Mastodon – Simplified Federation! Firefox Add-On
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This add-on simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. Basically, it skips the "Enter your Mastodon handle" popup and takes you directly to your own "home" instance, saving you from cumbrously entering your Mastodon handle again and again in that input box when you click on a "Follow", "Retoot"/"Fav" or other remote interaction button on another instance.
🤯 Why? 🤯 You may wonder why to use this browser add-on. But actually, it's easy!
You do not need to enter your Mastodon account handle anymore! (except for login 😉) This makes interacting with remote instances in the Fediverse much simpler.
Additionally, this add-on makes sure to keep your Mastodon handle private. It will never expose it to any third-party site. Therefore it does not – literally – enter your Mastodon ID into the input field you normally see, but basically "skips" this page. For the technical details, on how this works, see the detailed explanation on GitHub.
🐤 How to use? 🐤
After you have installed the add-on, you need to go into the settings, enter your Mastodon handle (that is username@server
). After this is done, there is nothing you need to do anymore. The add-on will continue to work in the background and you do not need to do anything.
Just enjoy the simplified federation when you are getting redirected automatically when you want to follow or interact with a user.
User reviews
- Simple and effective, making Mastodon easier to use.
- Works well for many users, enhancing the experience of using the fediverse.
- Setup is straightforward, requiring just a username and site.
- Helps fix significant user experience flaws in Mastodon.
- Issues with specific instances like mastodon.social not working as expected.
- Extension sometimes requires restarts when changing settings.
- Problems with losing input when certain keys are pressed.
- Concerns about the extensive permissions required by the add-on.
- Not working on certain instances.
- Need to restart the extension for some settings.
- Problems with text input disappearing.
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Mastodon – Simplified Federation! requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
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Mastodon – Simplified Federation! has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.