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I tested it too, it works very well. Finally something I can show to people around me easily!

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Well, work it does :smiley:

I downlaoded BegBlag and waves video.

For BegBlag, when trying to open the mp3 file I think it was trying to open the folder as a file, but I just opened it through a file explorer and it worked well.

I tried downloading eclipse and venus jpgs, but these didn’t work for me.

I initially tried using a previous 12 word seed + wallet to initiate Colony, but that led to an error and failure to sync.

So I started with a fresh seed phrase & it’s all good :slight_smile:

Fantastic to see a proof of concept Android app, and I hope others will follow.

I know it’s hard for me to get time with a computer regularly to dabble, so having Autonomi stuff on the phone will be a game changer for me, and for showing people what Autonomi can do.

Given that happy being isn’t going to be able to push Dweb forward, would integrating anttp be possible? I think that’s already possible as a library, but as a non-dev I don’t know what’s involved.

One thing that’d be cool with anttp is that I think streaming is enbaled for videos and music vs downloading the whole file.

Anyway, brilliant work, and a great step forward for Autonomi on Android :clap: :clap: :clap:

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Thanks for trying it out! Yes, a lot of the older stuff was uploaded as an archive (stuff put in a folder) so the MIME type recognition fails to detect what the underlying ‘thing’ is.

For the initial sync, the network still is kind of flakey downloading scratchpads, especially on mobile. I had it fail the first go around about 25% of the time. If you sync again a couple times it will get everything.

I need to look into anttp. I thought about bundling both dweb and anttp, but just picked dweb for Friends/Atlas since those seemed to be the go to web apps at the moment. The whole tarchive thing is very appealing from a small file upload standpoint. I saw @chriso mention that the team may pick this up and put it into the core libraries as well.

Lots of doors opened up with the ability to run on Android. Just need to keep moving forward :smiley:

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FYI I don’t plan to abandon dweb but will welcome and do my best to facilitate collaboration (whether via dweb or integration in AntTP).

Next task is to spec out the features for Colony because mobile support is very important. There are things I want input on before trying that refactor so will open an issue, probably tomorrow.

Would have done it today but a VIP turned up.

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Hi @zettawatt , I’m looking to try Colony :slight_smile: but I run into my first problem.

How do I download the installer on Windows?

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You just need to download the MSI installer from the git hub release page, double click, ignore the warning about unsafe software, and install.

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I missed the link!

Thanks

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Just a note to say that having had problems previously with the app not properly starting on Windows, I tried the latest version, and it started up no problem & I successfully downloaded and played a video after searching for ‘video’.

Glad to have it working :smiley:

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Happy to see folks trying out Colony! More than anything else that’s a key motivator for me. Thank you everyone :grinning_face:. I’m on the road for a few days this week and will respond when I’m able.

A note for anyone trying to add file metadata, I encountered some issues here and am in the middle of making fixes. I’ll make a new release in a few days.

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@zettawatt Some issues I ran into when trying out Colony. I’m using Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon. Colony 1.1.5-RC1 amd64deb.

Theme issue:

Not keeping theme change after closing out of the app and logging back in. Changed the theme to dark. Saved it. Looked good. Closed out of the app. Opened it again, entered password and the theme is back to light.

Then I changed it to another theme. Coffee. Saved it. Looked good. Closed out of the app. Opened it again, entered password and the theme is back to light.

Transfer Manager Issue:

The first time I tried to download a file it worked fine. Meaning I clicked the download arrow, got the “Added to file downloads…” message, then switched over to the Status screen. Saw it listed there. Download in progress. Green check mark. Bingo. Worked out fine. Then I tried another file, switched over to the Status screen, didn’t see it listed. Saw a blank entry with a red check mark arrow. Clicked “Clear Completed” and “Clear Errors”. Closed out of the app.

Opened the app again, the black download arrows were back. Yay! Selected a file to download. Got the “Added to file downloads…”, switched over to the Status screen and didn’t see any file downloads in progress listed. I got an error: “Failed to initiate transfer manager, see logs…” I don’t know how to access the logs.

Then, I switched back to the Search screen and all the black download arrow icons were gone.

