Mlem for Lemmy

@mlemapp hi Mlem, how do I post in your app please?
I’m going nuts trying to figure this out

If you do not have the YouTube app installed and you open a YouTube link there is no way to close the YouTube window that opens and return to mlem without closing mlem.

Device: ipad pro 11" (2018)

iOS: current, non-beta

Mlem: test flight

I’ve noticed that comments I’ve made where the overall score is negative don’t show up when looking in the Comments tab under my profile. Is this a problem with Mlem, or the instance I’m using?

Is there an icon key for the user icons mlem uses? It appears the hammer is moderator, maybe? And the >_ is bot? I looked through all of the settings within mlem and could not find anything that showed what is what it a way to change it.

It looks absolutely amazing

We have released our first release candidate for 1.1.1 to TestFlight. This is a backend-focused update that adds compatibility with Lemmy 0.19 and cleans up some of our backend logic.

Features

• Rewrote inbox backend. This is the biggest thing to test in this release, since we’ve implemented a completely new approach to displaying feeds that we hope to roll out across the app. There shouldn’t be any new behavior (although swipe actions should feel a tiny bit smoother), but it’s way more computationally efficient and should be easier to work with moving forwards.
• Added Lemmy 0.19 compatibility and features (note that these features are only available on the few instances currently running 0.19 pre-release software):
  • Added option to delete posts and comments when deleting your account
  • Added cursor-based pagination, which should result in slightly more efficient page loading
• Added context menus to search results
• Improved “no posts found” message
• Search bar is now always shown in the search tab
• Added a reset button to the Widget Wizard
• Organized app icons by creator
• Added a new icon, “Alien Mlem,"" by Sjmarf
• Adjusted haptic feedback
• Improved account deletion page

Bug Fixes

• Fixed compact comments not appropriately displaying vote status when net votes are displayed

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

This has been happening quite a lot lately, i switch to safari to get a link to post to lemmy and when i come back to mlem the page reloading (i was viewing a thread in all, but upon copying the link i am back at my default viewing of subscribed and unable to find the thread again.) Can mlem not reload when you are within a thread? Or provide a quick way back to where you were?

ETA: This appears to only be happening on my iPad Pro. I opened Mlem on my phone after posting this and the thread I was browsing hours ago was still open.

Anyone else seeing mlem login issues? Guess my instance may have updated. I was getting a parse error on my user page, tried reinstalling/relogging but now cant log in with mlem. works ok on the webservice, though.

I will check bug reports for this but I noticed mlem refreshes the feed when you change from portrait to landscape or vice-versa. Happens when trying to switch aspects while viewing an image, which loses the image, which is Very Annoying. Anyone else have same experience?

For UI consistency, tapping the Feed button after you’re already in the Feed View should scroll to the top of the feed. That’s what similar apps do (like tapping the News button in Apple News).

If you’re worried about accidental taps, pressing it a second time should take you back to where you were in the feed.

The other toolbar buttons should work similarly. If you’re in the Inbox and you tap a comment, tapping Inbox should take you back to the main inbox. Tapping Inbox when you’re already in the inbox should scroll to the top of the Inbox (if you’re not there already).

Trying to click a link in the top of a post is way too difficult.

1. You can’t open a text link from the newsfeed. You have to open the post, then tap the link.

2. Even in the opened post, the link is next to impossible to open if the text is too close to the preview link at the top of the post.

For an example, try tapping “discussion on Hacker News” link in any of the hacker news posts. 99% of the time it will take you to the linked story instead of the discussion.

Example post…

https://derp.foo/post/367260

It’s a short lived feature I loved having on Apollo as it made you feel more connected with the community you were lurking on as it would enable you to know the current weather conditions of the communities based on places.

Hi Mlem Community,

It’s been a bit quiet here recently, so I just wanted to let you all know what we’ve been up to in the last couple weeks.

Development Progress

The current development cycle has been very backend-focused, so there hasn’t been much shiny new stuff to push to the TestFlight. We’ve instead been developing stable long-term solutions to thorny problems that we didn’t have time to address while we were racing towards core features. There should be a TestFlight coming out soon-ish with some major backend rework that will make the app more stable and robust.

Donations

We are extremely excited to announce that you can now donate to the project!

Where do I donate?

Right here

What will the money be used for?

100% of the money that you donate goes directly towards the project. It will be used to cover operating expenses (e.g., Xcode cloud server time), dev tools, and new features like push notifications that cost some money to operate.

