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Connect for Lemmy App

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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

  • Community name and user name are now direct links, with a setting to disable it.

  • Added a quick link to the official community within the app

  • Added confirmation on exit app

  • Added swiping on the left edge of home will open the drawer.

  • The drawer navigation actions should be more responsive now

  • 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.

  • Added some improvements to the profile page. Tabs for overall/posts/comments and a page header

  • 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 :)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The best just got even better, thanks for everything!

Minor gripes:

  • the gesture "remembers" the farthest you go no matter when you actually leave your thumb. (ie if i want to upvote a post and I go a bit too far to the right on the bookmark gesture, and go back to the upvote icon without releasing the gesture, it bookmarks the post instead of upvoting it)

  • it would be nice if the downvote action was included in these gestures, for all the beans posts ;).

  • I still have the same issue on my tablet (also reported by @[email protected]) about not all subs showing up on the left tab. Everything is fine on my phone.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I'm really liking the great leaps in improvements and bugfixes!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Love the fact you're listening to the community and how fast the updates are. Massive kudos, keep it up!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Should still be there, under 'Reverse Comment Interactions' in settings

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would it be possible to have the community icons next to their names on the frontpage?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback! Good idea and I'll see what I can do.

[–] soycapitan451 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like this update. Thanks for making the transition over to Lemmy such a positive experience.

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[–] kuneho 4 points 1 year ago

thanks for the active work, you do an awesome job!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks for this great app! It's replaced the hole RIF left in my soul.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That might be related to https://lemmy.ca/post/862903 (@[email protected] 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.

[–] Uschaan 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I like this app very much!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback! I'll take a look at those bugs.

[–] brainschaden 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for the app. Can you add a feature to jo just skip to the next parent comment? I loved this feature on RIF

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Press and hold on a comment to collapse it

[–] missmayflower 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Connect is feeling very good to use! Excellent work with this update, it's becoming my main Lemmy app. I love all of the new features and customization options.

I'm personally a big fan of the "Earthy" color pallete for comment lines.

Thanks for your hard work!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Such quick updates. Thanks for adding confirmation on app exit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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:

[–] Gazumbo 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks again for all you're hard work.

Feature request please: Gesture swipe up or down on an image to dismiss it and return to post. Same for gifs/videos if you implement a built-in player at the some point.

Feature request 2: some border padding on images in community view. I enabled show 'Post titles Above Images' but without a border the title and post text look disconnected

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Enjoying so far. Thanks

[–] EnterOne 2 points 1 year ago

Just tried the apps available for Android, and Connect is clearly the friendliest and prettiest client. I know it's early days, but I think I'll be experiencing lemmy from here, at least until Sync comes out.

Request: I'm on team serif for comment font. Can we have font choices?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

New icon is really ugly... Default launcher on Samsung phone.

Otherwise a really great app!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this on version 1.0.59 or 1.0.58? I thought I had this fixed!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah, it's on .58, sorry!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I love how small the updates are - 1.5mb! And the whole app is just 26mb. Kudos!

[–] Blazingflames6073 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Hey there! I really appreciate the constant improvements the updates bring. Connect is the app I mainly use for lemmy now.

~~I'd like to request a feature. Could you add an option for title to be above media(image and videos) posts? It's what I was used to on the various third party reddit apps I used to use.~~

Thanks again.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This is absolutely beautiful. Love the work done in the profile area. Top Lemmy app hands down.

[–] Platyp 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the quick update!

One thing I really liked about RIF's comment view is that it had an explicit show/hide button for collapsing/expanding comment threads. The long press to collapse is okay but a bit annoying to use when you're trying to collapse lots of comments with a long nested thread with many branches. Any chance we could get a setting for an explicit button with this functionality?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hello, I just heard about this app and tried it out. It's instantly become my favorite as being most similar to RIF of the ones I've tried. I figured posting feedback and bugs to the current release thread will keep things the most organized.

[Bug] Post titles do not display for me (Galaxy Fold 4) in open/closed mode. I've tried toggling through the various themes and post view styles with no luck. Screenshot

[Request] When clicking on a comment, it expands to display ways to interact with it. If you click on another comment, the options for the previous comment remain visible. The "ActiveComment" should be the only one with visible options to conserve screen space.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hi, thanks for the feedback! If you change the 'Font type for posts' or 'Post Titles above Images' setting does that have any affect? Just trying to narrow down what might be causing the issue.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Hey! Looks like disabling the post titles above images setting fixed it for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Another silly bug: When the confirmation dialog to exit the application appears, tapping yes does nothing.

[–] s6original 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Favorites are not sticking for me.

Edit: They're staying now but there seems to be some wonkiness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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?

[–] SheeEttin 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Should it be respecting my preference to start on the subscribed communities feed? Currently it always defaults to all.

[–] s6original 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a three-dot menu on the selection for Frontpage. Select default there.

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