Let’s jump in!
(BTW, Voyager 0.14.0 didn’t get a dedicated release post, so check it out here!)
New features
F-droid and reproducible builds
To start, I’m happy to announce that Voyager is coming to F-droid later this week! This is really cool, but it’s even cooler because Voyager’s build is now reproducible. That means that F-droid independently builds and verifies that the APK bundle I provide on Github Releases (and the Play Store) is compiled from the referenced source code without modifications. It’s a pretty nice security enhancement — even if you aren’t using the F-droid build.
Set default feed on app startup
Previously, logged in users were always sent to their home feed when the app starts up. Now, you can configure it in Settings! Choose between All, Home, Local, Community List, or even select a custom community. General -> Default Feed.
- Note: you must be logged in to use this feature
- Note 2: Selected default feed is unique to your logged in user
Touch friendly links
Fat fingering links can suck. So there’s now a list of links in each comment in a touch-friendly format, Apollo-style! (And yes, you can turn this feature off in General -> Touch Friendly Links.)
Quick subscribe from community search results
Now, searching for communities provides a quick subscribe button! Thanks @sharunkumar!
More!
That’s not all - for example, community and user blocks is now sorted alphabetically (thank you, @ismailghedamsi). Check out below for the list of all changes in this release!
What’s Changed
- feat: add a way to quickly subscribe from search results by @sharunkumar in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/713
- Add custom default open feed by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/769
- Add touch friendly links by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/773
- Sort blocked list by @ismailghedamsi in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/760
- Fix post not hiding properly when partially off screen with swipe by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/787
- Add toast upon save success by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/786
New Contributors
- @ismailghedamsi made their first contribution in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/760
Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/1.14.6...1.15.0
I love the touch friendly links. I’m noticing that they aren’t happening on posts, only comments. Is this intentional?
Also, what are your thoughts on rending images inline in comments like they are in posts?
Yes - this is how Apollo did it. I might change it, I’ll think about it :)
I believe there’s a feature request on Github. If it is implemented, it will be behind a setting, and off by default.
I love the links, however, my fingers are no thinner. Should I raise an issue on GitHub, or with my doctor?
I totally agree with that. Back when I used Jerboa, which has this on by default, I saw some nasty stuff posted in comments that I didn’t have the option to not see.
But also, I made a bot to show live stats for hockey games in comments, and the logos of the teams don’t render because of this. So I really wish I had that feature as an option. I would work on it myself, but I’m a bit intimidated to get working on a new project, as the initial work of getting familiar with a project is the hardest part.