Connect 1.0.46 Released

3 years ago by kuro to c/lemmyconnect

Hi, happy long weekend everyone! Hope everyone is having a good day so far. I've been listening to feedback and made a couple changes in 1.0.46. I added an about page for instances with a "Browse as guest" button. Fixed some issues with the link handler, and improved the experience of replying to long comments.

Changelog:

Fixed replying to long comments.
Made the comment and post create input fields more performant, hopefully fixed a flickering keyboard issue
Preloads images on post lists so image jump-in should be reduced
Added unsubscribe button to subscriptions list
Added about community button to all communities in the drawer
Added about instance button to all communities in the drawer and the top right menu.
Improved the link follower in some cases to better detect posts and communities.
If a post cannot be loaded on the local instance, attempt to view it on the foreign instance
Added setting for adding dividers between top comments and between all comments
Added setting for always displaying the comment bar
Changed the app icon to something a bit more material design-y
Added setting for even larger comment text size

Links:

-kuroneko

circuitfarmer 14 points 3 years ago

Loving this so far.

My only real complaint is the swipe gestures. They seem a bit too easy, in that I find myself swiping stuff just trying to scroll up and down. Also, it seems awkward that returning the swipe to the right edge with my finger still yields an upvote. Personally I'd prefer if I only got the upvote if I release my finger while the upvote icon is still showing -- not sure if that's a common opinion though.

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erre 5 points 3 years ago

I've found that it's a bit easy but my muscle memory has accepted it already. Maybe a delay in triggering the action would be useful? As in, slide to up vote and holding it for half a second or something. 🤷‍♂️

But yeah not sure how common the opinion is.

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tentphone 1 point 3 years ago

Personally I'd prefer if I only got the upvote if I release my finger while the upvote icon is still showing -- not sure if that's a common opinion though.

Totally agree. Something seemed off about how the swipe actions worked but I couldn't put my finger on it

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WigglingWalrus 1 point 3 years ago

I feel the same way.

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Xanvial 8 points 3 years ago

Is it possible to only exit the app if back button pressed twice? I keep accidentally close the app

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Adori 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah I like this one too.

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Zarxrax 6 points 3 years ago

What exactly is the "comment bar"?

Also, I now see a thick gray line between top level comments, regardless of whether or not I enable the new setting for comment dividers. (Looks like enabling that additionally adds a thin line between comments)

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burgersc12 2 points 3 years ago

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Adori 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah it kinda just helps to disinguish a bit easier where comments end and begin.___

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Adori 6 points 3 years ago

Oh man, thanks for adding that comment divider, I really apreciate you listening to feedback :)

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HamSwagwich 5 points 3 years ago

I like it, but the fact that you can't pinch to zoom an image almost kills it for me.

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endomorph 1 point 3 years ago

But you can, no? Just tap the image first, then it loads in full resolution, and there you can zoom just fine. Only thumbnails can't be zoomed.

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HamSwagwich 1 point 3 years ago

Dang I guess you can now. It wasn't working when I first tried it. Awesome

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endomorph 1 point 3 years ago

You weren't the only one with that issue, who knows what the reason was. Hooray!

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Girtablulu 5 points 3 years ago

I dont like the new icon :(

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erre 3 points 3 years ago

More corporate less charm 😬

A style choice I guess

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RxBrad 5 points 3 years ago

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kuro_neko 6 points 3 years ago

Sounds like a bug. I'll check it out and have it fixed in the next release! Thank you.

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erre 4 points 3 years ago

I see you already pushed an update to address this.

If the cards are going to be in a grey box container, they don't need the divider that was added in this release I think.

I asked about the divider on the last release thread because I thought removing the grey boxes was intentional 😬😅

Thank you for all the work you're putting into it!

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RxBrad 2 points 3 years ago

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kuro_neko 2 points 3 years ago

Haha thank you! And glad you're enjoying Connect

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erre 2 points 3 years ago

I see you already pushed an update to address this.

If the cards are going to be in a grey box container, they don't need the divider that was added in this release I think.

I asked about the divider on the last release thread because I thought removing the grey boxes was intentional 😬😅

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sikhness 5 points 3 years ago

Absolutely love how you listen to so much of our feedback. This app is truly built for the people haha.

Are you planning to open source it at all?

Also, I've noticed that the about community and instance pages either don't show the user metrics or just show some of the user metrics and not all of them anymore since this update. Not sure if it's a bug or intentional.

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sinnerdotbin 2 points 3 years ago

Are you planning to open source it at all?

I am also wondering this myself. I don't fault anyone for not, but may have an impact on my long term commitment with where my interest in this space is.

Also latest updates seemed to fix the issue with fold type phones.

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fr33man 4 points 3 years ago

The app icon looks great in the app drawer, but when you create a shortcut on thehome screen, the dynamic color fills the whole icon.

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TheLonelyDude2049 1 point 3 years ago

I have the same bug.

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fr33man 2 points 3 years ago

Relieved to hear that I am not the only one! I did the usual cache and storage clean up but that did not solve the issue for me.

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TheLonelyDude2049 1 point 3 years ago

Don't worry, I'm sure the developer is aware of the bug by now and maybe it would get fixed in the next update.

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fr33man 2 points 3 years ago

It's fixed in the latest update!

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burgersc12 4 points 3 years ago

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jake_eric 3 points 3 years ago

I noticed that images close when you tap them, is that new?

I'm not a huge fan of it to be honest, I wanna be able to zoom in and I keep accidentally closing the image. Is there a way to turn it off?

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erre 3 points 3 years ago

Thank you for adding separators between posts in card view 🙇‍♂️ 🙌

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OrangeCorvus 2 points 3 years ago

Added setting for adding dividers between top comments and between all comments

Thanks so much for this! Great app

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tentphone 2 points 3 years ago

Amazing, this app just keeps getting better and better.

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Robertej92 2 points 3 years ago

Hi, is there a way to remove the option to have swiping up/downvote a post? Accidentally downvoted a couple of posts before I noticed the function

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kuro_neko 4 points 3 years ago

Yes there is! It's under settings -> swipe actions

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Robertej92 3 points 3 years ago

Ah fantastic, thanks!

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pwalker 2 points 3 years ago

latest play store version is 1.0.50 released 30th June already, so I am a bit confused

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kuro_neko 5 points 3 years ago

47-50 were just minor hotfixes. 47 I fixed a bug with card backgrounds, 48-50 adds retry to some API calls as the servers were starting to time out with all the traffic.

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pwalker 3 points 3 years ago

ok thx for clarification also wtf, u replied within 1min to this. Thats a fast support here 👌

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Tywele 2 points 3 years ago

I noticed that the post age shows nothing older than "Last Week" even though the post is much older like one year sometimes.

It's pretty annoying since it looks like a relatively new post but it's just an old post that somehow got ranked really high in sorting by hot.

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impulse 2 points 3 years ago

Amazing work as always, Kuro!

It's been a long time since I saw a developer being this responsive and caring about their app.

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Nanno 1 point 3 years ago

Hi all. Question if its possible to change colors within the app. Cant seem to find it

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Knightfall 1 point 3 years ago

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TheLonelyDude2049 1 point 3 years ago

Can you fix this bug?

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twistedtxb 0 points 3 years ago

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