Release v0.10.8/v0.10.9 - Swipe Actions and Redesigns

3 years ago by liftoff to c/liftoff

Improvements to swipe actions (shocklateboy92) Improvements to media support (hal9001)

[We've just put out a quick bump to 0.10.9 to include a few fixes. Notes below apply to 0.10.8 and 0.10.9]

Lots of great changes have been added by our growing team of contributors as highlighted below. If you want to join the team come and say hello at the team discussion on Matrix

Updates should appear on TestFlight and Play Store today.

v0.10.9 Release

iOS:

Android:

Hey everyone! I know it's been a few days since we've released but we've got a feature packed release today! Thanks to all our users and the continued feedback, keep it coming!

Change log

  • Added MP4 and some redgif support (jjcomer)
  • Added swipe gesture actions! (shocklateboy92)
  • Added photo cropping before upload! (mykdavies)
  • Added code of conduct and tweaks for iOS release (mykdavies)
  • Redesign of home tab and themes colors (swmarks & a_minh)
  • Fixed alignment of post pills/chips (mykdavies)
  • Redesign of compact view to be more compact (zachatrocity)
  • Added help text on account page to help guide the user (mykdavies)
  • Added RU (asher) and EO (mykdavies) language localisations
  • Tons of bug fixes!

Screenshots

Known Issues

  • We hear your concerns about dark mode and will address these.
  • Swipe actions against posts don't always update the post's icons.

What's coming

  • iOS and Android full release! We'll keep test flight and early access going for beta testers!
simple 28 points 3 years ago

Contrast feels a lot nicer, thanks for the update!

I wish there was some spacing in-between posts though. It feels like they blend in together a little.

Edit: turning off card shadow in compact mode helps a lot

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liftoff 11 points 3 years ago

Yeah turning off shadow is great. I should have updated the default. Light mode needs the shadows

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trouser_mouse 19 points 3 years ago

This is awesome, you're getting on so fast!

One thought - I wonder if dark mode is a little too dark, could maybe do with being slightly grey/blue and have post shadows off by default (but on in light mode). Love the green dividers in amold mode!

Best Lemmy app by far!

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jjffnn 17 points 3 years ago

I'm going to join the gang of dark mode is too dark.
I see that it splits the comments in half, so maybe if it is possible to add a grey mode that looks like the old dark mode, both sides could be happy.
I use dark mode as much as possible, but this dark mode is migraine inducing to me due to the white on black colorscheme.

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liftoff 17 points 3 years ago

We'll add back the grey mode

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TeaHands 6 points 3 years ago

Yay! I picked Liftoff because it was so much better looking than all those other harsh black apps. This is very happy news to wake up to 🥳

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jjffnn 4 points 3 years ago

Awesome! Thank you. <3

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Cyyy 2 points 3 years ago

will there be a fix for the sorting in our profiles not working? if you click sort by new, it does nothing :/

p.s: thanks for adding the save post button back in 0.10.9 - saving post works great now.

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BlessedDog 1 point 3 years ago

Please allow users to choose, I really like the current dark theme. Maybe allow users to change all the colors, not just the accent?

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holoyolo 16 points 3 years ago

I love the redesign! Looks so much sleeker and the colour for dark mode is better.

Could we have a setting to disable swipe gestures please? Clumsy me will end up accidentally triggering the wrong ones all the time.

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liftoff 8 points 3 years ago

Yeah good call, we can do that

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Pibrac 1 point 3 years ago

Yes! Swipe for back made me back by mistake more than I would like to admit!

It's one of the only downside I've found in the app yet.

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guriinii 15 points 3 years ago

Personal preference I guess but I preferred the greyer UI. I find the text easier to read on a lighter background. Be cool to have an option to change the background colours as well.

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B0NK3RS 15 points 3 years ago

Great update. Love the swipe actions.

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Speckle 6 points 3 years ago

They're kinda fun! Just been figuring them out to upvote you!

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sloonark 14 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the update but honestly dark mode is way too dark now. Liftoff had the easiest on the eye dark mode before this so it's disappointing to see it look like the official reddit app now.

Please can we have an option to bring it back?

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liftoff 11 points 3 years ago

Sure we can bring it back!

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Noedel 7 points 3 years ago

I agree with this guy, I've loved every update so far but this one is too dark. It adds too much contrast which makes it harsh on the eyes.

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nuke 5 points 3 years ago

Thanks for being so responsive!

