Hi, Connect 1.0.59 brings a new profile page, improvements to how routes are handled within the app, and a host of new settings. I hope you like it!
I’m still thinking about what a ‘new to Lemmy’ onboarding might look like. Also I know some people reported issues with the markdown editor yesterday, if this version still have issues please add a comment and I’ll try and sort them out today!
What’s new
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Community name and user name are now direct links, with a setting to disable it.
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Added a quick link to the official community within the app
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Added confirmation on exit app
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Added swiping on the left edge of home will open the drawer.
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The drawer navigation actions should be more responsive now
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Added an option to adjust how nested comments look. Also I added a couple presets within Settings to change it. I hope you like the presets I’ve chosen.
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Added some improvements to the profile page. Tabs for overall/posts/comments and a page header
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Added some haptic feedback for swipe actions
Bugfixes
- Fixed comment cards in the reply view are no longer clickable
- Fixed a three dot menu being invisible (web)
- Fixed some routing issues when creating a comment or editting a comment. Instead of the previous state being in history it should now show only the state after the change.
Also please let me know what you think of the colour palettes I’ve chosen for the comment lines. If you’re thinking of one that would be cool I’m happy to add it in :)
Links:
-kuroneko
The best just got even better, thanks for everything!
Minor gripes:
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the gesture “remembers” the farthest you go no matter when you actually leave your thumb. (ie if i want to upvote a post and I go a bit too far to the right on the bookmark gesture, and go back to the upvote icon without releasing the gesture, it bookmarks the post instead of upvoting it)
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it would be nice if the downvote action was included in these gestures, for all the beans posts ;).
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I still have the same issue on my tablet (also reported by @OneDimensionPrinter@lemm.ee) about not all subs showing up on the left tab. Everything is fine on my phone.
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I’m really liking the great leaps in improvements and bugfixes!
Love the fact you’re listening to the community and how fast the updates are. Massive kudos, keep it up!
I really like this update. Thanks for making the transition over to Lemmy such a positive experience.
Could we add functionality to collapse all child comments? Also a way to set that as the default option?
You’re killing it!
No joke, connect has become amazing in a very short span of time.
You’ve actually got more features available than jerboa, and the layout is so nice!
One bug though, did a search and the back arrow at the upper left doesn’t work, nor does the back button on the navbar. No issues with scrolling so far on this version.
Thanks for busting ass on this :)
Glad you’re enjoying it! I’ve fixed the search back issue you saw.
Would it be possible to have the community icons next to their names on the frontpage?
Thanks for the feedback! Good idea and I’ll see what I can do.
This was a huge release! Thanks!
One question, it appears that the ability to collapse comment threads with a tap is gone. Is that true? Or did it move?
Should still be there, under ‘Reverse Comment Interactions’ in settings
Another bug I noticed. Tapping Yes here doesn’t actually exit the app.
Will be fixed in the next release! I realize I’ve never actually closed Connect…
This is the way
Do you want to exit Connect?
No [Yes](No)
Thank you! I like this app very much!
The new version no longer crashes on launch on my Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2, so whatever you did fixed that. The scrolling speed is too slow with a mouse wheel in Samsung DeX though. App looks great otherwise and I’m looking forward to playing with it some more.
That might be related to https://lemmy.ca/post/862903 (@SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world I haven’t forgotten this!) I don’t have a good way of testing this currently but I did try increasing the scroll speed before but it made things kind of jumpy on normal touch scrolling.
Thanks for this great app! It’s replaced the hole RIF left in my soul.
Thanks again for all you’re hard work.
Feature request please: Gesture swipe up or down on an image to dismiss it and return to post. Same for gifs/videos if you implement a built-in player at the some point.
Feature request 2: some border padding on images in community view. I enabled show ‘Post titles Above Images’ but without a border the title and post text look disconnected
Nice!
Frantically hitting the Check for Updates button in the Play Store.
(Dang Google, with their staged rollouts on everything…)
This is me too. Glad I’m not the only compulsive Play Store checker.
thanks for the active work, you do an awesome job!
Connect is feeling very good to use! Excellent work with this update, it’s becoming my main Lemmy app. I love all of the new features and customization options.
I’m personally a big fan of the “Earthy” color pallete for comment lines.
Thanks for your hard work!