However, the file did download. It showed up in my Download folder after a few moments. And in the File Management screen it’s there listed as downloaded.

Closed out of the app. Opened it up to log in and when the Login prompt pops up the “Failed to initiate transfer manager, see logs…” shows up and fades out through the opaque background. But the black download arrows are back. Hurray! Tried downloading a file. Got the “Failed to initiate” error again. Nothing on the Status screen. But the file downloads and shows up in File Management. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Great work! Hope this helps.

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Thanks for the detailed report! This is really helpful. For the light/dark mode stuff, are you in automatic mode or hard setting dark mode?

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I’ll have to get back to you on that.

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@zettawatt Looks like Auto mode. I didn’t realize toggling that Auto icon in the upper right-hand corner switched it from Auto to hard setting light/dark modes. The way the icon appears, I thought it was a sync button because of the circling arrow icon next to it.

So, looks like what happened was, I was in Auto mode. Preferred Light Theme: bumblebee. Preferred Dark Theme: dark. Then I toggled through some of the Preferred Dark Themes from the drop-down to check them out, then just settled on “dark” and then saved changes. And when I logged back in, the theme was light.

Ok. I got it now. So, if I want a dark theme, make sure I toggle to the Dark icon in the upper right hand corner. (vice versa for light themes) Because if Auto icon is showing, it will override any changes you made from the light/dark drop-downs when logging back in. In other words, saving changes in Auto mode = bad.

That might need to be clearer. Or simpler. I don’t know. It could be I’m not that bright. Ha!

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Good deal. Yeah that icon isn’t that great. I’ll come up with something that makes it more clear. Thanks again for the report.

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Colony v1.1.5-RC5 - IF submission release

  • Updated to latest colonylib to fix several backend issues related to pointer/scratchpad synchronization
  • Fixed macOS entitlements issue where it wouldn’t connect to the Autonomi network
  • Fixed search page rendering issue that only appeared in binary releases
  • Fixed issues with adding pod references
  • Miscellaneous GUI issues resolved related to uploads and adding file metadata

Release Colony v1.1.5-RC5 ¡ zettawatt/colony ¡ GitHub

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Sorry if this has been asked before but are all uploaded files on colony public?

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Yes, all public files. Eventually I’ll add support for private data, but didn’t have time with the IF timeline

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Colony v1.1.6 - Now on Colony!

  • Uploaded all of the release files to Autonomi and indexed by Colony. To update your install you no longer have to download from github. Hit the File Management → My Pods→Sync button, search for the binary you want on Colony, install, and go. I also posted the source code in a zip file. We’re distributing Autonomi apps on Autonomi :tada: Suck on that M$FT!
  • Fixed the dweb issue on desktop. Colony now opens web pages as it should.
  • Fixed an issue where files being uploaded weren’t showing up in the status page properly.
  • Fixed some random annoying quirks in the GUI

Search for Colony v1.1.6 in Colony to find your binary

or:

Release Colony v1.1.6 ¡ zettawatt/colony ¡ GitHub

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Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon
Kernel 6.8.0-78-generic

Colony v1.1.6

Those issues I posted about last week seem to be gone. Haven’t had a problem.

However, the one that is occurring now is when I click a file to download, I get the standard “Added files to download…”. But when I click over to the Status screen I don’t see any files listed in the Transfer Status box. Tried a few files and nothing shows up in that area. The files do download. And they are listed in the File Management screen.

Other than that, good work.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, when I tried to update the install the way you suggested (My Pods > Sync button) I didn’t see anything come up other than the Sync pods box and “Syncing is in Progress”.

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Thanks for the report! Interesting, the download status is working for me. I’ll poke around and see if I can duplicate it. That said, this whole status section will be rewritten to have a proper status bar instead of a spinner once the Autonomi libs implement streaming support. Sounds like this will happen very soon.

The Sync should fetch the pods so your search index will have the new Colony binary files. Then you can search for and download them to do an install. Under the hood, scratchpads are still kind of flakey. MaidSafe is making a fix to resolve this from what I understand. Sometimes I hit sync and I get the updates right away, other times I have to sync several times to get the latest. If you get the updates, when you hit browse you should have something like 104 files vs the 94 from before.

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