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

  • Community name and user name are now direct links, with a setting to disable it.

  • Added a quick link to the official community within the app

  • Added confirmation on exit app

  • Added swiping on the left edge of home will open the drawer.

  • The drawer navigation actions should be more responsive now

  • 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.

  • Added some improvements to the profile page. Tabs for overall/posts/comments and a page header

  • 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

  • WigglingWalrus@lemm.ee
    8·
    1 year ago

    Love the fact you’re listening to the community and how fast the updates are. Massive kudos, keep it up!

  • twistedtxb@sh.itjust.works
    7·
    1 year ago

    The best just got even better, thanks for everything!

    Minor gripes:

    • 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)

    • it would be nice if the downvote action was included in these gestures, for all the beans posts ;).

    • 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.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    1 year ago

    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 :)

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Glad you’re enjoying it! I’ve fixed the search back issue you saw.

  • Gazumbo@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 year ago

    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

  • brainschaden@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for the app. Can you add a feature to jo just skip to the next parent comment? I loved this feature on RIF

  • May@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    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!

  • sikhness@lemmy.ca
    3·
    1 year ago

    Excellent update as always!

    A couple of bugs I’ve noticed.

    • The new fixed thumbnail height toggle doesn’t actually seem to work for fullwidth despite it saying so
    • The area for me to tap to see the comments menu or hold to hide and unhide the comments seems to be only on areas where there is text and not the whole section. This makes it hard to interact with comments that are very short on text.
    • There don’t seem to be clear card like dividers in card view mode between posts when using the AMOLED dark mode
  • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    2·
    1 year ago

    Great work, thank you so much!

    Any chance you could support custom tabs? Using the open for anything that currently doesn’t work leaves me in webview, which neither has my logins nor tge features I need from my browser.

    • Kuro@lemmy.caOPM
      1·
      1 year ago

      There’s an option to force opening links in browser if that’s what you’re looking for.

      • Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        1·
        1 year ago

        Not really, that opens as a full link, not a custom tab. Custom tabs are basically like webview but open to other browsers that don’t track you. They also include addons if your browser has any.
        Further that option makes everything open externally, even images and links. I would like to only see the things replaced that currently open in system webview, like posts with (most types of) links, or the “open” button in various menus.
        I can’t read websites well without certain addons for example, so I am forced to tap the “open external” of the webview every time.

        The keyword is “android custom tabs” or “chrome custom tabs” I think.