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what do we call a client that views app.bsky.feed.post records? in twitter, it was a twitter client. I need a way to refer to Bluesky/Blacksky/Mu.social/Witchsky/all the others, generically.

Matteo Gabriele

@matteogabriele.npmx.social

7 Aug

AT client Proto client ATproto client

tierney cyren

@bnb.im

7 Aug

I like these but they also end up implying that all AT Protocol clients are for social posts. npmx is technically an AT Protocol client and definitely isn't for social posts.

Matteo Gabriele

@matteogabriele.npmx.social

7 Aug

I think ATproto works for all ATproto users and usages: social and not social. "ATproto social client" if you want to fine-grained it, but might I wouldn't go down that rabbit hole. Does still sound good tho.

tierney cyren

@bnb.im

the reason I'm asking this question is because IMO users should have choice when they're clicking a link to an app.bsky.feed.post link and right now the ecosystem default is to just link to Bluesky I should be able to set a record and have apps open in mu.social or Blacksky rather than Bluesky

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tierney cyren

@bnb.im

7 Aug

but to be able to build that for people who aren't developers, I also need to be able to communicate this specific slice of AT Protocol record viewers hence trying to figure out what they'd be called and would sound reasonable to regular people

Boris

@bmann.ca

7 Aug

web intents but for atproto. Connecting which lexicons an app can read as part of an app catalog has been discussed. Things like @atproto.at can read ALL lexicons, but regular users aren't going to want to "view source" Related: webtil.es has some of these concepts inside of it

webtil.esWeb TilesTiles are composable web docs and apps that can safely be used in arbitrary contexts and assembled from multiple sources to carry out complex user interface tasks.