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Cabeza2000 5 points 3 years ago

I cannot emphasize how important this is for my eyes, the sooner you guys can bring this back the better.

BTW, can you provide more info on "compact view to be more compact". What exactly changed? I have the feeling that the space within posts has been reduced but I am not sure. If that is the case then I preferred to have a more clear separation within posts (already disabled the shadow).

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ralothar 12 points 3 years ago

Is there a way to disable swipe-gestures? They do look nice but I constantly save or upvote random posts or comments just by scrolling and fat-fingering

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Mjokfox 12 points 3 years ago

Great update, but I am not a fan of swipe actions. Could you add an option to disable the feature? Maybe I'm blind and just stupid but I could not find this option in this release.

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cnhguy 12 points 3 years ago

Was the button to save posts removed? I figured out you can swipe to save, but it's pretty cumbersome on long posts like this one

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liftoff 3 points 3 years ago

Yes, sorry about that. We pushed out 0.10.9 to address this.

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Cyyy 1 point 3 years ago

especially since the new swipe favorite option is buggy. often it takes countless trys till it then works sometime. too with unfavorite.

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Blizzard 11 points 3 years ago

Hi @liftoff@lemmy.world, cool app!

3 questions:

  1. In notifications there's really no need to collapse those comments, could you make it that tapping it would go straight to the comment you're notified about (instead of trying to aim at the little link icon) and would mark that notification as read (instead of trying to aim at the little tick icon)?

  2. Will there be push notifications?

  3. When searching via website I get to search throughout many instances and in the app I must select one, either lemmy.world or one I'm on. Also sometimes I can't subscribe to other instaces' communities because it wants me to log in so I need to use browser instead. I imagine handling all this federation is not an easy task, you think it will be possible to adress it? It must be the hardest thing to code in the entire app, isn't it?

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FelipeFelop 6 points 3 years ago
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Saneless 5 points 3 years ago

Huge fan of 1. Definitely expect that to be the behavior instead of having to hit the link icon

Second to this, when we go to the comment can we have it automatically do the in context action? I have to hit it every time. I post enough that I can't remember exactly what they're replying to

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BlessedDog 2 points 3 years ago

+1 to all, especially number 3

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ArmoredCavalry 10 points 3 years ago

Love the swipe actions! This might already be planned, but one thing I've seen with other Apps is haptic feedback during swipe, as you go from no action to action #1 to action #2.

Keep up the great updates!

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BrikoX 8 points 3 years ago

Added MP4 and some redgif support (jjcomer)

Thank you!

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nieceandtows 7 points 3 years ago

Is there a way to re-hide an nsfw image? I want to be able to hide it back after I'm done seeing it.

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voracread 5 points 3 years ago

Scrolling a bit beyond and coming back does that.

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KlutzyZebrasOutgrow 7 points 3 years ago

I just want to thank you, I always liked Lemmur more than any alternative and missed it. I am happy to see the project brought back to life.

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scromblilation 7 points 3 years ago

I don’t have any suggestions and I had no complaints before. I really like this version and I can only see improvements.

Thanks for all you’ve done.

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FelipeFelop 7 points 3 years ago
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sloonark 2 points 3 years ago

Yes please, this. Notification replies should take me to the comment!

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owatnext 6 points 3 years ago

Howdy! I like the app a lot, and I wanted to see if I could help! When I set the app to Welsh, most of the words are indeed not Welsh. I am still learning Welsh but I'd like to help translate the app if possible.

However, the Weblate instance you have linked on Github confuses me, I can't sign up (edit: 405 error) and I am unable to find the directory containing Liftoff, it just redirects back to the parent directory.

Thanks for your hard work!

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mykl 3 points 3 years ago

Bore da, we no longer support that weblate setup, so we do need to update that page.

In the meantime, if you want to get an idea of the task ahead of you, have a look at this file. Each piece of text starting >>> indicates a missing Welsh translation. As you can see, there's a lot to do there. If you're involved in any Welsh-speaking communities it might be a nice shared activity that could spark some interesting discussion.

If this suddenly seems very daunting, don't worry, we will get there eventually.

Diolch!

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owatnext 2 points 3 years ago

Hwyl, mykl, bore da iawn!

Thanks for the link. It is a lot but I am excited to practice. It would probably take me a while between work and university, but I anticipate the update. Let me know when Webulate is updated.

