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This is a packed update! Enjoy (and let me know of any problems!)

New Features

New virtual scrolling library

We've switched from Virtuoso to Virtua! This should fix a couple issues and improve performance. One of the bugs that I'm very happy this improves is scroll glitching on iOS.

Community searching

You can now search for posts and comments in a specific community! Just visit the community and use the search bar.

Video performance improvements and progress indicator

Videos now only play if they're > 50% on the screen. Additionally, there's now a progress indicator!

Crash diagnostics

If the app crashes, there's now an opportunity to report the crash and debug - including refreshing and clearing your app data.

Time-limited sort reminder

If you're using a time-limited sort, for example, Top Posts for last hour, the empty message will remind you that you're viewing a time-limited sort (instead of just saying "no posts")

Configurable tap to collapse

If you want, you can now turn off tap to collapse for comments and/or posts

Lemmy v0.19 Support

Once Lemmy v0.19 is released and your instance is upgraded, you will automatically see additional features:

New sorts

Instance blocking

Better number formatting

Instead of seeing "1003 comments", you'll see "1.0K comments".

Bot badge

There's now a badge next to bots!

Added hack for videos not being scrollable in-feed

Safari has a bug in iOS 17 where videos don't scroll in feed. I've added a workaround (not perfect, but hey).

Apple has fixed this but it's not released yet.

New report option: Breaks Community Rules

When you report a post/comment, both admins and mods see it. Sometimes admins may see it first. By using a report reason of "Breaks Community Rules" it signals to admins to leave resolving the report to mods.

Autofill post title in new post

Add a URL to a new post, see a button to autofill title!

Post URLs now link in-app

If a post links to another post (or user, community or comment), you can now click to go to said post.

Thread locked status

If a thread is locked, it's now indicated and prevents new replies.

Render images in comments

There's now an option in settings to enable inline images in post comments! (General -> Show Comment Images)

What's Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/1.17.1...1.18.0

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[–] ANIMATEK 27 points 1 year ago

Incredible work and dedication. I wouldn’t be on Lemmy if it wasn’t for Vogager ❀️‍πŸ”₯

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Holy fuck. That's a lot of changes. All good ones, too.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Loading images in comments is a big quality of life improvement for me. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Looks great! When does it hit the Apple store?

[–] aeharding 12 points 1 year ago

Lately, it’s been averaging about eight hours

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

Already now. Approximately 4h.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Any reason comment images isnt on by default?

[–] aeharding 8 points 1 year ago

Apollo DNA. Also I prefer it πŸ˜‰

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

Thank you for bringing that up! I thought my update was broken.

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

Most people will never enable it tbh. It should be on by default

[–] mysoulishome 8 points 1 year ago

Wooooooooooooo

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

❀️‍πŸ”₯

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

Epic update! Thanks doods!

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

Aaaaand this update adds everything that was on my wishlist!! Images in comments, the bot indicator, and being able to turn off tap to collapse were the three things I'd wished this app had. Thank you so much!

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

Great update! Thanks for all the hard work.

[–] AlmightySnoo 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just got it from Obtainium. Love the comment images update, thanks!

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

Searching within a community is the #1 feature I’ve been waiting on! Very glad to see it here.

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

Love the update!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The scrolling is drastically smoother and zippier on iOS!

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[–] hogunner 5 points 1 year ago

Looks great! Thanks for everyone’s hard work. :)

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

Holy moly! This was so long that it took me some time to read. So many great features to improve the quality of life while using the app. Don't forget to take breaks and adequate rest

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

Nice update!

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

Fucking brilliant. So many sorely missed additions!

I assume the instance blocking is client side, does it also block users from those instances? I really want to block the furry porn instance, but not necessarily every user on there who participates in other communities and topics.

[–] aeharding 1 points 1 year ago

Instance blocking is server side - only available with Lemmy v0.19 (not yet released)

Also, I’m not entirely sure the details of how instance blocking works yet! There’s probably deets to dig into on the Lemmy GitHub issues

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

How does keyword filtering work?

I guess I can't use it to filter out instances I don't wanna see? I put in meme and memes, but wanting like blahblahmemes still shows up.

Is it just for post titles and comments?

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

Keyword filtering is only for post titles. Blocking instances will come with lemmy v0.19 (Voyager already supports it with this update!)

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

Oh awesome. Thank you!