[WIP][v1.55.0] Fulfilling more user requests
[WIP][v1.55.0] Fulfilling more user requests
User request roadmap items are growing pretty long so this release aims to address a bunch of them.
Changes so far
- Add a setting to disable auto-linking IP addresses. Note that auto-linking IP addresses comes free with Android so enabling this feature will actually cause the app to strip them which is a bit slower.
- Add a new layout: full with cards. This layout is the full layout but each post is contained within a card instead of full bleed.
- Changed the UI for the post feed toolbar.
- Fixed a bug where sometimes expanding the context in the message screen would cause weird behavior.
- Fix locales being mixed together. (Attempt number 2)
Update
One of the roadmap items I am tackling is the addition of an optional post feed header. This one is challenging for a few reasons. The first is that because it's supposed to be optional, the UI design needs to work with or without the headed. The second is that there's a lot of moving parts with headers when the screen is this busy and complex already.
To tackle the first part I am redesigning the tool bar in the post feed screen so it will look good with or without the header.
Adding another request:
The ability to play loops in-app works generally great! However, there's two things I'd like to see changed:
- Currently, it takes two clicks to get to playing a loops-video with sound from the post detail-screen. First a click on the link row to open the media player, then another one to unmute the video. Preferably, when a video gets opened with intent (i.e when clicking the link to open the video), I'd like it to default to the sound being on.
- Approaching the problem from another angle, I guess there's an argument to be made that there should not be a click on the link to actually open the video player - the video player could perhaps be rendering in place of the image that shows in the post detail-screen today. In that scenario, it would be appropriate to default to muted playback, and no auto-play.
Thanks again for the great app!
Did you get around to the bug I reported on the localization quirks?
It's still happening for me, fwiw.
Oh shoot. Sorry I never followed up with you on this. I did attempt a fix a few versions ago but it sounds like the fix did not work. I can take another look for this release.
That's alright! I appreciate hearing you looking into it, both earlier and now.
You engagement with the community in building a roadmap, taking requests, and keeping us in the loop is amazing.
Even though I support open source apps, your app is amazing and I am loving it.
Thank you so much for the feedback. Open source continues to be a very complicated topic for me. On one hand it would be simple to over source the app, on the other it brings a lot of uncertainties. My current plans are to address this topic once and for all by the end of this year. It will give me more time to think about it.