Thunder App

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An open-source, cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android.

This community is intended to discuss features and feature suggestions for Thunder; as well as friendly, respectful talks about Lemmy in general.

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How do you use the swiping to up/downvote effectively? (self.thunder_app)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Cubes to c/thunder_app

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Maybe it's just me but the swiping to up/downvote is incredibly frustrating to use. I find myself accidentally downvoting often. My other issue is that the votes don't register immediately, so most of the time I can't tell whether I didn't swipe far enough or if it didn't register yet and end up probably swiping 5 times before giving up.

Am I using it wrong? Are there plans to allow for buttons in the future?

Otherwise I am really digging the client. Would like it if the community name was highlighted in a different color when scrolling all too, but otherwise it's great!

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[–] darklightxi 14 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Hey! I'm sorry to hear that - I'll definitely be working on ways to improve the experience for swiping gestures, and I plan to also add in buttons as replacements for those who prefer to do it that way!

There's some things I can do to maybe help with swiping:

I can increase the distance between the first and second action, so that you have to be more deliberate if you want to downvote a post or comment
I am currently working on making the feedback of the vote to be instantaneous, which will let you know if you've performed the action! The actual voting will take some time in the background depending on how fast your instance is (but if something fails, it'll pop up with a message mentioning that)

Those two points will most likely come with the next release - as for the button actions, that one will hopefully come in a future update! If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to let me know 😄

[–] Cubes 3 points 1 year ago

It's something I can probably get used to, but I think the things you've lined out would make a lot smoother for me to use. I do get some occasional accidental swipes too, so maybe increasing the distance or the threshold for what counts as a "swipe" might reel a bit better. Like I said, I do love the app so far and intend to keep using it! Keep up the good work!

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