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@monodivision

Mobile app developer. I made Archivist Browser - a mobile browser and media player for Internet Archive content. Glasgow, Scotland

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I didn’t excuse all of his actions, just this one directly related to his disability. I don’t see that as infantilising him, I see it as understanding his condition.

23.02.2026 17:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The man is disabled, recognised by the UK (under the Equality Act 2010) and the US (under the Americans with Disabilities Act). Would you ask someone who was paralysed to apologise for not being able to walk? It’s a matter why should he have to apologise for his disability, than why can’t he.

23.02.2026 13:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Yeah I thought it was a unique spin on the suika game template. I also have some bosses. One is called Compressor, you’ll never guess what it does…

23.02.2026 11:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Shaders are fun! Been messing around with my wee mobile game. Based some of these on movies, consoles and games. How many can you name?

#tensionhead #indiedev #gamedev #shaders

21.02.2026 22:43 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Here it is at full speed!

18.02.2026 21:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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I’ve been making a Suika-like rogue-lite as a palate cleanser. It’s called Total Tension. Big emphasis on combo score, power ups and synergies. This is footage from the anti gravity boss, which slows gravity. Also - THE WALLS ARE CLOSING IN! 😬

#mobilegamedev #godot #iosgaming #indiedev

18.02.2026 21:26 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0

Glad you are enjoying it! It was a really fun project to work on.

18.02.2026 20:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hello! 🖖

18.02.2026 20:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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New Archivist update is live on iOS (Android to follow shortly). Did a whole load of localisations! And yes, even American spelling for my friends across the pond! I’m going to go collapse somewhere 😮‍💨

#internetarchive #archivistbrowser

09.02.2026 23:02 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
New theme option for Archivist

New theme option for Archivist

Archivist Browser 1.1.0 is live on both store fronts! Big update!

-Import favourites and lists from IA account
-Share favourites with friends
-OCR text cleanup button
-Host of UI and theme improvements

See new features here-
youtube.com/shorts/wZbmO...

Get app- monodivision.com

#internetarchive

04.02.2026 15:00 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Tough dev day. Chasing Apple on an indexing issue making my app & dev name invisible on App Store Search. Raised a ticket 10 days ago; got a boilerplate reply. Spent an hour on the phone only to be told: "we can’t legally tell you anything." #applesupport #appledeveloper #indiedev

03.02.2026 18:28 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks! It’s been a really fun project to work on.

02.02.2026 15:27 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hi Pat! I'm the dev of Archivist. I hope you are enjoying it so far. Thanks for sharing! P.S. Just sent a new build for verification, it has some cool new features!

02.02.2026 13:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Thanks for the shout out @migas7.bsky.social if anyone wants to try my Internet Archive browser and media player for mobile devices you can get it here. www.monodivision.com

30.01.2026 14:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive

If you want to solve hard problems, have hard problems.
— Brewster Kahle

For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive If you want to solve hard problems, have hard problems. — Brewster Kahle

Congrats to @brewster.kahle.org for being named to the Computer History Museum 2026 Fellows!

"For pioneering roles in online search engines, and in digital preservation and open access to knowledge provided by the Internet Archive"

More info ➡️ computerhistory.org/2026-fellow-...

29.01.2026 21:47 👍 182 🔁 24 💬 1 📌 2
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Also just managed to implement importing Lists from your @archive.org account into Archivist. Today’s been a good day! Next patch is going to be a big one! Got a bit more testing and tidying up to do but it should be out by this time next week!

29.01.2026 21:18 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Huge honor to see Archivist Browser featured in today’s @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy under "Hey look at this".

Between this and the MacStories feature and Brad and Will’s pod, it's been incredible to see the support for a native mobile, privacy-first gateway to the @archive.org collection.

29.01.2026 18:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A video of p2p (QR/URL) folder sharing in Archivist (to add visual context to my last post). Hard to get the sharing concept across when on a single emulated device, but I hope you get the idea. If the recipient doesn't have the app, it will open on the store page. Thoughts? @willsmith.fun

28.01.2026 13:05 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Peer-to-peer folder sharing is working.

Folder➡️ Minify➡️ Serialise(json)➡️ Compress(GZip)➡️ Encode(Base64)➡️ Transport(URL/QR)

The link is the payload. Receiver opens link, if the app is installed, it is opened and folder is added. If not, store front is opened so user can download the app.

#p2p

28.01.2026 12:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Experimenting with sharing favourite folders via text, email and instant message.

I think this could be a killer feature. What do you think?

#archivistbrowser #indiedev #mobileappdev #iOS #android #internetarchive

27.01.2026 20:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Really glad you are enjoying the app. It means a lot coming from you. I plan on rolling out localisations including Italian in future updates.

26.01.2026 15:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Grazie!

26.01.2026 15:32 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Original post on mastodon.uno

Vi segnalo questa app. Archivist Browser è un lettore multimediale dedicato per archive.org.
L'app è gratuita al 100% e senza pubblicità. Non richiede l'accesso e non memorizza alcun dato personale dell'utente. È stata concepita per essere uno strumento di utilità, non un sistema di tracciamento […]

22.01.2026 10:19 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Archivist Browser App - App Store Download Archivist Browser by Robert Lothian on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Archivist Browser.

Hi Jason, I just released a mobile app last week that is very similar in concept except it covers texts, audio and video. I’d love to hear what you think.

iOS: apps.apple.com/gb/app/archi...

Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

25.01.2026 21:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Will! UX has been a big focus. Still got a few things to iron out and a couple of QoL features I want to add. It’s great to see it out in the wild with people enjoying it!

25.01.2026 18:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@willsmith.fun @bradshoemaker.bsky.social thank you for the incredibly kind words about Archivist Browser on this weeks @techpod.content.town Been following you both for a long time so to hear you talk about something I made (in such glowing fashion) was kind of surreal. Thanks again!

25.01.2026 13:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Trying to clean up OCR errors in text files. Working great on some, not so great on others.

#ocr #textformatting #textfiles #textprocessing

25.01.2026 12:57 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Thought I’d share iOS analytics for Archivist Browser’s release. Great numbers! Looking forward to seeing the impact from the MacStories mention in this weeks newsletter.

#ios #indiedev #iphone #ipad #mobileappdev #MacStories #aso #internetarchive #analytics #appstore

24.01.2026 09:24 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thrilled to see Archivist Browser included in this week’s @macstories.net newsletter’ new releases! Huge thanks to @viticci.macstories.net for the shoutout and for highlighting indie releases.

apps.apple.com/gb/app/archi...

#indiedev #mobileappdev #internetarchive #iOS #iPhone #iPad #solodev

23.01.2026 19:32 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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This and the recent RLM video has convinced me to do a rewatch.

23.01.2026 09:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0