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Hiya!👋

by Zack Fosdyck

Hi All! Just writing to inquire if anyone knows of any good printable documentation to share for Document Freedom Day. Do yah? 🤪 Thanks & Take Care Now, Zac

March 2, 2025

Firefox's changes and Document Freedom Day

by Marcos Marado

It has been interesting to see so many reflecting at the same time about the current state and the possible future of web browsers - even if it was fired up by some bad news from Mozilla. Still, it is important to acknowledge what is and has been going on - how a web browser currently became a lot more than just a piece of software implementing a number of open standards, how they are all basically based over one of two existing browser agents (Gecko and Webkit) with the emergence of two upcoming ones (Servo and LibWeb); the difficulties of creating or maintaining a new web browser, or how dependent are all firefox forks (or older, harder derivatives like SeaMonkey) of Mozilla (both Firefox and Gecko). I'm not trying to get to any point with this text, but rather to highlight that now is the time to have a few conversations around open standards, and in particular web standards. And as it happens, the "annual day" to have discussions of that sort is around the corner: Document Freedom Day 2025 is already in the 26th of this month. So why aren't there more events on the map? How is your community, user group, etc. going to mark and celebrate this day? Organize something, and put it on the events map, right this way: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd -- Marcos Marado

March 2, 2025

Re: [SPAM Warning!]Have a favorite document format?

by LM

On Tue, Feb 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM Jorge P. de Morais Neto wrote: > I use Org Mode a lot for taking notes, planning TODO lists and agenda, > and authoring PDF and HTML. I export my Org agenda to ICAL so I access > it from my GrapheneOS smartphone. I also use ODT, CSV, FLAC and Opus. What tools or programs do you use to convert org mode style documents to ical format? That sounds really nice.

Feb. 25, 2025

Re: SFD-discuss Digest, Vol 148, Issue 3

by LM

On Sun, Feb 23, 2025 Maren wrote: > Doesn't look like the Kielux team is going to participate in DFD this > year, but I hope that those who do will succeed in raising awareness of > the problems of closed formats. I got the impression some of the LibreOffice group would be doing something virtually. So maybe that's something anyone on the mailing list could look into joining if they're not participating locally. Also, was wondering if some of us wanted to do something virtually together. Would anyone want to get on Jitsi or Google Meet and talk about Open Formats and our favorite FLOSS programs that work well with them? > Thanks for starting the discussion! Thanks for participating. Sincerely, Laura

Feb. 23, 2025

Re: Have a favorite document format?

by Maren Hachmann

Am 22.02.25 um 15:41 schrieb LM: > What are some of your favorite Open Document formats? SVG, of course! :) (and Markdown, too, also pdf and ogg) > Do you use csv, > ical, html and css, odt, xml, json, wav and flac regularly? Except for flac... who doesn't? They are ubiquitous. You can't not use them when you use a web browser to look at the internet. > What Free > formats do you rely on? That list would transcend a length of email that anyone would want to read :-P > You can also use plain text files for a > variety of functions from telling stories and taking notes to creating > todo.txt or similar files or emacs org mode files. Have a favorite > use for plain text files? Plain text - mostly for noting down meter readings or other things I don't want to forget and keep for a while, with no need for any advanced formatting... Also for READMEs, LICENSE files and similar project files. Doesn't look like the Kielux team is going to participate in DFD this year, but I hope that those who do will succeed in raising awareness of the problems of closed formats. Thanks for starting the discussion! Maren > Share it with us. Let's get a discussion > going. We're counting down to celebrating Document Freedom Day on > March 26, 2025. Please add to the conversation about Free and Open > document formats on your favorite social media platforms. Tell us > about your favorite formats. You can use the hashtag > #DocumentFreedomDay2025 or #DFD2025. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

Feb. 23, 2025

Document Freedom Day: Empowering the Digital World with Open Standards

by Marcos Marado

The Document Foundation wrote an interesting article called "Document Freedom Day: Empowering the Digital World with Open Standards", in preparation for DFD 2025. I'm not going to reproduce it here entirely, but allow me a TLDR: * DFD is important; * If you organize a DFD event and get in touch with them, they can provide stickers on LibreOffice and Open Document Format. But even if you don't plan on organizing a DFD event this year, the entire article is well worth reading (and sharing): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/01/27/document-freedom-day-20… We already have one 2025 event on the map - where will the second be? https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd/events -- Marcos Marado

Feb. 22, 2025

Re: Have a favorite document format?