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fisco 6 points 3 years ago

Appreciate the update, but the central drop down for feed choice now having been moved to one side, feels really unbalanced...& detracts from the app origins...Much preferred the central positioning of all the prior versions...

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FelipeFelop 3 points 3 years ago
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Saneless 3 points 3 years ago

I think it's better on the side. I feel more at peace with it

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sloonark 1 point 3 years ago

I much prefer it on the side. It previously looked very obtrusive and out of place.

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fisco 1 point 3 years ago

Feels a bit lopsided, as there was a nice symmetry to it being centralised, which gave the app its original character...

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Corr 5 points 3 years ago

Hey, not sure if this is the case for others but the second tab (I think it's meant to be subbed communities) is broken and has been for awhile now. Something about a null something or other. Will edit to add the correct error in a sec.

App looks great otherwise though I do agree about it being a bit dark. Someone suggested a grey mode in the colour of the old dark mode and I would love that

E: error is "null check operator used on null value"

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liftoff 5 points 3 years ago

This is a lingering error with the forced logout that some instances did. You can remove and re add your account and it will be fixed or you can wait a few days and we'll get it fixed.

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jmpavlec 4 points 3 years ago

Had the same issue, this fixed it for me. Thanks!

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Corr 2 points 3 years ago

I've logged out and back in twice and the issue is persisting. I don't mind waiting but thought it would be good for you to know.

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FelipeFelop 2 points 3 years ago
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Corr 1 point 3 years ago

It seems there was an account I had not logged in and out of, once I logged out all my accounts once it worked. I thought that it would only pull up my main account subscriptions, not all of them

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Maajmaaj 5 points 3 years ago
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Kolanaki 5 points 3 years ago

Would it be possible to have an option to turn off gesture navigation entirely?

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Speckle 4 points 3 years ago

Thank you for another great update. Can't wait to see how this app ends up 😁

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sputtersalt 4 points 3 years ago

Ah it finally rolled out to me, I love the swipe gestures! Only additional requests with swipes is to be able to customize the actions, have haptic feedback, and toggle on/off.

I'd love to be able to short swipe to upvote + long swipe to downvote. I had it set up that way on Apollo for years and it would be such a big QOL thing for me lol. (example)

Some misc things:

  • highlighted text shows cut/copy/paste but not replace, look up, translate, etc. (screenshots)
  • text replacement is still wonky (screenshots)
  • setting for text size throughout the entire app instead of just on posts/comments (example)
  • tap very top of screen to scroll to top (edit: it works on the home feed but all pages)

I appreciate all the time + hard work everybody is putting into this :)

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cities 4 points 3 years ago

I just can't decide which app to use. they all have things I like and update so frequently

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Madbrad200 4 points 3 years ago

Yeah same. I like Jerboa, Liftoff, Connect, Thunder. Summit has potential too.

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Acelor 4 points 3 years ago

In the future add the ability to change sorting of posts in threads. Thank you for your work it is great

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Lord_Logjam 4 points 3 years ago

Nice work on the app, really liking it so far. Is it possible to do a universal search? I only seem to be able to search in the instance my account is it.

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LoneBear 4 points 3 years ago

Just opened the app and immediately noticed the redesign of the top. It looks great, thanks!

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Madbrad200 4 points 3 years ago

can you describe how "redgif" support is supposed to work? For me, it still forces me to open redgif in-browser.

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liftoff 7 points 3 years ago

Redgifs has a nightmare of an API. In my testing only 2 out of 10 worked. We're waiting on a dedicated API token from them

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liftoff 4 points 3 years ago

Should be much better in 0.10.9

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Cyyy 3 points 3 years ago

can we please get a better / additional way for favoriting posts? the new swipe feature is really buggy. you swipe and it decides random if it favorites the post or not. and if you want to remove a favorited post, it often don't works at all and takes what feels 5-6 trys (swipes). can you atleast give us a additional button to favorite / unfavorite posts? and a option to disable this swipe actions in the settings would be nice too. I'm sometimes trigger them by accident since i have the new update and would rather use a normal button instead.

thanks!

p.s: the sorting in the profile overview is also buggy and often don't works. clicking sorting by new doesn't really does sort by new for me most of the times.

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MrJukes 3 points 3 years ago

There should be an option in the post menu to save a post without using the swipe gesture. I thought it was removed and didn't even think to try swiping.

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mykl 2 points 3 years ago

This should be back in 0.10.9, please check.

