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WikWok | WikWok transforms your Wikipedia reading experience into an engaging, scroll-based article feed [TikTok like]. in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Wow this is neat! It's making Wikipedia more engaging, something I could actually read more regularly.

WORKAROUND: How to bypass the Icon layout restrictions of OOS Launcher in c/oneplus@lemdro.id
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I prefer the smoothness of OOS launcher at the moment.

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WORKAROUND: How to bypass the Icon layout restrictions of OOS Launcher (infosec.pub)
 

Hey all,

I wanted to share a new workaround I found. TL;DR see "WORKAROUND BEGINS HERE"

Many of us are annoyed by the very limited nature of OOS launcher.

One such limitation is the number of icons you can have on the home screen: Either 4x6 or 5x6

I remembered seeing some YT videos of some iOS mods that used widgets with launchers built-in and that got me to thinking about doing this in Android.

WORKAROUND BEGINS HERE

Sure enough, I found a program that lets you make a widget launcher that even works with custom icon packs!

The free app is called Quickshort: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atolphadev.quikshort

I have no relation to this app/dev. This app will let you put many icons inside the widget, with spacing as you desire.

STEPS:

  1. Install Quickshort and run.

  2. If you use a custom icon pack, go to Shortcut Settings in the app and choose your icon pack.

  3. From there, it is easier to create your shortcuts first, to each app.

  4. After your shortcuts are created, create a "group".

  5. Add your shorcuts to the group.

  6. There are options to adjust background transparency, remove labels, etc in the group settings.

  7. You will note there is an option at the bottom of the group page to reorder the shortcuts.

  8. Save your group and add your widget to homescreen.

A few notes:

  1. The screenshot attached is an example of what it looks like for me within OOS launcher.

  2. You'll note that the page dot is missing. That's because I'm using a wallpaper from the Backdrops app. It seems that if the wallpaper has only a tiny amount of white in the spot where that dot is, OOS launcher ignores it and doesn't turn the dot black.

  3. My icon pack, if anyone wants to know is something I made in Icon Pack Studio. It's called "Flat Clean Light". It's nothing fancy and entirely free. Search for it in Icon Pack Studio.

Enjoy!

*Permanently Deleted* in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I also did not come here for politics.

I came here as an alternative to reddit.

What I did to fix it was to find similar Lemmy communities to those subreddits. I also set up filtering to block out key words, names, etc.

It makes it a lot more bearable.

One thing I've noticed, Lemmy and Reddit are run in a large part by content bots when it comes to non-politics. There are some exceptions. I recommend you make peace with the bots and appreciate the content (all the while contributing content yourself of course).

Android 16 could offer a bigger UI refresh than previously expected, and we're all for it in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm one of the "we".

Pic of a tree in c/superbowl@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Lost Lemminion. This is a place for owls and not trees! Where is the owl?

:)

Hundreds of smartphone apps are monitoring users through their microphones in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I read about that recently as well. There is a problem though. Your phone can turn your voice into text instantly. It’s a feature built in to your keyboard. They could turn the audio into text and then transmit the text only. Saves much data that way.

What's something that you used to hate, but now love? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Asparagus. It turns out that canned asparagus is gross but steamed is great.

we heard you like AI, here is more AI in Firefox: AI link previews. in c/firefox@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

I hope that you heard that I like to disable privacy invasive browser features and made a way for me to disable it.

OnePlus 13T: Compact dimensions officially confirmed alongside MagSafe accessories as OnePlus 13 comparisons drawn in early hands-on photos in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

In the OP, this link has wrong info:

https://www.gsmgotech.com/2025/04/oneplus-13t-compact-dimensions.html?m=1

I don't know why there are two links, but I do see that notebook check has the right information, and gsmgotech has right and wrong information.

OnePlus 13T: Compact dimensions officially confirmed alongside MagSafe accessories as OnePlus 13 comparisons drawn in early hands-on photos in c/android@lemdro.id
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Article says phone will debut in October 2024 with snapdragon gen3. Uhhhh ...

Something isn't right about this article.

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TIP: KDE Breeze offers rounded window decorations even with Firefox (lemmy.world)
 

I think this has been this way for a little while, but Breeze offers the ability to take it from the half squared/half rounded window decoration to a full rounded version. You just have to enable the thin border option in the Breeze window decoration settings. (sorry I'm not at a Linux OS right now to say exact name of the setting).

HOWEVER, I discovered that Firefox has included the option to make it's own bottom border rounded on Linux, which up until then was a sore point for KDE themes. To enable it, in Firefox about:config, turn "widget.gtk.rounded-bottom-corners.enabled" to "true" and restart Firefox.

I have no idea how long that FF setting has been there, but I'm really glad it is.

Now we have fully rounded window decorations and a proper looking DE. Thanks!!

YouTube app bug opens and auto-plays Shorts by default, here's how to fix it in c/android@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The fix is there in the article. Though it's not a complete fix.

Liquid Death Quietly Adds Stevia to Tea Drinks in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] 0oWow@lemmy.world -3 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Might not be artificial, but it doesn't look natural in sweetener form:

The process of extracting stevia -

Dried stevia leaves are subjected to purified water first. Then followed by a precipitation process with ferric chloride and calcium hydroxide to remove non-soluble plant materials & other impurities and follow filtration.

Then the leaf extract goes through an adsorption resin, which is used to trap the steviol glycosides of the leaf extract.

Afterward, wash the resin with ethanol to release steviol glycosides and decolorize the resulting solution with activated carbon to remove the colors in leaves, and then concentrated by evaporation.

Again, go through the process of decolorization, filtration and spray-drying. The spray-dried product is then combined with similarly processed additional extracts, dissolved in ethanol and/or methanol, crystallized and filtered. Finally, after further processes of crystallization, filtered and spray-dried to obtain pure stevioside.

Taken from here: https://foodadditives.net/natural-sweeteners/stevioside/#easy-footnote-bottom-1-1949

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