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Hi Everyone Just a quick note to announce the release of GemiNaut 0.8.11, a user friendly and idiomatic Gemini client for MS Windows. Key new features include:
Hi Luke, This release made me uninstall the previous version (I skipped on at least one prior release, but I'm now not sure what version I was on), and then required me to install a new version of the .NET runtime from Microsoft. I now get the following error when accessing any site: > Authentication failed, see inner exception. I wonder if this relates to running the bundled exe that does the Gemini fetch? I'm running Windows 7. There was no prompt that a restart was needed, and I haven't found anything interesting in the Windows event log (has anyone ever?!). Kevin On Mon, 5 Apr 2021 at 13:07, Luke Emmet <luke@marmaladefoo.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Just a quick note to announce the release of GemiNaut 0.8.11, a user > friendly and idiomatic Gemini client for MS Windows. > > Key new features include: > > * Client certificates - create and use these to access > sites that require them. > * Improved support for assistive technologies (e.g. > screen readers). Such users can interactively skip over > preformatted text regions. > > Further details and downloads etc are linked from the full release > announcement: > > > gemini:// > gemini.marmaladefoo.com/blog/5-Apr-2021_GemiNaut_v0_8_11_release.gmi > > - Luke > >
Hi Kevin Thanks for the feedback. I have a couple of thoughts inline. > This release made me uninstall the previous version (I skipped on at least one prior release, but I'm now not sure what version I was on), and then required me to install a new version of the .NET runtime from Microsoft. I now get the following error when accessing any site: > > > Authentication failed, see inner exception. It sounds like the .NET TLS authentication failed for some reason. Strange that you get it on every site, which suggests its not to do with any particular server. > I wonder if this relates to running the bundled exe that does the Gemini fetch? I'm running Windows 7. Since 0.8.9, GemiNaut uses as native .NET call to fetch the content, so if you skipped a version, you might have just come across this. I think it might be related to your being on Windows 7. I tried it on a couple of Win10 machines and it was fine. I don't have any Win7 machines here. Also 0.8.9 was upgraded to use a more recent .NET runtime, so again, this might have just come up now if you skipped the previous version. > There was no prompt that a restart was needed, and I haven't found anything interesting in the Windows event log (has anyone ever?!). Not very often! Thanks for checking. I'll try to do a new build with some more debugging information in it and send you a link off-list. Maybe we can get it working on Windows 7. For now I created an issue on the repo here: https://github.com/LukeEmmet/GemiNaut/issues/27 thanks - Luke
I'm very glad to see the accessibility improvements! Oh wait, have I already said this? If so, sorry. This client was already great, and easy to get started with since it uses a native web engine, but now it's even better, without the need to hear Ascii art and such, and hearing any description instead! Now, when Gemini takes off, and blind folks go looking for a client (most blind people use Windows and iOS), I already can wholeheartedly recommend clients for these platforms! Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@gmail.com On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 7:07 AM Luke Emmet <luke@marmaladefoo.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > Just a quick note to announce the release of GemiNaut 0.8.11, a user > friendly and idiomatic Gemini client for MS Windows. > > Key new features include: > > * Client certificates - create and use these to access > sites that require them. > * Improved support for assistive technologies (e.g. > screen readers). Such users can interactively skip over > preformatted text regions. > > Further details and downloads etc are linked from the full release > announcement: > > > gemini:// > gemini.marmaladefoo.com/blog/5-Apr-2021_GemiNaut_v0_8_11_release.gmi > > - Luke > >
Hi Devin Thanks for the feedback, and for previously explaining to us sighted people the pitfalls of interacting with Gemini preformatted regions. It was based on your analysis and explanation that led me to put this improvement in. I hope more authors will take the time to add a label to their preformatted regions and that this becomes "normal practice", particularly for ASCII art which seems to be more prevalent in Gemini, but can sound pretty bad through a screen reader. - Luke On 07-Apr-2021 17:12, Devin Prater wrote: > I'm very glad to see the accessibility improvements! Oh wait, have I already said this? If so, sorry. This client was already great, and easy to get started with since it uses a native web engine, but now it's even better, without the need to hear Ascii art and such, and hearing any description instead! Now, when Gemini takes off, and blind folks go looking for a client (most blind people use Windows and iOS), I already can wholeheartedly recommend clients for these platforms! > Devin Prater > r.d.t.prater@gmail.com <mailto:r.d.t.prater@gmail.com> > > > On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 7:07 AM Luke Emmet <luke@marmaladefoo.com <mailto:luke@marmaladefoo.com>> wrote: > > Hi Everyone > > Just a quick note to announce the release of GemiNaut 0.8.11, a user > friendly and idiomatic Gemini client for MS Windows. > > Key new features include: > > * Client certificates - create and use these to access > sites that require them. > * Improved support for assistive technologies (e.g. > screen readers). Such users can interactively skip over > preformatted text regions. > > Further details and downloads etc are linked from the full release > announcement: > > > gemini://gemini.marmaladefoo.com/blog/5-Apr-2021_GemiNaut_v0_8_11_release.gmi > <http://gemini.marmaladefoo.com/blog/5-Apr-2021_GemiNaut_v0_8_11_release.gmi> > > - Luke >
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