Boost For Lemmy

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It would be nice to render collapsible sections for

Last update was 6 months ago, Ruben was active a week and a month ago, so seems to still be alive at least.

Would be a shame, it has a lot going for it, even though the bugs are stacking up =/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/25684090

Red is bad and blue/green is good.

The colors are backwards and it bothers me constantly. Is there no way to change those?

My own name is highlighted red. I don't even like the color red. I want my own name to be highlighted in green.

I would pay money for this functionality it bothers me so much.

I have message from a recent well-known fediverse bot in my inbox. Boost displays this as an unread message with (1) notification at the bottom.

I cannot figure out how to delete this message, nor clear the notification.

Summary

Potential Implementation of a dedicated chat platform for Boost for Lemmy users, either through Discord or Revolt Chat, to foster community engagement, facilitate feature requests, and provide a space for user discussions.

Detailed Description

As a user of Boost for Lemmy, I personally believe that implementing a community chat platform could GREATLY enhance user experience and community engagement.

This idea is inspired by similar implementations in other Lemmy clients, such as Sync for Lemmy's Discord server.

Two potential options for this feature:

1. Discord Server:
   • Create an official Discord server for Boost for Lemmy users.
   • Advantages: Widely used, feature-rich, and familiar to many users.

2. Revolt Chat

https://github.com/revoltchat

• Implement an open-source alternative to Discord.
• Advantages: Aligns with open-source principles, potentially more privacy-focused.

Proposed Functionality

• Dedicated channels for:
  • Feature requests and suggestions
  • Bug reports
  • General discussion
  • App updates and announcements
• User roles (e.g., moderators, developers, regular users)
• Integration with GitHub for issue tracking (if applicable)
• Polls for community feedback on potential features

Benefits

1. Improved user engagement and community building
2. Direct line of communication between users and developers
3. Centralized platform for feature requests and bug reports
4. Faster dissemination of updates and announcements
5. Potential for community-driven development and testing

Implementation Considerations

• Moderation needs and policies
• Integration with existing support channels
• Resource allocation for managing the community platform
• Privacy and data handling considerations

I personally believe that this feature would SIGNIFICANTLY enhance the Boost for Lemmy experience and strengthen our user community.

Can't start a title with an emoji even though it's a valid title.

DAE have very delayed and sometimes never fired notifications for Mentions and DMs?

Reply notifications go through per settings just fine every 15 minutes or so

But mentions and DMs never seem to fire on time, sometimes 1 or 2 hours late, if at all. It won't even show a counter for those tabs when I'm on the replies screen, only when I flip to them they'll "catch-up"

I see this often and wonder how much I miss as a result. Imgur links neither render as a link nor an image. I only know it's a link to an image when I view it the same post via the WebUI or another app. I don't even realize these are images most of the time and just scroll past.

Is it simply not being handled yet? A bug? Design decision?

Referenced post: https://lemmy.world/post/24776463

I am evaluating if hosting a Lemmy instance fulfills my use case. If I share a link with Lemmy, it is really just that, I shared a link, right?! I noticed that in some cases Boost shows further content for this link. For example for a YouTube link it shows a thumbnail. But for other page like news pages it has no thumbnail or so ever. I double checked, if I share the same news article with for example my messenger of choice the preview is correct, means the meta data gets correctly resolved. Because I am new to Lemmy I would like to know which software is now responsible to resolve it. For example I had a NSFW gif page link which was perfectly resolved but others get not.

Every hint about it is appreciated. 🙏

The ability to add users to list's separated by group. With all the crazy stuff going on it would be helpful to be able to remember who is who. Maybe with a user defined flair next to their username on their posts and comments.

I don't like blocking views I don't agree with but would like an easy way to see at a glance what kind of person I'm dealing with and make it easier to see patterns in their discussions. If they were to be overly annoying, arguing in bad faith consistently or just a propaganda mouthpiece this would make it easier to recognize.

Something to break the infinite scroll.

Lots of stuttering.

Is there a way to enable logs outputs? I'm getting pretty regular timeout errors on my primary instance of choice. I'd really like to know more details about what's going on.

Basically the title. I click a link and it takes forever to open. Doesn't matter the type of link. If I click a link multiple times then eventually N pages open all at once

For example

https://lemmy.ca/comment/13566145

Since the fediverse doesn't have a distinct username length limit, it might help to put a max length and then ellipsis it

LongUsername@LongInstanceNam... 135 ⋅ 2w ⋅ (2w)

I can easily find posts that I have saved by going to my profile but I can't seem to find saved comments anywhere

I have an image that absolutely must be seen by you folk but I can't upload it! I made this account on the lemm.ee instance if that matters but whenever I try to upload an image I get error 400/414. Anyone else?

I've mainly seen this with ^superscript^ notation not being recognized, but I assume there are other differences between Lemmy markdown and what Boost uses.

I would llike to request the implementation of swipe gestures in boost for Lemmy to allow users to quickly and intuitively interact with posts and comments.

This feature would significantly improve the user experience by providing a more efficient and modern way to engage with content.

Specifically, I propose adding the following swipe gestures:

1. Swipe to upvote/downvote posts and comments
2. Swipe to share posts and comments
3. Swipe to save posts and comments

Benefits

• Improved user experience and engagement
• Faster and more intuitive interactions with content
• Alignment with modern mobile app design patterns
• Competitive feature parity with other popular Lemmy apps

Implementation Suggestions

• Add horizontal swipe gestures for posts in the feed
• Implement horizontal swipe gestures for comments
• Include customizable gesture settings to allow users to personalize their experience
• Ensure smooth animations for visual feedback during swipe actions

Examples from Other Apps

• Sync for Lemmy: Allows swiping on posts to vote, share, and save
• Voyager for Lemmy: Implements swipe gestures for various post and comment actions

Potential Challenges

• Ensuring gesture recognition doesn't interfere with scrolling
• Maintaining accessibility for users who may have difficulty with swipe gestures

Conclusion

Adding swipe gesture functionality to boost would greatly enhance the app's usability and bring it in line with other popular Lemmy clients.

This feature would make content interaction more efficient and enjoyable for users, potentially increasing engagement and user satisfaction.

scrolling through All and getting to the bottom restarts the App instead of loading more posts

Is this a known issue? Is it only certain phones? I want to save images and memes to my galaxy 8 but i can't. As far as i can tell The app has permissions you access my image folder. When boost returned from the reddit api debacle i could download images just fine. But a couple months ago i stopped being able to.

I can load the HD version of the image just fine.

This way you can blur previews unless you specifically seek out NSFW content.