by Zack Fosdyck

Hi All! I too appreciate a good CSV! Been using them for years as flat-file databases on small websites. Two of my favorite open formats are OGG and PNG. Ogg Vorbis (video) and Theora(audio) are terrific alternatives to other media container formats. Thanks to the foresight of Xiph.org we have these excellent public standards! My absolute favorite open document format is the Portable Network Graphics raster graphics file format. It is an all-purpose file format that is great for the web because it supports transparency, lossless compression, animation (APNG), and tons of colors. PNG also supports loading smaller, low-resolution versions of an image for low-bandwidth connections to the network. Good stuff! 🤗 Take Care Now, Zac On Sat, Feb 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM Jurgen (Digital Freedom Foundation) < jurgen(a)digitalfreedomfoundation.org> wrote: > Mmm... I really enjoy the simplicity of CSV when parsing open datasets. > For commenting, I enjoy using MarkDown (though I'm not really sure > that's an open standard - though it factually is) > > LibreOffice is my go-to for everything document related. > > I've got word that FreeCAD is looking to better document their file > format so other CAD software can also implement that. Looking forward to > see that format propagate... > > We're living in exciting times... > > Jurgen > > On 22/02/2025 15:41, LM wrote: > > What are some of your favorite Open Document formats? Do you use csv, > > ical, html and css, odt, xml, json, wav and flac regularly? What Free > > formats do you rely on? You can also use plain text files for a > > variety of functions from telling stories and taking notes to creating > > todo.txt or similar files or emacs org mode files. Have a favorite > > use for plain text files? Share it with us. Let's get a discussion > > going. We're counting down to celebrating Document Freedom Day on > > March 26, 2025. Please add to the conversation about Free and Open > > document formats on your favorite social media platforms. Tell us > > about your favorite formats. You can use the hashtag > > #DocumentFreedomDay2025 or #DFD2025. > > _______________________________________________ > > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com >

Feb. 22, 2025

Re: Have a favorite document format?

by Jurgen (Digital Freedom Foundation)

Mmm... I really enjoy the simplicity of CSV when parsing open datasets. For commenting, I enjoy using MarkDown (though I'm not really sure that's an open standard - though it factually is) LibreOffice is my go-to for everything document related. I've got word that FreeCAD is looking to better document their file format so other CAD software can also implement that. Looking forward to see that format propagate... We're living in exciting times... Jurgen On 22/02/2025 15:41, LM wrote: > What are some of your favorite Open Document formats? Do you use csv, > ical, html and css, odt, xml, json, wav and flac regularly? What Free > formats do you rely on? You can also use plain text files for a > variety of functions from telling stories and taking notes to creating > todo.txt or similar files or emacs org mode files. Have a favorite > use for plain text files? Share it with us. Let's get a discussion > going. We're counting down to celebrating Document Freedom Day on > March 26, 2025. Please add to the conversation about Free and Open > document formats on your favorite social media platforms. Tell us > about your favorite formats. You can use the hashtag > #DocumentFreedomDay2025 or #DFD2025. > _______________________________________________ > SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss(a)mailman3.com > To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave(a)mailman3.com

Feb. 22, 2025

Have a favorite document format?

by LM

What are some of your favorite Open Document formats? Do you use csv, ical, html and css, odt, xml, json, wav and flac regularly? What Free formats do you rely on? You can also use plain text files for a variety of functions from telling stories and taking notes to creating todo.txt or similar files or emacs org mode files. Have a favorite use for plain text files? Share it with us. Let's get a discussion going. We're counting down to celebrating Document Freedom Day on March 26, 2025. Please add to the conversation about Free and Open document formats on your favorite social media platforms. Tell us about your favorite formats. You can use the hashtag #DocumentFreedomDay2025 or #DFD2025.

Feb. 22, 2025

Re: Open Food Facts

by LM

Maren wrote: > I don't know - their app has tripled in size recently, so I had to > uninstall it from my old device to keep at least *some* space open for > taking photos...There wasn't even a changelog or reason given, just the > odd increase in install size to 250 MB (from 80). > > > The developers seem fairly open to feedback. Have you tried asking them? I'm not thrilled with Slack as a forum, but they do have a lot of discussion going on via Slack channels. They also have an online forum: https://forum.openfoodfacts.org/ Plus, they seem to have monthly virtual discussions. You could contact them directly by email or through any of these options. They may be able to give you more details about their app and their design choices. Personally, I think their database is much more impressive than the app. It's Open so anyone can use it for research, projects, etc.

Feb. 4, 2025