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MrJukes 2 points 3 years ago

It is! Thanks :)

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Bosa 3 points 3 years ago

Awesome keep up the great updates!

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Taeye0n 3 points 3 years ago

Great update. Thanks for it!

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ekZepp 3 points 3 years ago

The editing of the photo is nice as the topbar. The scroll to save option works but i don't know how to unsave the post in the folder. Also i'm not a fan of the new position of the 3 dot menu in the post.

Any change to have the link thumbnails image in card view mode??

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Netrunner 3 points 3 years ago

Thank you for the update!

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pfannkuchen_gesicht 3 points 3 years ago

^ That didn't happen before. It's fixed by opening the account list. The subscription tab only shows a timeout error now all the time and the bookmark button is missing :(

EDIT: oh, just found the swipe actions. Some thoughts on that: a two-staged swipe-action isn't very intuitive and will lead to the wrong action being triggered more often than not. Maybe make a left swipe bookmark and right swipe upvote. With the bookmark swipe I can't unbookmark anymore and even if I could, there would be no indication right away.

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Cyyy 3 points 3 years ago

swiping right is already for closing the current open post. i would hate to lose this feature and it be replaced by favoriting stuff or similiar.

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superfes 3 points 3 years ago

I would very much like to turn off auto-play media.

Please and thank you.

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mykl 1 point 3 years ago path: 0 1272446 1293111, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
The_one_and_only 3 points 3 years ago

I have an issue with adding my account from lemmy.world. It accepts it, but after a couple of hours it will not fetch any posts from lemmy.world anymore. It still works great with my other account on another instance, but my lemmy.world-account will not.

To be fair: I had the same issue with Jerboa, so I don't know if it is the app or lemmy,world. The website works fine though...

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FlagonOfMe 3 points 3 years ago

Please add a way to disable swipe actions. I've been bouncing between 4 different apps, and I thought Liftoff already had them and I disabled them, but they came back overnight, but I guess you're saying they're new. Please add a way to disable them. I really don't like them. I trigger them all the time by accident, randomly voting on or saving things.

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spaceape 3 points 3 years ago

I'm using it on a Linux laptop. The swipe gestures on a multi-point touchpad is simply the most intuitive and user friendly navigation I've experienced natively from any Linux application ever.

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aaronstc 2 points 3 years ago

I'm not sure what exactly the issue is but the app keeps pausing my music. I thought it was the in line videos but replying here paused my music as well.

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Blizzard 5 points 3 years ago

The app simply disagrees with your taste of music.

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mykl 1 point 3 years ago path: 0 1257076 1293128, hotness: undefined, score: 1, children: 0
Cliffmode3000 2 points 3 years ago

This feels way faster. Idky but thanks so much.

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shotgun_crab 2 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the update!

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ChickenButt 2 points 3 years ago

What's the difference between v7a and v8a?

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GermainRobitaille 4 points 3 years ago

It's the CPU architecture the app was compiled for. The biggest difference is that ARMv7 is 32 bits, and ARMv8 is 64 bits.

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TheProtagonist 2 points 3 years ago

I just discovered Liftoff today, and I like its minimalistic design. However I noticed that some random NSFW images in my timeline won’t load, as you can see in the screenshot. These posts display fine in other apps. Maybe this is something you could look into.

Otherwise, keep up the great work!

Edit: display NSFW setting is on of course.

screenshot

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understandable 2 points 3 years ago

I used to be a RedReader person and I know RedReader is getting Lemmy support eventually, but with how this app is coming along, I might stay indefinitely.

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astroturds 1 point 3 years ago

I've been testing it out and I love it!

I'd like to suggest customisable background and font colours if that's possible. Custom fonts would also be nice.

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lm543rd 1 point 3 years ago

Does anyone else have an issue with posts not being marked as read?

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FelipeFelop 1 point 3 years ago
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FelipeFelop 1 point 3 years ago
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FelipeFelop 1 point 3 years ago
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Incendiary 1 point 3 years ago

Can you please add an option to hide all comment replies by default and not hiding the parent comment on tapping? Thanks.

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Incendiary 1 point 3 years ago
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beet 1 point 3 years ago

Buttons at the top of the screen opening menus at the bottom of the screen are a bit irritating. Better UX would be to have the menus near the buttons for less reaching.

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Attempted_Render 0 points 3 years ago

As someone who's looking into different apps currently, how does liftoff compare to Jerboa and Connect?

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