Hi, Connect 1.0.59 brings a new profile page, improvements to how routes are handled within the app, and a host of new settings. I hope you like it!
I’m still thinking about what a ‘new to Lemmy’ onboarding might look like. Also I know some people reported issues with the markdown editor yesterday, if this version still have issues please add a comment and I’ll try and sort them out today!
What’s new
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Community name and user name are now direct links, with a setting to disable it.
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Added a quick link to the official community within the app
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Added confirmation on exit app
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Added swiping on the left edge of home will open the drawer.
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The drawer navigation actions should be more responsive now
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Added an option to adjust how nested comments look. Also I added a couple presets within Settings to change it. I hope you like the presets I’ve chosen.
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Added some improvements to the profile page. Tabs for overall/posts/comments and a page header
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Added some haptic feedback for swipe actions
Bugfixes
- Fixed comment cards in the reply view are no longer clickable
- Fixed a three dot menu being invisible (web)
- Fixed some routing issues when creating a comment or editting a comment. Instead of the previous state being in history it should now show only the state after the change.
Also please let me know what you think of the colour palettes I’ve chosen for the comment lines. If you’re thinking of one that would be cool I’m happy to add it in :)
Links:
-kuroneko
I’m really liking the great leaps in improvements and bugfixes!
This was a huge release! Thanks!
One question, it appears that the ability to collapse comment threads with a tap is gone. Is that true? Or did it move?
Should still be there, under ‘Reverse Comment Interactions’ in settings
Would it be possible to have the community icons next to their names on the frontpage?
Thanks for the feedback! Good idea and I’ll see what I can do.
Love the fact you’re listening to the community and how fast the updates are. Massive kudos, keep it up!
Thanks for this great app! It’s replaced the hole RIF left in my soul.
Excellent update as always!
A couple of bugs I’ve noticed.
- The new fixed thumbnail height toggle doesn’t actually seem to work for fullwidth despite it saying so
- The area for me to tap to see the comments menu or hold to hide and unhide the comments seems to be only on areas where there is text and not the whole section. This makes it hard to interact with comments that are very short on text.
- There don’t seem to be clear card like dividers in card view mode between posts when using the AMOLED dark mode
Thanks for the feedback! I’ll take a look at those bugs.
The new version no longer crashes on launch on my Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, so whatever you did fixed that. The scrolling speed is too slow with a mouse wheel in Samsung DeX though. App looks great otherwise and I’m looking forward to playing with it some more.
That might be related to https://lemmy.ca/post/862903 (@SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world I haven’t forgotten this!) I don’t have a good way of testing this currently but I did try increasing the scroll speed before but it made things kind of jumpy on normal touch scrolling.
Such quick updates. Thanks for adding confirmation on app exit.
This is absolutely beautiful. Love the work done in the profile area. Top Lemmy app hands down.
I love how small the updates are - 1.5mb! And the whole app is just 26mb. Kudos!
Great work, thank you so much!
Any chance you could support custom tabs? Using the open for anything that currently doesn’t work leaves me in webview, which neither has my logins nor tge features I need from my browser.
There’s an option to force opening links in browser if that’s what you’re looking for.
Not really, that opens as a full link, not a custom tab. Custom tabs are basically like webview but open to other browsers that don’t track you. They also include addons if your browser has any.
Further that option makes everything open externally, even images and links. I would like to only see the things replaced that currently open in system webview, like posts with (most types of) links, or the “open” button in various menus.
I can’t read websites well without certain addons for example, so I am forced to tap the “open external” of the webview every time.The keyword is “android custom tabs” or “chrome custom tabs” I think.
Hi Kuro, thanks for all your awesome work and the crazy rapid development. It’s really paying off with how great the app is progressing!
Would you consider adding and option for an alternative cardview, similar to Relay, that has the author, community, post age and title in the header of the card followed by the image or content then in the footer it has the comment count, vote buttons and more options etc.
That order of information is conditioned into me after many years of Relay use 😂
For reference:
Enjoying so far. Thanks
New icon is really ugly… Default launcher on Samsung phone.
Otherwise a really great app!
Is this on version 1.0.59 or 1.0.58? I thought I had this fixed!
Ah, it’s on .58, sorry!
Aaah great update, love the new settings.
What makes me wonder, why is the function going to the community inside dot menu of the top comment and not in the top menu bar?