Hi, thanks for all the great feedback on the last release. This release brings hide post functionality and improvements to the about instance page.
We also hit 20k active users! That’s an amazing milestone for only being live for about 2 weeks. I’m going to be working on a ‘New to Lemmy’ onboarding page as Connect is often the first place for new users. Also customization for swipe actions is high on my list to do.
What’s new
- Smoother swipe navigation on certain pages
- Fixed typo in Settings page (Affects -> Effects)
- Made scrolling up smoother in full width view
- Added ability to hide posts (it’s both the last swipe action and on the hamburger menu)
- Added a list of communities to the instance about pages
- Added user avatar to the drawer header
- Vibrate on comment collapse/uncollapse
Bugfixes
- Fixed a bug with getting next page is the entire first page is filtered
- Fixed a bug for users with >100 subscriptions
- Fixed a bug with sort values not taking effect -Changed the app name on the homescreen to just ‘Connect’
- Added a notification outside of drawer
- Fixed a bug where sometimes comment replies wouldn’t show the comment being replied to
- Addressing some logo feedback, I’ve removed the outer white ring
edit: 1.0.58 hotfix is waiting on Google Play approval now which fixes a couldnt_load_comment bug.
Links:
-kuroneko
Love the app so far…
I see that after today’s update the images are no longer being cropped, instead the full picture is displayed albeit small to fit the given space for each post.
Would it be possible to add an option to have the pictures displayed bigger? Right now it you are force to enter a post to see the picture properly. I get that for some it would mean a less clean look but set as a toggle option would be great.
Would also be great to let the Community name and user name be direct links, instead of now having to press the menu (3 dots) to navigate to the corresponding page.
An option for the top bar to not dispear when scrolling would be nice as well.
Also any thoughts on having a preview of how the settings affect post/comments?
I actually kind of like the current Card View (I was never a fan of how much images were cropped in the previous versions), but I would also like an option for full-height images, stretched to the card’s width. Similar to what we see in Fullwidth view.
Oh yeah, don’t get me wrong it is definitely an improvement to previous versions 😊
And this is why I love 3rd party apps so we can customize this kind of thing :)
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Second!
Looks great but it’s broken. Can’t get content on comment pages.
Is that on a certain instance? I just tried it on a couple servers and it seems working
Seems everywhere to me. Page briefly displays before displaying “couldn’t get content”.
Having the same issue here. Can’t load comments from any instances I’ve tried. My home instance is lemm.ee if that matters.
Ok thanks! I’m rolling out a hotfix now (should be live in about 2 hours). I see lemm.ee is on API version 0.18.1-rc.4 so my suspicion is any instance on that version will have this issue. (The issue was that Connect was trying to load too many comments at one time, which was okay prior to today).
Thank you. Your app is looking fantastic.
You the man! Super fast diagnosis and fix. Much appreciated 😁
Loving your app so far!
You’re a gem! Thank you!
I’m getting this too, every post “couldn’t_get_comments” and if I hit refresh it takes me back to the homepage filtered by Active.
Lemmy (and lemmy.world) work fine in my browser but the app is completely not working.
Really need an option to adjust how nested comments look. The bright colors/thick lines absolutely wreck my eyes in the dark and just kind of look tacky. It’d be great if I could just pick the color and weight of the line, but I’d be fine if you just toned the same down.
I second this. Thinner lines with weak colours would be great or even better, let us customise in settings.
Looking good.
I will note that the notification badge is just a black box.
Also, on the “would be nice to see” list, the Profile page could us some love. (Ability to edit your profile, tabs for comments vs posts, maybe some fancy stuff like things you’ve favorites)
Do you have any plan to make this app open source?
Thanks for the updates!
It would be nice for the titles in fullwidth view to be above the images and link previews. That way the user gets the description of what they are looking at first.
Loving the app so far - very clean, beautiful design.
I have a small feature request, if I may. Could there be a way to have unread comments in a thread you’ve viewed before be highlighted in some way so they’re easier to find? Maybe like a slight grey or blue background to them, or something like that.
Thank you! Keep up the great work!
Can you give us an option to load links into our default web browser
There’s an option in settings to always open links in the external browser, is that what you’re looking for?
What version has this? I’m not seeing this option in the android settings version.
Nm. I see toggle now. Thanks!
Works flawlessly for me, my phone and tablet. Snappier than ever, thanks so much!
Any plans for haptic feedback when upvoting / downvoting? I sometimes bookmark a post by mistake because I went too far. Haptic feedback would resolve that issue
EDIT oops I just realized that the downvote option is gone from the gestures menu
The new icon doesn’t seem to be adhering to the icon borders of the system on my Samsung phone.
I think it actually is? You can see slivers shaved off the top/bottom/left/right.
It’s just that the main areas that get chopped off don’t exist on a round icon.
Ah you’re right, I think the black border is what made it seem like it wasn’t there. I haven’t tried but I wonder how it will be with custom colours set in Android. Would be nice to follow the material design colours that are set!
It seems to use the material design colors on my Pixel 6a.
I also see that green system color throughout the app.
Now I have yet another Connect App…
Any chance of an iOS version?
[Bug, function]: For some reason when I turn on “Open links in external browser” it turns itself off automatically as soon as I save the settings.
[Bug, visual]: The three dots on the tip-right corner when opening a web page using the internal browser are white, on a white background. I had to guess there was something there.
I’m not sure if this is already on your list of things to do, but I’ve noticed the Inbox and Profile page (with all your posts) do not adhere to the posts and border styles that are set in settings.
It looks like the older interface and doesn’t have the sub-comment side colour borders either.
