add something last second before hitting "publish", and sometimes my brain is not braining while I do so.)

🛠 What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?

Sit down and enjoy that glass of wine, this'll take a while... xD

For spontaneous short fics (and for plot bunnies that came out of nowhere), I use Google Docs. It's great because it auto-saves, and I can access my docs on any device.

Then I have Scrivener for fics that require a bit more planning or are more than just one scene.

I made different templates for the different kind of fics I usually write (and should I ever feel like I'm 100% happy with my ever-evolving templates, I'll happily share them!); and it's perfect to organise and keep all plot bunnies in check.

How was I ever able to live without the Corkboard and without being able to shuffle scenes and around like index cards? I love this fucking Corkboard, I love the binder, I love that I have a template that groups all "Save the Cat!" plot beats into the three acts of the three-act structure. And my god, do I love that I'm also able to customise the theme of my Scrivener and turn it into a pastel rainbow. Absolute eye candy! <3

I very recently treated myself to Scrivener for iOS, and I'm so happy that I did! Again, Google Docs is great for some quick note-taking, but being able to add a new index card to my WIP's Corkboard wherever I am? Priceless!

For mind maps, I use Scapple. It's from the same company that makes Scrivener, Literature & Latte. Good to organise thoughts, not necessarily a must-have. There are free mind map tools out there. I just want to support Literature & Latte.

I also use voice-to-text, because that's something that really helps me whenever I feel like I can't write. The words are there, the stories are there, but I can't fucking write them down for whatever reason.

After experimenting with different free options (let me know if you're interested in my thoughts on them and which I would recommend), I settled for Nuance Dragon Professional 16, the best dictation software on the market, but also fucking expensive. I don't regret this. It's probably overkill if you're only using it for fanfic.

I don't use the mobile version, Dragon Anywhere, because it's a subscription based service now, and fuck that. It's probably really awesome and all, but I am not paying €150 per year for this.

So, to save money, I use my €1,000 dictation software with the free dictation app ALON Dictaphone to dictate chapters or scenes on my phone. There are probably better apps out there, but I've been using this one for more than ten years and I like it. You can organise your voice notes with labels, so you always know which fic they belong to. It also synchs with all cloud services out there (I use it with my free Dropbox), and I can access the files on my laptop when I need them. Dragon 16 can transcribe these files without playing them, which is really nice, because a) I don't have to listen to my own voice and b) I can do something else on my laptop and don't have to stay quiet while it's transcribing.

For spelling and grammar, I use LanguageTool. The free plan offers all I need, and it integrates with Google Docs and my browser. The best thing about it is that you can choose which English accent to write in, and it will tell you if an expression you used belongs to a different accent and offer you an alternative.

For a quick final edit, I use ProWritingAid and Hemingway Editor. I like that you can choose the genre in PWA. I dismiss a lot of their suggestions, though. There's a reason I chose passive voice for this one sentence, dammit! xD

AutoCrit also offers interesting editing tools. I'll give it a go at one point, but for now I've only played around with the example text a little.

So, yeah. That's basically it, I think.

[medewerkers]

Wijzigingen

🌟 Nieuw

We hebben in de Android-app de welkomstpop-up voor nieuwe gebruikers in het dashboard verwijderd zodat ze gemakkelijker geweldige content kunnen vinden en selecteren.

Als je een aangepast domein via Tumblr gebruikt, heb je nu de optie om het naar een nieuwe registrar over te dragen.

Om ons te helpen snel op beledigende content te reageren, moet je vanaf nu een link in het meldingsformulier opnemen naar het bericht, de afbeelding of reactie die/dat je wilt melden.

We verwijderen het label "Recent gevolgd" dat wordt weergegeven in de berichtenkop van berichten die in de feed Volgend worden weergegeven als je een nieuw blog volgt.

We hebben de tekst voor de bloginstelling bijgewerkt die zei dat ze "je blog in zoekresultaten [zou] verbergen". Helaas kunnen we niet garanderen dat content voor 'crawlers' wordt verborgen, tenzij ze zich aan de standaard preventiemaatregelen van robots.txt en noindex houden. Met dit in het achterhoofd hebben we de tekst aangepast zodat ze nu zegt dat we indexering door zoekmachines ontmoedigen, maar dat we het niet kunnen voorkomen. Als je je blog volledig van het bredere internet wilt isoleren en alleen wilt toestaan dat ingelogde personen het kunnen bekijken, dan hebben we de aparte instelling "[blog] voor mensen zonder account verbergen"; deze instelling voorkomt wél dat zoekmachines je blog indexeren.

