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[ NEW BETA RELEASE ] Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.1 RC 2 (432) - 2023-08-09 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Thanks to all your feedback on the first 1.0.1 Release Candidate build, we've smoothed out some of the edges and are targeting an App Store submission tomorrow.

The Highlights:

Added swipe down to dismiss QuickLook preview
Added the ability to give profiles nicknames to display in the tab bar (settings -> appearance -> tab bar)

Full Changelog:

Added swipe down to dismiss QuickLook preview
Added the ability to give profiles nicknames
Fixed "show instance" toggles not doing anything
Fixed voiceover on the tab bar. It now properly announces each tab and is considered the last item in the view, so the reader starts in the right place and will select the tab bar on four-finger tap at the bottom of the screen
Improved voiceover on posts. The items in the info stack are now properly grouped and annotated.
De-emphasized the body of text posts in feed. Text post bodies now appear as secondary content (gray) in the feed instead of primary (black or white)
Added haptic feedback on long press account quick switcher
Fixed tab bar spacing on devices with a physical home button
Tightened up tab bar animations significantly
Added auto-selection of text fields in post and comment editors
Improved consistency of settings menus
Fixed an issue where all users in community feeds were being flaired as OP
Improved comment folding animation
Changed some stale links
Added .webp image support
Even more caching to further improve feed performance

Cheers, The Mlem Group

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mlem is really smooth now

[–] higgsone 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I really liked Mlem but I feel like the performance got worse. Currently using the Voyager App from the App Store and loving it.

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

Would you mind sharing some information to help us diagnose?

Build number (Settings -> About Mlem)
Phone model and year

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

Build Number 274
iPhone 13 2021

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ah, that makes sense--that's the App Store build, not the TestFlight, so it doesn't have the new caching system. We just submitted the update to the App Store, so (Apple Review willing) you should get the smoother feed (and a bunch of other features) within the next couple days!

[–] higgsone 4 points 1 year ago

Looking forward for the new version

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

Let us know when the AppStore version is updated!

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

Have you tried Avelon (TestFlight)?

[–] higgsone 1 points 1 year ago

I've heard about it but I'm waiting for a official release. Not a fan of Betas.

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

I keep coming back to voyager again and again. The scrolling is buttery smooth, it‘s pretty much feature complete and the UI looks nice. Mlem has gotten pretty close, but the scrolling keeps being an issue.

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

Not for me, sadly. Feels like it’s gotten worse again

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

Funnily enough I was trapped in a post and had to force close the app after reading your comment.

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

Oof, how did you get trapped, like you couldn’t swipe back or did the game master decide to spawn an overpowered dragon? XD

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

Indeed, I couldn’t swipe or tap on "< Back". Changing tabs worked, but I could not get out of the post.

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

This is very odd--we've got most users reporting dramatic improvements, while a few are reporting regressions. Would you mind sharing some information to help us diagnose?

Build number (Settings -> About Mlem)
Phone model and year

You can also message me directly.

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

I already commented on this issue with a screen recording. Maybe it got lost since the issue was already closed.

Build 475, video. iPhone 12 Pro and iOS 16.6

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

You also opened an issue about the cursor jumping to the end of the line after the first character that we couldn't replicate--both behaviors could be caused by something forcing view redraws on your device.

Possibly a dumb question, but always worth asking: have you tried reinstalling?

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

I just tried that, the editing issue seems to be gone, but the scrolling is still not smooth sadly

Edit: editing issue reappeared shortly after

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Amazing!!! I LOVE the swipe down to close the image! Y’all are doing great work!

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

Feeds button still doesn’t take you to the top 😭

Great work though mlem is really smooth

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

We're working on it! We just merged a PR this afternoon that gives us the hook to detect that second tap on the tab bar (turns out that's kinda tricky). It'll be in the next major release for sure!

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

Not sure if it got added in this version, but the different haptic feedback when swiping back from an upvote is so satisfying!

[–] entropicshart 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Am I missing something or is there no share button on posts?

I really do love the image handling in Mlem (swipe to close, tap to zoom in/out); it has been something that Memmy has been struggling with a lot.

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

There's no button, but you can share from the context menu or the ellipsis menu.

We've got another update in the works that adds a ton of customization to the post bar and you should be able to add it then.

[–] SideshowBoz 3 points 1 year ago

Do you see it if you tap on the “…” button on a post in the top right corner? It’s a menu item in there =)

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

Can you consider adding a hide read button

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

Considered and done! We added it in the last patch--you can find it in the ellipsis menu in the nav bar, right next to the NSFW blur toggle

[–] Jackolantern 3 points 1 year ago

Oh saw it. However is there a way to manually hide the posts? If I press the hide button, it becomes show. I hope I explained it correctly

[–] uidev 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Text post bodies now appear as secondary content (gray) in the feed instead of primary (black or white)

Please add an option to disable this, really causing confusion with read and unread post.

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

I might be biased since I proposed and added this change, but I think that makes it way easier to focus on the headline of a post instead of looking at a big blob of text that looks the same. The headline will still be grayed out, maybe it just takes some getting used to? I’m sure if that’s a popular demand there could also be an option for that.