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anon_opin@mastodon.social

Anon Opin

Too many platforms display times and dates as relative. "1 year ago" could mean anything from 365 days to 730 days ago. Instagram is the worst with their "137 weeks ago" nonsense. Who refers to anything like that? Just always show me the date and time.

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

Thomas 🔭🕹️

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@anon_opin Like literally every human being says “a year ago” and not July 27, 2024 13:44:21 UTC+8?

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ekg@librem.one

Zoe

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@thomasfuchs @anon_opin

Platforms aren't humans

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io

Thomas 🔭🕹️

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@ekg @anon_opin Software user interfaces are made for, wait for it, humans

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raven667@hachyderm.io

Raven667

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@thomasfuchs @anon_opin what I find annoying, maybe it's a Firefox thing, is that the `<time>` element seems to exist to solve this problem but doesn't to do anything for me. The time Element has a datetime attribute which takes an iso8601 timestamp so you could tag the text "one year ago" with the exact time which a browser could display as a tooltip or a reader could have a specific way to say.

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pavel

Pavel Machek

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@anon_opin Yeah, it is also fun when it displays "30 seconds ago" in forgotten tab for ... hours, days...
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