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Customized accounts' colour doesn't display in the timeline #887

Open vlrmt opened 7 years ago

vlrmt commented 7 years ago

Hi all,

it seems like Twidere doesn't conform to customized accounts' colour but rather sticks to predefined account's colour, even if customized later on.

Expected behavior

I customized the colour of my Mastodon and Twitter accounts. Expecting these colours to display as customized to the right-hand side of my timeline.

Actual behavior

Colours displaying to the right-hand side of my timeline are not the customized ones, but the default/original ones (chosen by Twidere). Restarting Twidere or rebooting my handset doesn't solve the issue.

Steps to reproduce

1/ Check which colour is assigned by Twidere to a newly defined user account (whichever social network it belongs to I believe). 2/ Customize the colour of this user account by accessing your account's profile > menu > Define Colour option. 3/ Go to your timeline, identify a tweet coming from this user account and check which colour displays to the right-hand side (currently not the customized colour, which is a mistake IMO).

Extra info

Android version: 6.0

Network type:

App version: 3.6.21

Build variant:

Micro-blogging service:

App settings:

Thank you.

mariotaku commented 7 years ago

Color in user profile page is displayed on the left side, while account color on the right side can be changed in Accounts by long-clicking an account.

vlrmt commented 7 years ago

Thanks a lot mariotaku, now I can customize my accounts color as desired! However I'm unable to find that user profile page you mention in the 1st part of your answer. The only trace of a "user" I could find was when I was trying to add new tabs to my timeline/main page ("Likes" for e.g.). Twidere asks me for a user to select, but no user seems to exist... I should be able to find the answer by searching some doc ;) Still, going to the left pane > Accounts > short-tap an account > top-right menu > Define color, selects a color which means nothing to me... What is this color supposed to be? The "user" one, based on what you said... But what for? Sorry I must be dumb :) Note : after validating a new "user" color, the previous color which was displaying on the user page doesn't get refreshed automatically. Apart from these colors mysteries, Twidere is a true jewel, thanks a lot for your hard work!

mariotaku commented 7 years ago

User color can be set through tweet page, or user page (that page when you clicked profile image).

left pane > Accounts > short-tap an account > top-right menu > Define color

This opened user page, and sets user color. In order to set account color, you'll need to long-tap an account and Twidere will bring up a list dialog for you.

vlrmt commented 7 years ago

Again, thank you for your time.

It seems I was simply puzzled with the vocabulary you're using. But after manipulating Twidere much more, I think I finally got what you call a "user". In my understanding, it's an "account" belonging to someone else, right?

If so, calling it a "user" is pretty misleading IMO... To me, a "user" is a physical person, who owns several "accounts". "Foreign accounts" (i.e. we're not owning) shouldn't be called "users"... I think it would be highly valuable to find a better word to describe such accounts.

Back to colors :) Is there a way to set back the default transparent color associated with a "user" (after it was set to another color)?

Thank you.

mariotaku commented 7 years ago

@SlashTray Yeah, Twidere calls account belongs to others as 'user'. BTW you can choose 'Clear' when set color for a user to remove the color you've previously set.

vlrmt commented 7 years ago

Thank you mariotaku! I should have read more thoroughly... For other suggestions I have regarding Twidere, I'll post new issues (after checking that they don't yet exist).

Summing up this very issue (#887):

  1. Bug (or so): user color doesn't get refreshed automatically right after being changed (cf. user page) (https://github.com/TwidereProject/Twidere-Android/issues/887#issuecomment-313540623).
  2. Vocabulary: "user" is too misleading.

Keep up the good work and I'll most probably support you in the near future! You deserve it.

bentolor commented 5 years ago

Thanks for asking @SlashTray and thanks @mariotaku for replying and keeping this open.

I needed to reconfigure/reinstall twidere and this drove me crazy for more than 30 minutes wandering trough settings and changing the different colors.

What it especially made it hard for me is that

and never would I have been able to figure out the accounts page on my own after being lost for more than 20 minutes....