CreatureSurvive 20 points 3 years ago

Here is a shameless plug for my own Lemmy app Arctic. It’s a fully native pure Swift based app built with performance and content presentation in mind. It’s packed full of features, and more are being added all the time.

More information is available over at !arctic@lemmy.world

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nix 4 points 3 years ago

I like arctic a lot but I feel like its difficult to tell things apart. the posts in the feed don’t have enough breathing space. So its hard to open a thread by clicking under the article. The title and text are the same color when you’ve read the thread. The comments don’t have different color bars to easily notice whats replying to what like Apollo had. The community and user and the text under it are all the same grey.

Other than that I just newd a skip to next comment button that can be placed in the center and I’ll switch from Avelon.

Will arctic be open source?

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CreatureSurvive 4 points 3 years ago

This is great feedback. Honestly I’ve been primarily focused on integrating features so far. In the next couple of releases I plan to go through and focus on refining the UI making it more readable, reactive, and customizable.

I hadn’t really considered adding a jump button, but I can absolutely look into that as an option. I might even see if I can fit that in the next release, as it should be quite simple to implement.

As for open sourcing, I have not decided just yet. I would prefer open source, but I need to put some more thought into it before I make a decision.

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GadgetGirlOz 2 points 3 years ago

Looks great! Any ideas when it will be released in the App Store?

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CreatureSurvive 2 points 3 years ago

Thank you! I don’t have a firm release date just yet, though I am pushing for a release date sometime at the end of October. This is largely dependent on how much I can get done in that timeframe, so this could change.

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cheese_greater 2 points 3 years ago

Since you're a dev, I have a question: does participating in FlightTests deanonymize and make infividual users identifiable to the devs (something, something, UUID...).

Been very interested and slightly concerned I haven't really been thinking ahead :/

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CreatureSurvive 5 points 3 years ago

Great question! No information is provided by TestFlight to the developer by joining a test group. When submitting feedback such as crash reports, or screenshots, then only anonymous device information is provided such as iOS version, device type, connection type, time zone, battery level, free disk space, and screen size. Optionally users can also provide their email address when submitting feedback so the developer can contact them, but this is not required.

There are also private TestFlight groups where you need to share your email with the developer so they can specifically add you to the test group, but that is the only difference between private and public groups.

So you can rest easy, you’ve not been sharing any information just by joining a public TestFlight.

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platypode 1 point 3 years ago

Are you FOSS?

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CreatureSurvive 3 points 3 years ago

Free, yes. Open Source, not as of now. I just haven’t decided yet if I’ll be open sourcing the project or not.

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Planet9 1 point 3 years ago

Looks really good at first glance! I might have to make this my main driver for a bit! Any chance you’ll support more themes in the future?

For reference I’ve been using Memmy and Voyager and this has a feel somewhere between them. The native support is definitely a plus!

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CreatureSurvive 2 points 3 years ago

That’s great, glad your liking it so far! I definitely plan on adding a lot more customization options going forward. Right now there is not much in terms of customization, I’ve primarily been focusing on making sure all the core features of Lemmy are supported before transitioning to appearance settings.

Arctic is at a point now where virtually everything except for Admin tools are supported, so I am planning to start adding more customization options, and detail adjustments in the next couple of releases. I try to push at least one update a week with new features and fixes.

I’m always open to suggestions so if you have any feedback, don’t hesitate to ask.

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