Our donations are run through Open Collective, which means that all of our income and expenses are fully transparent so you can donate with confidence.

What do I get for donating?

The eternal gratitude of the development team, a bright future for Mlem, and some cool updates down the line. Due to App Store restrictions, we cannot currently offer perks as a reward for donation; see below for more details.

Can I donate in-app?

Not yet. In-app purchases must go through the App Store, which requires a whole bunch of additional setup that we are currently still working on. The App Store also prohibits us from selling “content or functionality” through any market but the App Store (App Store review guidelines §3.1.1), which is why we can’t offer tangible rewards right now.

Will functionality ever be paywalled?

Absolutely not, and nor will we ever run ads. Ads and paywalled functionality violate the fundamental philosophy of the Fediverse: social media created by and for the community, free of corporate influence, supported by nothing more than the community’s desire for the platform. When we do get our in-app purchases up and running, we will never restrict the functionality of the app; every feature will be available to every user. Rewards will be in the form of digital bling (e.g., a custom flair visible to all Mlem users), wholly cosmetic perks (e.g., special icons or color themes), or bragging rights (e.g., a shoutout on our info page).

If you have any questions, drop them below and we’ll do our very best to answer them.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Hi!

We all try to make the lemmy fediverse active by posting interesting content! It's currently painful to share a picture I just took. I would love to share it easily.

Currently :

• I take a picture
• I select "share..." in the iOS menu
• I send it to myself as an email to resize it (otherwise it will be rejected because it's too heavy)
• I save the picture in my photos
• I launch a lemmy app
• I go to the right community
• I create a new post
• I browse the photo library to get the picture

What I would love :

• I take a picture
• I select "share..." in the iOS menu, I find a lemmy app
• I am ready to select the community
• (The lemmy app resizes the picture for me)

I know that it is not an easy feature to implement. However, the lemmy fediverse would gain activity from it.

Also : it's less painful, but sharing an URL directly from the browser would also be a must.

Currently, as far as I understand, there is no notification support. May I ask, is it on roadmap?

Hi! Thanks to the devs for their great work with this app. I've enjoyed using it as my primary since the latest update. I was wondering if there are plans to implement different theme (highlight) colors instead of the standard blue. I like the blue just fine, but would sure love other options to choose from like Lemmy's mint green. I imagine other users would welcome this option as well. Thanks for the consideration! ✌️ 🙂

If you remove all post widgets, you cannot add any back. Dragging any back up does nothing.

Thanks for the enhanced search tab, but I noticed that you can not search inside a community or am I missing something?

It appears that once you open communities there is no way to return to where you were in your feed. Once opened I have to pick a community or subscribed/local/all to get back to my feed and any of those choices reloads my feed even if it was the same as I was just viewing.

After updating to V1.1 the grey fill on the vote indicator on compact comments stopped working.

It highlights a bit of an issue that I’ve had since switching to Mlem; I’d love if that upvote icon fill was colour coded the same as an up/downvote. Previously it was just grey which is ok but having it colour coded would visually function better imo.

This is on an iPhone 15PM iOS 17.0.3.

Saw the mention of scrolling being fixed in the latest App Store release notes. Regrettably I seem to have jerking scrolling happening after applying this update where I did not before. Happens in feed, and in comments view. Anyone else seeing this? I’m on iOS 16.7.1, iPhone X. Using post size = large.

At long last, Mlem 1.1 is ready! We’ve been working on this one for a while and are super excited to bring what we’ve been working on to the App Store:

Major Features

Fully Customizable Interaction Bar

All the buttons you want, exactly where you want them. Want to be able to upvote from both sides of the post? You can do that. Instance doesn’t support downvotes? You can remove the downvote button. Want six separate upvote buttons? Yup, you can do that too. Check it out in Settings -> Appearance - Posts or Comments -> Customize Widgets.

Enhanced Search

Search has been given a major facelift, and we’ve added the ability to search for both users and communities. You can also now subscribe directly from search results.

New Icons

We have two all-new icons for the app:

• Classic Lemmy, designed by Eric Andrews, based on the Lemmy icon
• Stargazer, designed by Sjmarf

Jump Button

We’ve added a button to the comments view to let you jump to the next comment, because scrolling is just too much work sometimes.

