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The scrolling seems really choppy most of the time, has anybody else experienced it? Running on iOS 17 Also when pressing the feed button it doesn’t return to all the way top

I got a reply with a large width and the left border overflows „outside“ the screen

It’s here: our 1.1 release candidate! This is the last set of features for our App Store update next week, and we’ve got some exciting ones for you:

Features and Improvements

• Brand new search interface, allowing you to search for users or communities (posts coming soon) and featuring a beautiful new result preview
• Image uploading. You can now upload an image when creating a post!
• New icon: “Stargazer", designed by Sjmarf
• Edited posts and comments now display the updated time

Bug Fixes

• Fixed images all appearing as squares (and, I hope, finally put our scrolling issues to bed)
• Fixed settings icons not rendering properly on iOS 17
• Fixed a bug where connecting to instances on localhost was impossible
• Smoothed out editor sheet animations
• 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—Apple fixed this behavior generally in iOS 17, there’s unfortunately nothing we can do about it in iOS 16)
• Clarified error message when trying to log into a private instance

Known issues

• Tapping a “recent searches" suggestion for a community or user not federated with the current account will fail to load
• "Official Community" link on some instances federated with lemmy.ml still opens in-browser
• Items to the right of the spacer in the widget customizer do not initially register taps if the widgets have not been customized since the last build. This is due to inconsistencies in the saved widget config data, and can be fixed by simply moving some widgets around.
• Info stack does not properly adjust its alignment when it is the leftmost or rightmost element

Cheers, The Mlem Group

The info widget looks a bit out of place when it is moved to the left or right side, since its icons are always center-aligned.

Could you implement that the info widget icons are automatically left-aligned when the info widget is moved to the left side, and right-aligned when it is moved to the right side?

Or a manual way to chose their alignment.

If I want to hide read posts, what causes something to be read? It does not seem to be just scrolling by it as in other similar apps.

Basically when I click on a reply in my inbox it opens the post. Where as I think it should also „scroll“ to the comment within that post. It’s sometimes painful to find the full context in a bigger comment section.

We're back with bugfixes, bugfixes, a new icon, and more bugfixes! Thanks to all of our wonderful TestFlight members for finding and reporting bugs--we really couldn't do it without you.

Small patch today, but we figured that the fixes are important enough to be worth releasing ahead of our regular cadence.

Features and Improvements

• Added a new "Classic Lemmy" icon, designed by yours truly, based on the Lemmy logo
• Refined the onboarding flow. The instance list now only shows the top 30 instances, with the others accessible via search; we've also smoothed out the navigation between pages.
• Refined the editor. Now it can be pulled down to only cover half the screen so you can see context while you're composing, and it can't be swipe-dismissed so you won't accidentally lose a half-written post.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed images not prefetching
• Fixed the first ~40 posts not showing up
• Fixed posts loading after the end of the feed
• Fixed large posts rendering incorrectly on iPad

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Why doesn’t the double tap and swipe (up or down) to zoom gesture work? Is it broken or can it be added?

Hey guys, I just joined Lemmy a few days ago so I don’t know how this works lol, but I’m using Mlem. I wanted to see if there are videos on YouTube showcasing some Mlem features that I don’t know about and I stumbled upon this video with no views somehow. The guy in the video says he’s the guy who made Mlem, but there was some drama so he’s not around anymore… does anyone know if it’s legit? Thanks

We've rolled out a patch to the App Store that fixes some instances not loading properly. lemmy.world, beehaw.org, and others should work properly now.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Like the tool I linked to, I think it would be a large step forward for Mlem if it could better handle images. Currently, images seem to be cropped to the center with no intelligence and make opening the image a requirement or something the user is dissuaded from doing. I know it’s a bigger ask, but someone’s gotta do it.

I'm going to start by saying we didn't actually want to release this one just yet. A couple major instances changed their API spec without updating the published build number, which led to us needing to rush out a fix, so what we've got isn't quite fully cooked yet. Anyway, we figured it would be more fun to ship what we've got then to ship a patch, so here's what's new:

Features and Improvements

• Added an option to upvote posts on save (comments still WIP)
• Added an option to show the user avatar in the tab bar instead of the generic profile
• 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.
• Added post overscroll for the jump button

Bug Fixes

• Fixed website icon not appearing in the right place on thumbnails
• Fixed the "share" button crashing the app on iPad
• Fixed the widget customizer not working on iOS 17
• Fixed feed refresh not behaving consistently
• Fixed login not handling incorrect 2FA code properly
• Fixed instances with optional .admin field not loading
• Added handling for inconsistent date formats across instances
• Fixed unencoded URLs breaking the feed

Known issues:

• Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
• Comments don't apply interactions instantly
• It's hard to get image posts to collapse
• Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
• Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!
• In Large Post mode, all images are crunched into a square. This is a temporary hack for performance reasons while we polish up some fun new changes, and will be gone in the next build.

