Heyo everyone,

This update brings a few cool new features, most notably:

  • Smart link previews
    • Now shown in comments and posts
    • Previews for communities, users and regular links
  • Image carousels
    • For posts with lots of images!
  • iPad support
  • Layout/ui tweaks
  • Bug fixes and other improvements

Check out this image gallery in the latest build to see how it works:

(just scroll through it!)

I figured (like some other devs) that some iPad support is better than none. Though the layout is not built from the ground up for iPad, it now fills the whole screen and pushes in some content. This is similar to how other apps like Apollo did it, and it looks much nicer than than a scaled up phone app. I haven’t had time to test this version much, so please let me know if you discover any weird stuff.

The update also introduces a custom markdown rendering system that enables me to add things like link previews and image carousels. Seems to work pretty well now, but could definitely be some bugs with it for certain posts - if you find any, let me know!

Hope you enjoy the update!

  • loopy@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just started using the beta. It is very smooth and my new favorite lemmy app.

    I would love to see a toggle for “default external links to Reader Mode.” The search function was a little difficult to find with the arrow in Explore; idk if there’s a way to have the search more accessible. And I would love to see some icon options whenever in the future.

    Fantastic app though. I love the theme options built-in and smooth UI.

    • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
      3·
      1 year ago

      Cool, thanks! Reader mode is a good idea, I haven’t actually used that before but would definitely be nice to avoid all those pesky popups etc. I’ll try adding it soon!

      • loopy@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! I appreciate you considering the feedback. And again, thanks for the app. I just heard about it, and it is crispy clean.

  • shuntipepperment@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hi evgiz,

    Another great update 1.0.2 (27)… this time the app feels snappier than ever… I loved it…

    I have come with one more request here (greedy me):

    Can you make the bottom nav icons customisable??

    Like changing their position according to our likes maybe…??

    ( I wanted the search and notification icon swap their position to maintain the visual design aesthetics… so asking this )

    Thank You.

    • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
      0·
      1 year ago

      Customizing the tab bar positions will not be a priority, got a lot of other things that I think are more important. Perhaps in the future!

  • brcl@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    I was wondering if you have any thought about reducing the buffer between posts and comments?

    • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hmm, yeah could add a customization setting. Would you prefer just a thinner buffer or a single grayish “line” like in some other apps?

      I figured that since the design is quite minimal you need a clear separator between items, but perhaps I went a bit overboard.

      • brcl@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        I was thinking a single grayish line, but a smaller buffer may also work.

  • fer0n@lemm.ee
    0·
    1 year ago

    Nice, it keeps getting better! Thanks :) Sorry that I keep bringing up the tab bar (it’s already gotten a lot better), but it still looks a bit off to me (comparison):

    • the margin to the side should be smaller
    • padding between text and icon should be slightly less
    • Icons itself should be slightly larger
    • padding to the bottom should be slightly less
    • padding to the top should be slightly less
    • fer0n@lemm.ee
      0·
      1 year ago

      Tap bar looks a lot nicer in the most recent version, thank you :)

      • micha@lemmy.sdf.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        Agreed, it’s getting better and better! Any chance we can get some alternative app icons to choose from? For dark mode I preferred the previous icon.

        • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’d like to do custom app icons, but I’m not that good at graphics design. I’d definitely be down for some community icons though

  • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
    0·
    1 year ago

    @krissen@sopuli.xyz This update should also fix the link issues you reported earlier!

    • shuntipepperment@lemm.ee
      0·
      1 year ago

      Hi,

      This bug is still present in the latest build:

      Clicking on the Heading of the first post in any post feed is taking the page to the communities introductory page which is present above that post feed.

      Example: please try clicking on the headline of first post of Avelon community (Introducing Avelon for Lemmy line )here would take the page to the about page is Avelon.

      • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
        0·
        1 year ago

        Hmm, seems like this only happens if you have a fairly large text size, no? I’ll make sure it’s fixed for the next build.

        What do you think about the new features?

        • shuntipepperment@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Hey,

          Today I learned that I can customise the gestures according to my liking by clicking on them and can change their functionality via pop up window… ( I can interchange the SAVE and REPLAY functionalities )

          Never knew this before… ( Silly me )

          Thanks man… really awesome…

        • shuntipepperment@lemm.ee
          2·
          1 year ago

          Hi evgiz,

          I have a very very very small request for you… I know I pop out every now and then with smallest of the small nitpicks which might annoy you often…

          You have fulfilled most of my requests earlier too and I’m really thankful for that.

          Here goes that small request:

          Please swap the position of search and notification icon in the lower nav bar… if you do this small code change I won’t ask for the custom nav bar option I asked in the other post which you said is of least priority at the moment ( Which I totally understand )

          Please consider this one small request before the big AppStore launch…

          Thanks man.

          • evgiz@lemm.eeOPM
            1·
            1 year ago

            No problem, your feedback definitely helps so keep it coming!

            I think you’re in the minority here, I personally prefer to have search to the right side for instance. Perhaps I’ll add a “shuntipepperment tab layout” setting just for you :p

  • brcl@lemm.ee
    0·
    1 year ago

    May be an iOS 17 issue only, but this update appears to have broken custom text size in the post. The feed text changes, the settings text does, but inside the post the text doesn’t change size.

      • brcl@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Looks the same right now. I’ll see if I can add a photo…

        Edit: can’t add a photo because lemm.ee limits photo sizes to very low levels