Wanneer je een poll op het web aanmaakt, kun je nu 12 poll-opties gebruiken i.p.v. 10. Wauw!

Mensen die de Android-app gebruiken gaan nu naar het bericht zelf in plaats van de blogweergave als ze op een pushbericht tikken over een nieuw bericht van een blog dat ze volgen.

Voor degenen die de nieuwe lay-out voor de desktopwebsite al zien, hebben we de kolommen wat meer ruimte gegeven zodat het allemaal hopelijk wat minder krap aanvoelt. Bedankt, iedereen, die ons hier feedback over heeft gegeven. We zijn nog steeds bezig met de feedback terwijl het experiment loopt.

🛠️ Fixes

De krabben hebben de vinkjes van ons Wijzigingen-blog gestolen, maar we hebben ze teruggekregen.

We hebben een bug op het web opgelost waardoor de activiteitenpagina de nieuwe items niet aangaf wanneer je er via het vervolgkeuzemenu van het account heen navigeerde.

Op het web hebben we in het Accountmenu de link naar het Wijzigingenblog verwijderd omdat het daar niet echt thuishoorde. Het menu is nu wat meer gestroomlijnd en gemakkelijker te beheren.

Tijdens het experimenteren met nieuwe configuratie-opties voor dashboardtabbladen hebben we de tabbladen die via Tumblr Labs waren ingeschakeld per ongeluk gesloopt, bijvoorbeeld het tabblad Blog Subs. We hebben dit teruggedraaid om die tabbladen te herstellen.

We hebben meer problemen opgelost met hoe we selecteren welke content in RSS-feeds wordt weergegeven. Deze keer hebben we een aantal problemen opgelost met hoe antwoordberichten as RSS-items worden weergegeven.

We hebben ook een aantal lay-outproblemen met de nieuwe desktopwebsitenavigatie opgelost, met name storingen die optraden wanneer het browservenster wordt vergroot/verkleind.

Een visuele storing in het herontwerp-experiment voor nieuwe activiteiten opgelost waardoor ongelezen activiteitenitems in bepaalde kleurpaletten moeilijk te lezen waren.

Een bug in Safari opgelost die voorkwam dat content voor volwassenen correct werd vervaagd.

Wanneer je Tumblr in een mobiele browser gebruikt, geeft het hamburgerpictogram nu een indicatie weer als je ongelezen vragen of inzendingen in je inbox hebt.

 🚧  Nog mee bezig

We zijn nog steeds bezig met het verwijderen van de oude berichteditor voor gebruikers.

We zijn op de hoogte van een probleem waardoor sommige video's in de iOS-app worden afgespeeld en werken hard aan een oplossing.

🌱 Binnenkort

We werken nog aan de mogelijkheid om als secundair blog op berichten te reageren. We zijn nog maar net begonnen, dus het kan even duren voordat we klaar zijn om te beginnen met experimenteren.

Heb je een probleem? Dien een supportverzoek in (bij voorkeur in het Engels), dan nemen we zo snel mogelijk contact met je op! Wil je feedback over iets geven? Ga dan naar onze Work in Progress-blog en ga in gesprek met de community.

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JAPANESE MASTER-LIST

🇯🇵

MAIN RESOURCES

Duolingo (Free with optional pay in-app purchases)

Learning Japanese Kanji Workbook V1 (Amazon)

Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana: A Workbook for Self-Study (Amazon)

Genkouyoushi Notebook (Amazon) (For practicing writing)

Busuu (free but you get more out of it with a subscription)

tofugu.com (A site getting you started on Japanese with resources and grammar)

CHATTING

HelloTalk (sign up and talk with native speakers)

BOOKS

VOCAB

Physical flash/index cards

SmartCards+ (Card app, similar to Anki) (iOS only)

Anki (Card app)

Japanese Word Of The Day

JapanesePod101 Word of the Day

JapanesePod101 Vocab Lists

JapanesePod101 Dictionary

ARTICLES

CULTURE

MOVIES/SHOWS

Master-list of Language Cartoons

MUSIC

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Also Read: Latest Web Development Trends to Watch Out in 2025

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