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Is there an option I’m overlooking or does it not exist? If it doesn’t, can I request it be added? I’m tired of seeing giant text/ posts at the top of my feed like a giant banner ad.

While trying to log out or remove my account today I used the delete current account option. I had no idea this meant it was deleting my entire lemmy account! I was able to get it restored by a kind mod but all of my posts and comments are permanently gone.

Can we get a better explanation for this button in the app to prevent others from making the same mistake?

The biggest feature I notice missing in almost all Lemmy apps, is jumping to the top on the first tap of the tab icon of the view you’re in.

E.g. you’ve scrolled down a bit while in the Posts tab, then you tap the Posts icon, in Apollo, it would jump to the top of the list view in Posts, then second tap would take you to the communities subscribed slideout view.

Would love to see both the first and second tap functionality added to the tab icons as it’s a great quality of life feature IMO.

Is there a way to upload images in a post? I couldn’t find it. I remember reading here a while ago that this was planned feature. Is it still in the works? Thanks for all your work, I’ve enjoyed using the app!

Hi,

Are there any plans to add biometric / Face ID unlock?

Thanks and keep up the great work!

We've received a lot of reports about Android apps no longer working at Beehaw.org. About an hour ago Sync pushed an update that solved this issue. I use Mlem and can confirm that Mlem 1.0.1 does not load Beehaw.org.

I tap blurred nsfw content. I see a flash of it then it quickly minimizes. I can tap it again and it goes back to normal size but blurred out. I tap it again it unblurs and quickly minimizes.

Apologies if this was already asked and answered. I looked through the list but didn’t see anything so I’m sharing info based on my experience so far.

Loving Mlem in general (working great on iPhone 12), but search is still a bit of a hindrance. Right now, the search function seems to be limited to searching for communities only. (Unless I’ve missed something?)

I would love having the ability to search for topics/keywords as well, especially as someone relatively new to the fediverse. It can be a bit difficult to discover communities if you have to already know their names, especially in cases where communities use names that aren’t necessarily intuitive or indicative of their content focus.

I’ve had a few experiences using Mlem where I search for something but no relevant communities pop up in the results - but if I use lemmy on desktop to search the same string I can see several posts with that topic/keyword across multiple communities, making it easier to identify potential communities that I might want to follow & contribute to.

Again, thanks for the work you do & love the app so far. It’s made Lemmy way easier and more fun to use for this humble reddit refugee. ❤️

We're motoring on ahead towards our 1.0.2 RC. It's a little ways off yet, but we've just got so many new changes that we couldn't help but share them with you.

What's new:

• The Widget Wizard: fully customize your post and comment interaction widgets with a new drag-and-drop interface! Check it out in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts or Comments -> Customize Widgets
• Jump button: we've added a handy little button to jump to the next top-level comment. You can disable it in Settings -> Comments.
• Instant post feedback: we've done some major backend work on how we handle posts to make the app more stable and set up new features down the line. You'll notice that posts now apply your interactions immediately, rather than waiting for network round trip. You might also notice some new bugs, which we would love to hear about.
• Onboarding: new users now get a proper onboarding flow. You can check it out by removing all your accounts from Mlem.
• Collapse post content: in the detailed post view, you can tap the title or body of a post to collapse it and get right to the comments
• Collapse comments: swipe way to the left to reveal a new swipe action: collapse comment
• Haptic levels: you can now disable some or all of the haptic feedback in the app in Settings -> General -> Haptic Level
• Opaque tab bars: in case you think material design is so 2014 and yearn for strong, assertive views, you can now make the tab bars fully opaque in Settings -> Accessibility -> Translucent Insets.

Quality of life updates:

• Link posts now have an indicator on their thumbnail in Compact and Headline mode
• 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
• Large images now display as shrunk. You can make them display in their full, glorious height in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts -> Limit Image Height In Feed.
• You can now block communities directly from posts
• Various actions have been flagged as destructive
• 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

Known issues:

• Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
• Comments don't apply interactions instantly
• It's hard to get image posts to collapse
• Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
• Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!

Cheers, The Mlem Group

A few times I’ve typed out a comment. Then swiped down on the comment window to minimize it so I can reread someone else’s comment. Just to make sure I’ve got my facts straight. Then I realize that my comment is gone. It was 5 paragraphs. I’m not retyping all of that. So, I move on.

I’m an idiot. So, I’ve done this like 3 times in the past week.

Please please please consider this.

Thank you so much for the time and effort you’ve put into this project.