Image Uploading

Our team is never afraid to push the envelope. After countless hours of groundbreaking development, we give you the ability to upload an image while creating a post. Revolutionary, we know.

Onboarding

We now have a proper onboarding flow for new Lemmy users. If you already have an account but want to see it anyway, you can remove all your accounts from Mlem.

Minor Features

• Collapse comments. Swipe all the way to the left to collapse a comment.
• Collapse post content. Posts are overrated—comments are where it’s at. In the detailed post view, you can tap a post to collapse it and get straight into the comments.
• Adjustable haptic levels. You can disable some or all of the haptic feedback in Settings -> General -> Haptic Level.
• Opaque insets. If you think material design is just a silly fad and solid colors are the one true path, you can make your navigation and tab bars fully opaque in Settings -> Accessibility -> Translucent Insets.'
• Added an option to upvote posts on save. You can find it in Settings -> General -> Upvote on Save.
• Added an option to show the user avatar in the tab bar instead of the generic profile picture. You can find it in Settings -> Appearance -> Tab Bar -> Show User Avatar.
• Edited posts and comments now display the updated time.

Quality-of-life and Other Improvements

• Instant vote feedback. Voting on posts and comments now displays the vote instantaneously, rather than waiting for that sluggish speed-of-light roundtrip to the server.
• Link posts now have an indicator on their thumbnail in Compact and Headline mode.
• You can now block communities directly from posts.
• Various actions have been flagged as destructive and given a nice little warning popup.
• Fixed some issues with images embedded in links displaying poorly.
• Fixed nav bar disappearing on device rotation.
• Haptic feedback no longer causes an animation hitch on first play.
• Made profile headers more readable.
• Updated the behavior of the NSFW filter. In expanded post mode, tapping anywhere on the image will dismiss the filter; in feed, the filter can still only be dismissed by tapping the warning sign.
• Very tall images now shrink to a max height. You can make them display in their full, glorious height in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts -> Limit Image Height In Feed.
• Smoothed out editor sheet animations.
• Clarified error message when trying to log into a private instance.

Bug Fixes

• Addressed scrolling jumpiness. Again. I really think I’ve got it beat this time, though. Please?
• Fixed a problem where the account switcher would be open when re-opening the app.
• Inbox now persists unread status.
• Search no longer has auto-correct or auto-capitalization.
• Fixed the “share” button crashing the app on iPad.
• Fixed feed refresh not behaving consistently
• Fixed login not handling incorrect 2FA code properly
• Added handling for inconsistent date formats across instances
• Fixed unencoded URLs breaking the feed
• Fixed instances with optional .admin field not loading
• Fixed large posts rendering incorrectly on iPad.
• Fixed the first ~40 posts not showing up
• Fixed posts loading after the end of the feed
• Fixed settings icons not rendering properly on iOS 17
• Fixed a bug where connecting to instances on localhost was impossible
• Fixed logging in before email verification crashing the app
• Fixed opening posts from URL links crashing the app
• Fixed swipey action animation and context menu animation trying to run at the same time (ONLY on iOS 17—some of the changes made in iOS 17 gave us the tools to disable this behavior, but there’s unfortunately nothing we can do about it in iOS 16).

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Ahead of our App Store update tomorrow, we’ve fixed a whole lot of bugs and refined some of our new features:

Features and Improvements

• Recent searches are now stored per-account
• Optimized search view rendering
• Added a swipe gesture to delete a recent search
• Improved account switching screen
• Added an option to disable the “swipe up from tab bar” gesture

Bug Fixes

• Recent searches from instances not federated with the current account no longer appear
• Refreshing your own profile no longer causes an error
• Refreshing a profile now also refreshes the content of that profile, including things like vote counts
• Fixed certain actions being published on background threads
• Fixed inbox unread count incrementing every time you vote on a mention or reply
• Fixed search spamming the API
• Fixed home page sometimes having no items when navigating back from search
• edit Fixed info stack not aligning properly

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

I have “Reduce transparency” transparency turned on in system settings, but the Mlem toolbar at the bottom of the screen doesn’t seem to be honoring this. Scrolling through my feed makes the toolbar background glow on/off while scrolling. Wasn’t sure if this was something already fixed in future builds, so figured I’d bring it up. I don’t remember this happening previously.

Is there any way to turn off haptic feedback in Mlem for iOS when upvoting or clicking send? Looked in settings but couldn’t find it. It keeps making me think I’m about to get a text or a phone call.