Asklemmy

The features I’d love to see:

• Compact / Collapsed posts
• List of your Subscribed Communties
• Search for Communities
• Multi-Communities (an equivalent to the Multireddits in Apollo)

I use (or used to use) the Multireddit feature in Apollo all the time. My big use case is that I can put “spoiler” communities there so they don’t pop up in my main feed but I can go there once I’ve seen the relevant episode! It’s also really good for grouping regional ones… like

UK, Chill UK, UK Casual etc

Edit: and being able to edit your own post!

Basically just ripoff Apollo entirely.

Copy paste Apollo

Submitting content, a way to see the various communities to subscribe to would be two big things I’d like to see it do!

An experience like Apollo would be great but I’ll take what we have. It feels cozier.

Apollo is the one of the best designed apps I've ever used, I'd take inspiration from it in any applicable way.

Outside of obvious UI/UX improvements I'd love to see good iPad support.

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Loving the app so far. Here are some things I'd like to see implemented at some point (in no particular order):

• Option to NOT show the entire post on the feed. Similar to Apollo, we should have option to just show the Post Title and maybe a few lines from the post itself. Then click into to expand. Right now you see the entire post which some times takes up the whole screen
• Tap to collapse (comment section)
• Submitting posts via the app
• Ability to cross-post within the app
• Swipe to vote (similar to Apollo)
• See your Post/Comment history

I’d like to be able to post photos and videos from the apps when you’re replying to a thread, if that’d be possible

I REALLY like the feature in Apollo where you could enable hiding of posts after you’ve viewed them. That way every time you open the app or refresh it you only see new stuff.

What I miss most is

• a list of subscribed communities
• search for content/communities
• swipe left/right for upvote downvote
• button to jump to the root of the next comment

I guess you see I am a Apollo user 😂 I agree with others that posted before: Apollo is a good example, it’s designed very well and usable

I like gestures. Being able to set them. Long left, short left etc.

I like being able to go back by from the center swipe right(so I don’t have to swipe back from the edge). And then short left is upvote. Long left is downvote. Makes browsing and engaging so efficient. This site needs high votes per user right now. So it would help the site too.

Being able to filter communities is also very helpful.

For an iPad I think an easy(?) first huge improvement is being able to use split screen etc.

Gestures such as swiping right for upvote

Don’t get lost implementing fancy features at the beginning, concentrate on supporting what the Lemmy web UI does and try to provide a smooth and pleasant experience on iOS.

In case you’re looking for inspiration would highly recommend to take a look at the Ice Cubes client for Mastodon. An extremely well made app.

A way to see your post history, right now the only way to see your posts is to find them. There is a profile page which just shows your post scores and then dead space so makes sense to just stick it there.

Have used the app for several hours now and one thing I miss a lot from Apollo is very long posts being reduced on the main feed so that the whole screen is not taken up. When you want to read more you simply tap.

There are long sticky threads up on a few instances here that are a bit of a nuisance to scroll through each time. While I understand that’s temporary, it could be annoying to see any long wall of text fill the feed.

Tl;dr: please condense posts in main feed :)

After all the standard features are in place, a good iPad version!

I love Apollo! Agree with a lot of the sentiments here. Would like Face ID, swipe left/right capabilities, options how to open links, collapsibility, media options (autoplay, loop, controls, mute, etc.)

NSFW tagging doesn’t blur the picture like it does on web.

The ability to see (and jump directly to) subscribed communities.

Swipe to vote, Community grouping, Enhanced media viewer, Customizable themes and layout!

That's it! :)

iPad layout, swipe to vote, font scaling for comments, not just titles

Adjustable font size, specifically smaller font.

Is there an option to edit? I make tons of spelling mistakes so that would be cool.

Not requiring a login

Searching for communities is essential. Like others have said, lift as much inspiration from Apollo as possible and you'll basically end up with everything users need.

A search functionality, but maybe it’s already there and can’t see it.

• hide after viewing
• view hidden
• swipe left / right to upvote / downvote (like on Apollo)

I’m another Apollo refugee so taking any and all inspiration there would be great. Also I’d like to be able to share / export a post, or grab the web link for sharing, or to be able to bounce out to safari. I’d also like to be able to tap and hold on images in posts to copy or share them.

Proper font scaling

Search for posts and communities!

• Ability to view communities I'm subscribed to

• Ability to see my posts and comments

• iPad compatibility

• Gestures

• Compact mode

• Add photos to comments

These things would be game changers imo.

Just echoing many others, the biggest day to day thing I would like to see is a compact feed view. Right now it’s a lot of scrolling.

If they could almost replicate this to Apollo. Or even bring Christian aboard to help out. This app would take off instantly. Thousands of people are on his side. This would easily be a huge competition for Reddit within just a few days.

I’d like to be able to load a user profile and see their comments and posts (like how it is on desktop).

I’d love to see a Dark Mode personally, but also a way to see what’s on the homepage of a instance. I like to check that (kind of like r/all) to get news or things outside my main subscribed community’s

A way to edit posts lol.

The ability to hide upvoted posts.

Currently:

• Option to upload media from within the app
• A button to write a new post, rather than having to navigate to the community and use the box
• A notification centre
• Improvements to viewing user profiles
• Better link handling
• More colour contrast between posts and the app background
• Edit buttons on posts
• Option to view images fullscreen and save them to gallery
• Improvements to the search bar
• bUg FiXeS aNd PeRfOrMaNcE iMpRoVeMeNtS

Ideas for the future:

• Custom icons
• Customisable UI
• Profile editor
• Inline video playback
• Easter eggs?

Good luck, and great job so far!

I'd love to have the top and bottom panels pop in and out when scrolling through comments similar to how Apollo does.