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i ADORE the look of your website, it makes me think of sour candy watermelons :3
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lydels's avatar lydels 2 weeks ago

omgg thank you so much :D pink + green is my fav color combo!! i like your site as well and your art is super cool

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I've been looking around for CC-BY Attribution licensed albums and songs that I could use as background music for livestreams, videos like animations, maybe other projects. I would appreciate any suggestions :>
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encounters-ltd's avatar encounters-ltd 2 weeks ago

Music with CC-BY-NC (Non-Commercial) licenses I would rather avoid given most video/streaming sites (besides internet archive) frequently put commercial ads on non-monetized videos anyways, it feels too close for comfort IMO. CC-BY-SA (Share Alike) is more of a case-by-case basis for me, depends on the project and personal preference as to Sharing it Alike

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lydels's avatar lydels 2 weeks ago

idk what kind of music you're looking for but mine is free to use if you want :P

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encounters-ltd's avatar encounters-ltd 2 weeks ago

ooo thank u!!! i'll check your music out! as for genres, it varies ^_^ i gravitate towards fun electronic stuff but anything can go if i feel it works

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badgraph1csghost's avatar badgraph1csghost 2 weeks ago

you can use mine too (i know it says "all rights reserved" but that's only because cc supports generative ai) loads of electronic stuff there lol

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good evening :)
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transferns's avatar transferns 2 weeks ago

good morning! (lol)

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vexie emoticon ---> /o{^u_u^}o|
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i didn't choose the power-user life, the power-user life chose me.
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omg a belated welcome to neocities! i adore your music so much, and your site design looks so lovely ★v★
opalvoss's avatar opalvoss 2 weeks ago

ahhhh tysm! It's been really fun to work on while taking a break from my album n I def have been meaning to complete all the other lil sections lol <3 glad u like the music tho <3

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encounters-ltd's avatar encounters-ltd 2 weeks ago

you're welcome! excited to hear that there's an album on the way!

honestly while uniqueness in design certainly matters, i feel accessibility takes higher priority over form. maybe not every website will hit every accessibility benchmark, but a unique design only goes so far if it's not, say, screen reader compatible (meaning those who need screen readers can't read it)
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encounters-ltd's avatar encounters-ltd 1 month ago

for related reasons i kinda balk at mobile hostility in web design. as many understandable gripes we have with smartphones, computers are usually more Expensive and a lot of people may not have the funds to spare to buy one, nor have easy access to public computers. and in my case i wouldn't want people to be shut out from my site just for not being able to use a desktop

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buttermilkbear's avatar buttermilkbear 1 month ago

you are completely right and it's honestly very saddening how hostile people are on the indieweb to mobile users. A simple "This site is not mobile accessible" would work just fine, but I've come across an uncomfortable number of sites that are like "fuck mobile users" "fuck you for using a mobile". Even if I'm on my desktop I click off immediately, it's such a nasty way to announce how inaccessible your site is

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arandomsite's avatar arandomsite 1 month ago

@buttermilkbear "fuck you if you cannot afford a computer, you don't deserve to view my website"

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astrossoundhell's avatar astrossoundhell 1 month ago

Slightly opposed to the "having a pc is classist" view, i think that buying a refurb laptop for 50 bucks and learning how to use debian on it is an act of resistance which is cheaper than, say, a new smartphone. I 100% agree with the accessibility part, hence my site has a switchable stripped-down mode. >>

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astrossoundhell's avatar astrossoundhell 1 month ago

But while making things accessible, we gotta keep pushing against smartphonization and not paint computers as something out-of-reach. Don't forget that part of the reason it's happening is cause statistically people make big purchases faster on a small screen, cause a PC is associated with seriousness, while a smartphone is more impulse zone. And companies *love* that

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bodacious44's avatar bodacious44 1 month ago

i donr make mobile view cuz i'm lazy and idk how=

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lydels's avatar lydels 1 month ago

i agree w astrosoundhell 100%... also, i actually made a mobile version of my site because i use it to share my work and i know mobile users will see it, but the truth is that most of us are here because we love building websites for desktop... i dont see why someone should be forced to limit their creativity to a tiny reactangle that doesnt align with their vision of what a website should be

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lydels's avatar lydels 1 month ago

it's not like i think websites shouldn't be mobile accesible, but rather i think it's like trying to accommodate a group of people that just isnt really there? if you're making websites or you're interested in them its probably because you have a computer

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encounters-ltd's avatar encounters-ltd 1 month ago

@astrossoundhell @lydels fair rebuttals! lots to think about and weigh eheh

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new stuff Eventually...
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considering a landing page redesign (and establishing a landing page archive for whenever i change it which may happen more often)
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