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macOS releases: https://github.com/neatia/Lemur/releases

Full Changelog

Constant changelogs paused in favor of standalone feature summary posts, per version release.

v1.0.3b (build 15/build 16)

• (Mobile only) Swipe-able menu on feed hosts profile info, blocked view and settings
  • accessed by dragging the feed from the leftmost side of the screen towards the center/right side
  • tap the three dots to switch accounts, logout, add accounts.
  • I am still thinking about the interaction of this menu for the iPad/macOS, switching accounts is disabled on these devices for the time being.
• Community browser moved to looms page
  • will be adding alphabetical sorting/scrolling to community browser in the next update
• Explore page is its own dedicated tab, activated 3D globe on iPad
  • the 3D globe will be availble on mobile soon. It will visualize the connections while browsing instances. providing further functional details over time
• Search (instance level) is now a dedicated tab, search appears independently (same location as before) when inside a community, searching that community for specific content
• Share posts/comments as an image (only from inside posts triggered from feed or on feed itself for now), (iPhone optimized, will optimize for iPad and macOS for v1.0.4b)
  • will add QRCode options/styling
• Improved loading times of the feed, prioritizing provided thumbnails in the response
• Minor design tweaks in various locations

v1.0.3b (build 13/build 14) // (2023-08-17)

v1.0.3b (build 12) // (2023-08-16)

v1.0.3b (build 11) // (2023-08-15) - iOS: Ready | macOS: In Progress

• community resolving bug
• add communities to a loom from the loom button as well

v1.0.3b (build 10) // (2023-08-13) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• Create "Looms" of communities from any instance to merge their content into a single feed.
• MarbleKit integrated, more FX options to view marbled variations of
• stability improvements around Granite affecting transitions and animations upon cache restores

v1.0.3b (build 9) // (2023-08-13) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• scrolling to fetch more, just defaults to a try again state, until the investigation for the cause succeeds - solves community picker fetching bugs
• adjustments to profile styling and source of comment threads of other users
• symbols for where comment locations are being fetched from (base, source, peer)
• pager loading animation

v1.0.3b (build 8) // (2023-08-12) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• blocking
• visualizer (marbler)
• settings design refinement
• cleaned up some code for reusability purposes
• new content browser
• badges/symbols like admin, locked, pinned posts
• networking/caching/debouncing
• proper error toasts

v1.0.3b (build 7) // (2023-08-10) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• search functionality, regression issue fixed
• comment sorting + new picker selector
• updated randomizer for instances
• feed should reset upon new instance connection
• config settings regression issue fixed
• removed auto correction for add to profiles

v1.0.3b (build 6) // (2023-08-10) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• explore page.
  • locked to linked instances for favoriting, adding and connecting too. (Note: You may have to manually refresh the feed to see the updated perspective.)
• memory issues
• Fixed IPFS key setting

v1.0.3b // (2023-08-06) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• Bookmarks affect Lemmy's save NOT just locally stored (iOS/macOS)
• Browse federated servers in an interactive graph and view server uptimes
• Memory issues with recent changes to mac
• Bookmark ordered in desc. date.

NOTES: 2023-08-05

• Massive optimizations and improvements all round. were made. Moving update to 08/06

v1.0.2b // (2023-08-04) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• Account registration (captcha only)
• Share functionality (macOS)
• iPad Layout mimics the mac variant

v1.0.1b // (2023-08-03) - iOS: Ready | macOS: Ready

• iOS Search functionality (perform search was not firing w/ query)
• Update config/local experience w/o logging in

v1.0.0b // (2023-08-03) - Completed

• base build

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2566125

Repo: https://github.com/neatia/Loom

Beta testflight for iOS https://testflight.apple.com/join/owwIagmV

Base macOS build: https://github.com/neatia/Lemur/releases

I have yet to test this on M-Series Macs, as I still use Intel. Will still be able to provide fixes once I can source potential bugs (but most likely there shouldn't be any special to M~)

Just a random thought I had. But, around 2010 I really enjoyed making how-to guides (you know the ones using hypercam to screen record, techno background songs, and using notepad to talk out steps). For some reason starting a lemmy instance and the whole process of customizing it, creating content, being on other lemmy instances, without any strategy or care of sorts reminds me of those days. And it's just quite nice to relive that again.

Over the years I feel brainwashed by the thoughts of others with no willpower to affirm my own beliefs.

Simply, to me blockchain/crypto is this idea of P2P communication where the intermediate technology that “handshakes” our connection isn’t essentially governed by a centralized entity. But, “handshaking” in this world costs and gas is often times used as the processing/energy to enact this exchange.

