Community of the Android app Boost for Lemmy
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 don't believe I have this issue. Been using boost for a while.
Ugh. Now I see that this behavior changes between instances. Will have to look deeper later. Could be BE version differences. Could be instance settings.
We have your example from your instance and then I tested the following...
Same link while logged into Lemmy.word:
Same link while logged into feddit.uk:
Now to further complicate this, this is Sync for Lemmy via Lemmy.ca:
This is Sync for Lemmy via feddit.uk:
I remember back in the day having layout issues because boost wants to prioritize advertisements over posts.
The users in that thread shamed me for asking about it being a bug or by design.
My advice is to try new apps for front-end, there are a ton of options now.
I don't have this issue with imgur links, but it does happen to me with at least one or two other image hosts. Works fine in the web UI, but not in Boost. ยฏ_(ใ)_/ยฏ
I really like using Boost, so I hope this gets fixed, but like yourself, I keep missing stuff because I can't see some images.
I really like Boost as well. It was what I preferred on Reddit and I was happy to keep using it with Lemmy. I appreciate all that Reuben has done.
I'm going to keep trying to nail this down. I suspect now it could be related to instance settings.
Findings I had this morning: https://lemmy.ca/comment/14153173
Interesting! This is the first time I'm seeing this bug.