Nostr Web Client

If you lost the ability to Zap this morning on your favorite iOS client, you can still Zap. You just need to rewind the clock and go back to an earlier time when all Android users Zapped from mobile web clients and the Damus iOS TestFlight was full. That's right, back in December and January, we used to send Zaps (before they were called Zaps) from Nostr web clients!

You probably don't want to enter your NSEC private key into a web client, right? You don't have to do that! I'm not an iOS user, so I could be missing a step here, but I believe you have 2 options available to you.

Option 1) Install Nostore app from the App Store. This app acts as a signing device for Safari, allowing you to do NIP-07 login.

Option 2) Install the Orion Browser from the App Store. This is a new web browser that lets you install extensions like Alby or Nos2x! You can then use one of those extensions to do a NIP-07 login.

Once you have an above option that you're comfortable with, you just need to choose a web client such as snort.social, primal.net, coracle.social, or iris.to.

You can still use Damus. You'll just have a separate client for Zapping.

i.e. While using Damus, you see a great note that needs Zapping. You just long press on the Note in Damus to copy the NoteID. Then, you visit one of the clients I mentioned above and either search or paste in the NoteID to be taken directly to the note. You know what comes next. Sweet, sweet Zaps from your iPhone's new web client.

Enjoy!

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Discussion

GHOST 2y ago

Yep, ⚡️still works

Derek Ross 2y ago

are you on TestFlight?

GHOST 2y ago

🌎👩‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

Always have been

Derek Ross 2y ago

Some users reported getting auto updated this morning. 👀

MattA 2y ago

Yes. I was. Bummer.

Derek Ross 2y ago

RIP

yo 2y ago

I have regular (non-testflight) Damus and still can zap. How is that so?

twentyone 2y ago

I can zap too

Derek Ross 2y ago

He will be able to until the main app updates. Right now the update is just in testflight.

Derek Ross 2y ago

The update hasn't hit the main app store and is only in testflight for now.

Leo Wandersleb 2y ago

Are people getting forced updates here?

Are people getting updated even though they are not on testflight and opted out of updates?

This would have severe security implications and I would like to know if that does happen on iPhone. I have never heard this to happen on Android.

Derek Ross 2y ago

that's what people are saying, but i obviously cannot confirm it. i would assume that if you have updates disabled, you actually won't get an update. i would assume it's a user error in these instances.

faisal 2y ago

I believe there’s no force updates in IOS. They may restrict app access instead so users have no option but to update. Not aware of any incident where they pushed an update forcefully

aponcol 2y ago

Very good summary! Let's keep zapping.

nobody 2y ago

Nostore works great as long as you don’t install the app as an icon on your Home Screen. I use snort on my iPhone 15 Pro all the time.

Alejandro 2y ago

I just disabled automatic updates. Just zapped you from Damus 😁

But thanks for sharing the info about the browser that supports plug-ins. I’ll start using it once PWA apps come around.

Derek Ross 2y ago

I believe only Safari is allowed to use PWAs on iOS? If it's possible to use a PWA with Nostore that sounds like your best bet. Or even better yet, to just use notazap.lol to zap noteIDs that you copy from Damus. It's a couple extra steps, but doesn't take away your freedom to Zap.

pukka 2y ago

If you know, how do you install extensions for Orion browser. I’ve turned on chrome extensions in settings but what’s the next step?

Derek Ross 2y ago

i don't know, i've never used it 😉 i used to recommend it to people several months ago and i know that they were able to figure it out. im sorry.

nobody 2y ago

Go to the chrome extension store and install one there. Alby never worked for me on Orion though. It’s experimental support.

pukka 2y ago

Thanks for the help 🫂

pukka 2y ago

All good my friend. Thanks for your time 🤙🏼💜

Jed 2y ago

The only downside is that things like nostr.band doesn’t report you correctly, so you look like a zap sponging clod. I used PC a hand full of times to zap, but on iOS I have always received with Alby and sent with WoS, so the zap out/in ratio doesn’t flatter me.

Derek Ross 2y ago

that's fine. you don't send zaps to look cool. you send zaps to reward value to others.

nobody 2y ago

U/∆✓

badonyx 2y ago

There’s no way Apple would allow a browser with third party extension support. Highly unlikely it will keep that feature…