Now, for what can be exchanged, it can be quantities of an item. Or information stored within an item. Kind of like Pass by value vs. Pass by reference, in a weird way? Or cryptocurrencies vs. smart contracts?

Now, my own belief is, comparing this system with torrenting, seeding and other technologies that existed long ago and still today. What makes “blockchain/crypto” so valuable that cannot be solved with the technology invented prior to it. To me, it seems like there is extra charge and latency and thus just more negative values overall, when the final overall goal should be this idea of exchanging information without a middle man. We still need ISPs, we still need physical wires to complete the “end-to-end” connection with a peer. So isn’t everything still fundamentally centralized?

What is it actually improving? And is my way of thinking accurate? Why can’t there be a normal P2P project handling exchange of information and/or modern fiat in the same way (Something like Paypal, but transactions have no middleman)?

Edit: The only thing I recognized was the ease of transferring money in other countries. But, that was solved pretty much in the beginning. Why didn't it just stop there? And, now with US regulations, it's much harder to buy crypto and all the fees on top of it, kind of ruins a lot of the advantages the early adopters (at least for US citizens) had.

Have had a few pet projects in the past around RSS aggregation/news reading, which could fact-check the sources/article while reading, also determining the biases from the grammar and linguistic patterns used by the journalist for the article. Same could be applied to comments.

Wonder if such a feature had value for a reader app for Lemmy? I feel a definitive score is toxic. But, if it were to simply display the variables to look out for it can help make a objective decision yourself?

Another application of this, is also pulling just the objective statements in the articles for faster reading.

Edit: More explained in this comment: https://lemmy.world/comment/1524807

Been building out this application with some features I’ve always wanted in other readers. Like that experience shown when viewing comment threads and some others. Few more key components are left, like accounts and mod view.

But was wondering what everyone’s thoughts are and whether they like this design approach.

I wanted to ask a technical questions, maybe high level, on why sites may have bad search and what the bottlenecks might be in almost never updating such in years. Was there something in the original development of the stack that is affecting progressive updates around the feature, how should one approach "Search" then in this case? Or is it simply a management issue.

Hey all, I have 2 questions. I am an experienced iOS/macOS engineer. And have only recently started to open-source my work and future work.

Initially I was getting some traction on my first public repo, but the rest are getting close to none as if my profile was pushed by Github's algorithm and then forgotten maybe.

Although I have been consistent for the past month in updates and changes to many of my repos.

Question 1: Is there a possibility I am not appearing in searches for some reason? Or is it simply that my work is not of a quality standard to see the expected traffic, which is great to know in itself.

Question 2: Does anyone have advice on sourcing feedback on their public projects, mostly consisting of SDKs/Tooling? I literally do not have friends/relatives/mentors in my field/expertise that I can talk too and it's quite difficult to survive simply on YouTube videos/podcasts/articles/other repos/online anecdotes and/or professional work experience to understand if my approach/mentality is on the right path for many of my projects. Most of my current experience comes from working professionally, but to scale independently is quite difficult. I specifically am talking about design patterns or building tooling using libraries such as Metal.

I, personally, grew up with a giant lack of self-confidence. After I turned 25, along with quarantine to truly understand myself, I feel I have gained more confidence/self-worth.

My field is technology, but most of all my friends are not "engineers" and I have felt I have been missing out on some key bonds that are preventing me from sharing my knowledge to grow with them in a mutually beneficial way. I felt most of my friends were of the business kind that "always had an idea" and had a pocket engineer to talk to.

But, recently the past 2 years I have been more "mature" saying no to things or starting to give low-level, instead of high-level, overviews about certain topics. I felt it was in-fact hurting my career, to not talk in-depth so I began to join discords and build up my social vernacular observing/conversing with engineers online. But, whenever an in-real life discussion would start with a topic that I had researched, I would always make sure to "correct it" in case fake observations are brought up and/or decisions were made based on them.

Lately, though I have felt I have lost bonds with almost all of my in real life friends. And I can't tell if, I am the *sshole, or if I have just "grown?". I have felt that I was always aware of how I shared my "side of the story" and/or reasoning behind my decisions respectfully. But, I just can't get it out of my head that I am in the wrong in some way.

Wanted to create a simple discussion around the impact of bridging Federated server providers, in light of the Threads app launch. As I feel Meta, is not the only stakeholder in "Big Socials" entering this sphere.

I am still rather new to the modern culture of Federation. So would also like to see what the general audience thinks about such a topic.