[Release][v1.27.0] Filter comments
[Release][v1.27.0] Filter comments
This release adds comment filters. Comment filters allow you to filter comments under posts based on the content of the comment, the name of the poster or the instance of the poster. You can find comment filters in Settings > Comment List > Filters.
This release also further polishes many aspects of the app, and should be an overall improvement to the user experience.
As always feel free to report bugs or request features in the comments.
Full change log
- Added comment filters.
- Added Controversial and Hot (scaled) to the list of possible sort orders for account defaults.
- Limit the app to only one (1) task per profile (eg. work profile). This addresses some edge cases.
- Fixed a bug where the inbox screen can end up in a weird state and the bottom navigation bar would hide when it shouldn't.
- Fixed a bug where UI shows old comment when a comment is updated.
- Fixed some inset bugs on wide screens (eg. landscape mode on a phone).
- Fixed a UI bug when both black theme and light theme are enabled at the same time.
Hey, trying your app out the last couple weeks and I'm really liking it. It's hitting all the layout and style notes I'm looking for, and I absolutely adore the customization options. I legitimately think this might be my new permanent Lemmy app.
Two things though:
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The hide scores implementation is a little buggy. It will hide scores until you actually cast a vote, and then the scores appear, but on a refresh they disappear again. Scores also appear if you collapse a comment but disappear again if you expand it.
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Can we get an option to hide or collapse in-line images and gifs in comments? Similar to how RIF used to do it on Reddit, and I guess Sync has that option here.
I think I need some more insight on how these features will be used before I make any changes to the app. This will ensure the changes actually do what you want them to do.
For 1., I personally do not use hide scores so I'm actually unsure what the correct behavior should be. What do you think is the best behavior here? Do you think the score should stay hidden no matter what?
Similarly for 2, can you describe what the use case is? Do you prefer to just not see any images ever in comments?
"Hide scores" is a setting provided by Lemmy itself that simply hides the numbers on scores, in all contexts. It doesn't affect voting and scores so not appear after voting. The idea is you just want to read the content and vote, you don't want to see what the scores are. Some people find the scores distracting and would rather not think about them at all when reading. Other apps do provide this, as well as the default Lemmy UI.
Your implementation of it works by hiding the scores, but the scores do not stay hidden if you do certain things, like collapsing the comment or voting. I figured those were bugs. The setting should mean the numbers are never visible regardless of action.
The use case for collapsing images is exactly that: when people post images and gifs in comments, it's often distracting and takes up a lot of screen space. For a very long time reddit didn't allow images in comments, you needed to post a link to the image. They added in-line images but the apps (most of them) and RES added options to collapse those images or show them only as links, to keep the "text only" experience for people who enjoyed that.
In both cases it's just about customizing the reading experience.
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