It’s here: the last big update before we apply to the App Store! We’ve got some exciting new features and a bunch of awesome fixes for you:

NEW ADDITIONS

  • Back by popular demand: the old compact mode! We’ve given it a little bit of a touch-up in the process. The previous not-very-compact compact mode is now called “headline,” and large is still, well, large.
  • New search UX: We gave community search a whole tab of its own, featuring recent search history (clearable, of course) and a much smoother UI. Keep an eye on that tab–we’ve got big plans for it down the road.
  • Reporting Content. We added ability to report posts and comments via context or the ellipsis menu. These reports will be sent to community moderators.

BUG FIXES

  • Optimized image loading to improve scroll performance significantly
  • Fixed spelling mistake (thanks J0hnny007)
  • Fixed bug where link posts made it hard or impossible to enter the comments
  • Fixed bug where NSFW tags were sometimes missing
  • Fixed bug where new posts required a link and body text
  • Fixed issue where comment times could show up with incorrect times

KNOWN ISSUES

  • Cross-instance subscriptions are currently not displaying. This is a server-side problem, nothing we can do about it :(
  • Link posts are a little choppy in the feed–we’re working on smoothing that out

Keep in mind that this is beta software (though not for much longer)–there may be bugs, and we want to hear about them!

Thanks again for using Mlem! We hope you love it as much as we do.

Cheers,

The Mlem Team

  • PlatonicGin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Solid app but it’s missing the ability to tap images and view them full screen. Hoping that’s coming soon. Cheers!

    • Eric@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      We’re working on it! We’ve got a rough implementation, but it’s rough–we’re hoping to get it polished up and down the pipeline soon

  • MrSebSin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for the continuing updates!

    One thing that drives me nuts (in iOS in general) is accidentally tapping the top right corner and it scrolling to the top. Any way to add an option where this can be turned off? Or maybe double tap takes you back to where you were?

    • Eric@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      We try to avoid disabling native behavior, but we do have a feature in the works to return to scroll position, so keep an eye out–probably coming in 1.1 or 1.2, we haven’t nailed down the scoping of it yet

  • Shrinra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Great update! Thanks so much for bringing back compact mode for posts. You knocked it out of the park, and I think it is pretty perfect the way that it is now with respect to text size, information density, content layout, etc.

    I think it would be great to see a compact mode for comments as well, that would change things like text size, content layout (one line for username, timestamp, vote counts instead of two), hiding certain elements (save, reply) etc. I’m not sure if you have anything in your upcoming customization update for that. :)

    Edit: Also, I’m not sure if you are aware, but the options for All/Subscribed/Local that you get when you long press on the Mlem app icon do not seem to work. When selected, the app opens, but that is it.

  • Jim_Greece@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    The app is just getting better and better after every update! Btw, will Mlem support posting images, like Memmy and WefWef?

  • faszom@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Will there be an option to mark opened posts as read? Something like on the web. Might be some setting I’m missing.

  • Rivers@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Excellent work guys. Do you think you could add the ability to reorder accounts in the accounts page?

    • Eric@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Not unless somebody wants to remake it. It’s built using SwiftUI from the ground up, which isn’t really portable. It is open source, though, so anybody is welcome to port it themselves :P

        • Eric@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          Our founder was working on it for about a year before Lemmy took off and the rest of the team joined. Judging by his git history he didn’t work on it super frequently, so maybe ~2 months? It’s been about a month since then, so with 6ish devs on the team that’s another 6 dev-months for a total of 8 dev-months

  • SlovenianSocket@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Compact mode is still not compact. It needs to be MUCH more dense, IE 8-12 posts visible, not 4. Take a look at Memmy & wefwef for an example, they got it right

  • NXL@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Amazing work!! Please consider making the number of comments be in the middle vs when it was posted. The most important thing in a lemmy thread (just like reddit) is the comments. Having the number of comments be in the middle would be much more convenient to know if I should open a thread

  • creativename_123@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Great update but the scroll bar seems to be missing in the list of posts of an instance, within the post‘s comments it’s there though.

    • Aaron Doe@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      So funny you say that, in the latest update the “MlemmyGrad” icon was removed, the default “Mlem” icon was made brighter and a new icon “Funny Conductor Lem” was added.

      I don’t know why “MlemmyGrad” was axed though… Maybe failed he’s classes and didn’t graduate after all…? 🤨😅

  • sennalonso1981@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Great app. However, its not as smooth runing on my 14 Pro. The 120hz display makes it look choppy when scrolling.

    And could you make the thumbnails on the right? Thanks man

    • Eric@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      To both: it’s in the works. We’re constantly optimizing our image preloading, which is the primary driver of the smoothness of the feed–we’ve got a really nice implementation that’s way smoother coming down the pipeline soon.

      As to the thumbnails, we’ve been getting a ton of feedback asking for various customizations like that, so we’re bumping all the “easy win” customizability up–the next update we put out should have the option to swap thumbnail side, plus some other high-demand toggles

  • weedwhacking@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    The new headline mode is SO GOOD!!! Thank you for making an amazing app! Is there anyway to have the image previews on the right?